I currently have a shade over 1300 unread emails in my inbox, and yet I sit here, clothed and fed. Incredible.

I agree with Mr. Rosenberg: My current email sorting routine (doing nothing) takes zero seconds of my day, so any other technique would, therefore, be less efficent.

Some people, however, just get off on organization for its own sake.

Do people honestly lay in bed at night and think fondly on their empty inboxes ? Who can't wait to get up and get to sortin' and deletin'?

and solid reasoning. I've never read any of the potter books and was amazed and saddened by people's (adults!) hysterical reaction yesterday. google is scanning millions of books, and I'm willing to bet that you haven't read most of them. are you indignant that the images of those books now exist somewhere?

Farhad made a good point to those worried about having the book spoiled: all you have to do is nothing. it's not like the book's publication will be now cancelled. Is your weekend reading group going to be dismantled becasue somebody somewhere knows the ending?

hmmmmm...if someone was more devious and motivated than I, they could download the book, read only the ending and print up a t-shirt with the idenity of the slain on it: "_______ Dies" and then take to the subway.

...have you ever ended a sentance with 'such as.'?

Although there have been some doozies (particularly from GW Bush and Mr. Perot) let's be honest and admit that no president or presidential hopeful has ever, ever displayed such stupidity during a debate.

Why are these girls answering questions anyway? Is it adding some legitimacy to the creepy title of Ms. Teen USA? Why can't a beauty pagent just reward beauty?

The 'I was nervous' excuse rings a little hollow. Does someone who displays themselves in a suimsuit on television really seem like the kind who would succumb to nerves? Of course, I think she did hear the question. After all, she answered with the insight that some U.S. Americans simply don't have maps.

I have to correct you:

' "In the Zone" made a special, if calculated, effort to burn off whatever residual Mouseketeer stigma remained with her, and for a moment we believed that a white chick from Louisiana would admit to being our slave. '

I assume you're referring to her only legitimatley great song 'I'm a slave 4 U', which was on 2001's 'Britney' not 'In the Zone'.

yikes.

who really liked this post? It's a funny insight into the reality of campaigning, a strange story that Obama obviously enjoys telling. Anybody can pontificate on the 'import of 2008'. I liked it.

Being from Ontario, I'm always amazed at how cheap American beer is in America. Six bottles of Bud here costs like 13 dollars.

Quebec is a little more reasonable, and a great hotbed of cheap local beers. A single bottle of Tremblant can be bought in some stores for a dollar. The place around the corner from me would sell cans of Old Mil for .99.

Quebec produces some of the best beer in north america, specifically Maudite, Fin du Mode, Blance de Chambly etc.

And Lucky Lager is certainly alive in Canada, and some of the most vile shit I've ever consumed. They sell Lucky Force 10, a 10% swill sold in a massive, heavy bottle. If I die early, it's because of Lucky Force 10.