One More Cup Of Coffee

Follow author Tom Pappalardo on a black coffee tour of cafes diners and convenience stores as he travels the potholed side streets and witch-cursed back roads of Western Massachusetts. Grab a table and sit. Nod and smile at whatever the waitress brings you. Does it taste like a 9-volt battery dipped in old hot Coke? Good. Youre in the right place.Let this non-travel-guide be your companion as you: * Visit cafes overrun with bespectacled and be-bearded white male writers feverishly tweeting their clever observations.* Eavesdrop on snippets of conversation -- perfect for swift and context-free judgment!* Seek the approval of old men skulking in diner booths quizzing you on long-gone local businesses until you admit youre not a real townie.* Spiral off on occasional departures from reality.* Angrily shake your fist at those consarned millennials with their preferred pronouns and befuddling emoji.* Delve into scathing social critiques of corporate coffee chains th-- OH GOD IM BORED ALREADY.* Suffocate as caffeine-fueled paranoia destroys you from within.* Sit quietly; stare at phone.* Curl into fetal position on a sticky convenience store floor between the humming refrigerator case and the high fructose sadness.* Have some coffee?