Contigo Autoseal Water Bottle

“My new fridge will have a working water and ice dispenser. Water is cheaper than soda, and I need to try and save money. I NEED A WATER BOTTLE.”

This is the thought process that led to the purchase of the Contigo Autoseal Water Bottle [possibly the ‘Madison’ type, but I’m not entirely sure].

There was more to the process, of course. I had to come up with reasons for not just using a cup [Zombi; I can take the water with me if it’s in a bottle], and then I had to come up with requirements.

Spillproof, no annoying straw, not metal, and can be operated with only one hand.

All of these conditions were met by the Contigo.

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MyDogTag.com

I left my last therapy appointment with some paperwork about breathing exercises to derail anxiety [which only seem to work some of the time] and the beginnings of a very strange urge.

I didn’t quite have any idea what that urge was at the time, but it eventually came to me: I wanted new dogtags.

My old ones disappeared at some point. They were standard military issue, which makes me very nervous about the fact that they’ve disappeared…and they just didn’t identify me anyway. Not now.

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Moleskine USB Rechargeable Booklight.

On August 25th, at 4:34 AM, Flippy McAwesome died. A technopsy confirmed that there was no hope of gadget-necromancy.

Flippy McAwesome: you will be missed. You were a damn good book light, even if you did scratch things.

You were a good friend.

You were a good friend.

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