Automatic Espresso, with the Philips Saeco Syntia

Automatic Espresso, with the Philips Saeco Syntia

There are very few products that show up at my door that blow me away. I like most of the things I am sent, I try to focus on the good pieces of others that fail to meet up with the hype. But more often than not I’m brutally honest about how I feel about a piece...
Not a planet!

Not a planet!

S so I had a long discussion with my 5yr old regarding the status of Pluto. The 9 planets had a nice ring to it… But the clarifications in science don’t go by phonetics, or tradition, they go by facts. I honestly thought our talk went in one ear and out...
The soul of an artist

The soul of an artist

Whenever an artist passes away I can’t help but think about all of the fabulous creations that sat in their head, and that only the strongest creations are the ones who manage to force their way out. Those are the only ones who survive, they live on. Sometimes...
My perfect dessert

My perfect dessert

So i don’t eat ice cream any more, lactose and me… We just aren’t sympactico anymore, chews every once in a while, ok. Ice cream? Negative… Milk? Nope, the American dairy council had a hit out on me. But i still love desert, and this tastes...

Lightning McQueen Go Kart

Evan is a 5-year-old with an aging ride. His whip is the Lightning McQueen powerwheel. My own kid wanted one of these so bad, but he’s also extremely tall for his age and doesn’t fit in the seat so well. But Evan’s dad is a bit more handy than I am,...