The Caffeinated Penguin

Posted By matt on January 30, 2005

• I'm currently trying the “buy good coffee and add flavored syrups to get a better cup of flavored coffee” approach. However, what I find is that I'm getting a sweet cup of coffee (I take mine with milk and no sugar). Does anyone have any suggestions on less-sweet flavor syrups? I'm currently using Dolce syrups, becuase they were cheap. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong here? AAt this point, I'm about to declare the experiment failed, and just buy some flavored coffee from a small roaster, where hopefully the quality will be a little better.
• The news hour is reporting on elections in Iraq. It's amazing to see what's going on; how many people are trying to stop them, how people are risking their lives to vote. It makes me wonder how many Americans would vote if placed into that situation . Our votor turnout is so low already, what would happen if it actually became difficult to vote? I mean, my typical bravado says that I would load up my .45 and head out to the polls, and if I was attacked I could at least defend myself. However, the the coalition policy has been to ban personal firearms ownership for security reasons. This would definitely give me pause – I'm supposed to go as a sheep and trust the police and US occupation force to protect me? Give me a break.
• Irene has moved out! She got a job down in Maryland, so Liz and I now have the apartment to ourselves. This also means that we have a guest room (with fold out sofa bed). Liz and I decided that it will be her office, since her computers (the Macs) are quieter than my rack of servers and therefore are less likely to disturb company. She was feeling a little bad because she feels that I don't really have a space to myself. To an extent, she's right, but it doesn't bother me that much. I would like a room to myself in a bigger place, but if the other room must remain a guest room, then it's not really my space anyway. So, I have the solarium, which is nice and I don't mind. After all, the living room is mostly my stuff, and it's a very comfortable space, and I don't mind the fact that it is a public area.

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