All posts by Jocelyn the Plaid

One reason Starbucks sometimes gets my money is simple; I figure the laptop is probably dead or dying. Other devices also benefit from charging during my lunch or coffee break. I know I can connect in Starbucks. Le Fancy French Restaurant does not need extra outlets. I am not going to waste my haute cuisine… Read More

“My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.” Mitch Hedberg Mitch obviously bought the wrong fake plants. The ones in my house keep thriving, year after year. Sometimes they need dusting, but they wait patiently for me. While my plants add no oxygen to the atmosphere, they don’t do that sudden,… Read More

(I moved this to the eduhonesty.com blog but left it here, too.) “You can’t go wrong if you keep silent,” the woman said. She was telling white people not to insert themselves into the discussion spaces of other, non-white groups. Save your great opinions and listen, she tried to say. She made good points about… Read More

I added an app called HealthyBot to my life and HealthyBot had moments. But then I woke to the coffee post. HealthyBot wanted me to ramp up the healthiness of my morning coffee, clearly a problematic area and often a wasted opportunity. I’m sure the sugar content in many morning coffee cups matches that of… Read More

An airline mechanic on Alaska Airlines flight 26 from Seattle to Chicago explained it to me: Costco got rid of the polish dog so they could replace it with the more healthful acai bowl. I don’t quite buy his story. I can’t see the execs at Costco deciding that fans of the $1.50 polish dog… Read More

“Put the bunny back in the box,” Cameron Poe tells Billy Bedlam in Con Air.  Snickering, Billy fails to comply. After sticking Billy on a highly convenient, protruding metal stake, Poe says simply: “Why couldn’t you put the bunny back in the box?” For the next week, I am going to recommend that readers put… Read More

Coca Cola in Costa Rica contains sugar the way that Mexican Coca Cola does, the way that special ornamental Christmas bottles do. The Real Thing is actually the Real Thing in many parts of the world. I admit that brown liquid may be the Real Thing that’s Not Good for the Paleo Vegan Human Whatever… Read More

According to the Mayo Clinic, women need about 9 glasses of water per day. From http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256: “The Institute of Medicine determined that an adequate intake (AI) for men is roughly about 13 cups (3 liters) of total beverages a day. The AI for women is about 9 cups (2.2 liters) of total beverages a day.”… Read More

This is (duhh) Darth Vader in pop-up form. He’s part of a book named Star Wars: A Pop-up Guide to the Galaxy. I love Darth and his fellow pop-ups. But I know that many failed, fractured attempts at the Star Wars universe had to take place before Darth sprang up. So here’s today’s advice: Be… Read More

The DVD is dying, right?  Videos and late fees are nearly ancient history.  Saying that Blockbuster has entered the graveyard of corporate obsolescence does not seem too strong a statement. So abandon hope all ye who try to profit from DVDs? Yet Redbox intends to open 1,500 kiosks after removing 1,000 last year.  The CEO… Read More