..... riiiiiiight. Same folks that buy "oxygen drops for water" I bet.

My dollar stores aren't cool enough to carry these. Good thing I got one as a gift instead.

I've been recommending this book for the past few years now: You're Not Fooling Anyone by Taking Your Laptop to the Coffee Shop. I wish I had this book when I was in college thinking I could be a writer.

If I had a quarter for every time I saw a tourist dig out their travel/security wallets *in public* I'd have enough to fill two huge Christmas stockings that I'd use to whack 'em on both sides of their heads.

I cannot wait until HBO goes a la carte, because then bye-bye, cable. Sure, I really, really like having other channels to watch too, but I really don't need the distraction that ends up with me on the couch for five hours hate-watching House Hunters on HGTV.

I made a bet/running gag with one of my co-workers as we both realized we should drink more water and less soda/coffee: we take our water to meetings and take a sip when certain things happen or certain words come up.

If my calculations are right, I should be able to pay off at least 50% of my credit card debt without even blinking through automatic savings. I have a lot of things I need to pay for like cert exams and conventions, otherwise I'd quote a higher percentage, but $#%t happens. My spouse got a raise that we're not even…

Found this recipe on Reddit. Love it. http://www.reddit.com/comments/cidla

The search button is useful for more than just loot—it makes everything in the environment light up, and can make it a lot easier to find whatever items you may be looking for in a given room. I'd hit it constantly while I was exploring—if there's anything to be picked up nearby, it'll make a thicker sound effect than…

I hate-read it, and I'm still laughing/cringing years later.

You're Not Fooling Anyone by Taking Your Laptop to the Coffee Shop by John Scalzi, so good I wrote my alma mater telling them to add it to the writing major reading. Even for non-writers, it gives you humility and lessons in work ethic.

Are you frakking kidding? A katana? I mean yeah there were French-Japanese relationships in the 19th century but ... well, okay. I mean, if Ezio got a pistol in AC2 this could be possible too, but this just makes me yearn for an AC game set in feudal Japan.

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There are more and more PWCs with tails. Some pups are born with a naturally docked tail, but mine has a huge big fluffy tail that furiously wags.

Side effect of owning a corgi: I look at every other animal and think their legs are too long.

I used to make fun of people with electric toothbrushes, but then after some major dental work in 2006 I got one on a whim and have used it everyday since. Battery life's kind of crappy (but really don't you just need it to work for less than 10 minutes a day and that still works) now, but I went to my first dental…

I used to make fun of people with electric toothbrushes, but then after some major dental work in 2006 I got one on…

Shame the closest Karma coverage is 3 hours' drive north or the same amount southwest. But I'm working on finding work elsewhere, so.

Location: New York Current Gig: CEO & Founder at Karma One word that best describes how you work: Efficiency Current mobile device: I use an iPod touch exclusively. About two years ago when we started Karma, everyone on the team decided to put their phone in flight mode, just to see if it would work. I decided to…

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Central Illinois, near Peoria and Champaign (ie not Chicago)