I’ve started a new diet this week. I don’t wear bikini’s, but Lindsey does and I have to keep up with her looks! Blogging about this is a sure way to ensure I don’t stick with it for more than a few days, but we’ll see how this goes. Breakfast: 1 egg, 2 egg whites, [...]
I park my 1996 white Ford Explorer outside each night. The snow piles on. The plow plows it in. The moisture inside from the tracking in of snow on my boots is frozen deep into the synthetic gray carpet fibers and won’t escape until late spring. There is ice on the windshield from the warm [...]
More like how caffeine works. And you’ll find a much more thorough explanation here, where I read about this. But here is the gist: If you have never consumed caffeine before, it will initially increase your focus. Saturation of this increase occurs after just two to three weeks of consumption. At that point, the caffeine [...]
Since college, my ideal Sunday morning has been waking up early and watching Meet the Press with a hot cup of coffee by my side and a newspaper or my computer to peruse.
When compared to the price per gallon of other liquids gas is relatively modest. I would argue that whether the price per gallon of gas is modest should also be judged with regard to the volume consumed and the demand for that liquid. Interesting to note that if my car, like my body, ran on [...]
Coffee art, or more appropriately, latte art is the design that baristas make in the foam on top of espresso based drinks. It’s Sunday morning and I just got back from Starbucks. No fancy coffee for me. Just a grande black to go with my fresh blueberry bread and nyt.com reading. Here and here are [...]
Coffee used to be simple. It was what we drank in the morning to wake up. It was a grown-up drink. An acquired taste. Something that smelled good, but tasted just OK. For years, coffee was consumed in moderation, not guzzled like an SUV goes through gasoline. But now, something has gone wrong. We’ve allowed [...]
Spacious. Cold. Tired. Want coffee. Fall colors aren’t peaking yet, but they will be in eight days. Fall is my favorite season.