Please forgive me if I heard of this concept from someone else and have stolen it for myself. I really think I made it up myself, but with me, who knows? I've got a memory like a plastic seive.
I built up more good Coffee-pot Karma today. Yes, I got to the coffee pot (actually we have carafes, but "coffee-carafe karma" just doesn't roll off the tongue), and lo and behold, it was empty. What a shocker! So I made more coffee. By my reckoning, if Coffee-pot Karma balances out in the end, I shouldn't have to make another pot starting tomorrow, for at least another year. 'Cause I've been building up good Coffee-pot Karma for a long time now. Dammit.