A strange, strange spam… Subject: Poor work ethic Give me one reason I shouldn’t fire you? You ‘ve been lazy, done crap all, and yes done nothing much of anything lately. Why do I keep you employeed here? Sometimes I wonder. You’d better change your attitude and get to work. Maybe it’s your life outside…

I consider it a bad sign when a stranger at a sandwich shop strikes up a conversation with you with the phrase, “I’m hyper, I’m disabled, and I’m on medication.”

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The Times liked my recent Wired piece… From Obstacles to Breakthroughs – New York Times

PC World – The 13 Most Embarrassing Web Moments One of the more entertaining things I’ve had the pleasure to write.

Zune #16 on Amazon, right below a battery charger and a GPS that’s 63% off. Amazon.com Bestsellers

I know this is a little late but… here’s what we just found in my daughter’s Halloween candy. That’s odd, is all I’m sayin’.

Oh man… A teenage Ecuadorean construction worker has admitted killing Adrienne Shelly, an actor who made her mark in films by Hal Hartley, in an angry exchange over noisy building renovations. Construction worker: I killed Adrienne Shelly | News | Guardian Unlimited Film

Today is my daughter’s fourth birthday. Naturally there were presents, including this play food set — I got her a set of Chinese food and sushi so she might someday learn to eat something “exotic.” The foods were a hit, but it wasn’t until I was cleaning up that I discovered this little bonus item…

Another one of my favorite actors commits suicide. (Spalding Gray was the past one.) But Adrienne Shelly? I never would have thought she’d be the type to hang herself with a sheet. She also had a 3-year-old kid and a new movie coming out. I’m stunned. She’ll be missed. SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features —…

Today I witnessed my third car accident in the space of a week. In each case it could’ve been me had I been a few seconds earlier to where I was going. What the hell is going on out there? I’ve seen a guy run over a tree, a person turning left clip a car…

My Marilyn Monroe jack-o’-lantern. I think it will look better when I get better lighting for her. Pumpkin-tastic!

My Marilyn Monroe jack-o’-lantern. I think it will look better when I get better lighting for her. Pumpkin-tastic!

Interesting. I actually know of zero cases of cheating while I was getting my MBA (rank laziness, yes. cheating, no.). Of course, that was the ’90s… a different era, I suppose. M.B.A.s: The Biggest Cheaters: Weekend – Yahoo! Finance

The Bonus Songs!! spoilers!! – Guitar Hero II Song Lists – GUITAR HERO GAME

Question for you banking types out there: If someone mistakenly writes a check to me but puts “Christopher” in the “TO:” field is it OK for me to write “Null” afterward? Or can I cash it with just “Christopher” on it? What’s the protocol here?

“There’s nothing stronger,” she says, “than a child’s will not to poop.” Parents get help with potty training | ajc.com

Pals know that I can’t stand the word “pop” as a generic term for soda (where I live know) or coke (where I grew up), though otherwise I love you guys in the Washington/Oregon area, where in my experience it is at its worst. This map shows where the problem is at its worst. Though…

Pals know that I can’t stand the word “pop” as a generic term for soda (where I live know) or coke (where I grew up), though otherwise I love you guys in the Washington/Oregon area, where in my experience it is at its worst. This map shows where the problem is at its worst. Though…

Yes, that was my head on the Yahoo! home page today. Now it has been rotated out for Paris Histon and Jessica Simpson but you can still see a tiny me in the thumbnail beneath them. Right next to Homer Simpson. Yahoo!