That's a Strong Coffee

I do not know how to tell the difference, visually, between a strong and a weak coffee.  You can tell when coffee is watery, but then you just have dark water, not coffee.  I know how to make a cup of coffee, but I will never know the fine intricacies of the brewing a cup of "medium-strong" to "as-strong-as-it-can-be-without-turning-into-a-solid coffee" and everything in between.  I usually just throw in a teaspoon of sugar and a shot of milk to whatever I come up with and chug it down, savoring not the taste, but the sweet empowering magic of caffeine.

I'm more or less done teaching now.  This revelation came out of nowhere, though I am not complaining.  Students are preparing for their final exams and I have more or less finished both Plath and Macbeth (oh what happy semester it has been).  I still help out in the classes and teach here and there, but I'm on the down slide now, which is nice considering I've been fully teaching since September.

So, for those of you who have seen the Disney movie "Hercules" please cast out everything you saw in that film.  I know, I know, "Don't think about elephants," but I wanted to try and set the record straight, or perhaps give a bit of explanation to the fact that Zeus could have, and in fact should have been the ruler of the underworld.

So Zeus and Hades were brothers, along with Poseidon.  The three of them defeated the Titans, which were the gods before there were gods and as all of us Americans know, to the victor goes the spoils (see reference: WWII).  The three drew lots with Zeus choosing the sticks, and then choosing first.  Zeus drew the longest lot and received the sky, Poseidon gained the sea, and Hades, the underworld.  Some say Zeus cheated his brothers some say Zeus really just called dibs.  Either way, it could have just as easily been Hades in the sky. Poor guy is a victim of circumstance.

Either way, Hercules still kills poor Megara.

But because of Zeus and his greed, what does Hades mean now?  The waiting place of the dead.

In other Australian news, the queen (all rise) was recently on Australian soil.  She rode trams, curtsied young ladies, and wore silly hats.  She didn't stick around for "Cup Day" though.  Rumor has it she never has and never will.  "Cup Day" is the Australian version of the Kentucky derby, with silly hats called fascinators.

This is the best fascinator I could find... it is clearly better than Nicki Minaj.

Sarcasm is also better than Nicki Minaj.

So what I am saying is, fascinators in general are worse than Nicki Minaj

 Le France won the cup this year.  I know a lot of Estonians who lost money on that bet.  Betting of course, should be against the law everywhere.  Do you know what happens when you bet?  You leave things up to chance.  You know what happens then?  Chance gets rigged by your younger brother and you get sent to the waiting place of the dead.

Disjointed thoughts again, coming to you live from down under.

Cheers,
Melmoth

P.S.
I almost forgot.  A shout out to my comrades in Russia, currently in third place for views this week.