Tuesdays with Muerte

Think about it.  What are the best TV shows of the last decade?  (Consult graphic below.)  Now realize that all those writers all collaborated TOGETHER on Buffy back in the 90s!  Pretty mind blowing, isn't it?  Kinda makes you want to go back and watch a few episodes. When Scott (my brother-in-law) wrote for the BYU Daily Universe, he interviewed a Film professor who argued that Joss Whedon's Buffy had the greatest script writing of all time. Look at what his writers went on to create! Although the content may be hokey, the script is what makes Buffy worth watching.

1. Track Your Time Part of spending your time better is knowing how you’re spending it now. If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you know that nutritionists tell you to keep a food journal because it keeps you from eating mindlessly. It’s the same with time. Write down what you’re doing as often as you can. Use my  spreadsheet , a Word document, or a pad and pen. While measuring your mornings, try tracking your whole week. The reason? The solution to morning dilemmas often lies at other times of the day. You may be too tired because you’re staying up late. But if you look at how you’re spending your nights, you’ll notice that you’re not doing anything urgent. The  Daily Show  can be recorded and watched earlier--possibly while you’re on the treadmill at 6:30 a.m. As for the mornings themselves, you can be organized but still not be spending them well. Question your assumptions. You may believe that “a man who wants to keep his job gets into the office before hi...

I just got suckered into purchasing an online deal.  I bought this nice backpacking-ready jacket from Marmot for $67 total! Here are my justifications: It's black.  Conservative. I need something to wear to work that is less audacious than my HUMONGOUS orange coat from Mountain Harware. The orange one was for grad school.  This one is more professional. This one can go backpacking.  It's compressible down to a pocket in the lining. I can wear it around town. I can wear it when I'm sick (because I'm cold all the time). Tremendous value.  People who bought it for full retail price ($175) said it was a steal.  It was only $67, instead of $100, the next lowest price I found online. Here are my concerns: NOT breathable membrane.  I will not be doing any activity with this on lest I combust. The $67 version may or may not have a full zipper.  It didn't say on the website, but I understand that Marmot makes a pullov...

Look at these two lists before you start your day and you will be more likely to dominate your life: List 1: Your Focus List (the road ahead) What are you trying to achieve? What makes you happy? What's important to you? Design your time around those things. Because time is your one limited resource and no matter how hard you try you can't work 25/8. List 2: Your Ignore List (the distractions) To succeed in using your time wisely, you have to ask the equally important but often avoided complementary questions: what are you willing not to achieve? What doesn't make you happy? What's not important to you? What gets in the way? ( Source )

The Oral-B Professional Care 1000 Rechargeable Toothbrush with Bonus Crest 3D Whitestrips is normally $112.   Today it's only $35 ; it will probably be more when you check it.  (And don't forget your  $10 rebate .) Having just chipped the back of my tooth off, I have a renewed desire to maintain my teeth.  I think it will be worth the $25 investment. I'll write a review and let you know what I think.  (I'm curious why they are liquidating these models.  Could it be a new pricing scheme or are they rolling out a new line of products?)  Will I have buyers remorse because I didn't get a Sonicare toothbrush that my parents both have and love?

I think I "need" a pair of these Smartbuds for work.  Only $25! ZAGG runs this sale twice a year: Memorial Day weekend and Black Friday.  It's 20% and 50% off retail price of all merchandise. I'm going to walk across the street and pick myself out a pair on my lunch break.  I might look at the iPhone (iFrog) cases, InvisiShield covers, and the iPad keyboard cases. If it weren't so darn convenient, I probably wouldn't even bother.  (I'm excited though.) ...I'm back.  And I purchased the Smartbuds. Product Review (After Purchase): The earbuds feel very light in my ears.  I could keep them in for extended periods without feeling irritated. The chord design allows for the weight of the chord to rest on the neck instead of on the ears.  The allows for the buds to stay in place while moving around.  Brilliant. The speaker quality is high. The on-the-cord volume control is alright.  The control feels a little chitzy.  However...

Download pilot from my Dropbox for a limited time (Right-click; save as link). Continuum is a one-hour police drama centered on Kiera Cameron, a regular cop from 65 years in the future who finds herself trapped in present day Vancouver. She is alone, a stranger in a strange land, and has eight of the most ruthless criminals from the future, known as Liber8, loose in the city. Lucky for Kiera, through the use of her CMR (cellular memory recall), a futuristic liquid chip technology implanted in her brain, she connects with Alec Sadler, a seventeen-year-old tech genius. When Kiera calls and Alec answers, a very unique partnership begins. Kiera’s first desire is to get "home". But until she figures out a way to do that, she must survive in our time period and use all the resources available to her to track and capture the terrorists before they alter history enough to change the course of the future. After all, what’s the point of going back if the future isn’t the one you ...