I'm usually an Ed Norton fan, but nothing was lost IMHO.

No, you're one of the lucky ones. Vaccination actually CAUSES bear maulings. I have a list of everyone who has been mauled by a bear in the last 20 years. ALL OF THEM HAD BEEN VACCINATED. What more do you need, people?

*Of course I jest. But would love to actually have this list and the corresponding vaccination data.

I've had to reboot the f*cking thing because it occasionally locks up. No thank you, smart t.v. Please remain a dumb box in which I plug in other poorly designed crap.

Exactly. Worst case scenario -- it's still effed up after you tried to fix it. Nothing is lost, and you more than likely learned something.

Only problem is the filter eventually wears off.

My mom wanted to get into their Morningstar account and didn't have the password. I called and explained the situation -- basically that her husband was deceased and she needed the password, and I said I'd call on her behalf. What steps do I need to take to get it? The rest of the conversation:

Operator: "What's the username he has the account under?"
Me: "Uh, billsmith2222 is the username."
Operator: "OK, let's see... looks like the password is Sarajane. The 'S' is uppercase."
Me: -- Stunned silence --- "Thanks?"

I was glad it went so quick, as I had expected to have to send a death cert and jump through god knows what other hoops, but it freaked me out how casually they gave it to me. I mean, I didn't do anything to verify that I was even any relation to the account. All I had was the username. Obviously someone was new, disgruntled, or just plain stupid, but it worked in my favor for once.

Reminded me of : "There are no more elephants. There is also no more unethical treatment of elephants." Flight of the Conchords

Well played, sir.

The same part of 'for the next 14 days' that you do not understand. The app is free for one day. For the next 14, it is pay only and enjoys said 'highly profitable placement'.

Will send in a minute.

Are you drinking more when consuming draft? I had friends in college who would comment on how keg beer made them more drunk than can/bottles. But it didn't take much observation to figure out that 1. you drink faster out of a glass than you do out of a can/bottle. 2. with a keg, you're less likely to pay attention to the amount you consume, and thus wind up drinking a good deal more than normal. Those two points = more drinking = more drunkenness = more hangover

YMMV. The points above are probably already obvious to you. And you're likely a good deal more responsible than we were back then...

I just thought I should point that out. The picture of me aboard the shuttle totally added to the epicness of it all.

(And yes, I printed out my flight certificate already, though no one in my office was nearly as impressed with it as I.)

I watched that VBS piece a few months ago. It was amazing. I highly recommend it.

Yep. I watch seasons of stuff on DVD, but pretty much only when I'm on the treadmill (again-- having to do something else). Love it or hate it, Battlestar Galactica on DVD from Netflix made me one hell of a dedicated exerciser.

Just getting into Big Bang Theory now. Loving it.