Do you know what sucks on a small and squashed laptop screen? Movies. TV shows. Games. You to the tube. Websites. Twitter. Chatting. The entire internet. Movie editing. Photoshop. Zooey Deschanel. Cat videos. Downloading music. Listening to music. Pretending to listen to music to ignore co-workers. Yes. Pretty much evvverrrything is worse on the smaller screen. But you know what will convince you to get that bigger, badder and just better monitor? Porn. I have a friend who only watches adult masterpieces on his 1080p 50 inch LCD. That must make for glorious personal time. I’m not advising you to go that route but even upping your game to a 20-inch Acer Monitor for $90 will make you enjoy the breastesses of starlets that much more. When it comes to personal time, an inch makes a mile of a difference my friend. -CC More »

Have you ever wanted to buy something but knew that you had absolutely no need for it so you just tried to forget about it but every time you see it again, you want to buy it even more? That’s my relationship with Buckyballs. I just can’t justify spending money on those stupid metal balls. For what? Stress reliever? Clarity? So I can play with balls? Or can I? It’s like a rare alien metal that can somehow stick together. I don’t know how it works! It’s magic. An inevitable purchase. They have Buckycubes now for $25 (+ $5 shipping) which makes them even harder to avoid. I gotsta have it. But what about when they start introducing triangles, rectangles, trapezoids, paralellograms, hexagons, and rhombuses. Rhombuses were always my favorite shape (partly because I always forgot what they actually were). I’m gonna stay strong and hold out for the Buckyrhombuses. -CC More »

I just came back from California. Sunny Cali-for-ni-ay where the absence of weather means it’s always great weather. I ate In N Out a bazillion times. I drove in traffic. I listened to Dr. Dre. I watched Clayton Kershaw pitch. I didn’t surf, but I could have! I didn’t smoke out, but I should have! I didn’t sing the theme song of the OC but I’m humming it now. In New York. In my dark and cluttered desk. In the dreary weather. In depression. I’m depressed. And as a practicing scientologist that can’t take medicine, I stay depressed. So I wrap my brain around strategy games to remove myself from this world. I’m happy. It’s the next best thing to California. Try my therapy with the Indie Strategy Bundle: Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Defense Grid: The Awakening, Revenge of the Titans, Sanctum, and Sol Survivor for 10 bucks. -CC More »

I want to start a cult. In this cult, we would drink until we couldn’t see straight, smoke until our lungs turned black and eat until we suffered massive coronaries. We would dress impeccably and never appear affected by the trials and tribulations of the world. And that’s just the workday! More »

It’s going to get cold soon. I know you don’t think that now. I know you beautiful people in California don’t ever have to think about that. I know you don’t want 70 degree weather to end. I know you don’t want to remember the scarves, the gloves, the layers, the runny nose, the red cheeks, the glass ears, the chapped skin, the numb fingers, the club feet. I know you don’t want to get fat over winter. I know you don’t want to sleep with clothes on. But it’s going to get cold soon. Not SOON soon but soon there will be no more shorts, no more t-shirts, no more skin freedom. No more bikinis, no more tank tops, no more beaches. It’s going to be a tough life. So better prepare yourself now by building the LEGO Star Wars Hoth Wampa Set for $30. It’ll keep you ready for the chill until the cold really hits. -CC More »