Okay, yeah, that's pretty funny.

A Jamaican VW dealer has made this ad, and now I'm actually laughing:

Doing a Partridge Family song no less.

Raleys= grocery store that apparently sells just the one brand of reading glasses so I don't have to make a lot of decisions. I don't know of any differences between reading glasses, beyond get the ones that are the right magnification and fit on your face okay. Once again, I am not really helpful, sorry.

All this talk of standing desks is inspirational.

I'm migrating to a new computer and monitor today and have been considering a standing configuration.

Mostly, because my much bigger than expected dog (he's gained 4lbs in 10 months, takes up nearly all my office chair, most of the time. If I'm not standing, I'm perched on 1/3 of the edge. Better for posture, but pretty hard on the bum.

So. I stand.

Might as well make it official.

Reading glasses: all of mine are the cheap $12 ones from the drugstore, because I like their funky frames, and magnification is magnification. The only pair I have that I dislike and never wear are the ones that cost $25.

The cheaper ones are less sturdy and more likely to be destroyed by, say, someone sitting down on them. That's why they come in multi-packs, I think. I've only ever broken one, but YMMV.

I get the 3 for $18 jobbies from Costco. And, I have 9 pairs. Because I'm terrible with leaving them places or tucking them into pockets.

I loved that Jamaican parody of the VW ad.

Oh, god help me, I've signed up for Linkedin.

I think LinkedIn is just one of those things. I am irritated at the people who shotgun out invites to random recipients, but mostly I think enough people have looked me up on there that it's handy keeping my profile current.

My optician said the difference between the reading glasses I paid $45+insurance for and the +2s he said to pick up anywhere is the quality of the frame and the consistent magnification across the whole lens.

If there are no drugstore brands particularly better or worse than any other maybe I'll pick up a couple so I can have a pair at my bedside, etc.

That Jamaica ad makes me very happy--my sister had also sent me an article with people complaining that Americans shouldn't be the ones making funny ads involving our culture--why aren't we doing it ourselves? It was an encouragement to not be ashamed of the things that set us apart, and to work our image.

But this is the biggest PR bump we've had in forever that doesn't involve the 100m.

Jesse, is the J'can VW video appropriate for good stuff?

And Hec, I think that's the same song playing on the real ad--Jimmy Cliff is singing.