I am a coffee drinker.  I know, not ground-breaking news, but it is true.  As you can tell by our usual morning logo, I am also a big fan of Starbucks.  My wife is an employee  (crossing fingers) for the company, and because we received a free lb  of beans each week, that is all that I drink.  I was telling Patphish the other day, that if start my day with anything else, I get a headache.

You may or may not have heard that Starbucks will begin selling Instant Coffee in their stores beginning March 3rd.  When my wife first told me, I was shocked.  How could they do this to loyal Starbucks addicts drinkers?  I told her to swipe me a sample to test this out. Sunday afternoon,  I was handed a slim bag of this instant coffee.  In fact, my wife handed it to me like it was a dime bag and she didn’t want anyone seeing.  Anyway, I added it to 8 oz of hot water and stirred it.  I then took a traditional taste testing sip (slupring the coffee to make sure it hit my entire pallatte) and to my surprise, it tasted like coffee.  Had someone given it to me, I would have thought it was just lightly brewed Starbucks.  A home run by SBUX.  Now hopefully they market it properly and start making back some damn money that they lost while trying to make overly priced breakfast sandwiches.GITC and myself touched on it briefly in yesterday’s comments, but “Boom Goes the Dynamite,” made it onto the Oscars when Will Smith flubbed his lines.  As I watched it happen I was thinking to myself, I should really go put up a post about this.  I am a damn lazy blogger. Thanks Awful Announcing.

The New  York Rangers fired coach Tom Renney and immediately found a replacement in former Tampa Bay Lightening coach, John Tortorella.  That’s right, a hockey story early.  The NHL needs the New York Rangers to succeed, that’s why this is big news.  Gretzky was a big deal back in the 80s, but hockey was never as popular as it was in the Mids 90s when the Rangers won the cup.  It was challenging basketball in TV ratings at the time (Jordan had retired, but still it is hockey).

Sidney Crosby is a punk. Enough with the hype. Ovechkin is the best player in the NHL and he lets Sid the Kid know it.

The Pistons are in a bad skid, and it isn’t about to get much better. I love my Pistons, and  this is tough to watch.

Fear the ‘Fro no mo.

The NBA might be heading to a work stoppage of their own.  Making the 2010 FA period even more important than it was already.  Gotta feed your family.

I can’t believe teams will be bidding for the services of Mikki Moore.

Blue Jay fans, remember when Vernon Wells was supposed to be an elite OF back in 2006?  Those were good times.  Now he is becoming a walking disaster.

Mickey Mantle must have been a lil tipsy when he signed this ball.  Then again, when was Mickey not sauced?  Making his greatness even better.  BTW, how the hell wasn’t he on the NY Mt Rushmore?  Dumb NY voters.  It should have been Babe, Mickey, LT, and David Tyree.

Trying to find out who might be this years Evan Longoria?  Check out these candidates from Junk Ballers.

Razzball gives you a look at the top 80 starters for Fantasy.

Greg Anderson has been ordered to court by the judge of the Barry Bonds perjury case.  But will he talk?

I guess the Vikings don’t want to win next year?  Enjoy the 4th quarter INTs.

Is there success in the future of Michael Vick? If he can still run as fast, I say he should be a kick returner.

Detroit got rid of a QB. Does that mean they are looking to draft Stafford?  Don’t do it, Detroit.  Just put in Stanton, I promise he won’t run out of the end zone.

The post at MLJ is funny, but a certain comment is even funnier. Please read through all the comments like you normally would.  Tampa Bo gives  a gem about 50 comments in.

You think the pain from the burns is bad now, just wait until you have cancer!

You want a stimulus in this country?  Make marijuana legal over-the-counter, and collect a federal tax.  Generally I am not for taxing the hell out of everything, but better than aspirin?  This would rake!

I need to do some research, but as of right now, these are some pretty good choices for hottest d-cup celebs.  (Safe for my work, maybe not yours)

Stay tuned, we have an action packed day at Sparty & Friends.  TWTWCBB returns, and we have two MLB previews to look forward to as well.  Stick around.

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