A follow up to Nick-One-Million’s post a couple weeks back.

I finally got around to seeing Annie Hall last night and I liked it quite a bit. This is Alvy Singer’s (Woody Allen) monologue at the start of the movie.

What thing that you enjoy could you give up for a year?

BONUS:  What thing that you don’t enjoy could you not give up for a year?

Phil sent me this video earlier this week. Ron Howard directed it, and it’s about overhauling financial regulation. Here’s more info.

What are your recurring nightmares?

These people are suspected of recently assassinating a Hamas operative in a hotel in Dubai. They’re secret agents, like the guys who the movie Munich is about. The photos– released to the international press by Dubai police– are from the suspects’ fake passports.

Here’s the news story.

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What is the difference between a ‘thug’ and a ‘gangster’?

Old Spice’s ads have been going for it for a few years now, I liked the Bruce Campbell ones they did a few years back.  This one is ahead of everything else.  Imagine how many takes it took to get him to say this with a straight face.  They still make Old Spice though, who’s buying it?  Who wants a musk odor as they go about their day?

If you were offered something hugely big, like a majority stake in Microsoft, in exchange for never being able to see or talk to the one you love the most, would you take it?

What’s the best animated feature (i.e., big-screen cartoon) ever made?

BONUS: What’s the best TV cartoon ever made?

So I recently came across this blanket at Z Gallerie and loved it because it’s one of my favorite colors and it’s also so very, very soft.  Eventually I gave into the temptation and bought it after trying not to since it was kind of expensive.  However, now I’m firmly in love with it and couldn’t be happier.  In fact, I redesigned my new bedding and some accessories around this blanket.  It’s 50″x60″ which is the perfect size to curl up and read or watch TV.  The back of the throw is just as soft but not fuzzy, more of a velour-type material.  The best thing about it is that it doesn’t shed!  There have been plenty of fuzzy blankets that have come before that shed and quickly got dumped.  I’ll be hanging on to this one for a long time to come.  This lovely blanket gets a because it’s just that awesome but still a tad on the expensive side.