Life as I find it – Page 11

Not quite coffee

Well, sorry to say, Teecino is not the perfect coffee substitute. I bought Maya Caffé ($9) and the Java ($8) flavors. They smell great, by the way, but they aren’t COFFEE, missing that je ne sais quoi…bitterness, n’est pas?

Coffee, East of Java, Part Deux

Well, we have another contestant in the java look-alike contest. Teeccino Caffeine-Free Herbal Coffee (I know how oxymoronic “herbal coffee” sounds) seems to taste okay. I say ‘seems to’ because I bought the Vanilla Nut Herbal Coffee, which claims to have “… Teeccino’s dark, robust body…accented with golden roasted almonds and tropical nuts including coconut”Continue reading “Coffee, East of Java, Part Deux”

Bragging About My Kid’s Blogging

My kids are talented writers. Jeff’s Continuous Wave: The West? is one of the funniest riffs on landmarks that I’ve read. Lee’s 2006 Movie Roundup is pretty hilarious. PS, These off-the-wall videos are all produced by The Last Transformers team (of which Lee is a part) in Cinemasports’ competitions lasting ten hours with three ingredients:Continue reading “Bragging About My Kid’s Blogging”

Bragging About My Kid's Blogging

Coffee East of Java

As I sit at my kitchen table with my steaming cup of substitute, let me say that I have had only one cup of coffee in fourteen days. No caffeine in thirteen of fourteen days. I miss it. I love coffee (not enough to marry it, mind you, our relationship knew no bounds). I hadContinue reading “Coffee East of Java”

Slang This

Last month, Mary and I were in Tucson, Arizona for her nephew’s PhD ceremony in Physics. I believe his dissertation is in String Theory that I think may be about orchestras or how to make Cat’s Cradles, one or the other. You might try looking up String Theory in Wikipedia: the online font of knowledge.Continue reading “Slang This”

Trouble Brewing

I had planned to brew on Sunday. I say planned. Planning being the operative verb. I pulled out my equipment (kettle, fermenter, spoon, ingredient kit). My great plan fell apart in assembly. My fermenter is a bucket with a spigot near the bottom. The spigot needed to be attached. I put it on and threwContinue reading “Trouble Brewing”

What could be better than books on TV?

It’s Friday, the weekend is almost upon us, and you know what that means—Book TV. Yes, if you’re nerd enough to watch C-SPAN 2 (the second of three Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network feeds) you’ll know that it covers the US Senate during the week and devotes itself to non-fiction authors on the weekend. Mary andContinue reading “What could be better than books on TV?”