Old Gold

Online self assessment for work time of year. What's the fucking point.

What sort of budget are you looking at?

That's really nice.

I ground to a halt half way with Kavalier and Clay, but I don't remember it being bad at all... I think I got side tracked by something. You should check out Wonderboys if you like it. It's also very good (and a lot shorter, which suited my attention span).

Definitely coldly plan everything out like she's got no say in the matter. You can't fail.

Beans definitely keep their flavour longer. I think they stay at their best for a month, although the more recently the better apparently. I've heard of people keeping them in the freezer too.

I was just firing into a cafetiere a minute ago and another top tip came to mind: cleaning them out can be a messy business, but the best method of disposal of the used grounds is to blast it down the shitter so you don't clog your sink. Don't worry about cleaning the loo too thoroughly afterwards, as you will return.

That reminds me of the time my flatmate got a requested to join a recently started up 'stadium rock' band.

I like that one too. Has a bit of a Neutral Milk Hotel vibe. Like a fuzzy shanty.

I'd make it as apparent as possible that I was being head hunted.

Served in a garlic mayonnaise jus.

Sick burn.

It's cool that you're actively avoiding fucking up your guitar for a change.

That makes me proud to hail from Arbroath. Stamina!

I always thought the regular Kenco red label stuff was ok for instant. But I know fuck all about instant. It's only meant for tolerating work and an apocalypse scenario where turning on a bean grinder would mean attracting supermutants.

Can you start a thread titled 'Little Green's Little Shopping Thread'?

Bottling your own pish - ACE-IC. Saved it.

Howard Hughes did it. I think it was mainly due to him being completely round the twist.

Doubt you're that crippled with anxiety if you can face going into work and prefer to buy sandwiches from shops one at a time instead of cooking - ie put yourself in an eating routine that maximizes human contact. Come back when you're bottling your own pish.

Creative license taken.

This might interest people: Eion - formerly of Kilau - has set up a bean roasting business in Edinburgh that does mail order. https://www.facebook.com/mreionltd Yet to sample his wares, but I hear his Indian Tiger Stripes is pretty banging.

Imagine rounding up a romantic evening by squeezing a couple of espressos out of that contraption. You wouldn't even have to take your own trousers off.

Really want this. I'd be turbo charged all the time.

I bet her boyfriend had a fucking blast watching 4 of his favourite episodes with such a hideous person.

Jubilant.