As a general "beginners guide to getting your sh*t together" book, I got a lot out of Chris Hardwick's 'The Nerdist Way.' As I'm sure is the case with many of these books, YMMV.

Either Steven Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective people ....David Allen's "Getting Things Done" books, and Mushashi' "The book of Five Rings".

Little convoluted, but hey.

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Contigo Autoseal, hands down.

Lots of people at the office I used to work (engineering/construction firm) at had these. A coworker got me one for Christmas and I officially became a member of the cult for these things.

They're indestructible, mine has survived lots of drops and knocks from roof of a car onto gravel. …

Contigo Autoseal, hands down.

Lots of people at the office I used to work (engineering/construction firm) at had…

1Password is the best app on the Mac. For years on my PCs I was using PasswordVault from Lava Software. It was a great password manager for the Windows world. The developer and I had several conversations about moving his app on the Mac but at the time he was not ready. The 1Password came along and that was my savior.…

When the easiest option is cereal*, that's why most people are like "screw this". **

Pablo Defendini, wrote a nice article on the topic a while back: https://medium.com/trying-things-…

Getting Things Done

I have never seen a look of more utter disappointment then when my mom saw my dorm room right before graduation senior year. Her mind trying to balance the fact that she had raised a son successful enough to graduate from college but produce such utter filth made her mom brain collapse in on itself like a dying star.

one is a pair of sunglasses and one is a pair of glasses. What's hard to understand about that? I too have prescription sunglasses (for the sun!) and prescription glasses.

Follow this format for your vote, including the bold print. If you don't, it won't be counted: A PHOTO OF THE BEST LAPTOP BAG Vote: [BEST LAPTOP BAG] Why: Why is this bag or backpack the best one, or the one you'd suggest to others? Maybe it's affordable, offers tons of storage, and has pockets for all your gear.…

Damn neighsayers, don't have a cow over it.

I love the interview she did where they asked her how many women should be on the Supreme Court and she answered nine, and then she gave this little look:

I love imagining her picking out her collars based on how pissed she is at a decision. "Oh, I am going full-on starched cotton on this bitch!"

Cat Food

I'd like to point out a couple of things for UK

I'm usually pretty tough about tragedies. But this has just knocked the wind out of me. I feel gloomy. I was watching the news last night and it kept switching from two breaking stories. Innocent people and kids getting blown up on the ground in Gaza and innocent people and kids getting blown out of the sky in the…

Not to be that guy...

Canned Tuna. This stuff is awesome. You just open one up and the possibilities are quite numerous. I usually fry it for a bit with some onions and put it over rice. If that's not your thing go for tuna salad. You can even do a very basic one: Tuna, onion, spices, vinegar. Mix and serve over toast.