Didn’t think I was going to get interested in the winter games this year, but I caught a little last night and perked right up. Makes me miss Tahoe a little. Makes me wish I could luge even more. You get praised for laying still. How awesome is that!

Of course the NBC wants you to watch the entire 2 weeks, so one thing the network did not make easy to find is a simple, one-page schedule. Thankfully the internet in all it’s bounty has provided for us. Whether you want to catch the world class curling or shooting on skiis, now you’ll know when to turn on that tube.

I’m with the 57% of American who don’t wish for unlimited phone privileges on an airplane. Offices with cubes are bad enough, think about 135 people in a metal tube all with cell phones. All talking. The whole flight.

I know myself well enough to understand that I am not responsible enough to not annoy grandma in front of me or sleepy, red-eye traveler behind me. I would talk too loud for someone. And someone would probably be talking over me. Turn the phone off, put the phone down…and just enjoy the little spare time that we receive between cities.

After deliberately passing up fantastic deals from multiple companies, due to the fact that it required me to front capital and then remind the company via snail mail to send me back my cash minus any earnings during that “investment period”, good news seems to be right around the corner. Best Buy has announced that they are discontinuing notebook mail-in rebates. Hopefully this will spread across all product lines and allow the consumer to save rather than forget.