Feeling inspired by a post on Mike’s blog, I have decided to shamelessly present a CRAZY offer to anyone who adds me to their blogroll: A free, quality coffee, made on my commercial-quality espresso machine, using coffee beans roasted in my very own kitchen… How can I make such a bold and costly offer? Confidence, dear reader, confidence: Confidence that not many people would be willing to come to Nottingham to claim their prize, and confidence that not many people would stoop to adding me to their blogroll.
Bribe
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In the post editor there is a button that looks like a link from a chain on your toolbar. Click that and then add the links in your post. It’s that simple.
Matthew, your confidence may be misplaced! I need to revise my blogroll soon and yours is certainly a candidate. And I will be near Nottingham soon so may well call in for my bribe.
A couple of years ago I offered Canadian blogger Tim Chesterton a coffee in return for something he said on a blog. Last year he came all the way to England to claim it!
You’ll figure it out eventually, took a lot of trial and error on my part. Probably the most frustrating thing for me is when I type in HTML by hand and then WordPress automatically changes my code. I wish there was an option to have it only post what I put in, instead of upgrading the code. Since it’s free I don’t complain too much, but it’s a pretty useless feature IMHO.
heeyyy… it works! Thanks for the help Nick.
Yeah I’m noticing the trial-and-error element of this thing Nathan – but I can immediately see its benefits over blogger!
Hmmm all the way from Canada for a coffee? Now there’s someone who understands the value of a fine beverage. Well the offer is genuine if you do pass through Nottingham – my coffee is fast becoming one of Nottingham’s greatest claims to fame… my main rival in terms of fame is some guy who robs from the rich and gives to the poor…
I am currently going through my blogroll and noticed that you weren’t on it. I may have to start checking my roll once a month because I normally work straight out of Google Reader and don’t really read my own blogroll.
Matthew, Peter Kirk lives in England.
I’ll take you up on it in a few years or so. I’ll be out there at some point, I can pretty much guarantee that.
I’ll crank up the coffee machine…
given my proximity to nottingham, and the fact that you’re the first i’ve seen to shamelessly request (and its always endearing the first time and disgusting when others follow suit)… consider it done.
of course… i could always buy you a cup of tea if you decided to swing by….
ooh make it Earl Grey and I’m in!… but yes do let me know if you’re in the area – I keep intending to organise some “coffee & theology” mornings… there are quite a few people in the local area who are very thoughtful theology-types
are you a fan of Yerba Mate? not really ea… but…
sorry. I mean. Not really tea but.
Just googling yerba…
“Yerba mate / Erva-mate*, Ilex paraguariensis, is a species of holly (family Aquifoliaceae) native to subtropical South America in Argentina, eastern Paraguay, western Uruguay and southern Brazil.”
Oh wait a minute – that’s just the tree… now for the drink:
“Mate is an infusion, containing stimulants including caffeine, prepared by steeping dried leaves of yerba mate (Spanish) / erva-mate (Portuguese) (Ilex paraguariensis) in hot water. It is the national drink in Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay and a common social practice in parts of Brazil, Chile, eastern Bolivia, Lebanon, and Syria.”
wow okay now I’m definitely intrigued. I hadn’t tried proper Turkish Coffee until about a month ago, because I had been told it was basically “mud” – but now that I’ve tried it I’ve realised that I really like it… so I’m definitely up for new beveragery adventures…
For anyone who’s curious/impresed, the photo is a coffee that Matt himself made on our espresso machine (including the latte art).
Bec (Matt’s wife).
What the… when did Bec sneak in here???
you know you can delete your own unwanted or mistaken comments…
just a thought.
but yea… mate gives you pickmeup of caffeine but lacks the qualities that make you twitchy (by you I mean me)
Actually, I didn’t sneak in. You were only a matter of metres away.