Michael Matejka -- The Black & Decker "Brew N’ Go" bespeaks the adventurous lifestyle—the type of man who lets the wind comb his hair as he moves about in his offroader to the next job site or a promising archeological dig. The caveat of this picture, however, that backs us off slightly from this description is the ceramic mug drying by the sink. It seems to contradict the image of the rugged journeyman into a more domestic figure. This contradiction need not negate the owner’s adventuresome qualities, but rather it can show us his complexity and versatility. We assume that this machine made for stainless steel travel mug, yet we see open-brimmed earthenware. This owner therefore may still be on a journey, but an inward one. He knows that the largely unexplored regions of our universe lay not without, but within. He likes to challenge perception, to harness opposite forces into a composite personality; he wants to balance desire with reason. He feels comfortable with paradox, philosophy, and riddles. Despite this comfort, he feels increasingly restless, waiting to replace his ceramic mug with the steel one. His wants to manifest his mental preparation into the physical journey. He is open to Eastern philosophy.