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April 30, 2014

Facebook Compromises Our Definition of Happiness

If our posts on Facebook get us a lot of attention in the form of “likes” and comments and we find this attention makes us gloat like we’re the King of Facebook, we have ask ourselves: Should we be getting our thrills in this manner? Of all the things to get thrilled about, the birth of a baby, the expulsion of a fascist leader, the discovery of a cure for some terminable disease, why do so many of us jump for joy upon getting Facebook “likes” and comments?

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No Matter How Hard I Try, Stupidity Seems Inevitable

Grading freshmen composition essays makes you lose IQ points. Why? Because there’s only one of you grading over 500 sub-literate essays a semester. You don’t raise them up. By sheer numbers, they pull you down. Try telling this to your Dean and see how sympathetic he is. He’ll say, “We hired you to change the future of America, you nincompoop!”

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The Man Who Watched TV with His Binoculars and Other Human Foibles

When we’re afraid of something, we often do extreme behaviors that cause our worst fears to come true. I knew a guy who was so obsessed about getting cancer the supposed radiation released from his TV that he would turn on his TV in the living room and watch it from his back yard while using binoculars. Within three years of sitting under direct sunlight, he was diagnosed with skin cancer.

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Normal Is What You're Used To

I've drunk cow's milk all my life, so it feels natural to me. But last night while I was watching Don Draper's ex wife drink fresh milk from a cow's teat it seemed disgusting that we're acclimated to guzzling bovine animal body fluids.

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Snobbish, Churlish Customer Service Can Make You Come Back for More Abuse

Ed has apprised us of this article about how pathetic, needy, and feeble we are as human beings because we are not drawn to sycophantic customer service but to the snobbish, supercilious elites who treat us as peasants.

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April 29, 2014

Manly Watch Collection, 2014, Complete?

I can tell you from experience that being obsessed with radios and watches has taken up a lot, too much, real estate in my brain. These obsessions run in cycles and tend to ebb and flow.

My watch collection feels complete (for a week?), but experience tells me this sense of completeness can be disturbed by some grail that emerges out of the shroud.

I'm down to nine watches and it still feels like too many as every day when I go to work I "struggle" with choosing a watch, giving one the wrist time it deserves.

The Seiko Tuna, back on the rubber strap, seems more appealing than ever. The Omega Seamaster 50mm . . . Wait, that's a Deep Blue Depthmaster, a very large watch as you can see from the comparison shots with the Seiko SBBN017 Tuna.

My seven others:

EcoZilla

Orient M-Force with orange dial

Seiko Black Monster, second generation

Citizen Grand Touring

Benarus Moray Dart 44mm

Orient Saturation Diver

Seiko Sumo (in transit, third one, long story)

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April 27, 2014

Third Time a Charm? I Hope This Is My Last Seiko Sumo

Who knows the motivation for selling a mint Seiko Sumo twice? Trying to fend off boredom? Trying to justify buying new watches?

Yet every time I lose the thing, I want it back. It should be here in about a week. Where will my watch obsession take me? I've got a running joke, a refrain in which say, "Now my collection is complete." I wonder.

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April 26, 2014

Get the Seiko Sumo Or Wait for the New Seiko Prospex Kinetic SUN019 Diver?

As reported here on Worn and Wound, 2014 ushers in the new Seiko SUN019 Prospex Kinetic Diver with 47.5mm bezel and sapphire. Looks like a Sumo competitor. Or does one get both?

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April 25, 2014

Excellent Condition Panasonic RF-2200 Bidding Today on eBay

Tony has apprised us of this Grail, a Panasonic RF-2200, bidding low on eBay today.

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April 24, 2014

Orient Saturation Diver Stays with the Super Engineer II Bracelet

This morning Mike (recently moved from luxury watch store in Laguna Hills) of Watch City switched my Seiko Black Monster from its Super Engineer II bracelet to the stock H-links and we both agreed that the H-links look good with the case design (though they feel so light and cheaper than the SEII).

UPDATE: After a few hours I had the SRII put back on the Monster. Its stock bracelet felt too light and too cheap.

Also, we put the stock OSD bracelet back on the Orient Saturation Diver after removing the SEII, but Mike and I agreed that the SEII was a better match, especially since the light and thin stock links disappeared on my wrist. The OSD is hefty enough to stand up to the heavier SEII.

Mike had never heard of the 46mm OSD, but was very impressed with its quality and wrist presence and agreed with me that it was a worthy substitute for an oversized (usually 44mm) Rolex.

There's my watch drama for the day.