I love you, Mr. Coffee, but….

Posted By on May 6, 2003 at 7:16 am

I went to bed at midnight last night, a bit earlier than usual. Suffering (if it can be called that) from a cold, I medicated myself. You know the brand – the “snotty, coughy, generally-feel-like-crappy, knock-you-flat-on-your-butt medicine.”
Four hours later, staring at my bedroom ceiling, I finally gave up trying to sleep and schlepped my sorry heinie downstairs. Diddled with my template here for a little while, figuring it might be boring enough to send me to the Land of Nod. A couple hours of shuteye before I have to tend to my job would be better than nothing….
Nope, no dice. Not a wink.
So I finally fired up the good old Mr. Coffee. You know Mr. Coffee, don’t you? The Mr. Coffee that has followed me around for the last 10 years, from LA to San Jose to North Carolina. The coffee maker so important that when I moved and drove cross-country I brought it in the EvilSUV with me rather than wait for the moving van to show up at my new place. The Mr. Coffee that is so covered with coffee deposits that I could make a full pot o’ joe without actually adding fresh coffee grounds. I love my Mr. Coffee. But I have a question, one small question, that’s all….
Would someone please please PLEASE tell me why there aren’t any automatic drip coffee makers on the market that make more than 12 cups at a time?
That’s all I want to know.

I’m late, I’m late

Posted By on May 4, 2003 at 5:08 am

Okay, okay, I missed the Friday Five, on which I’d meant to start this week. So sue me. I blame my job.
1. Name one song you hate to admit you like.
Voices Carry – Til Tuesday
2. Name two songs that always make you cry.
New Horizons – Moody Blues
Broken Dream – Justin Hayward
[Note: the above are for varying values of “make you cry”]
3. Name three songs that turn you on.
Still the One – Orleans
Falling for the First Time – Barenaked Ladies
Never Let You Down – The Verve Pipe
[Note: the above are for varying values of “turn you on”]
4. Name four songs that always make you feel good.
Cliffs of Dover – Eric Johnson
Rocky Top – Osbourne Brothers
Cult of Personality – Living Colour
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
5. Name five songs you couldn’t ever do without.
Carefree Highway – Gordon Lightfoot
The Real Folk Blues – Yoko Kanno
One Slip – Pink Floyd
Only Time Will Tell – Asia
Highway – Moody Blues
Wow. I look at some of these and think man, what a geezer. I look at others and think man, what a dork.
It could be worse – it could be all (c)rap.