I go with the blanket thanks coupled with specific thanks to people who said more than just "Happy birthday."

No, he's right—it makes them look like robots.

It's more likely that he was abducted by tequila. Multiple times.

Anyone else have a heated discussion at work today about this? Man, I love publishing!

Bon Jovi is giving nostalgia a bad name. (Had to be done.) Seriously, though, I'm old enough to remember these magical times Jon's talking about, and one thing I remember clearly is standing in a Sam Goody with my allowance money, staring at a new album's cover art and thinking, "Geez, I wish I could preview the whole…

This method seems anti-customer to me (both to external customers and to internal customers—also known as co-workers). And I shuddered when I read the word "ignorant" applied to a work environment. Plus, what about time differences? My East coast clients who e-mailed me when I was still asleep may not appreciate…

@wolfshades: Um, you mean the New York Post? Not quite on the same level as the Times, and leads me back to my original statement.

You're quoting The Sun? Really? Isn't yellow journalism covered on, like, Day 3 of Journalism 101?

I'm extraordinarily lucky—my UPS guy's delivery route brings him to my neighborhood shortly after 1 pm. So if I know a package is coming, I just slightly adjust my lunch hour.

Even Galactus shouldn't look like Galactus.

It's true! My wife loves her landing strip as a place to drop all of the clutter she's accumulated throughout the day. In fact, it was so successful for her that she soon began expanding into my landing strip. The things we do for love.

@FrankenPC: No, he's the multiplatinum standard for moron.

Reminds me of this story: My nephew's scoutmaster encouraged the boys in his troop to report to him any family and friends who downloaded music illegally. Not sure what the scoutmaster intended to do with that information...

Next week we'll let 100 toddlers roam free in a Best Buy overnight.

@Yes, they are Fluevog: I have a ceiling-mounted storage area in my garage and use it to store containers filled with holiday decorations and camping gear—the stuff I want but don't use regularly. So while I wouldn't suggest that one go nuts with storing stuff, the ceiling storage has worked great for me and gets…

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@UnicornMaster: Or M.A.N.T.I.S.

Two things that always annoy me:

More powerful than the rays of the sun!

@TheGreat&PowerfulTurtle: He points the gas gun at his own face and pulls the trigger. Yeah, that has "superhero" written all over it.