January 27, 2010

Yes, Chewing!

I love Black Black gum. It’s a dose of explosive mintyness and nourishing caffeine that helps me fuckstart my brain at those times when a cup of coffee would be overdoing it. (Just the gum, though. I tried the Black Black brand candy once and did not care for it.)

It’s occurred to me that for me, Black Black seems to occupy the role for which an Ethiopian feller might use khat. Except that gum-chewing is a filthy habit that sometimes messes up the soles of people’s shoes later on. Khat doesn’t really seem to have much of a downside except that it has a weird foreign name and some Africans find it pleasurable, which always makes certain folk nervous.

My brilliant analogy with khat means the Drug Enforcement Administration will no doubt be arresting my Japanese gum import connection any month now. My only prayer shall be that politicians and powerful drug warriors will continue to not read this blog.

The Moody Blues – “Question”

(Enjoyment of the Moody Blues can be enhanced with a nice blast of caffeine.)

Rick at 3:06 pm

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