Sorry, I rarely mistype anything, let me fix that...
I needed *to* buy a new coffee maker...
Do you have a microwave.
If so you already have one, at a certain point...the caffeine has to get into your system (they've proven it is chemically addictive) and that thing can do it rapidly.
Microwave
Caffeine Pills. Mountain Dew. Also answers, less wait time.
I've saved/microwave-reheated leftover coffee in urgent situations. But mostly, I like my lock-and-load self-grind coffee makers. Makes my strong morning coffee, or half-caff for myself or guests (although I've been going back to full-octane lately). That's on top of the 1-2 additional teas that I drink at work/home/somewhere.
My usual restaurant weapon of choice is the flavored ice teas, but I'll buy a fountain Coke/Pepsi/Dew every now and again. No pills please. I'm no Jetson...
I want my kick to have a little flavor. I once got caramel/truffle-flavored beans for my dad, when he gave up candy for Lent. Little did I know he wasn't a flavored-coffee fan. So, he gave it back to me, and I drank it. Yum yum, even if the flavoring is sticky (probably added syrup), and cleanup kinda sucks... Kona and Sumatra are good, too. I once went to Kona, during my honeymoon.
Books, because 1/2 priced books is fun. Also the first season of Inuyasha. Childhood was calling me.
Half-price books are awesome. I got great closeout games/music from them, too.
We went to the Pittsburgh Pirate-Boston Red Sox games on Friday (friend bought tickets) and Saturday (we found 2 reasonably-priced seats). Nice seeing the Pirates win for a change. Usually, that's not the case, but it's been a good year. Unfortunately, the Red Sox won on Sunday... Maybe if we had gone again...nah...that's too much money, especially with us getting dinner there both times.
I went on the next movie "field trip" Tuesday night (IHOP/Transformers: Dark of the Moon). Pot roast melt + broccoli cheddar soup + raspberry tea + big bots battling in IMAX 3D = good times... The cheaper 2D IMAX would have been OK...had it not sold out...
I bought a couple "souvenirs", too (miniature Ironhide and Powerglide), and also got a free one from my sister/brother-in-law (a Burger King Optimus Prime head, with flip-out body, that
speaks). Apparently my childhood was calling, too, and it sounded like Optimus Prime...