Pumpkin Why?

Today I made my bi-annual tryst to Starbucks. We used to have a great relationship, but over the last year I've become more of a Dunkin man and rightfully so. Considering I dislike coffee, what am doing at a store that lives on selling $4 cups of coffee. That smells like a distinct dichotomy to me. But i had a coupon so I decided to test the waters. Maybe they could win my heart back.
No!! It just didn't click. I bought a pumpkin spice latte, and wow was it bad. For some reason this doesn't make sense in my head. How could something that produces perhaps one of the best seasonal desserts of all time, pumpkin pie, make such a horrible ingredient for EVERYTHING else? Think about it, does any other pumpkin based food or drink taste remotely above average? Not a single one.
Pumpkins, the world's one hit one wonder.

Reason #2 why Beth is Awesome: She got me a penguin.

With the recent announcement that Albus Dumbledore is gay, I've come to the conclusion that there is no more popular or latent allegory about civil rights and equality than the Harry Potter series. Muggles, Voldemort's rise to power- the Nazis, and Dumbledore's moral integrity; just put it all together.

The Yankees managerial situation will be resolved this week and either Joe Girardi or Don Mattingly will be the new leader of the unabashed baseball behemoths, the New York Yankees. But as strong as those candidates are, I think that Tony Pena deserves a better shake in the hiring process. He would make as good a manager as either of the two, if not better.

With the NBA opening up this week, expect a preview sometime before then. But let me just say this. The Chicago Bulls are being hyped up to be perhaps the leader in the clubhouse of the Eastern Conference, but how seriously can they be taken with Ben Wallace and Aaron Gray in the starting lineup. They will probably give up about 90 ppg, but can they score as much?