Comments on: The Dark Streets by John Shannon http://davidthayer.booksquare.com/archives/2007/03/07/631/ One more bite of the apple. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: david i http://davidthayer.booksquare.com/archives/2007/03/07/631/#comment-29592 david i Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:02:45 +0000 http://davidthayer.booksquare.com/archives/2007/03/07/631/#comment-29592 Down in these here parts, B&N and Starbucks are already joined at the hip--every B&N has a Starbucks inside. So I don't think it's surprising that Starbucks is starting to sprout books. In fact, many scientists now believe that Starbuckses are larval forms of Barnes&Nobleses, though no one has observed them in their cocoon-spinning stage. Only the larvae are true flesh-eaters; the adult forms have mouth parts that are adapted for sucking rather than biting. Or so I hear... Down in these here parts, B&N and Starbucks are already joined at the hip–every B&N has a Starbucks inside. So I don’t think it’s surprising that Starbucks is starting to sprout books.

In fact, many scientists now believe that Starbuckses are larval forms of Barnes&Nobleses, though no one has observed them in their cocoon-spinning stage. Only the larvae are true flesh-eaters; the adult forms have mouth parts that are adapted for sucking rather than biting.

Or so I hear…

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