Recent content by Rodrigo de Jerez

Happy birthday, sir.

Your parents may have lived in an era of shotguns being brandished on a first date and used to encourage weddings. You may have grown up in an era of switches, spankings, groundings, and fathers knocking around mouthy guys dating their daughters. And, yes, some change did come. In fact, what...

Holy thread bump! I've been a few times. Never remember anything being there. - Mark

I should have been more clear. Bringing drinks to an event, and bringing just enough for yourself to enjoy, is rude unless the party is BYOB. As for not "show(ing) up empty handed," I always bring the host or hostess a little token of appreciation. - Mark

I lean towards this approach. A simple, "Thanks, but no thanks" should work out just fine. Only the overly inquisitive - cough, unreasonably nosy - need ask more. I mean, do people really need to hear an excuse? If I really feel the need to have a cigar that night, I bring enough for at least a...

Because parenting through fear and intimidation is clearly the answer. The guy took a gun and shot his daughter's laptop. He went out there looking for affirmation from the "hurrah, you're a good parent!" crowd just as much as his daughter went out there looking for affirmation from the"oh, my...

Yes, public humiliation for a teenage girl is the ticket.

Technivorm makes several models, one of which uses a hot plate and not a thermal carafe. Of course, leaving brewed coffee on a heat source for too long will ruin the coffee and Technivorm advises against it. -Mark

Have you ever looked at a Clever Coffee Dripper? It seemingly has the benefits of a french press with the cleanliness of a pour over. Pretty spiffy, if you ask me.

Intelligenstia, Ecco, Stumptown - just to name a few coffee roasters that don't suck. There are a good number of others out there. As for brewing, go out and buy a Chemex. It truly makes an excellent cup of coffee.

Al is a respected member here. There is nothing more to this situation than what he described in his earlier posts. Watch it, and don't ever come around here with these 'speculations' of yours. They are way, way, way out of line.

Happy late birthday! -Mark

Happy Birthday, Doc! I always enjoy your thoughtful contributions. -Mark

Do you have an Avallo temperature controlled cigar cabinet or something? -Mark

All the answers you need can probably be found in the contract.