The Two Goats seek and finally find the only known source of BFD’s second favorite beverage. I particularly enjoyed this part:

After many trials and tribulations, and at least 10 minutes of driving, they finally came to 3030 Superior Avenue on a Saturday morning. But a powerful wizard must have hidden the entrance, for they could see the sign but no way to go in! Fear not, our heroes bravely walked around to the back parking lot on E.31st and discovered the True Path.

Inside, a wise man concocted the precious drinks — a Coffee Mocha, and a Purple Delight (taro-flavored). They waited anxiously; Ladygoat considered a spoiler for her Honda Civic while Foodgoat contemplated a biohazard sticker for his VW Jetta.

Gentle readers, I’m about to go off. If you don’t want to read it, change the channel.

The first issue I want to get off my chest is how much I hate the Free Times website. I’m not even going to link you to it because once you get there, you’ll have an impossible time find what you want. You’re better off going to Google and adding “site:www.freetimes.com” to your search. Which may or may not help. They don’t put all of their publication up there. One week they’ll add a particular columnist, the next not.

On to the second and more important issue. The whole reason I start off searching for a link to this blurb I saw in the FT, was that it’s something near and dear to my heart. Some fool said “Mondays are the best day to by your coffee at City Roast Coffee… in the West Side Market. This is the day CRC knocks $3 of the price of any pound of coffee”. OK. If you’re a cheapskate and don’t want to pay full price for a pound of premium coffee fresh roasted by a locally owned independent roaster, then Monday is the day that you get the stuff they want to sell before they get the latest batch of beans in. The rest of us who appreciate a good cup of coffee and want to support a local business will go on Wednesday. That’s when Bob brings the beans that he roasted the night before. So if you shop at the WSM, buy your beans on Wednesdays, and only buy enough for the week. That way you’ll get the maximum flavor for your money.

Thanks for bearing with me.

In between the Movie Marathon and Margaritas and Art, I check my email. Todd sent me a note, so I’ve added him to the blogroll. Welcome Todd!

The blogsphere grows every single day in these parts.

Symantec should have been more aggressive in informing customers of a potential security problem, a top company executive acknowledged Friday. Customers who used the company’s online Security Check service before June 24 may have inadvertently opened a security hole on their computers.

Who do you trust these days? Do mega corporations like this one have our best interests in mind?

I can’t believe it’s the last Monday of the month already. That means a group of us will be forming at Civilization in Tremont for some casual conversation over coffee. People usually start showing up around 5:30. I’d love to see you there!

I’ve got to tell you, leaving NCS DataCom was a really strain when it came to managing communication. Cellphone numbers and email addresses are such a pain to change. Not anymore! Now there’s only one. I signed up today. Now, all of you are going to get my only one number and email address. As soon as there are other users, I’m going to set up a distribution list, so we can smart mob with voicemail. How cool is that?

I can’t tell you all how excited I was to get an email from Tony Houston today. He’s the latest person to start bloggin’! I can tell from his first post that this is going to be good:

Notes of a Possessed Brother was the title of an autobiography written by an African American man back in the 1970’s to protest and bear witness of his experiences of an African American man in a hostile world.

One can, in this life, be “possessed of many things,” of passion, of inspiration, of determination, of hope and a belief in change, among other things. In my case, I am possessed by the desire to act and speak to those issues and concerns that strike the heart and consciousness, the mind and soul, rights and wrongs. Rwanda and Bosnia, Eucild Corridor and Homelessness, civlc change and neighborhood isolation and economic dislocation. I’m reminded of article in the 1980’s in the Journal of American Medical Association (AMA) journal — that the life expectancy of African American males in Harlem were worse than in Baneladesh. I am possessed by the need to collaborate with agents of civic, artistic, humanistic and social change.

There you have it. Welcome to a very small perspective of my world; those intellectual curiosities and passions that occur from a Cardic kid, a survivor, that has returned to Cleveland to bear witness — who shares just as passionately with you about civic and social change network dynamics. Hope you enjoy the journey.

I know I’m going to enjoy sharing in his journey.

This didn’t make it into Cool Cleveland:

Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, (NEOCH) in conjunction with Creative Impetus Gallery, (CIG) will present Face to Face: Portraits of Homeless People in Ceveland, an exhibition of photographs by Cleveland-based photographer David Hagen. Unlike many pictures of homeless people, that capture the dark desolution of their plight, Face to Face presents a collection of portraits of homeless people taken in the warm light of the studio that are full of life and color.

Hagen�s talent for engaging and getting to know each subject before shooting exposes the real person under layers of protective armour. Each deeply moving portrait challenges our comfortable assumption that homeless people are somehow different than us � their homeless condition is due to their own shortcomings, not ours. But as you look into the eyes of the men, women and children in Hagen�s portraits, you see the essence of each person. Hagen�s work provides the viewer with a unique opportunity to truly see homelessness, face to face.

The gallery exhibit will open with a reception on Fri 6/27 from 5-8PM and will be free and open to the public. The people who are the subject of David Hagen�s portraits will be present to share their stories and their smiles.

Got a note from John over at NCE:

Our blog is a newly formed collaborative
designed to provide electronic music and art fans with a one stop shopping source. As it stands now… the electronic art consumer is required to shop at several promoters, galleries, and artists sites to get the scoop on what’s cooking. In order to stream line this process….. Several people with a variety of backgrounds are being identified with the intent of granting access to the blog. The blog is primarily for posting events, reviews, details of local artists in the electronic art genre (music, digital arts, digital performance art etc).

I like these guys! They quote Cool Cleveland on their blog. Please check ‘em out and welcome them to the Northeast Ohio Blogsphere.

Good article on Wi-Fi Safe Practice:

To stay ahead of trouble, IT managers need to take a proactive approach to hot spots: They should teach users how to securely access corporate resources and should develop and enforce hot-spot policies that are in line with those in place for remote access.