I have found a New Zealand coffeehouse which is not Starbucks and sit happily inside it with a wireless connection. A Bon Jovi Greatest Hits CD is blasting from the stereo. So I have a New Jersey and New Zealand combo.
However, I am sitting here reading the CNN headlines about Lebanon and Israel and feeling very sad for what is happening there. So my fuss of finding a non-chain coffeehouse seems so utterly stupid when reading the reality of what is going on over there right now.
