Good News at Starbucks
So, we stopped in to Starbucks this past weekend for coffee (me) and hot chocolate (Hyperion) and picked up issue No. 001 September 11-17, 2008. This issue is Carbon Emissions: A Field Guide to American’s Favorite Greenhouse Gas. It’s one sheet folded in a manga size (height x width) not thickness. An advertisement for Hybrids, some sayings, and some facts and charts about carbon emissions and our good friend CO2.
There was poster in the shop that said that this free news sheet would be out every Thursday. I’m thinking I might have to look up issue No. 002. The fact that there’s some zeros in that number indicates they plan to give it a decent run. Each week the sheet should cover a hot election topic. Not in depth certainly, but a quick over view of the topic will give a lot of people some nodding acquaintance with some of the issues. This link to a Motley Fool article goes into a bit more detail. Even the NY Times has an article (this one about issue No. 002 so guess I missed one, or so.
You can read issue No. 001 online at the Starbucks site. Take a look and check for the second issue, or is it the third, that will be out this week — I seem to have lost count. Must be lack of coffee.
Whatever the schedule or which issue is out now, it’s a great idea. You know that awkward point when your out with someone and you don’t know what to talk about next? Hey, it happens even with a partner, spouse, or significant other — you know each other so well that after awhile something like this is a great aid in helping to start a real conversation about something other then the house, the chores, the job, the weather. It’s a great conversation starter even for people who know each other very well.