Comments on: dominy’s patrociny!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:26:18 +0000

Wow, I never knew the SE had events like this. Hell, I didn’t even know CI was all about NC. Currently I am working at a shop in Greensboro. I would love to come to Charlotte or some other spot.

As a newcomer I have no fucking clue what you guys are talking about politically, but I am glad that its all worked out.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:08:06 +0000

Ew! No! Gross!

By: bz

bz — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:45:30 +0000

aw, ben, you’re a saxby chambliss voter, aren’t you? i can tell.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:30:50 +0000

How allowing Atlanta to secede from Georgia? That would be killer! (Just kidding. Only kind of…)

By: jason dominy

jason dominy — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:29:59 +0000

(Rolling on the floor laughing!)

By: bz

bz — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:08:59 +0000

shaysh, that’s a beefy chunk of video. looks fine if you watch it double size. good stuff. is it just me, or did helfen look downright NARvous?

and to further describe the wonders of sexyfoam, this blog would argue that he possesses diversity within himself!

true: i was referring to your desire to eliminate north carolina from the confederacy. not your preference that coffee bashes be located closer to florida.

although, come to think of it, if any southeastern state should no longer be deemed part of the south, it IS florida. you know, way too many obama voters and all.

By: jason dominy

jason dominy — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:18:47 +0000

I finally got the video posted. I had to do it on Google Video, as it’s 31 minutes long. And, I had a time figuring out how to compress it enough to post on Google Video, and not lose good picture quality. So, quality is not the best, but if you watch it on Original Size, it’s not bad. If someone knows a better way to do it, let me know!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7742755330408091423&hl=en

By: true

true — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:35:29 +0000

BZ– I want _more_ diversity. Specifically, I want one of these events to happen somewhere in the south that isn’t as far away as the distance from Atlanta to St. Louis so I can add to the diversity myself.

By: jason dominy

jason dominy — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:29:44 +0000

Yeah, Wilson’s been out driving that new fancy rig he just got. And yes, sexyfoam IS the diversity in the SE. Cause no one, and I mean NO ONE, can lay down the audible butt whooping we got Saturday night like sexyfoam himself. True that. And Brendon, I fully expect you to be up for the next one. You can crash with us.

By: sexyfoam

sexyfoam — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:43:21 +0000

I am the diversity in this southeast community! LOL! Love you Ben.

By: bz

bz — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:31:08 +0000

sounds like true wants a little LESS diversity in his coffee community.

wilson: i wondered where you were. hauling a load of plutonium somewhere, i guess.

brendon: guess we need another par-tay.

By: Brendon

Brendon — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:25:42 +0000

Having lived in NC for 14 years, I’m gonna affirm that it is, indeed, the South. Nice to see everything went over so well (I wanted to make it, but 12-hr drive during exams).

By: true

true — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:27:17 +0000

I’m just saying that if it is an eight hour due-north drive, it’s not in the south! North Carolina, that’s one of them mid-atlantic blue states, isn’t it? C’mon, Octane-ites, step up to the plate…

By: WilsonHines

WilsonHines — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:55:54 +0000

btw, after reading some of the responses…

Those who are critical of the writing style may not be a regular reader, of sorts, to this blog. Therefore, they may have not understood the irony and poetic jest of the author’s intent.
I fully comprehended his transmission. Good write and good job…and J.D, again, congrats!

By: WilsonHines

WilsonHines — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:49:16 +0000

You people make me sick! I couldn’t go because I had to give a new employee some “orientation” and the guy never even showed…’till Sunday afternoon! I could have made it! ARGHH!!

By: bz

bz — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:53:18 +0000

awwww. slobbery kisses all around!

this may be a decent time to mention that, in my desperate attempt to rhyme the title of this post, i almost called it something much dumber (and much less accurate). sure am glad i didn’t do that.

By: jason dominy

jason dominy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:47:17 +0000

Let me put this horse to rest on my behalf. I have no ill whatsoever against the blogfamily, and actually found them quite endearing. The oldest son, and his look of wonder at the drum roaster said it all for me. Ben and I had good conversation Saturday, and have had quite a few via private e-mail today. There were some confusing things written, but they have since been clarified and cleared up. The guy is a stand up guy. Shortly after I wrote my post, which I thought was respectful and appropriate in tone, he e-mailed me to apologize for any misunderstanding, and that will speak volumes to me about him for years to come.
The guys a stand-up blog writer, and in the midst of all this serious stuff about Direct Trade and buying the presidency, it’s easy to forget about the jest of his pen. I partially made it personal, because, well, I worked my tail off pulling this thing off, and for that, I was wrong. Heck, we are all one great community, and that’s something I was reminded of this weekend.
So, jason dominy hearts bz and the blogfamily. Thanks for being the thorn in our sides that keeps us headed the right direction, and I look forward to hanging out in the next month!

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:00:38 +0000

I second Phil. I remember (oh so long ago) Octane being “criticized” by CI and us being like, “Who the hell is this guy?”, haha.

Even in that post, the overall message was that he had a positive experience. We had just gotten all excited over something that wasn’t even there.

I can’t imagine the coffee world without Ben blogging about it. It’d be a little less awesome.

The blog-family are, and always will be, beloved friends of us at Octane.

By: Phil Proteau

Phil Proteau — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:36:26 +0000

For what it is worth, I got the gist of it the first time, no clarification needed. But I do remember when I could not interpret a single line of your self proclaimed “hackery”. It’s part of the CI charm.

By: hostcoffee

hostcoffee — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:21:10 +0000

I took “patrociny” as a derivative of Patrocination: the act of patronizing. rather than as Patronage.

also, my reference to the turnout was more in affirmation of jason’s statement about the turnout.