In Which Our Hero Musters The Nerve To Blog Again
Greetings, Hardcore Hobo fans! I theorize that you are hardcore because you've been kind enough to keep me in your feed readers/bookmarks through all this long dry spell of No Hobo News. For which I thank you, from the bottom of my hobo-ey little heart.
Now, to business! I thought I'd regale you with a few mini-product reviews. That's a good way to re-break the ice, isn't it? I tell you about things I've purchased and you pretend to be interested? Ok, let me step in WAAAAAY close to you before I start, and...why yes! That IS shrimp on my breath. Well, technically it's BRINE shrimp. Well, technically, it's Sea Monkeys strained through the baleen-like bristles of my mustache. A hobo gets his meals where he can.
Anyway! First up is the Aeropress Coffee maker! BEHOLD!
That thing has CHANGED MY LIFE. Seriously. I used to look like this:
And now I look like this:
AMAZING. It's like a giant coffee syringe that allows you to make really tasty espresso in about 3 minutes (2:10 seconds of which is consumed by watching the microwave get your water to a balmy 175 degrees). You put this little paper filter deal (re-usable for about 2 weeks!) in the bottom of the syringe. You place the syringe over a sturdy coffee cup (it has a little ledge for this purpose). You load the syringe with two scoops of espresso-ground coffee. You slowly pour the hot water into the top of the cylinder. You stir for about 10 seconds. Then you put the plunger bit into the top of the cylinder and press. A few seconds later, the pressure of the air in the cylinder has forced the water through the grounds and the filter and into your cup. Due to the filter, there are no grounds or grit like you'd get with a french press. There's no bitterness like you'd get with a drip. It's freaking DELICIOUS.
I usually add a few tablespoons of hot chocolate powder and a bit of milk, and I've got a better cafe mocha than anything I could get at a coffee shop, for a fraction of the price. Oh, and the price of the Aeropress is almost the best part (the best part is obviously the taste of the coffee): only $25 from Amazon. With free shipping!
In addition to being the most caffeinated hobo on the block, I am also the hobo who knows what time it is, to a far greater accuracy than "scabie past refried bean stain". I found a Stuhrling Winchester Elite skeleton watch in the dumpster the other day. And by dumpster, I mean that I chewed it off the arm of a stockbroker (who resides three dumpsters over) and legged it like the devil was breathing down my neck and setting my back hair on fire. Here it is:
I've always loved skeleton watches because I've always loved seeing how things work. This watch is transparent on both the front and the back, and is an automatic to boot. So when I'm strolling around, the kinetic energy of my arm movement is being captured by a spinning little blade dealie on the back of the watch, which subsequently winds it AUTOMATICALLY. No batteries! Environmentally friendly! And stolen from the withered husk of a stockbroker! THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE TO THIS WATCH.
Now, to business! I thought I'd regale you with a few mini-product reviews. That's a good way to re-break the ice, isn't it? I tell you about things I've purchased and you pretend to be interested? Ok, let me step in WAAAAAY close to you before I start, and...why yes! That IS shrimp on my breath. Well, technically it's BRINE shrimp. Well, technically, it's Sea Monkeys strained through the baleen-like bristles of my mustache. A hobo gets his meals where he can.
Anyway! First up is the Aeropress Coffee maker! BEHOLD!
That thing has CHANGED MY LIFE. Seriously. I used to look like this:
And now I look like this:
AMAZING. It's like a giant coffee syringe that allows you to make really tasty espresso in about 3 minutes (2:10 seconds of which is consumed by watching the microwave get your water to a balmy 175 degrees). You put this little paper filter deal (re-usable for about 2 weeks!) in the bottom of the syringe. You place the syringe over a sturdy coffee cup (it has a little ledge for this purpose). You load the syringe with two scoops of espresso-ground coffee. You slowly pour the hot water into the top of the cylinder. You stir for about 10 seconds. Then you put the plunger bit into the top of the cylinder and press. A few seconds later, the pressure of the air in the cylinder has forced the water through the grounds and the filter and into your cup. Due to the filter, there are no grounds or grit like you'd get with a french press. There's no bitterness like you'd get with a drip. It's freaking DELICIOUS.
I usually add a few tablespoons of hot chocolate powder and a bit of milk, and I've got a better cafe mocha than anything I could get at a coffee shop, for a fraction of the price. Oh, and the price of the Aeropress is almost the best part (the best part is obviously the taste of the coffee): only $25 from Amazon. With free shipping!
In addition to being the most caffeinated hobo on the block, I am also the hobo who knows what time it is, to a far greater accuracy than "scabie past refried bean stain". I found a Stuhrling Winchester Elite skeleton watch in the dumpster the other day. And by dumpster, I mean that I chewed it off the arm of a stockbroker (who resides three dumpsters over) and legged it like the devil was breathing down my neck and setting my back hair on fire. Here it is:
I've always loved skeleton watches because I've always loved seeing how things work. This watch is transparent on both the front and the back, and is an automatic to boot. So when I'm strolling around, the kinetic energy of my arm movement is being captured by a spinning little blade dealie on the back of the watch, which subsequently winds it AUTOMATICALLY. No batteries! Environmentally friendly! And stolen from the withered husk of a stockbroker! THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE TO THIS WATCH.
coughed this up at 1:52 PM
2 El Commentos:
Holy cowboy, he's back!!!! I haven't even read the post yet -- wiggling too joyously in my chair here to even see straight. Back in a minute after I calm down and see what you've got to say for yourself :-)
Ohhhhhkay. Coffee maker thingy and man's watch, eh? Well, it's a start, that's for sure. And a welcome addition to my "still has a pulse after all" collection of bookmarks.
What else ya been up to, Hobo? Inquiring minds, we all want to know, right folks? Folks???
(tap tap)
Anyone else??
How about a rousing chorus of "Welcome Back Hobo"?!
:-)
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