Gadget review: Sodastream home soda maker

There are many sites on the web with reviews of gadgets of all sorts. I don’t propose to compete with them, since I’m certainly not a dedicated "gadgeteer." But I figure that an occasional post on some device that I find interesting or useful can do no harm.

One week ago, I didn’t know that devices like the Sodastream home soda maker existed.  I read about it in an article in the NY Times, on how to save money and reduce waste. I did some "homework" (meaning web searches) and decided to purchase one.

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My “wedding dress”

In my last two posts, I talked about significant events in my life, and about cleaning out my closets. There's something I found while cleaning out my closets of old clothing.  I should get rid of it.  I know that will never fit into it again for the rest of my life.  But I find it hard to…

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Favorite poem meme

From lovediamond :When you see this, post your favorite poem in your journal.Unfortunately, my favorite poem is too long to post here.  Here's how it begins:Midway this life we're bound upon,I woke to find myself in a dark wood,Where the right road was wholly lost and gone.Ay me! How hard to speak of it--that rudeAnd rough and stubborn…

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Memories… like the corners of my mind…

Leave one memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you know/knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! Don't send a message, leave a comment on here. Next, repost this in your notes and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to…

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OK, let’s see how hard this is.

It’s harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag 10 people. (As is my wont, I won’t tag anyone else. Deal with it.) Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real … nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can’t use your name for the boy/girl name question.

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