To answer Mr. Stark's question: I have been to the depths of despair and rose to the surface with only my self to blame. Yet, I am alive with new light, life and purpose. Another year begins and all the bad of the past, slinks away to hide for posterity. I almost lost my job, had trouble with college financing, lost a hope, and regained order from the chaos. I AM BACK ! Look for new posts, soon. I think...don't quote me on this, but I have finally figured out college and am enrolled in classes. I didn't even fail the first assignment. Hope all my cyberspace blogfellows are well, happy, and healthy. I can't wait to check out all the new posts.
Here are some very interesting statistics about how we university students spend our money. The average person drinks 3 cups of coffee. I did a little math to add up what Starbucks brings in from the average Starbuckian a year:
$4 a venti latte(x)
2 times a day(x)
7 days a week(x)
52 weeks a year
=$2912 per year
Now, lets just take it a bit farther:
110 million adult US consumers(x)
$2912
=$320,320,000,000
Lets just say....its no wonder coffee is hot!
By the way...just think of what we could do if we gave up just one of those cups of coffee a day and gave that money to a worthy cause. End childhood cancer? Find a cure for Alzheimer's disease? End the AIDS epidemic? Save Darfur? Bring real equality to people? End poverty?
From A Softhearted Hardhead... Thoughts, Feelings, Oddities, and The World The Way I See it
2 comments:
well, being english, i don't drink coffee. i've been reading 'stuffed and starved' which makes for grim realisations on the coffee and tea front ... i try to drink fair trade, but i don't like it. it's not like organic meat that actually tastes a great deal better. there is obviously a gap in the market here.
Good to see you back in true super hero form!! Your page inspired me to include a few sidebar words of wisdom similar to yours (Extractions of Starky Life). As far as Starbucks, WOW thats alotta dough! I'm not heavy on coffee lucky, .....but I bet I've helped fatten some tea makers pockets nicely.
To chime in on the person who was talking about the Starbucks movement, she could call it "Smartbucks" as a play on words & as a symbol to show how using it else could be "smarter".... i dunno, just a thought though ;)
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