I'm rarely up late enough to see the speedometers.

#tcr

…because I was in the right place at the right time and it probably was the right thing to do.

It certainly gives me a fix unlike the other stop-smoking antidotes I’ve used in the past.

The couple downsides are…

1- The battery charging, refilling the liquid maintenance headaches.

2- When I smoked I would go outside for 5 or so minutes and be good for a couple hours. With this guy the only thing I’m exhaling is water vapor so it’s safe to use anywhere. And so I do. But not intentionally, it’s just there, laying around. And I use it. There’s also not just one cigarette of liquid in that tube. There’s more than half a days worth so it’s hard for me to know when I’ve got my fix. So I over-fix. Too often. Just like getting too much caffeine, too much nicotine is rather unpleasant. In addition, my stomach starts to knot itself like an organ-al pretzel.

The upsides are well worth it though…

1- No smoke, tar, fiberglass, whatever other nasties Big Tobacco comes up with.

2- No smoke stained fingers. I didn’t think that would ever come off.

3- I feel good emotionally about it and physically, too. My right hand index and middle fingers aren’t going quite as numb as they usually do when it’s cold outside.

I’ve been vaping (which is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard) for a couple weeks now. It’s good. I don’t have any real beefs with ecigs and I do miss the smoking now and again. But I told myself a long, long time ago that when I turned 40, there’d be big changes. I’m not 15 anymore.

PS— I can’t believe started smoking 25 years ago.

PSS— I went with Volcano Fine Electronic Cigarettes mainly because they’re all American made. No sawdust China product here.

PSSS— Red Hot Lava is the only flavor I’ve tried. I’m going to give the Sharks Clove a go next since Djarum Blacks are what got me hooked again after a six month hiatus in the late 90s.

#photos #ecigs

What If The Unicorns Don’t Give a Shit About Our Problems?

Personally, I’m an optimist. I believe the unicorns give a shit about my problems.

This whole thing was something I never questioned, UNTIL NOW!

#comics #unicorns

Thread: A business model for movie theaters

I’d like to have a film festival for my friends.

So I’ll give you a list of 20 movies, Mr Movie Theater Owner, and one night every other week, you’ll play one of them, and I’ll guarantee a certain number of tickets sold. Above that, we’ll split the revenue.

That way we get to watch old movies in a theater setting, with popcorn and restrooms, and then we can all go out to dinner after and talk about the movies and why we like them so much. Maybe we could even get one of the actors or the director to join us. Movie theaters should be hubs for social activity. Watching a movie at home or on a laptop or a tablet isn’t the same as watching it in a theater. And most of the great movies aren’t showing in theaters now.

I wouldn’t want to be the one guaranteeing a certain number of tickets but I’d participate. Actually going to the show has always been a huge part of my existence. It’s an activity, something to look forward to. It was even semi-exciting to go to the video store to rent movies back when that was a thing.

Older movies on the big screen, double plus good: Tron, Dirty Dancing, Empire Strikes Back just to name a few. Classic Movie Mondays is showing American Graffiti tonight for a buck.

#movies

A quote from the corrupt, cancer riddled police chief in the show that’s sucked me in much more than I ever thought it would.

Don’t think on it too hard. If you come across something that don’t make you miserable, enjoy it.

#tv #protip

“Behind every successful person is a massive amount of coffee.”

Snapped at The Rhino Room.

#photos #coffee

I wanna work on the Criminal Team.

#photos #snailmail

Obama’s hokey Jedi religion makes more sense than you think

President Obama drew a lot of criticism from sci-fi fans last week, when he conflated Star Trek and Star Wars in referencing a “Jedi mind-meld” during a press conference on the looming sequester. The gaffe quickly spawned a satirical #ObamaSciFiQuotes hashtag on Twitter, while the White House seized upon the opportunity to appropriate the sound bite for its own Twitter campaign. Both fan bases searched for explanations for Obama’s apparent misstep, with some speculating that the President may have been confused by two forthcoming J.J. Abrams films, but according to MIT’s Chris Peterson, his blunder may have been more calculated — and contextually appropriate — than it seemed.

Doesn’t matter much to me if this was a calculated sound bite or not, the mere fact that our president and White House reference Sci-fi is pretty cool.

“These sound bites - too accurate for republicans. Only democratic stormtroopers are so precise.”

#politics #starwars

"love will save the day"

#enchantments

FYI: On Friday afternoon I stop paying attention to work email about 2:45pm.

#corporatedollars