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FILTER IS ON: You are browsing articles with the tag. Turn this filter off. Introducing the Starbucks Splash Stick There will always be a great big place in my heart for no-tech innovation. Tackling the problem of drink spillage, this simple device is smart, reusable, and works with any drink lid similar to the one manufactured by SOLO® that Starbucks uses. Oh, and they hand them out for free (if you aren't offered one, just ask).
cleaning the coffee makerHere's a method that I picked up somewhere. I've tried it myself, and it works *quite* well.1. Put your permanent filter (empty) in place. 2. Pour 5 cups of white vinegar into your water reservoir. 3. Brew. 4. Empty pot. 5. Rinse permanent filter thoroughly. 6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 one more time. 7. Rinse the pot. 8. Put your permanent filter (empty) in place. 9. Fill the water reservoir with the maximum amount of water. 10. Brew. 11. Empty pot. 12. Rinse permanent filter thoroughly. 13. Repeat steps 7 through 12 one more time. That's it. Enjoy amazing coffee flavor once again!
964There is something fiercely wrong with me at the moment. I am tired, all the time. I forget to eat. I keep forgetting things, appointments, how to speak articulately. I doubt my passions. I doubt my goals. I doubt my abilities. I doubt my significance. I feel very alone, but when I attempt to be around people I feel uncomfortable and only want to be by myself again. I do not want to go to school, or to work, or anywhere else. I do not want to smoke cigarettes or drink coffee, but I continue to do these two things regardless. I do not want to answer the phone. All I really like doing is listening to music. I wish I could understand what has brought all of this about. I wish it wouldn't last so long. edit: I've made plans to go out dancing tonight, in an effort to erode these feelings.
It's not even like he stuck it in his ass or anything?How is it that I can be fearful of something because of the way it moves? Like spiders, for example. …Or those zombie-like creatures (they weren't really "zombies" by definition, right?) in the movie 28 Days Later… (which I always confuse titles with that awful Sandra Bullock flick 28 Days). Very quick, scariest when they are running or scurrying. Same parallels. * * * And in other news, I was eating a banana today, and Hansel was immediately interested, like he's been a lot lately any time anyone is eating or drinking anything (or in the case of coffee, preparing to drink something… i'll get to the coffee thing in a minute). But anyways, after making a few insane sounds at him, which is how we communicate, I pinched him off a little piece of banana and dropped it to the floor. He lost sight of it somewhere between my finger and the floor and kinda looked at me like, "What the fuck?" so I went through the motions… put index finger next to object, move it around a little so it looks more interesting until he eventually finds it and eats it. He sniffed it.. and HATED IT! He hated it to the point that he gave it that little face he gives when he smells something that a cat would find deplorable (like rubbing alcohol or something)–! He ran away to the other room, but then came back in when I made more crazy-person noises (the cat and I communicate using an ever-changing combination of about 8 sounds, four of them designated as "core" sounds, and the other four; a revolving cast of additional sounds that come and go… I'll get back to that, too). THEN…. he saw the banana. In my hand. Peel and all… but unpeeled, of course. The look of horror overtook his big-schnozzed face, and he ran away again! It made me question whether or not I should be eating the banana… but I did. Oh, so the coffee thing… Well, we've always known that Hansel had a thing for coffee, because if you leave your cup sitting where he can get to it, he'll drink from it. And once I caught him eating used coffee grounds that came from the garbage can. So one day, about a month or so ago, I decided to give him a little pinch of un-used coffee grounds. I put them on the floor and he ate them. This became a morning ritual for us, me and the cat, that went on for about a week. But then, he began meowing …violently… until I would give him his coffee ground fix. I decide this was probably not healthy for either of us, and I stopped giving it to him. The coffee ground treats have been discontinued for over a week now, but he still meows at me (or anyone else) when making coffee. And the communication thing… Inspired by my sister I guess, who talks like a retard to her Yorkshire Terrier, Abner, I began talking like a retard to the cat. The four "core" sounds cannot be accurately portrayed using traditional letters of the English alphabet, but I will do my best. They are: hahn kee myew murrw Additionally, other sounds are used off and on. Some of them include: beef meat bahm bee geebee gimm ________________________________________ Update: This morning Hansel reacted the same way to the banana. Peter was there as a witness this time.
OK, quick recap…The best $1 I ever spent…
Update Where are they now?
The best $2 I ever spent…
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