FitBit One: Helpful Tool or Big Brother-ish Intrusion? I am totally on the fence on this one. On the one hand, it would be nice to track the exercise I get during any given day in order to find ways I can improve my habits and overall health and well-being. On ... Continued
The News: Sunday, September 23 Edition Two more shows today, then one day off, then work at stupid o'clock in the morning (literally this time, as opposed to me whining about having to get up before noon...we have to be in at 6am) for what will ... Continued
Things That Make Me Giggle: Weather Forecast Toaster From the "what will they think of next?" files...a toaster that forecasts the day's weather! I'm not a breakfast person myself, but I could probably change that if I knew I would get the current weather con... Continued
The News: Saturday, September 22 Edition Today is the visitation and funeral, but we have three shows and will not be off the clock for even one minute. So...we are planning to have a moment of silence on headset at the beginning of the second sho... Continued
Travel Must Have: Cotytech Portable Laptop Stand Having recently been the victim of an approximately nine-year layover in the Minneapolis airport, I cannot even tell you how much I wish I had known this existed before now. Whoever designed this needs a ti... Continued
Double Your Food Fight Fun With the Rapid Reload Double Marshmallow Blaster When I was a kid, I had this plastic gun that shot what were supposed to be soft foam pellet-type things. They were not soft. In fact, they stung like mad when you got hit with one (trust me on this...my ol... Continued
The News: Friday, September 21 Second Edition Today I hid from the world until I had to go to work, complete with a return to childhood. I snuggled on my couch with my laptop (ok, that part is grownup, but whatever) and a book, wearing flannel pajamas,... Continued
The News: Friday, September 21 Edition And here we are again. I'm still not in a place where I can be coherent, much less interesting or entertaining, sorry. It's been one heck of a week, I can tell you. But you know what's really cool? I'm stil... Continued
The News: Thursday, September 20 Edition Here is where I normally blather about things none of you actually care about, but that actually works for me because you're a captive audience. I choose to ignore the fact that you can (and probably do) sc... Continued
Stay Out of My Room…Or Away From My Desk! This is being advertised as something for your kids to use to keep their pesky siblings out of their stuff. Which is, I'm sure, a wonderful use for it. But since I can hardly be considered a grownup (hence ... Continued
The News: Wednesday, September 19 Second Edition Astonished. Overwhelmed. Unable to think. Refusing to believe. All of that. I was up for less than an hour today when I found out a friend, mentor, fellow board member, leader, teacher, and political ally (... Continued
Must Have: LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader Head Lamp It's LEGO. It's Star Wars. It's something I actually have a practical application for. And it's incredibly affordable. So why do I not already own one of these? Just waiting for payday. Seriously...I laughe... Continued