From: dicksilk@gmail.com   
      
   First thing discovered this morning: the coffee pot failed to heat the water.    
   No hot water, no water cycle, no hot plate, just the green light indicating   
   the power was "ON" (along with the digital clock) but no water perking, no   
   coffee, *grumpy* morning!   
      
   I napped a good hour or so, then went off to Wal*Mart to get a replacement   
   model.  The cheaper one (with no timer unit) was about $7.oo cheaper, but hey,   
   I need the clock / timer function.  AND this one has a "bold" function, which   
   is something I've been    
   thinking of for the past year or more:  if the water dripped through *slower*   
   through the basket, it would have longer to seep through the grounds, and thus   
   get a "stronger" cup of coffee.   
      
   Well, bless my buttons!  This newer model has a button that does *just that!*    
   It mentions taking 50% longer to do a whole pot, but hey, if it *cuts down* on   
   the grounds seeping *over* the filter, it's worth it!!   
      
   Meanwhile:   
      
   Had a curious dream last night about a puppy, possibly also a kitten, possibly   
   the same critter perceived in two different manners, possibly in the same   
   dream.  I know, a bit obscure.  Good reason to give this a clarity 6.   
      
   The nearly disastrous moment was when the dreamer half-stepped upon the   
   (kitten-like) critter.  It was as if the animal had been stunned, but there   
   was no sense of death or significant damage.  Either way, the dreamer made   
   something of a *quick* sorry/   
   hope you're OK type mental thought, then continued on.   
      
   There was this downright *cherubic* dream, wherein the dreamer was looking at   
   the face of a baby boy, possibly just past crawler age / into toddler,   
   *maybe*.  The thing is, the child's face was *well featured* rather than   
   typical baby-bland.  He (*fairly*   
    certain "he" was a "he") was smiling, happy, as if, well, just plain happy :-)   
      
   There was also a "sense" of "glory" around the child, *as if* there was light   
   emanating from an aura around his face.  Nothing overt, nothing covert, just   
   that since only the child's face was visible, the light of the scene had to be   
   coming from *   
   somewhere,* right?  Even if from the child himself.  Clarity 10, *nearly* 10+,   
   *nearly* 10-, because there were no other details or information, and nothing   
   else "seen" in the "scene."   
      
   But that feeling of happiness / joy was downright *FELT* in the mind of the   
   dreamer.   
      
   Oh joy!  Time for coffee!!!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)