by Joe | Oct 18, 2017 | Food and Drink, Starbucks
 
 I love the Winter Holidays and I love Starbucks, so I was happy to see there are a few interesting drinks coming out that I’d like to try. Four new Starbucks beverages are coming our way for the Holiday 2017 season. We have photos and descriptions of the new beverages ahead of time for you (again), so enjoy! I’ve also included the release dates of returning Starbucks Holiday favorites, so if you’re wondering when you can get your Gingerbread Latte, Eggnog Latte,...
by Joe | Oct 17, 2017 | TV and Movies
 
  Review (no spoilers) Just in time for Halloween, Netflix released its newest original series MINDHUNTER on October (Friday) 13th. If I had to sum up Season 1 of the new Netflix Original Series MINDHUNTER is one word, it would be “creepy”. If I had to pick a second word, less-obvious word to define the show, it would be “hubris”. Despite its generic name (based on a semi-autobiographical account of FBI Profiler John Douglas), MINDHUNTER isn’t your standard...
by Joe | Oct 12, 2017 | Food and Drink, Starbucks
Photo by @BrandonEazyy New Zombie Frappuccino Is Coming To Starbucks Starbucks says of its new Frappuccino, chillingly: “New Zombie Frappuccino: YOU’LL LOSE YOUR MIND” We just got a tip from a trusted source that Starbucks will be running an “Extremely Limited” release of their brand-new Zombie Frappucino, and it sounds just as wild as the very popular Unicorn Frappuccino released for a few days this past summer. This is not yet announced by Starbucks...
by Joe | Oct 11, 2017 | TV and Movies
I watch Netflix a ridiculous amount. I love TV and movies, and over the past few years I’ve been in a rather unique position of being able to “watch” in the background while I do boring work that doesn’t require much attention or thought. The bottom line is, if I’m going to be watching Netflix every day, I’d like to watch it in the best quality available. You may not be watching Netflix as much as I am, but with UHD screens now commonly in use in...
by Joe | Oct 10, 2017 | TV and Movies
I’ve personally tried Spotify Premium, Pandora Premium and Amazon Music Unlimited, and I did research on all of the big streaming services before making my pick. Many people are now paying for a music streaming service. The ability to listen to brand-new albums alongside your old favorites without buying them individually is much more cost-effective for many. This is not an exhaustive run-down of every music streaming service out there. This is my personal recommendation based on my...
by Joe | Oct 10, 2017 | Everything Else, Products We Like
I was at a concert in a bad seat in 2010, right in front of giant speakers. By the end, I was hearing a very disturbing crackling in my ears. This is what happens when your ears are being damaged, and afterwards, they will never be the same. Thankfully, that experience freaked me out enough that I sought hearing protection for over-loud situations. Maybe you’ve done this thought experiment with your friends: Would you rather be blind or deaf? The real answer, of course, is neither. ...
by Joe | Oct 9, 2017 | Food and Drink, Tips and Guides
I love tea just as much as I love coffee, and now that I use loose-leaf tea, I drink it every day. In the past, I exclusively used teabags from the grocery store until this year when I was given loose-leaf tea as a gift, along with a steeping pot to brew it in. Now, loose-leaf has made me love tea more than ever. I was initially hesitant to get into loose-leaf tea brewing simply out of ignorance. Had I known that is was just as easy (and in many ways, easier) than brewing with tea bags I...
by Joe | Oct 7, 2017 | Everything Else
Let me start by saying this: My intention here is not to make you fear your dirty towels. It’s more interesting science than anything else, but it may also lead to you changing your towel-washing habits for the better, as it did for me. That being said: We’re clean when we get out of the shower and dry ourselves, so our bath towels must stay clean for a while between washes, right? Not so, according to science Apparently, our towels should be washed at least once every three...
by Joe | Oct 6, 2017 | Everything Else, Products We Like
Four years ago, I decided to buy a bunch of matching furniture all at once. Although I was initially hesitant to go full IKEA, I eventually did and have not regretted it. IKEA furniture is famous for being pretty easy to put together, but if you get one of the more screw-or-bolt-heavy pieces (like a bed, for instance), you will get tired of doing it all manually long before you’re actually finished assembling it. If you buy multiple pieces of big furniture at once, having power-tool...
by Joe | Oct 6, 2017 | Everything Else, Products We Like
The Bad Old Days of Incandescent bulbs are basically gone, and everything else (Compact Fluorescent (CFL), Fluorescent bulbs, Halogen bulbs, HID Bulbs) is being phased out due to their many inferiorities You probably know about LED bulbs, and with the price dropping significantly in recent years (less than $2 a bulb, more on that later), it’s time to buy. In this run-down, I will tell you: – Why the issues with early LED bulbs that may have deterred you from buying them are no...