Ode To A Travel Mug: My Adult Sippy Cup And Productivity Enhancer
In my experience, Soviet Jewish emigrés to America have pretty good sense of what's worthwhile to spend money on.

Among these sensibles is @Karol Marcowicz, a writer I follow on Twitter who CHANGED MY LIFE -- and especially my writing life -- with her praise for the Contigo stainless-steel travel mug. (Only $11.99 with Amazon's discount.)

My coffee used to get cold and gross in the middle of my writing jags. Now, as I joke, it'll stay warm for the archeologists to find.

To be a little more specific, per the Amazon writeup: "Double-wall vacuum-insulated stainless steel keeps beverages hot for 6 hours or cold for 12 hours; 100% BPA Free."

Because I don't have to stop writing to refresh my coffee, I stay on point and get much more work done.

Also, hot coffee with hot foamed milk is delicious.

I wanted to get Karol my new "science-help" book, "Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence," to thank her for this life-changing advice, but she'd already (yay!) bought it.

But if you haven't bought a copy, I hope you will. And if you have, and if you liked it, if you will kindly post even a wee review...that really, really helps the author!