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I realized today that the unbearable coffee from work today becomes much more bearable when consumed from a styrofoam cup.

I began developing this theory yesterday morning. I was a little early for work and too hungover to do a crossword, so I decided to take a quick detour to the Cracker Barrel that abuts my office. For some reason on Wednesday night I decided that a great way to get me to stop drinking so much was to drink up all the alcohol around the apartment so there's none left for me to drink the following night (it worked!). Anyhow, there's nothing like greasy eggs, a bowl of grits, and a bottomless cup of coffee to get you ready to face a day with greatly diminuished hepatic function. By the second or third cup of coffee, I realized that I never drink out of proper mugs anymore... the coffee at work is served in those waxed paper cups, a'la starbucks.

I don't really know where I'm going with this other than I hate drinking hot beverages out of those cups, just like I only like my beers in bottles or glasses or novelty chalices. There's some great insight on the matter of picking the right glassware for your beer on beeradvocate.com, but I don't know if all those rules apply to making mediocre work coffee more palatable. If anyone would care to help me explain why this is true, please chime in. I'm looking for chemists and thermodynamics experts.

Now... off to the Lowell Folk Festival for some pierogies, jamaican beef patties, and dieselbilly music. Smell ya later forever.