The GPS

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Aug 112008
 

Girls from Idaho mostly aren’t fantastically savvy big city freeway drivers. I can point my mountain bike straight down a trail and hit speeds that might make some people puke, but there’s something about bobbing and weaving between 5 lanes of traffic while going well above the 65 mph speed limit that makes me a little uncomfortable. I was on my big adventure to visit my coffee supplier last week, though, so I sucked it up and became best friends with the voice on my $9 per day GPS. If you don’t know where you’re going and the digital voice inside a plastic box that’s plugged into your cigarette lighter can tell you how to get there, listen. She knows…you don’t. Continue reading »

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Ta-Da!

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Jul 272008
 

Most people won’t refuse free cookies or free coffee, but thank goodness my highly polite friends, neighbors, and work colleagues were willing to give the garage coffee in the little brown bag a try. Some of the roasting attempts tasted great and some tasted downright boring. The quality of the green coffee beans that can be purchased by home roasters over the internet is as uncertain as Brittany Spears’ behavior, but none the less entertaining to roast and try. Continue reading »

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Science or Art?

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Jul 182008
 

Flip red switch to “on” position, temperature control to “high”, ensure fire extinguisher is nearby. This is how the instructions for my new in-home coffee roaster read. Great, I’m going to burn the house down because I’m too lame to buy coffee at the store. I decided to stop there and back up about 20 steps. Now that I had the equipment that could actually turn out a decent roast, I needed to match my coffee roasting skills to it. This wasn’t cave-girl and the popcorn popper anymore. Continue reading »

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First Day on the Job

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Jul 022008
 

Here it is, first day on the job for real. How did I get here? That’s a good story. Don’t the craziest experiences always make for the best journeys?

About 14 months ago I decided to leave my respectable job in the outdoor industry after being employed in the same company for 14 years. (No comment on the 14.) I’d worked my way up the ladder over the years, and had a great position. It was the kind of job that when people asked about my work, they acted surprised like they didn’t actually think I was that smart. I liked the people at my office and had been lucky to receive tons of professional opportunities along the way. Why in the world would anyone leave a job like that? Honestly, I was ripe for a challenge to land in my lap, but didn’t really know it until the phone rang. Continue reading »

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