Years ago one of my bosses started calling our morning coffee break "high tea". Don't know why he dubbed it tea but the name stuck. He long ago retired but the tradition of "tea" lives on. Of course we never have tea. I usually have coffee and sometimes we have a pastry but crumpets have never made an appearance. Maybe a biscuit once in awhile, this is the south after all. Nonetheless, the discussion can be interesting, at least in our mind. Perhaps the best comparison I can give for it is to imagine a bunch of old guys sitting around a pot belly stove in a country store. The discussion can involve current events, food (especially smoked barbecue), knives, cars, sports (especially college football) and, of course, office scuttlebutt. Some time ago we decided that we should document these discussions so we started keeping a journal. Thought I'd share some of our morning "Talking Points". Might become a regular feature here. So, without further ado, here's the "High Tea Journal" for January 3, 2012:
- Perry was wearing glasses instead of contacts this morning. The only pair he had looked kinda '70's vintage to me, big and round. Says it's due to some kind of eye infection.
- Everyone had a great Christmas but Perry didn't never got to watch "A Christmas Story". A small disappointment.
- Linus reciting the Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke is one of the greatest Christmas traditions of all time. Brings chills and almost tears everytime I hear it. Classic!!
- Christmas traditions are changing in our households as kids get older and especially married.
- Movies we saw over the Christmas break, Tin Tin and We Bought A Zoo. Both good.
- Jim Carrey's career has gone down the toilet. Doesn't seem very popular now.
- Saw the Three Stooges movie trailer. Shows promise but how can it be as good as the original. Said the same thing about the new True Grit movie and it was very good. Nonetheless, it feels like we're being set-up for a fall here.
- Christmas meals including ham. Discussed various varieties of ham.
- An optometrist told Perry that kale is good for vision health.
- College football discussion. Bowl games. BCS issues and the need for a college play-off. Continuing discussion and issue for us.
- What made Auburn football coach Gene Chizik such a hot commodity. He didn't do anything great at Iowa State before Auburn hired him. Chizik is 7 - 0 in bowl games with one national championship. Obviously a good hire and coach
That's pretty much the high points. Comment if you like...
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