Everybody Poops

We all ate our lunches together in the conference room yesterday and got to talking about Kopi Luwak coffee. That's the stuff where the coffee beans are eaten by the Indonesian civet cat and harvested from its poop.

Jen: It's completely undigestable, so it just comes through.
Mel: Then what is different about the coffee beans?
Me: Now they're covered in poop.

Well that's not quite true. Google told us that the beans are fermented in the civet's digestive tract. So they are actually different than when they started their journey. Which is good, since it's super expensive.

Jack was eating black bean soup.

Jen (giggling and pointing to the soup): My son (he's 7) would say that looks like poop.
Crystal: I think he may need a little more fiber in his diet.

Heh. And now I want Starbucks.


Patrick's Saturday Six

1. What did you like least about kindergarten? 
When it was nap time and I was having fun and didn't want to lie down on a mat and be quiet.

2. What did you dread in elementary school? 
When we were doing something I didn't like in PE. Like... dodge ball. Eventually I figured out that if you just put yourself out front and let a ball hit you, you could sit on the side with your girlfriends and chat while the enthusiasts bashed each other around for ten minutes.

3. What did you like least about middle school or junior high? 
Moving the summer before 8th grade and being the "new girl." Ack. Luckily, Kimberly was the new girl, too. We met and became besties!

4. What were you most self-conscious about in high school? 
My hair. It required a lot of time and taming.

5. What single grade or year of school was your favorite and why? 
Well, I can't choose. Fifth, tenth and twelfth were the best. Fifth because we had a sparkly, brand new school and we were the fifth grade class, so we were the big kids on campus. Tenth because it was the very best year for our gang of friends, when we were out and about every single day, having fun doing all sorts of things. Twelfth because I could not have wished for a more fabulous senior year!

6. Think of the person from school you’ve known the longest and that you still keep in touch with: how long have you two known each other?
I've known Lori for 38 years, since the summer before third grade!