@Ucla74: This nonsensical argument is frequently made by people who still lock their doors and who presumably don't use the word "password" as their password (that is to say, houses and websites can also be compromised, but we still take steps to minimize risks). We all take precautions according to our own…

@Miral007: Sorry, I was just kidding about the whole moving through time and space situation. Your original post was correct, this deal is expired.

@Miral007: But, if you *back up* one day, like LH is always telling you to do, then it's Wednesday again. Problem solved my friend. :-)

@gopanthers: A lot of us might have needs that are different from yours. I for example, do webinar presentations and voiceover work, for both of which this will be perfect and a big improvement over MS Word. I'm sorry it didn't meet your needs, but I'm very thankful LH brought it to my attention, and I'm very…

A good addition to anything you keep in a bank safe deposit box is a ziploc bag. I toured a bank vault in New Orleans after Katrina and all the boxes up to my eye level were rusted and the contents ruined. In fact, anywhere you store your external drive, a ziploc is likely the cheapest added protection you can buy.

@SoundSystem: Wow, "certainly come off as little more than a high school graduate" . . . elitist much?

@SoundSystem: It's Andrea Mitchell, not Mitchells. I was pluralizing it in "the Andrea Mitchells of the world". Should I assume from the fact that you don't know her name that you don't know who she is? She's "NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent". Sounds kind of like a leading reporter, doncha think?

@ShadowStaarr: HAHAHAHHHH!!! LOL I love it. :-) And I in turn promise to take topical humor less seriously ;-)

@SoundSystem: While I don't know if you *personally* compared Bush to Hitler, there were certainly plenty who did, and an especially amusing photoblog of such morons is posted here:

@SoundSystem: While I normally try to avoid pointing out the obvious, in your case I'll make an exception. Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary is not in the "Business of Ratings" is he? He's the chief spokesperson for the President of the United States, a man who, when he goes off prompter, is a messaging…

@SoundSystem: I'm not sure what "As you've clearly demonstrated you are qualified for." means. But if you didn't see any frothing at the mouth, perhaps you missed the always-inspiring Andrea Mitchell: [www.huffingtonpost.com] or the barely-lucid Chris Matthews: [www.huffingtonpost.com] or even The White House…

@brodie7838: One of my favorite Onion videos ever. :-)

@Forecaster71: At the risk of reading too much into ShadowStaarr's comment, I'd assume his was a reference to Sarah Palin's recent speech where she wrote 7 words on her hand. All the normal crowd of Palin-haters jumped up and down frothing at the mouth about how ignorant she is. Apparently 7 words on your hand makes…

Sorry, but why not just use your phone for the occasional check of webmail/blocked sites/etc. It's not using company property, it doesn't expose the network to risks, you can take it somewhere private, and you won't risk your job over it. Seems a whole lot smarter than all this . . .

@Darnitol: I was only making the association w/cupofjoe that people with incomplete information often feel compelled to pass judgment. Nothing more.

@PrairieGirl: Yeah, we use Kirkland Signature whole wheat bread from Costco and it's pretty sturdy. Actually one thing that seems to help a lot is that we keep our bread in the freezer for freshness and having it frozen when it goes on the griddle seems to make everything come out just right. It gives the outside…

@wickedcupofjoe: I know exactly what you mean. We have a kiddo with allergies and I'm always amazed by some people's tendency to think of Anaphylactic shock as an extreme form of "doesn't like the taste of". I try to explain, "No, I don't like brussels sprouts, but if I eat one I don't need an injection of…

@wickedcupofjoe: Absolutely, on all counts. The tutorial is great and who wouldn't want to make perfect grilled cheese sandwiches. I just wanted to give some hope to parents out there for whom the finickiness is not related to a medical condition but to the more common "ornery" condition that it's worth investing…

Sorry to create a potentially controversial tangent here, but as the father of a 2- and 5-year old, both of whom exhibited strong finicky tendencies at one point, nothing nips that nightmare in the bud sooner than a couple of skipped meals. We went from making separate meals for each of them to both happily eating…

I must be a geek. I read homebrew and thought it was something to track Palm Pre apps.