I understood it, and was glad I read it even aside from knowing the author--I've heard "COX-2 inhibitor" tossed around so much on the news, all without knowing what COX-2 was or why anyone wanted to inhibit it in the first place.

Thank you. You are so my target audience. And exactly why I wrote it.

Then you force them to swing by the nearest place that has coffee, and sometimes it's swill like gas-station coffee or Starbucks (sorry, Jess, but I just don't like Starbucks), but you do what you gotta do to get that fix.

Back In The Day of being sent to conventions by a certain Gaming Company, part of the booth set-up procedure was for someone to go find the first coffee shop within 4 blocks of the event, buy a cup of coffee and a double mocha, and then report on the quality. This happened *before* we set up merchandising displays.

Susan, your a freak like me! I've tried coffee, but I just can't get into it. I love my caffiene cold and bubbly.

so, P-C's article reminded me that it is a good idea to look at how drugs are supposed to work and know what the are doing. (Knowing how my diabetes mediction works helps me do other things for care better) I understood it. If I read it a second and third time - I could take a pop quiz on it. and I didn't see P-C in it - which means it had a very proffesional edge to it. Nice job. ( and I hate to say it - but your editor was right in takeing out a lot of the pop culture references)

( so my posts could use editing as well)

Susan, I have a 32 oz. Bodum French Press if you'd like it. It's in the original box, was used once. It's far too messy for our taste.

And if Susan doesn't want it, does anybody else? It's going to Goodwill or the VietNam Vets if nobody here wants it.

I'll take it, Beverly. I'll send my address to your profile email. Thanks!

Excellent article, P-C!

When I was in college in Spokane I was a coffee addict. I quite literally tore a hole in my stomach.

While I still enjoy coffee, this broke me of the dependency. I currently don't even own a coffee maker nor do I have any coffee in the house.

I'll get a good cup while I'm out, but even with my insane sleep patterns I don't use it to jump start myself in the morning.

I adore my French press. It makes three mugs of coffee, which is exactly the right amount for me in the morning.

Most of my f2f friends are also coffee addicts, so we go through life with certain assumptions. One of the non-addicts asked us to help her move, and promised us breadfast beforehand. So there we were, at 7 am on a Saturday, ready to move boxes and ready for breakfast. She had all kindsa good food, but no coffee. She didn't even have caffinated tea. We all blinked at her sadly, and one of us said, "But . . . but . . . you said there'd be breakfast." She replied, "There's breakfast right there. There's just no coffee." One of us, even more mournfully: But, you said there's be breakfast.

On the way to her new place, all of us pulled into the local coffee shop. It was like a wagon train in search of a fix.

and I didn't see P-C in it - which means it had a very proffesional edge to it. Nice job. ( and I hate to say it - but your editor was right in takeing out a lot of the pop culture references)

Yeah, I think a lot of the professionalism did come from the editing. Looking back at my first draft, I think at the most, seventy percent made it through revisions unscathed. Of course, the first draft didn't have the interview, so of what went to print, maybe fifty percent was present in the first draft. It was my first article. And it's okay, Joss had no place in that article, really.

And I know you mean the fact that you didn't see me in it as a compliment, but to me, it shows why I don't want to write news articles forever. I want a place to write where you can see me. Cause that's what I want to bring to the table, dammit. Me. I don't know if there's even a job like that. Most want you to conform to their specific style. Which, okay, give me money.