Watches that I want...

1. Tissot Le Locle T41.1.483.53 (black) or T41.1.483.33 (white)
MSRP $550, available for $340-$400



2. Stowa Antea Creme
$495.76 direct from Stowa


3. Citizen Eco-Drive Nighthawk
MSRP $395, available for $200-$240


4. Orient Executive CFDAC004W
MSRP $290, available for $203 with 30% discount from Orient or $155-175 elsewhere.

"Smart Quotes" not so smart after all

If you work in the publishing industry and you send Word files around to multiple people to edit -- especially if what you're working on will end up online:

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY TURN OFF THE FREAKING SMART QUOTES.

That is all.

Metro Rail Fun: #1

I think I'm going to start bringing the paper on the Metro in the morning, going to the SuDoKu page and filling it in really fast with random numbers so that people think I'm some kind of genius.

Kevin Connolly vs. David Faustino

The fact that Ryan Malloy is getting super famous while Bud Bundy is a laughing stock is one of the great injustices in the world.

I love Christmastime and all

But you know what gets annoying?

"Baby It's Cold Outside."

On loop.

In every store ever.

For the next three weeks.

James Bond Movie Checklist

Official EON Films:
Sean Connery:
1. Dr. No (1962)
2. From Russia With Love (1963)  ✓
3. Goldfinger (1964)
4. Thunderball (1965)
5. You Only Live Twice (1967)

George Lazenby:
6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

Sean Connery:
7. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Roger Moore:
8. Live and Let Die (1973)
9. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
10. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
11. Moonraker (1979)
12. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
13. Octopussy (1983)
14. A View to a Kill (1985)  ✓

Timothy Dalton:
15. The Living Daylights (1987)
16. Licence to Kill (1989)  ✓

Pierce Brosnan:
17. GoldenEye (1995)  ✓
18. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)  ✓
19. The World is Not Enough (1999)  ✓
20. Die Another Day (2002)  ✓

Daniel Craig
21. Casino Royale (2006)  ✓
22. Quantum of Solace (2008)  ✓


Non-EON Films:
1. Casino Royale (1967, spoof with David Niven as Bond)
2. Never Say Never Again (1983, remake of Thunderball with a 53-year-old Sean Connery as Bond)

Total: 9 of 24

I have a brilliant idea

Let's save everyone a lot of pain and heartache and make affect and effect one word.


Æffect.
 
 

This will only make sense to 14% of the computer using population

I don't know how you Left Dock-ers do it.

Bottom Dock rules.
 

DQ will ruin your life

I just had a sudden craving for a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Blizzard from Dairy Queen.

Probably because I was eating a plain Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and thinking, "You know what this is missing? ... Ice cream."

How to make sure you do nothing on a Friday night

When you want to make plans to have a night out with friends, the ideal way is to send an e-mail to all of them saying:

"Hey I think we should go to Power Plant. I'll be there around 8. Who's in?"

My friends send this e-mail:

"Hey does anyone maybe kind of want to possibly do something tonight? I think I'm free from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. and am probably fine with any location from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Albany, New York. Suggestions?????"
 

Three Words

White. Mystery. Airheads.

Career Aspirations

Someday I hope to be able to say, "I make a cool twentieth of a million dollars a year."