I home roasted some coffee this weekend. It smoked up the house more often than usual. The first floor smelled burnt. Whuffle and I had a calm, level headed discussion about how the roasting made more smoke in the house than is acceptable. She said she knows I didn't mean to smoke the house up that much but she doesn't want the house smoked up that ( Read more... )

Normally, Caleb is fascinated by whatever I'm drinking. I usually offer him a sip. This has, to date, been safe as he turns up his nose at things like coffee and hard liquor ( Read more... )

Whuffle is currently operating on about 2 hours of sleep, thanks to Caleb deciding to spend most of last night squirming, waking up whenever he put him down. Since I was dead to the world and only marginally functional the last few days Whuffle decided to take the brunt of the sleep deprivation ( Read more... )

The Setting:I work in an office building in the Navy Yard. There are multiple companies sharing the space. Across the hall is a large, fish bowl style conference room used by, I think, a pharmaceutical company ( Read more... )

First a link to the press release.

Second a link to Snopes.com confirming it's not just a tall tale.

Finally, the vital portion of the press release:

CANTON, Mass., March 1 /PRNewswire/ - Dunkin' Donuts, the largest
coffee and baked goods chain in the world, wants to help customers put
winter "on ice." On Wednesday, March 21, the official first day of ( Read more... )

I recently saw a post on Livejournal where someone referred to Mountain Dew as "manna from the heavens." I was perplexed by this, as Mountain Dew is, well, nasty.

Back before my doctor told me to cut back, I used to start the day off easy with a double espresso. When I got to work, I'd kick back a couple of bottles of Bawls doctored with a shot ( Read more... )

Hey Whuffle, shall I order you some more coffee mugs?


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The latest photo that makes Microsoft look silly:( Read more... )