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Tulsa's Gathering Place sues Shawnee coffeehouse
See the end of this post for an update with the lawsuit's resolution. Tulsa's Gathering Place, LLC, has filed a lawsuit in federal court against a family-owned coffeehouse in Shawnee, Oklahoma, 90 miles away. The trademark complaint, filed on Friday, September 24, 2021, in the Western District of Oklahoma, claims...
Wifi woes
It seemed like a good idea: Head to a coffeehouse this afternoon with my daughter as she worked on her homework for Monday. We'd have a change of scenery from home, get some lunch, and I'd be there to keep her on track without hovering too closely. For whatever reason,...
Bakeries, coffee houses, and economic development
Julie R. Neidlinger has written a moving account of her final farewell to the Patisserie on Fourth, a bakery in downtown Bismarck, North Dakota, where she worked as a baker for a couple of years. The Patisserie on Fourth closed permanently on Tuesday. As she helped the owner clear out...
Links of note, 2009/10/07
Too tired and on the verge of getting sick, so no actual writing tonight, but here are a few links of interest from hither and yon: Steve Lackmeyer raises a concern for "Lost Bricktown," the part of Oklahoma City's warehouse district west of the Santa Fe tracks that escaped 1960s...
Bailout link dump
Perspective worth reading on the mortgage crisis and the proposed bailout, going before the U. S. Senate today: Dave Ramsey's Common Sense Fix: Government insurance for mortgages in exchange for rolling back payments into current balance, fixing the rate, and canceling prepayment penalties; remove "mark to market" accounting for two...
Starbucks shut
Starbucks is closing all of its 7,100 company-owned stores in the US at 5:30 local time tonight in order to train employees in the "Art of Espresso": "Our unprecedented level of commitment to and investment in our people will provide them with the tools and resources they need to exceed...
One less reason to hate Charbucks
AT&T has announced a deal that with Starbucks that will, among other things, give AT&T broadband subscribers access to free Wi-Fi at the coffee chain's 7,000 company-owned US locations. That's in addition to AT&T basic Wi-Fi access already available at McDonald's and Barnes and Noble Bookstores. The switch-over from Starbucks'...
Don't dumb down church
Speaking of Dawn Eden, I like what she said recently to Terry Mattingly regarding churches' outreach to singles: If church leaders truly want to reach out to women and men who are looking for an alternative to that lifestyle, said Eden, they must realize that the last thing single adults...
Starbucks backs down; DoubleShot keeps name
Six months after Brian Franklin's reply, Starbucks has backed off its threats of trademark litigation against Tulsa's DoubleShot Coffee Company: I write to follow up on our prior communications concerning your client's use of the "Doubleshot" mark. It is Starbucks' understanding that your client uses this mark only as the...
Tulsa Street Stories
TU communications professor John Coward has set up a blog called Tulsa Street Stories as an experimental journalism project for his news gathering course. In the coming weeks, the site will publish reporting and personal journalism by members of the Fall 2006 News Gathering class at TU. These stories will...
DoubleShot heard 'round the world
Starbucks' frivolous claim of trademark infringement against Tulsa's DoubleShot Coffee Company is getting attention around the blogosphere. See-Dubya, blogging at Patterico's Pontifications: I bring this up both to tweak Starbucks for being humorless pronks and also to point out that lawyers sometimes sit around with nothing to do and decide...
DoubleShot across the bow
As someone who was threatened with an intellectual property lawsuit, I can empathize with Brian Franklin, proprietor of Tulsa's DoubleShot Coffee Company: I sense there has been some confusion. At least, that's what the letter says that I received from Starbucks' attorneys. It's true. I received a letter last week...
Tulsa election roundup
I'm too tired to write right now, but fortunately, I'm not the only one writing: Re: Whirled's endorsement of Taylor -- Chris Medlock told LaFortune so over a year ago; LaFortune just remembered. Steve Roemerman rebuts the Tulsa Whirled's endorsement of Jim Mautino's opponent. Mad Okie found a Quigmans cartoon...
Worthy reads: Disaster and overlooked leaders, trustfunders in politics
Hither and yon, some articles worthy of your attention: Manasclerk: For Alan: Sitting Here In Chocolate, Wasting Precious Time, Which I Have Too Much Of Anyway: The news that I learned from the experts at the conference was dissettling, and perhaps it plays a part. I think it does, maybe,...
Quick round-up
I have been busy today with work and with staving off a barrage of comment spam. The spammers were smart enough to see through my latest strategem, but to its programmers' credit, Movable Type seems to keep up with the most current list of open proxies and holds comments from...
From the blogroll
The St. Gabriel's tsunami relief team is back in northwest Arkansas from their trip to India. You'll find a long but preliminary account here, and some reflections on poverty and the people of India here. And they still need your help -- click here to find out how you can...
Jesusland? You say that like it's a bad thing
Someone, presumably Sarah Seward, who put the map on the web, observed that all the states that John Kerry won (except Hawaii) are contiguous with Canada. So if I understand the map, the idea is to have the Kerry states (appropriately pink) secede and merge with Canada to form the...
Oklahoma has cranky lefties, too
A friend in the New York City metro area writes to congratulate me on Oklahoma's 66% support for President Bush. My correspondent expresses interest in relocating to such a solidly conservative state. Well, look before you leap. You'll still find some angry, cranky folks in that remaining 34%. Sure, most...
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