Humor by Tom Coffee

On Becoming A Humor Columnist

Tom Coffee — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:46:40 +0000

When I was growing up I didn’t want to be a fireman, policeman or some shmuck that worked in an office. I wanted to be a humor columnist. Specifically, I wanted to be Dave Barry, or at least Dave Barry with the weekly Parade magazine column and without the awful haircut. I loved [...]

Jura Signature Range Espresso Machines

Tom Coffee — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:36:04 +0000

I’d like to tell you all about the new Jura Signature Range Espresso machines not because I’m actually a coffee conossoir and not because this line of coffee makers and espresso machines will clearly rank somewhere in my list of the world’s most expensive coffee makers, but rather because I was sent a press release [...]

Review of Bobby’s Burger Palace (BBP) in Eatontown NJ

Tom Coffee — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:23:28 +0000

My wife and I took a few days off this week and we decided to give the new Bobby Flay Burger Palace in Eatontown, NJ a quick try because my wife and I both think Bobby Flay comes across as a jerk on TV but his food is usually pretty darn good. We drove [...]

Hurricane Headlines

Tom Coffee — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:27:02 +0000

Once again hurricanes are in the headlines and once again I have a morbid and unnatural fascination not with the storms themselves but with how the media chooses to report on them. I imagine reporters are given “Hurricane Stories” in the same way that privates in the Army are given “latrine duty.” Both jobs [...]

How To Fix that USB Device Not Recognized Error in Windows Vista

Tom Coffee — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:42:32 +0000

I’ve had the dreaded Windows Vista for exactly a year now and I just had my first real “issue” with the OS. It was the dreaded Windows Vista “USB Device Not Recognized” error that seemed to appear after a quick power blip in my home. For those of you not familiar with the famous Windows [...]