Discussion Point

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One of my primary jobs is to encourage everyone to wander off on other paths from time to time. It is frequently intimidating to follow the weighty, well-written and thoughtful posts of my dear papa. In fact, for some time I have been paralyzed by an inability to post comparively trivial items.

Forging onward, I love this posting on middle-america. I dwell in the heartland, and find it at times to be a comfortable place to be. In many ways it is more honest than the "cultured" coasts of this land. I mean no disrespect to eather coastal or heartland dwellers, at times I am both (technically I am each week....although New Jersey is not that different to Illinois).

This post is both a commentary on suburbia, as well as a backhanded analysis of the core of Starbucks success. We could go in either direction, but over a glass of wine this weekend I would like to explore the strategy behind this, a subject that may have some interest to my sibling.

Comments

Cynthia Young said…
And with that great posting - I raise my glass in anticpation of red wine, farting jokes, screaming children, giggling children, too much food and what I would like to think the best thing of all....

Our family together again!

See you all tomorrow.
C
2:32 PM
Jeff Schur said…
Now look here duckie, you are one of the best users of the English language so don't try and tell anyone you are intimidated by my attempts to share some things I feel with the mob.

Discussion point. Great insght into the flyover territory. Ultimately a bit elitist I think.

Some of the comments go on and on a bit.

Remember when I was locked out of your house and the girls would not answer their cellphones, i went to Starbucks, opened a T Mobile account and e-mailed you.

It can be more than just a modern version of the olde cofee shoppe.

By the way, as a business model, T Mobile are plain stupid to charge for hotspots. They should give them away if you sign up for phone service as all hotpots will be free very soon. It's as idiotic as newspapers chaging for articles intead of letting their branded content proliferate the internet virally.
2:42 PM
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