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My Rocky Grinder arrives today, according to UPS! Whoo-Hoo! Tomorrow will probably be another "Adventures in Coffee" post as I'll have tried it for the first, second, and possibly third times. :)
A good friend of mine who received a Mr. Coffee espresso machine as a wedding gift about a month ago e-mailed me yesterday with a bunch of questions. He started it off by saying "Mark says you know a lot about coffee..." and proceeded from there with all the problems he's been having. I sent him back a gargantuan e-mail with loads of information, most of which was a polite and informed way of saying "Dude, your machine sucks and someday you will need to buy at least a Gaggia for $150-$200," followed by "You need a burr grinder, not that whirly blade thing you're using. And no, the $50 burr grinders you see are not good enough; in fact, you would be better off using your blade grinder."
He hasn't replied. I'm fairly certain I intimidated him. I really was nice about how I said it, and I listed all the whys and hows for everything. And I even told him to invest in a grinder and continue using the *wince* Mr. Coffee until it dies or he gets tired of it. I just think maybe three pages of information was a little overwhelming. In the future I'll try to restrain myself to one.
I saw several more Bones previews last night. The show actually looks very interesting, though I continue to ignore any and all references to Kathy Reichs' books. They have some strategy going on, getting Spike TV to air promos for it during repeats of CSI.
I continue my trend of feeling crappy this week by waking up with a fairly powerful headache this morning. Not a migraine by any means, but annoying nonetheless. Dosing up on ibuprofen only seems to be sort of getting rid of it. Perhaps eating something for breakfast will help.
Oh, does anyone know how to get a cat to stop eating dog food? Our cat has decided recently that dog food is all he'll eat, and he keeps coming back for more even though I chase him off every time I fill Zoey's food dish. And he's not touching his own food anymore, even though I've switched brands. Twice. *grumbles* I have two full, practically unused bags of cat food in the garage that he won't eat! I even tried bribing him by mixing a tablespoon of canned in with his dry. That worked exactly once. Now he won't touch that, either! I know I've read somewhere that dog food isn't good for cats. I don't want to have to pay for a trip to the vet unless I know they'll tell me something useful.
A good friend of mine who received a Mr. Coffee espresso machine as a wedding gift about a month ago e-mailed me yesterday with a bunch of questions. He started it off by saying "Mark says you know a lot about coffee..." and proceeded from there with all the problems he's been having. I sent him back a gargantuan e-mail with loads of information, most of which was a polite and informed way of saying "Dude, your machine sucks and someday you will need to buy at least a Gaggia for $150-$200," followed by "You need a burr grinder, not that whirly blade thing you're using. And no, the $50 burr grinders you see are not good enough; in fact, you would be better off using your blade grinder."
He hasn't replied. I'm fairly certain I intimidated him. I really was nice about how I said it, and I listed all the whys and hows for everything. And I even told him to invest in a grinder and continue using the *wince* Mr. Coffee until it dies or he gets tired of it. I just think maybe three pages of information was a little overwhelming. In the future I'll try to restrain myself to one.
I saw several more Bones previews last night. The show actually looks very interesting, though I continue to ignore any and all references to Kathy Reichs' books. They have some strategy going on, getting Spike TV to air promos for it during repeats of CSI.
I continue my trend of feeling crappy this week by waking up with a fairly powerful headache this morning. Not a migraine by any means, but annoying nonetheless. Dosing up on ibuprofen only seems to be sort of getting rid of it. Perhaps eating something for breakfast will help.
Oh, does anyone know how to get a cat to stop eating dog food? Our cat has decided recently that dog food is all he'll eat, and he keeps coming back for more even though I chase him off every time I fill Zoey's food dish. And he's not touching his own food anymore, even though I've switched brands. Twice. *grumbles* I have two full, practically unused bags of cat food in the garage that he won't eat! I even tried bribing him by mixing a tablespoon of canned in with his dry. That worked exactly once. Now he won't touch that, either! I know I've read somewhere that dog food isn't good for cats. I don't want to have to pay for a trip to the vet unless I know they'll tell me something useful.
