Squirrels Gone Wild!

It's Joe Time

Wake up and smell the coffee!.... Hold up, it’s not quite that easy. There is an entire process involved here. But that sounds too tedious; so I like to think of it as a morning ritual.

Actually the ritual used to consist of a trip to my local barrista. But now I am happily my own coffee sommelier. I sound like a real coffee snob, huh? Damn straight. Yes I got tired of standing in line half awake and bedraggled, waiting endlessly while others ordered their frou frou coffee drinks. But what really changed my life was a gift from Rhio. Behold the Chemex coffee carafe.

I always start by grinding the best beans I can muster. The water must not be boiled too vigorously so as not to "bruise" the beans. First I add only a splash to allow the beans to "bloom". As they rise, I inhale the deep aroma…..country fresh, like a morning after a rainstorm. At last my brew is ready and I drink in this infusion of life blood. Let’s get this party started!

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Sorry Ladies...DaBlog is Taken

Chicks just dig DaBlog. It’s like that. I guess it’s cause DaBlog is in touch with it’s feelings. Like all emo and shit. Well this post goes out to one very special lady and her name is RHIO! So there it is....and I think someone is gonna get lucky tonight!

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“Dad, look at you. You’re still in your pajamas”, observed son, Garrett at 3 in the afternoon. Technically I was still in the sweats I’d slept in the night before. “Have you even showered?”, he asked. Technically I hadn’t. You see, I work at home. No, DaBlog is actually not my day job!

I produce topographic maps for a land surveying company. It all takes place by email with an occasional phone call. I haven’t even seen the boss since the office Christmas party. And no, he doesn’t read DaBlog.

The work is visual and technical, which I like. Not feeling my legs after a long session at the computer, I no like. Working from home, I love. I’m usually flexible enough to bike and even surf occasionally. The recession has enabled the fitness regimen too, though I am super busy right now.

I wonder what the neighbors must think as they see my car perpetually parked in the driveway, coming and going only with bike atop or groceries within. Guess I’m very often here hibernating.

Officer: Ma’am, what can you tell us about the suspect?
Neighbor: He’s a quiet fellow…keeps to himself….always friendly.
Officer: Hmmm…Anything else?
Neighbor: Well, he does spend an awful lot of time digging in that back yard of his.
Officer: What else?
Neighbor: Some mornings he drags a long bulky bag to his roof rack and drives off before sunrise. Wonder what the hell he has in there?