My Coffee Addiction

“Coffee and love are best when they are hot” German proverb

Blogging 101: Day Four: My Coffee Addiction

Blogging 101: Day Four: Identify Your Audience
Today’s Assignment: Publish a post you’d like your ideal audience member to read, and include a new-to-you element in it.

Coffee, probably the most searched for topic on the World Wide Web. Most people can handle their coffee and enjoy a fine blend every now and again. And then there are the others, us, those who are completely hooked on the intoxicating, exquisite dark liquid. One or two cups a day just won’t do, thinking if less is good then more must be better!

While most people enjoy looking into their own coffee cup and are completely satisfied with the one time visual experience, there are some, who spend a lot of time looking at pictures of other people having coffee. The worst of these people actually develop habits, such as peeping in on others enjoying their cups of java be that in coffee shops or even in the privacy of their own homes.

I discovered my passion for coffee when I was around five. Sneaking into the coffee room, looking on while the adults were enjoying themselves. After they had finished their moment of coffee, I snuck in and had a taste, and have been hooked ever since!

I like having coffee by myself or in company. A nice cup of java in the morning, several times during the day and before I go to sleep. At work there are those of us, who enjoy our coffee in a group setting. It is most enjoyable especially during those days, when you need to work late. After all, you can never go wrong with a coffee party!

My taste in coffee varies. Sometimes I like to add a little vanilla to keep the taste soft and sweet. But other times, a more stronger blend is needed to satisfy the thirst. Then again, there is no such thing as bad coffee, or even an undrinkable kind. Cold, tea like or tar, it’s all fine as long as it spells c-o-f-f-e-e!

During my travels, I try to choose cities to visit, which have special shops and even dedicated streets for coffee lovers, like Paris or Amsterdam. There you can have your coffee pretty much in any way, form or position you like. I have also heard of places, where coffee is banned for what ever reason and you dare not even speak the name out loud. Personally, not my first choice to visit, I cannot stand too long a dry spell, not the mention the withdrawal!

Mostly you can drink coffee for free, especially if you are not too picky on the company and enjoy any type of coffee you can get. But, unfortunately not all coffee is free. Sometimes you have to pay for your coffee! Then again, paid coffee can taste as good as free coffee, it’s just a matter of adjusting your way of thinking.

OK, so I admit I have and addiction to coffee, but I generally like to blame my Finnish heritage of it. Since most of us are born with an the newly discovered gene, the coffee bean. That’s right, it is in our DNA to love coffee!

In summary, my advice to you is, enjoy your coffee while you can, when ever and where ever you can, you are never too young or old for it!

Related posts in Rantings:
Coffee, Coffee, Coffee and some more Coffee
Four Options For Coffee
Coffee, a Bliss and a Blessing
Not without my Coffee

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The Voyeur Within

“I’m convinced we all are voyeurs. It’s part of the detective thing. We want to know secrets and we want to know what goes on behind those windows…” David Lynch

The Voyeur Within

Always looking
Something is cooking
Seeking, digging deeper
Some call me a peeper
Sometimes ashamed
If getting blamed
Going into hiding
Covering my eyes
Throwing the dice
Sneaking a peak
Through my fingers
Intrigued by life
As it lingers
Enjoying every moment
Eyes wide open
The thrill of getting caught
Present with every thought
Never out of malice
Only looking for that chalice
The reward of missing nothing
And seeing everything

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Photography: Green and Yellow

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Photography 101: Weekend One: Experimenting in sunshine, rain and with colours

Weekend One: Experiment with Composition

It’s time to take a break from our daily themes, so enjoy your days off. Use the weekend to catch up, tackle themes for which you didn’t have photos, or practice techniques you’ve learned. Here are a few ideas:

  • Capture establishing wide-angle shots. They don’t have to be street scenes — take pictures of anything you want! Remember to consider your background and foreground.
  • Compare horizontal and vertical versions of the same scene.
  • Use the “Rule of Thirds” grid — in your viewfinder, on your screen, or in your mind — to place your subject(s) within your frame. Does your shot look better as a landscape with your subject at the top left? A vertical shot with the subject at the bottom right?

Some shots taken over this weekend in Espoo Finland, or rather the suburbia of Mäkkylä. The weather went from a sunny kind of “warm” 24 degrees Celsius to a cold 12 degrees rainy and damp type situation. But at least the nature is enjoying the pouring rain and of course it’s good for those of us with allergies as well! I even managed to catch the sunrise at 3 am on Saturday, staying up most of the night, writing, which is always time well spent, even though sleepless 😉

Enjoy!

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Photography 101: Day Five Part 2: The “Rule of Thirds”

Day Five Part 2: The “Rule of Thirds”

I was experimenting with still life shots and things of “that nature” (pun intended) in the near surroundings of my house for part two: Rule of Thirds.

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Congratulations on getting 1,337 total likes on Rantings Of A Third Kind

Congratulations on getting 1,337 total likes on Rantings Of A Third Kind

Thank You all my fellow Bloggers for the Likes and enjoying my posts!

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Taking Shortcuts is Easy?

“If you take shortcuts, you get cut short” Gary Busey

Taking Shortcuts is Easy?

Easy and always simple
Leaving no dimples
The quickest way to take
Is to just faking it
Because wanting your cake
As much as eating it
Taking the shortcuts
Without any buts
All through life
Without any strife
The quickest way
May be the easiest
Even the cheapest
But soon one day
You may end up with
A basket full of shit

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Homage to Sir Christoper Lee

“I’m much softer than people think. I don’t present to the world an emotional face.
I’m pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved” Sir Christopher Lee

Homage to Sir Christoper Lee

From the horrors of Hammer
To Lord of the Rings
Without a stammer
Lines delivered like kings

A villain or a hero
Never the zero
Captains and counts
Even some with discounts

Soft or scary
The roles did vary
You never failed
Getting the parts nailed

Without a mock
Shakespeare or Hitchcock
Film or television
Enjoying each transmission

Your dabble
And certainly no babble
Into Heavy Metal
Was right on the petal

All in all
Sir Christopher Lee
How we miss thee
A great human being
We ever have hoped to have seen

An actor most versatile
And never vile
We adored you our sire
The greatest Vampire
Of them all

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Blogging 101: Weekend One : Some thoughts from Rantings of a Third Kind

“Keep calm and keep blogging”

One week down – nice work!

  • Spend more time in the Reader. Add a few more topics to follow, or check out our Recommended Blogs.
  • Download the WordPress app. There are apps for iOS and Android— use them to catch up with blogs you love while you’re waiting for the bus, post photos on the fly, or check in on your stats from anywhere.
  • Write another post. We’ll be publishing more posts throughout Blogging 101, but that doesn’t mean you can’t also publish on topics that’ve been on your mind — take the weekend to create something totally independently of Blogging 101.
  • Share some love in The Commons. If you haven’t visited yet, we encourage you to pop in; it’s a great space full of supportive bloggers waiting to give you feedback, pats on the back, and page views. If you’ve already posted there, take some time to leave feedback and kudos on someone else’s post.

Dear fellow bloggers, I have checked out so many blog sites during this week and today and all I can say I am IMPRESSED! There are so many interesting sites out there, I wish I had more than 24 hours a day to spend on browsing, reading and looking at pics and videos. Everyone: Keep up the good work and always remember to hit LIKE when you have visited a site and liked what you have seen 🙂

Been there done that and posted a few more: I am trying to keep up with a promise I made myself to write *at least* a poem a day if nothing else. Check it out: Not without my Coffee

Feedback: Yes please and trying to do that myself too. But even a LIKE is feedback in itself.

Have a great weekend all!
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Photography 101: Day Five Part 1: Solitude

“Solitude is the place of purification” Martin Buber

Day Five Part 1: Solitude

We’re excited about today’s theme, solitude. In addition to thinking about what it means to you, also consider the placement of the subject in your shot.

Solitude comes in many forms: Here are a few examples from my back yard:  The last in bloom, one of a kind, trapped, guardian angel, solitary cloud and tall standing building.

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