Wednesday

Liz — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:26:46 GMT

"The Road"...I have a son about that age. I couldn't bring myself to read the book and even though I love Viggo Mortensen, I surely can't bring myself to go watch that movie. Yeesh.

Wednesday

LAMarlowe, Richmond, VA — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:15:45 GMT

For the want of a comma, all nutritional benefits were lost: "Cheerios, which I eat almost daily with beer and cigarettes" :)

Wednesday

Clif Craig — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:08:39 GMT

What brands of cigarettes and beer do you eat with your Cheerios, Will? On a serious note, the Espresso book mahine is incredible. What would Gutenberg say?

Wednesday

Katherine — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:36:41 GMT

"Which is not to equate Cheerios, which I eat almost daily with beer and cigarettes." Heh. I know what you're saying but it still made me laugh out loud.

Wednesday

Devon C. — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:08:07 GMT

"Which is not to equate Cheerios, which I eat almost daily with beer and cigarettes".... without a second comma, I read that as you like your Cheerios with a side of beer and cigarettes. :)

Wednesday

KRW — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:28:12 GMT

While glad to see you back, you owe me two and half minutes of my life for that trailer. I actually enjoyed the Sprint commercial that preceded it more (and Sprint is by far the least favorite of the cell phone services I've had). So the apocalypse is coming...again. I am so over the apocalypse. Have you tried to count the number of times the world has ended? Try it over a couple of beers with your buddies, it's bound to be more entertaining than the movie.

As for the NYT "economics" writer, what does he expect us to take from that? He kind of reminds me of the octomom. Not sure why, just does.

Wednesday

Will Femia — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:17:51 GMT

Liz, my feelings exactly.

Everyone, while I don't think I have the stomach for it, you have to admit there's something cool about a character who smokes and drinks beer with his Cheerios breakfast.

KRW, one of my favorite ranting recreations is to complain about the number of times Hollywood has destroyed NYC. I'll have to have my buddies over for Cheerios and beer to consider the broader apocalyptic question.

What the foreclosure guy kept bringing to my mind is the people who judged themselves in comparison to this guy's outward success, not realizing that not even he could afford to live that way.

Wednesday

Steve, AR — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:42:30 GMT

The Road: Read the book, couldn't possibly sit through the movie. What can you say for a situation in which a father saves the last bullet in his gun, so he can shoot his own small son when it becomes necessary. Heartbreaking for any parent to read.

Wednesday

KRW — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:05:58 GMT

Will,
I've thought the same thing about the foreclosure situation. Which points to the fallacy of holding oneself to the relative standard of others rather than what one's own inner values are. Of course, some people have few inner values, so maybe that's the other half of the problem.

As for the apocalypse, don't forget the cigarettes. I took your original post to be sardonic humor rather than a typo. But then I'm the type that eats shoots and leaves (old panda joke).

Wednesday

James, Las Vegas, NV — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:09:28 GMT

One of those self serving tweets is referring to a year-old punchline from Penny-Arcade about unnecessary tweets.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/