About Me

Doug McHone

I am an employee of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, a writer wanna-be, a geek wanna-be, and an avid lover of coffee. I've been in the customer service field for 7 years now, so I have a pretty good grasp for what people expect from businesses.

If you wonder about the name of the site, I am an avid drinker of coffee and i have my coffee tips to share also, being smarter than the average bear about this product. Being rather particular about my coffee, and with decent coffee being a largely localized industry, I can't give you very many suggestions of what to buy, but I can tell you what to look for and how to prepare your morning drink.

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I also want to mention the city of Washington, Missouri. This is a town where you can sit back and take your time with anything! I've only visited there once. My wife has alot of family there and we went for a visit in 1999 to celebrate her Grandfather's 80th birthday. We stayed about 4 days in a town that was so relaxed! There were several locally-owned establishments, that thrived there. I think even the butcher was doing fine, despite the fact that there's a "Super Wal-Mart" there. Everyplace we stopped we saw someone that recognized one of us. It may have been a stop at the bank to use an ATM, a stop in the Wal-Mart to pick up a toothbrush, or to Altemueller’s Restaurant for a nice sit-down and relax kind of a meal. Granted, my wife and in-laws were partial to visiting these places for obvious reasons, but I felt so... welcome there. Everyone I met had a smile on their faces and it wasn't that fakey pasted-on smile that most people give.

Washington, MO is a town that is little enough for the people to care and big enough that you really don't have to leave for anything. It's far enough from larger cities that it has been passed over by most of the problems that occur when people live together, but close enough to one (St. Louis) that if you wanted to catch a professional sport, you'd only drive an hour or so.

To sum up, I've only been there for 4 days of my life and I already know where I want to retire to.

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A Satirical Political Beliefs Assessment Test

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