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About three years ago, I splurged and bought a nice espresso machine. As a rule, I am not terribly materialistic. I live in a humble neighborhood of moderately priced townhouses. I drive a car with nearly 200,000 miles on it. I buy most of my beer, admittingly good beer, on the bargain rack (past expiration) or make my own, and do most of my shopping at the surplus grocer. I do have a bit of a weakness for books but I generally read them all. But, great coffee is truly one of the few luxuries I indulge in daily. I'd say I really like beer but I love coffee. I love the ritual, the taste, the caffeine, the aroma. It is so entwined with my life that it is inseparable from it. I particularly like espresso. It is both lusciously creamy and bitterly strong. No sugar, no dairy or equivalent. The bean itself is sweet and its oil creates the crema, along with carbon dioxide.  To my shame, the espresso machine, like a piece of exercise equipment that falls into disuse, has been taking up a l...

Another blog for today, a bonus blog. Two for the price of one! Ah, the blog is free. My gift to humanity. The adoring masses. The Google Chromebook is working better for blogging. I just have to hit the keys harder and cleanly to not have typos.  Yesterday, the online Tax Preparation program I use was offering a discount if I filed before today. I don't do tasks involving money on Sunday if  possible like paying bills besides like eating out or something where I trade a lesser rest (paying a bill) for a greater rest (having someone else prepare a meal for me).    I suppose that it evens out the traffic on its website if there is not a mad rush at the end towards April 15. My reptile brain didn't want to do it. Who has  heard of a reptile paying taxes anyway. I suppose that customer support does not get taxed either if 95% of the users are not attempting to resolve issues on April 14th 11:55 PM. So, they got me as an early bird to bite now.   So, I bit...