QotD: This Week's Top 25

What are your top 25 most played songs?  Submitted by Cooxie.   This is what iTunes currently has to say about the matter. I think it's lying about all the Shins songs. I've misplaced my iPod so this is just what I listen to on my computer. Car listening also excluded: What Ever Happend to You?   … Continue reading QotD: This Week's Top 25

QotD: My Weekend Plans

What are your weekend plans? Recovering from a few weeks of intermittent travel, and preparing for an eighties party tonight. Planning my wardrobe for that as we speak. Oh, I'll also watch the Raiders perform this weird, awkward ritual that loosely resembles our current sport of "Football". Read and post comments | Send to a… Continue reading QotD: My Weekend Plans

QotD: An Unforgettable Home

What's the most memorable building you've lived in?Submitted by Shelly. The house I grew up in was a beautiful 1890's Victorian. As a kid, my favorite feature was that it had a secret safe built in to the staircase — if you looked hard enough you could see a hinge in the wood paneling. Find… Continue reading QotD: An Unforgettable Home

QotD: Surprise!

Do you like surprises? I like surprises of the awesome variety only. One of my least favorite kinds is "Surprise! You're at a play where there's audience participation!" Why, what'd you get for me? Read and post comments | Send to a friend

QotD: Set Your DVR

What TV show(s) will you be watching this season? Why?  Submitted by ducnly.vox.com. Lost – (but I will bail as soon as it becomes Gilligan's Island). Deadwood – Season's over, but whenever those mini-movies come out I'm there. The Wire – As Tom (Tom Talk tom) said earlier today, it's the best show about work… Continue reading QotD: Set Your DVR

QotD: The Best Way To Reach Me

What's your favorite way to keep in touch? Phone, snail mail, email, text message, Vox, _____ ? [this is bad] sending this back to the chef. it's undercooked. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

QotD: Home Sweet Home

What is your browser's default home page set to?Submitted by Kelev T. Cat. I was about to say I'm a blank page man, but I just looked in Safari and I guess it's still default "livepage.apple.com". Shocking! Changing that now. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

QotD: Best. Villain. Ever.

Who's your favorite movie villain? The Emperor from the Star Wars movies. The man truly loved his work. I could expand on that answer but I'm saving the rest for a business book with that as the central theme. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

QotD: I'm reading (or about to read)…

What books are on your nightstand? American Pastoral, Philip Roth – Just finished it, so its nightstand days are numbered. A green, half-completed Sudoku book. Couple of old LRB's and The Believer's. The NFT (Not For Tourists) Guide To Atlanta Infinite Jest, D.F. Wallace – Lots of dust, but just a barely noticeable dent in… Continue reading QotD: I'm reading (or about to read)…