Times have changed. No more complaints.

Time to get positive. It's time to save money, earn more, pay-down debt.

One way to earn more is to upgrade my education. I'm thinking that a career change is in order. I'm heavily into IT but it's not going anywhere. What better way than to augment my microscopic bachelors degree in business to a degree in the healthcare industry. I think our new president is moving resources in this direction. Maybe I can fit in with the move to electronically stored medical records?

--Random thought--
CLEANING A STAINLESS STEEL COFFEE CARAFE.
Have you ever needed to really clean out a coffee carafe? I like my coffee from a drip maker but I don't like it reheated. In a Mr. Coffee, after 15 minutes the coffee is ruined from overheating and evaporation. Left for 30 minutes and it turns into a rancid syrup. The cure is a thermal carafe. This is what the coffee houses do; they brew the coffee then put it directly into an insulated container. The coffee stored this way will last (and still taste right) from 2 to 4 hours instead of 15 minutes.

When using a stainless steel carafe the "stainless" part looses it's meaning. Now, how do you clean this up? How do you clean the brown coffee residue from the inside of a stainless steel thermal carafe? I tried EasyOff oven cleaner and it worked but it took several hours and smelled strong enough to warrant having to clean it afterwards for a few cycles to recover from the "cleaning." I tried just putting the pot in the bottom shelf of the dishwasher and run it on the pots-and-pan cycle. This did little, if anything. Now what?

I discovered the secret. I was really off the mark with the oven cleaner but came close when trying the dishwasher. The successful formula was to run a little hot water into the carafe with a heaping tablespoon of dishwashing powder. Let this soak overnight and rinse. No scrubbing, no scraping, no scratching with abrasives, it's easy and effective. Repeat if necessary.

Did I mention that you can use this to clean Stainless Steel "Thermos" containers?

---end of random thought--

Back to career thoughts...How about a PharmD? Starting with a BS I hope I can get one in just another 2 years...Who knows if this is possible?