Honestly, I started thinking about this the last time I was home and it broke my heart. I moved like 1000 miles from home and thought I'd move back but then settling in, bought a condo and made a life for myself. I realized that I could potentially only see my Mom like 12 more times if I only went home once a year and…

I hate you for posting this, now excuse me while I go hug my mom

There is an obvious answer that no one is addressing.

There are rumors that it will be a free upgrade from 8. We don't know yet, but I don't think it's outside the realm of plausibility. I think they just want to get away from the stain on 8s name—no matter how much they improve it, people will avoid it (remember Vista?)

Even though nothing here is particularly "new" in the strictest sense, I'm pretty excited to see Microsoft is focusing on some of the more useful, productivity-oriented features on the desktop. I've had "Task View" and virtual desktops forever thanks to Switcher and Dexpot, but I'll be glad to see them in Windows…

Growing up, I had always used an electric can opener. It wasn't until I went to college that I bought and had to use a manual can opener. After several barely-opened cans and multiple cut fingers, I just assumed I was bad at using a can opener. I couldn't explain it, but it was the only thing that made sense. I bought…

Dish Soap (Probably other soap as well)

Mine is similar, it looks like:

Years ago, I worked at a hospital where the nursing administration had a different sandwich—criticism, really nasty criticism, criticism. The head nurse where I worked even topped that sandwich off by suggesting that matters would go better for me if I dealt out dirt about others. That I refused to do.

You're pandering to me and it's working.

Wait a second, it seems like any pronouns are a problem then. Unless he says "You will be successful" or "I deal with a lot of ambiguity".

Checking the weather, unless you want to see the radar maps.

http://www.betterworldbooks.com/the-power-brok…

I don't really have strong feelings on this one, but I'd choose ebook most of the time. The feel of a physical book is nice, but the convenience of ebooks is just awesome (as well as the lower environmental impact). I do, however, feel quite strongly that the best source of either type of book is a library. Don't…

Convenience stays on the digital side: you can carry a lot of stuff on one device much less heavy than a book. But books do not need batteries.

It depends. . . How's that for an answer?!

Just can't beat portability. I don't carry my paperbacks everywhere. But I can always look at my phone (unless it is in the sunlight)

I've been reading fiction exclusively on e-ink devices for about 7 years. It's strange what that does to a person - once I tried to look up a word in a magazine by touching it. It didn't work

"This chart shows the cars most likely to be stolen... huh, this should be interesting. Surely nobody wants my boring Honda Accor—oh, shit." <- exactly what went though my mind just now.