El Guapo's Ghost Rambles on about the Red Sox

One of the latest from the AFKATBSG and espn.com,

Q: As I sat in my 8:30 class staring at the hottest girl for a solid 20 minutes, I began to wonder what day of the year Dunkin Donuts stops making iced coffee and everyone switches back to regular hot coffee. Is it the Albanian lady who struggles with your order every morning? Is she the one who decides it’s getting too cold for iced coffee? Is it the manager that you feel bad for because he’s so stressed out by 7:30 a.m. each day? Or could there be a correlation with the end of iced coffee and the time when the Red Sox fall out of the pennant each year? – Casey C., Worcester, MA

SG: Brilliant question. I like the Red Sox corollary, but the good people at D & D usually stop making iced coffee in mid-October, after it’s been a little Nipsy Russell outside for a few weeks. The bigger question: How do they know? How can a group of people who rarely grasp anything instinctively know when to stop making the iced coffee? I’m guessing that it’s a collective Epiphany, almost like birds deciding to fly south for the winter. That’s the only way it makes sense.

• Forget the Sox theory, how about the start of the C’s training camp.
• I bet Dunkin corporate makes the call on the ice coffee based on morning temps, but is it regional. Do Dunkins in the south and west have the option of keeping it on ice longer?
• Is it wrong for me to factor in the proximity to Dunkin when selecting an apartment? How about pubs?
• When are Dunkins in the greater Burlington, Vermont area going to realize that COFFEE ONLY lines are necessary in the morning? Hello, McFly!
• I forgot about all of the eye candy college classes produce. I got two words for you: Tuition Reimbursement.
• Why is Casey taking 8:30 classes? I quote the Beastie Boys, “sleep late it is much easier on your constitution.” Plus, the hottest girl will be even hotter when she has more prep time.
• I believe about ten colleges are in Worcester. I am not sure what school he attends, but we can rule out WPI with their five female students.
• Is it just me or are the AFKATBSG’s email columns collectively much better than the others? If so, then AFTKATBSG should just get half of the credit.

Please email me with your answers and comments.

BTW and FYI, I revised my links to the right.

BTW number two, Dave Matthews and others played in Central Park yesterday for free to raise money for the New City Public Schools. From CNN.com,

AOL pledged $1 million to a public school fund supporting music and arts education, and concert organizers have committed another $1 million, according to the office of Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The concert was the idea of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy who has volunteered to raise philanthropic funds for the city's school system, which serves 1.1 million children.

These types of events is one of the things I miss about living in a large city and was my first reaction when I heard of the event last night on The Daily Show. My second thought was how screwed up are our priorities as a country that we need to raise money to properly educate our future. My third notion was Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg - Bush? CKS, how about raising funds to create an organization to promote full and equal government funding for public schools as an entitlement similar to Social Security and Medicare for seniors? How about trying to make a lasting difference?

BTW number three, great time for a debate 4pm. est. on a Thursday! Everyone is home from work at four and citizens on the west coast can check it out over their lunch hour. Chalk up another one for the large media conglomerates desire to increase apathy in the political process.