For the past decade, I’ve maintained folders with thousands of desktop background images that I’ve curated. I have my computer auto-rotate the images once per minute. Each image typically contains important or interesting info that is either at a small font (for me to read when I’m seated in front of my computer) or very large font (for me to read when I’m at the kitchen sink washing hands, preparing food or doing dishes.) This way, I’m always viewing or reading something; several hundred images per day. It’s an ADHD habit.
The image slideshow is random things like the schedule of the Texas Longhorns upcoming football games, some info about 401ks and retirement, the World Cup, where kitchen countertop granite and marble comes from, how a candidate is polling in an upcoming election, some fact about music and art in human anthropology, my itinerary for upcoming airplane flights, info about sleep apnea, bipolar-2 disorder, bank bonuses, weight-loss advice, how to renew a US passport, TSMC chipmaking, or recent photos from a vacation trip to relive the memories.
I answered no to having breakfast in bed, but I did eat breakfast in bed when I was in the hospital. For me, that doesn’t count. Breakfast was on a tray that swung over the bed.
By a huge coincidence, I recently changed my desktop background image
(the first time I’ve done this since I installed Windows 16 years ago)
to a screenshot from a youtube video of the latest eruption of the volcano
on Hawaii (which I mentioned in the relevent thread - I wonder if that’s what
inspired the poll !)
When my kids were little, they used to bring me breakfast in bed on Mother’s Day. And then they’d stay and keep me company when i ate, and then they’d take the tray and dishes back to the kitchen. (And sometimes remember to clean them.)
And i enjoyed that. Even though my husband did most of the work to prepare it, it represented a real effort on the part of my kids, and i felt appreciated.
But in general, i prefer not to risk crumbs in my sheets. And I’m more comfortable sitting upright in a chair. So… Yes, it was great. And also, no, i don’t really like it.
When I was a small child, whenever I was sick I got all my meals in bed; because if I was sick I was only allowed up to go to the bathroom. IIRC I had a table next to the bed and would sit on the edge of the bed and eat from the table.
I wasn’t sure whether either that or a couple of times in hospital, counted; so voted other.
These days, I almost always drink my coffee black.
However, I prefer it, and drank it most of my life, with heavy cream and either brown sugar or maple syrup; with half and half or whole milk as a substitute for the cream if cream wasn’t available. And once in a while for a treat I still do. So that’s how I voted.
Normal morning coffee is 2 shots of espresso with a large amount of steamed milk, also in the afternoon when we’re home. On warm summer afternoons I’ll add sugar cane syrup, cold milk, and ice cubes to the 2 shots of espresso.
Whipped cream is a rare treat - maybe half a dozen times per year.
Interesting to see that this isn’t a bulletproof coffee crowd, at least so far. I’ve never tried butter in my coffee, but I know some people swear by it.
Usually when I eat something Middle Eastern — hummous and pita, say, or something with lamb — if I’m having coffee, I’ll add some cardamom and sugar, to better “transport” me to Jordan or Turkey or Yemen or Iran.
Similarly, if I eat something typical of Oaxaca (part of Mexico), like mole chicken or certain tamales, I’ll add some cinnamon and sugar to my coffee.
At home, I add honey or creamer, but not both. At coffee shops, I order a small “fancy” coffee drink because I usually make coffee at home, so I figure that I should get my money’s worth at a shop.
Breakfast in bed: the only times I can remember having it is on the few occasions when I was hospitalized overnight.
Coffee: milk (fat-free lactose-free dairy milk at home these days, though if I’m buying coffee outside the house, I use whatever milk/cream they have), and non-caloric sweetener (usually Equal/aspartame).
