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		<title>Starbucks Paper Cups Burn When Put in Microwave!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<style>.newl {display:none}</style><div class=newl></div>Here&#8217;s a reason for a new post: Just discovered Starbucks paper cups with burn when put into a microwave. Check it out - burn marks at bottom of cup inside the bottom rim and on the outside. Photos to come.  Have you seen this happen?
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		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2009/12/23/starbucks-paper-cups-burn-when-put-in-microwave/</link>
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		<title>Powerless In The Entertainment Capitol of the World: Conclusion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog Entry #2, Continued (Part 1 is here)(Part 2 is here)(Part 3 is here)
Starbucks, 12824 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA  91604
10:41 pm
As the white woman rifles through the Times, I skip town - over to the counter for a soy chai latte.
When I sit back down and begin trying to reconstruct the evening so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/06/22/powerless-in-the-entertainment-capitol-of-the-world-part-4/</link>
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		<title>An Open Letter to our Service Men and Women in Harm&#8217;s Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Members of the Armed Services,
We share your frustration with the MSM&#8217;s portrayal of both the fight and the fighters for our freedom there in the Middle East - Iraq and Afghanistan.  If we could only organize concentrated, consolidated marches or other visible signs of support for you, I would be there.
I try to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/06/21/an-open-letter-to-our-service-men-and-women-in-harms-way/</link>
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		<title>Powerless In The Entertainment Capitol of the World: Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog Entry #2, Continued (Part 1 is here)(Part 2 is here)
Starbucks, 12824 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA  91604
10:00 pm
As I&#8217;m writing down my faulty thoughts and recollections of my conversation with Ava, surrounded by power outages all over &#8220;the Valley&#8220; here, the rabid white woman leans toward me and addresses me.
Oh.  No.
But, in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/05/10/21/</link>
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		<title>Powerless In The Entertainment Capitol of the World: Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog Entry #2, Continued (Part 1 is here)
Starbucks, 12824 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA  91604
9:12 pm
Giggly girls speaking in tongues and I can no longer write coherently.
So I move to a different table up near the two – count ‘em, TWO sets of overstuffed chairs that give me comfort just to see.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/05/04/powerless-in-the-entertainment-capitol-of-the-world-part-2/</link>
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		<title>A Rose Is A Rose&#8230; Not!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog Entry #3
Starbucks, Brentwood Village, California
6:34 pm
I don&#8217;t know, I got stung by a beauty bee yesterday evening.  I went to get my mail from the apartment complex mailbox which is on the edge of a nice courtyard near the pool and there right in front of me was a perfectly opened and formed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/04/27/a-rose-is-a-rose/</link>
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		<title>Powerless In The Entertainment Capitol of the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog Entry #2
Starbucks, 12824 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA  91604
8:43 pm
&#8220;No running in the Pool Area!&#8221; Gilbert the barista calls out to the young woman running toward me at the back of this Starbucks, her two girlfriends walking, giggling behind her.  I ask them if they&#8217;re here because of the power outage.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/04/21/powerless-in-the-film-capitol-of-the-world/</link>
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		<title>But Wait!  There&#8217;s More!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi!
As I&#8217;ve been scrambling to recover from the stiff, I have been remiss in putting up new posts.  But count &#8216;em, I have three! (3) new posts almost ready.  They will be available starting tonight sometime.  Posts with the following titles:
Powerless In The Film Capitol of the World (posted!)
I Got Stiffed, part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/04/18/but-wait-theres-more/</link>
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		<title>I Got Stiffed Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, today I got stiffed. Are you a person who regularly has people renege on an agreement or promise?
 
This is the inaugural installment of this blog, CoffeeHouseBlog.com and man-oh-man, could I use a new beginning today. Now, I'm not a person like <em>that</em> - who regularly has people screw him (or <em>thinks</em> people screw him) - but today I allowed myself a few moments of feeling like God has it in for me. Of course, this also comes on a day I ...]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/04/11/2/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to CoffeeHouseBlog!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re just getting our order in, the milk is steaming, and I can smell the beans roasting.  Check out the About This Site for background information, what to expect, and how you can contribute.  Salut!
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		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/04/10/new-and-improved/</link>
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