Thursday Coffee
Coffee with Attitude



How are you today? It is already the 3rd Thursday of the year! Life seems to be threatening , little by little, … Read the rest
Coffee with Attitude
How are you today? It is already the 3rd Thursday of the year! Life seems to be threatening , little by little, … Read the rest
Wednesday Coffee
How are you today? Here in north-central Portugal it snowed for about half an hour just a day or two ago. Of course, … Read the rest
The Celebration of Ignorance
Carl Sagan’s 1995 best seller The Demon-Haunted World is worth re-reading for those of my readers who have already been fortunate … Read the rest
Happy Birthday!
Congratulations! But what you have done recently to make the world a better place? Congratulations! But what you have done yesterday to make … Read the rest
Will the real Beth Harmon please stand up?
I think the unprecedented success of the NetFlix TV series The Queen’s Gambit has been something of … Read the rest
Monday October 19, 2020. A date to remember. Much — if not all — of Europe is on the brink of a second politically-imposed lockdown … Read the rest
Tari gets valuable lesson from Carlsen
Every defeat can be an opportunity to learn something new. Yesterday, in round 8, World Champion Magnus Carlsen gave … Read the rest
How are you today? It is already the 28th and the last Monday of the month! Where does the time go? So many things are … Read the rest
Chess Obsession
“Generally, my themes are women. When it comes to painting women i am taking great joy from this subject and will continue to … Read the rest
Tyranny
“Beauty is a short lived tyranny.” – George Bernard Shaw. Not bad! But even better is “The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered … Read the rest
PORN industry conquers Covid-19
With hundreds of millions of people forced to stay home because of the coronavirus, numerous online activities are trying to enhance … Read the rest
Caruana starts the week as the hot favourite to win the upcoming Candidates Tournament due to his blistering Fischer-like victory at the just completed Tata … Read the rest
Flashy Coffee Time
How are you today? Wednesday already – the proverbial middle of the week. Also happens to be the last Wednesday of October. … Read the rest
Last Grasp for Stardom
It has been an exciting tournament for the tens of thousands of online spectators who have been following the action these … Read the rest
Your’s for the taking…
In June of this year the British Cardiovascular Society presented a coffee study by the Queen Mary University of London that … Read the rest