O-Cha is Japanese for tea. Matcha (pronounced "motch-a") is a type of green tea. This is a blog of tea, puns, and whatever might emanate from my slightly off-kilter mind.
I have to create a quick post during lunch here at work just to proclaim that we've got the best vendors in the world. None of the places I've worked in the past had such generous - and dare I say loving? (ok, maybe that's a little too carried away) - vendors who lavished cornucopian tasties upon us. (Still too much? Ok, just a little hyperbolic.) I have no idea who they are, or what exactly it is that they vend for us, but every day for the past week they've plied the IT Department with goodies. One day it was festively decorated doughnuts. Another was banana bread. One brought bags of pre-popped popcorn (mmm, caramel covered popcorn). One went healthy on us and brought a box of pears. Sadly, there was no partridge. They must have left it in the tree.
Today, it's a variety basket of crackers, cheese spread, nuts, dried fruit, and TEA! 10 glorious bags of English Breakfast tea. I was courteous and only took one. English Breakfast is one of my favorite blends, so it's amazing the box hasn't yet found its way into my desk drawer. All bets are off if it's still there tomorrow.
The octagonal tin had peanut brittle from yesterday until it was finished off before 9:00.
Speaking of tea, I'm totally stealing this from another blog I follow, but I was so impressed I had to share.
Yesterday we lost an entreprenurial genius, and a tech-geek legend.
I'll be the first to admit I'm not a big fan of his products. I've never owned any Apple products, and I can probably count on my hands and feet the number of times I've used Apple products. In fact, it wasn't until about four years ago that I allowed my kids to install iTunes on their laptops or purchase an iPod.
With that said, it's undeniable the impact he leaves on the world of technology. He didn't invent the personal computer, but he helped make it marketable. He didn't invent the mouse, but he saw its potential and drove his development department to incorporate it. In fact, Apple didn't invent the cell phone, the mp3 player, touch screens, or tablets, but almost every household (except mine ) has at least one iPhone, iPod or iPad. (OK, so my son has an iPod, and my wife won an iShuffle).
That doesn't even take into account that the started, or helped build, three different companies -- Apple, NeXT computers (which was eventually bought by Apple), and a little animation company purchased from George Lucas, called Pixar.
I first heard the name "Jobs" back in college. The computer professor was from Korea, and I thought something had to be getting lost in the translation. "Jobs" for a last name? Ri-i-i-ght....
I first heard of Apple when that same year the college set up a classroom full of Apples (Apple II?). All we could do was stare at them through the narrow window in the door and be amazed at them. They were purchased without any curriculum to go with them. Somehow the image of a horse pushing a cart comes to mind.
Anyway, even a non-Apple bigot like myself can admit that what he did was pretty awesome, and the world has a void in it today - not unlike their logo.
