Zen Toaster

A Zen Toaster is the stand in name for any quirky appliance that really ought to be recycled. It's Zen quality pretty much comes down to three things -- everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention. This karmic appliance is often seen in a starter home or in a college/roommate living situation; Perhaps it was purchased at a garage sale for cheap because one can't afford even the appliance at Walmart and such retail establishments. So while the Zen Toaster works with some kind of complex stipulation like it will not pop your toast out unless you hit the side of the toaster or it toasts doubly fast, it will work if you are present. However chances are you will be distracted by something like your phone and before you know it -the Zen Toaster burnt your toast just like a Pompeian papyrus scroll in 79 BCE. Now you have no toast, a smelly kitchen, perhaps even the smoke detector has gone off-and all because you didn't pay attention for a minute with what you know very well is your Zen Toaster!

Roomate: "Madeleine you are *f%$#4ing smelling up the kitchen again with your rye bread in the Zen Toaster!?!" Can you please get Meerkat while you attempting to cook!