Learning to Make Espresso

I bought an espresso maker last weekend and, while I’m loving my little Moka Pot, it’s proving to be a bit of a learning experience. While I have made a few pots of damn good espresso, I’m still trying to find the perfect method.
Some things I’m still experimenting with include:

The ideal temperature that will brew [...]

Ultra Minimal

Sometimes, I think about selling everything I own, and starting from scratch.
It would be nice, wouldn’t it, to have a clean slate? Of course, it’s incredibly unlikely that I’ll ever sell everything I own, but minimalism still appeals to me a great deal.
When I think about the minimum I could live with, and still be [...]

More Good Things

My new espresso maker.
The new Jay-Z album, American Gangster.
Found money: I found $65 just flying around in the wind in a parking lot yesterday.
Reading the Sunday paper.
Waking up early on the weekend.*
Mild winter weather.

*I am not normally a fan of waking up early on the weekend. I normally prefer sleeping in. However, I had a [...]

Good Things

Kicking Horse Coffee
Warren Ellis’ “The 4am“
Buying new CDs
Reading the newspaper
Discovering more CDs you want to buy after reading the newspaper’s weekly CD review page
Writing notes for future poems and/or stories
Relaxing after cleaning the apartment
Guinness
Finding out about awesome graphic novels (preview here; props to Mingus for pointing this out)

Bullet Points

Just a few thoughts that don’t justify a full entry of their own. I should probably be Twittering them, but I want to blog them, so deal with it.

I went to get my driver’s license renewed today, and I felt like a little kid who couldn’t colour within the lines. When I had to sign [...]

Economics 101

I’ve spoken to my parents, and crunched some numbers, and come to the conclusion that I can’t really afford to buy a condo right now.
Technically, I can afford it, but I’ll have essentially no money left for socializing, and nothing to cover my ass in case of emergency.
Because of certain costs associated with property ownership, [...]

New Used Car

I’m thinking about selling my car, and buying a “new” used vehicle. I love my car, and I don’t really want to get rid of it. But, I’m thinking that it might be worthwhile to get a new vehicle. I’m not sure how much longer my car will last me, without needed some expensive repairs.
If [...]

Reconsidering the Condos

All day, I’ve been thinking about the condos I viewed on Friday. I’m not sure why, but I’ve been thinking a lot more about the unit at 119 Avenue and 81 Street that I mentioned in my last post.
Even though the place didn’t initially strike me as particularly noteworthy, I’m starting to really feel like [...]

Condo Viewing #5

It looks like I might not be moving to Alberta Avenue, after all.
I viewed some more condos tonight, and also took a second look at the one I had previously viewed on 118 Avenue.
I may have found my new home.
Now, I’ve said that before. In fact, I think I’ve said it at least twice [...]

Condo Viewing #4

I went a viewed more condos this evening. They were in the same building as the one I mentioned after my second viewing. They all had the exact same floor plan, but they were in different parts of the building, and in different condition. None of the ones I saw this time were renovated, but [...]

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