If you’re not interested in another entry about coffee then stop reading right now, because this is yet another entry about magic beans.
In my ongoing search for better brews I came across a little device called the French Press. I’d read about it on the internet (a line that’s becoming more and more synonymous with “I’m full of crap” every day), and I was…
For all you kids out there who think smoking is cool, let me tell you something. You can mimick a lifetime’s worth of smokin’ em down to the nubs with a nice little head cold. Hell man, my wife just said I sound just like Johnny Cash; and let me tell you, I feel like him too. Now if I could just mike up my inner ear I could make some nice coin selling The Man’s demo tapes on…
I offer this information freely, as a public service to all of you Starbucks patrons out there. You know those dark chocolate covered espresso beans they sell? Well, them beans ain’t decaffeinated my friend. Picture my surprise when I find myself, post Pringles moment (or is that Ruffles that you can’t eat just one?), and half a box later, flying like a strung out kite. That’ll…
There’s a good reason why my fingers have not been fleet this week: I was abducted by a rogue branch of the R.N.C. and forced to watch a loop of W’s stump speeches from his ’94 gubernatorial campaign in Texas.
Well no, not really; but I was pretty busy. Anyone who relies on federal money for their livelihood knows that September marks the end of the federal reporting year. Hoo…
I am dreading work tomorrow, but not for the reasons you might assume. You see; work will be a welcome relief from the weekend past. Picture two days of getting over colds and no one getting along. Picture a day where Cheryl is the patient one. It wasn’t pretty.
So if the weekend was total crap, and I’m looking forward to a break from home, why am I dreading work? I’m going to…
Cheryl came home from the grocery store this week with some sweets. She always comes home with sweets, but this time she came home with sweets she claimed were healthier than her standard fare. One of these healthier snacks was a miniature, transparent silo of popcorn. There’s been a lot of talk about how unhealthy movie theater popcorn can be, but only because of the crap they put in it. I…
Last week I experimented with Folger’s Coffee Singles. Other than the coffee tasting really bad, it was a success. So, I tracked down my coffee grinder, brewing device, left-over filters, and went shopping for beans. After a trip to the mall (we didn’t just go for beans), I was ready to begin my education, as the brew-master. First I did some research. I looked into grind quality…
I’ve decided that it’s not a good idea to take pharmaceutical grade caffeine on a regular basis. However, a single cup of merely mortal coffee isn’t doing the trick either. Enter John’s official “hair-brained scheme of the day.”
The idea goes something like this,
Pills deliver too much too quickly and a cup of joe (as brewed by my office mates) delivers too…