Kato is "industrious and inventive."

That's pretty smurfed up.

@mrhymes01: All I see is a photo of Wonder Woman—standing—sword in hand.

Dive, Jeeves, dive!

@supergun: Red Alert doesn't need headlights to see and be seen, but the kids need reflectors. Damn hypocrite robots . . . in disguise.

@jdawg183: Condescension does not improve comprehension. In fact, it is a major communication barrier. Working in customer service requires a person to continually step back and forth between being an expert and being a novice—the customer service representative needs to be able to see the issue from the novice's…

This past weekend at Radio Shack, I was looking for an HDMI to DVI cable. They had one. It was $55. I looked at the two sales reps who had followed me over to the cables section. I arched an eyebrow. One rep smiled a big, Grinchy smile. The other rep dropped his gaze and said, "Yeah, you might want to just order the…

@mSeliga: My first (and only) set of Monster cables came from believing the sales team at Best Buy.

The left seems to work well for me so far.

I always try to park next to a shopping cart return—for two reasons. First, it means only one vehicle can park next to me, which limits the number of people who can slam their door into my car. Second, even the laziest shopper can usually manage to get the cart into the return if they bother to wheel it to the return…

Most of the books in my Amazon wish list are around $10. So certainly no more than that.

Step 7. Curse.

Oh good. I was worried I was some kind of freak for not emptying my inbox daily.

The League Of Arachnids and I have a simple understanding—if we encounter each other in their natural habitat (ie, outside), I won't squish them. If I find them in my home, the game is afoot (pun intended).

And my all-time favorite: What book are you currently reading.

@Tung Luong: We had been using WebEx at work for a while and then IT switched us over to GoToMeeting—I believe they said the latter was less expensive. I was happy for the switch—GTM is sleeker and easier to use than WebEx.

Frosted Mini-Wheats

It's still useful at work, especially when working with clients who prefer the phone. But I never check my personal cellphone calls anymore—for the longest time I just assumed I wasn't getting any, and then learned that my wife has been checking them for me once a week in case anything important comes through (nothing…

@JuniorAndTorrie: Agreed. I've tried many methods, and zip ties are still my favorite.

My deep drawer contains tall stuff, like the cake carrier thingy. Why do I have a cake carrier thingy? Ask my wife. I'm choosing my battles and hoping that my one-in-one-out rule will someday apply to the cake carrier thingy.