"More than just a modern survival guide, How to Predict the Weather with a Cup of Coffee gives you the means to make your life more interesting. Harnessing the laws of science, nature, and human behavior, author Matthew Cole revisits and humorously reinvents the little tricks and ingenious solutions developed in the past with an updated twist for the 21st century. In How to Predict the Weather with a Cup of Coffee, you'll learn: - How to cook a perfect steamed fish while running your dishwasher. - Step-by-step instructions for getting to the front of a grocery store line. - How to screen phone calls using your microwave"--