Feb. 28th, 2008

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When Starbucks closed the other day for it's ... reconditioning of the dronze I thought of this story from the Onion a while back:

Starbucks To Begin Sinister 'Phase Two' Of Operation

SEATTLE–After a decade of aggressive expansion throughout North America and abroad, Starbucks suddenly and unexpectedly closed its 2,870 worldwide locations Monday to prepare for what company insiders are calling "Phase Two" of the company's long-range plan.
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Ah.  Now that I'm living in Innsmouth, I'd actually forgotten about irrational fear #372:  Tsunami.  Especially the Lapalma volcano collapse tsunami.  From New York to Miami, twelve miles inland.
(Looking out window... oh look, the Bay.  Which connects to the Atlantic.  So... I'm NOT twelve miles inland.
Hmm.)
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