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May 17, 2007
Bjork and Sugar Cubes
When I was a little kid, I loved going to my dad's construction company's office. They had a coffee area, and I discovered a little box of white cubes right next to the coffee pot.
Sugar cubes. Delicious, geometrically wonderful sugar cubes. I can still remember the first time I stuck one on my tongue- the amazing sensation of it all angular, unyielding and with the first trace of sweet, then after a few seconds, the collapse and sugar rush cresting over my tastebuds.
Twenty sugar cubes later, I don't remember much, except people trying to peel me off the ceiling with a stick.
Decades later, I'm the guy who makes sure the coffee area stays stocked. I use Splenda, but I bought a box of Domino sugar cubes. Today, I stuck one of the cubes on my tongue. Absolutely amazing.
Oh yeah. Bjork's new album kicks ass too.
Posted by G at May 17, 2007 06:58 PM
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I love a sugar cubes uniformity, and I can't seem to find them easily int his city. In Iceland they place the sugar cube on their tongue, and then sip the coffee.
As a child I often thought of them as quite the treat, like pure good, even if my dentists thought of them as distillate of evil.
Posted by: copperred at May 18, 2007 03:48 PM
Come to think of it, I haven't seen any sugar cubes in quite a while. Not that I need to be eating sugar cubes, but I always did like the feel and taste of them. Thanks for the flashback! :)
Posted by: Jess at May 19, 2007 10:28 PM
I don't remember the last time I saw a sugar cube, much less tasted one. Sounds divine.
Posted by: Scott at May 20, 2007 11:18 AM
Sugarcubes make me very happy.
And Splenda is nasty.
Posted by: Foxy at May 20, 2007 09:13 PM
Wasn't such a big Sugar Cubes fan... Did see them once, though, on a bill with The Cure, Love & Rockets and the Pogues :)
Bjork's new album *does* kick ass... Saw her at the Apollo, wher she blew me away.
Posted by: scottevill at May 21, 2007 10:09 AM
My late friend Steven would not use anything other than Domino's Dots in his tea. I had forgotten about the sensation and the taste of sugar cubes. So, who had to scrape you off the ceiling of the teachers lounge?
Posted by: Tony at May 21, 2007 10:14 PM
I use sugarcubes for parties but Splenda for my own beverages *blushes at Foxy*.
Yes, Bjork's new CD rocks, but heck, she does anyway in my book.
Posted by: sandy at June 11, 2007 07:17 PM