I feel like I have all kinds of great ideas while I’m drifting off to sleep or in the shower, then forget them if I don’t write them down immediately. Cognitive enhancers that work, anyone?

When Four-Year-Olds Learn the Letter “U” (read the third line, especially)

Sometimes I get odd emails… Dear Christopher, In honor of the upcoming Academy Awards, the National Rolling Association is asking film critics to name their favorite movie scene of rolling down a hill. For example, in 10, Dudley Moore hilariously rolls down a long, steep embankment. On February 20th, this list will be posted on…

This is just about the craziest thing I’ve ever read. OK, today. Space shuttle astronaut arrested at OIA on attempted kidnapping, battery charges – Orlando Sentinel : Space & Science Space shuttle astronaut arrested at OIA on attempted kidnapping, battery charges – Orlando Sentinel : Space & Science

Raves for Jack Falstaff, where I had lunch today. Not only did they serve a nice lunch (three courses for $20, all solid), but when they didn’t have any quarters for change to feed the parking meter, the owner had staff fetch an electronic parking card… and the maitre’d actually go to my car and…

My post office just put up these signs about how important it is to sign your credit card. It is yet another thing that bugs me about credit cards at point of sale… read it and see if you can figure out what the problem is. Think about what this is saying! If my card…

One thing I don’t recommend doing when you’re laid up in bed with a stomach virus is watching 17 straight episodes of “Anything But Love.”

This is kind of funny/sad/strange. Robert Scoble is complaining that no one (or rather, not enough people) linked to his videos of a tour of Intel’s latest chip manufacturing fabs. I won’t get into the argument, really, except to say that I wouldn’t watch yet another video from an Intel factory tour if you paid…

Well, the test is over… I did better than I thought, but I’m sure I’m on the cusp. Unfortunately I’ll never know if I passed at all: Not only do they not tell you whether you got the 35 out of 50 needed to move on, but not everyone who passed will get called. (You…

Tonight is the night when hopes and dreams are thoroughly dashed. I’ve tried out for Jeopardy! twice before, and both times I narrowly missed the 35-questions-out-of-50 cutoff to advance to the second level tryout. (I think, anyway… They don’t tell you your score in the end.) This year, I’ve sworn off studying, smart drugs, and…

This is fascinating… and I want a Big Mac. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMzbwa6PvEE]

Errr… what? Amazon.com: Alexander (Director’s Cut) With BBQ Book Actually I bet the BBQ book is more entertaining…

That’s why they call it the “fun ship.” Death on the high seas | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

After years of entering their contests, I finally won a Smoking Gun “guess the redacted text” contest. I pray this is the only time my name appears on their website! The Smoking Gun: Contest

4-year-old: Is tomorrow a school day? Me: No. 4YO: Why? Me: It’s Martin Luther King’s birthday. 4YO: Are we going to make him a cake?

Is it possible to be allergic to a city? I have a rash on the back of my thumbs from using the lotion in the Flamingo last week (I’ve had bad reactions to lotion before). But it was so dry there I had to do something… now I’m paying the price.

CIMG1191Originally uploaded by ytechblogs. This is by far the strangest idea I came across at CES. By far. Follow my misadventures at tech.yahoo.com!

CIMG1191Originally uploaded by ytechblogs. This is by far the strangest idea I came across at CES. By far. Follow my misadventures at tech.yahoo.com!

I got to level 61 http://www.jeannettevejarano.com/tower-defence.swf

I know it’s cool to complain about Paypal, but I gotta give them a hand today. In 2004 I bought something on eBay for $50, the person never sent it, and they vanished off the planet. I filed a dispute on Paypal, and after a few months just got back half the cash. I’ve long…