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I have wanted one of these since Canon released a special edition that was given away at the last Olympics. It took me about three weeks to get it in because I had to order direct from a company in Hong Kong. Why order a lens from Hong Kong and not here in the US? And how did I get an $1,800 lens for less than $30? Scroll down…

Just to be sure I didn’t get ripped off, I used a checking account that I keep very little money in just for such purchases. To further be careful, I used my PayPal account to make the purchase. The next morning my wife received a text alert saying we had hit the mark in our checking account where we have created an alert so the account doesn’t get TOO low. That made me nervous because we had BOTH just deposited our paychecks the day before and hadn’t yet paid the monthly bills! I had a momentary panic before realizing the most I’d probably be out was $50 thanks to fraud detection, but that was a scary moment, nonetheless. Long story short, the alert was because Mint.com hadn’t updated our account balance since we deposited our paychecks.

So have you figured out how I got this so cheap?

I am slowly coming around on the idea of “mashups”, taking two things and combining them. Here are a couple of movie trailer mashups that made me giggle.

Fight Club and Toy Story

Inception and UP

This video is ALL over the interewebs this morning. It’s easy to see why. That baby can get down!

Another funny commercial from the folks at Toyota with Brian Huskey and Rachel Drummond.

Source: bagofnothing.com

Got this in an email

I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

Nothing stinks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong. (Luckily, I’ve never experienced this.)

I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.

There is great need for a sarcasm font.

How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

Was learning cursive really necessary?

Map Quest really needs to start their directions on step 5. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they always told you how the person died.

I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired.

Bad decisions make good stories.

You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection…again.

I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

“Do not machine wash or tumble dry” means I will never wash this — ever.

I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello?), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What’d you do after I didn’t answer? Drop the phone and run?

I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day “Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?” How the heck do I respond to that?

I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night, more kisses begin with Miller Lite than with jewelry.

I constantly feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get done all of the things I need and want to do. I found a resource online last night where you can enter how you spend your time each day. I created mine based on the amount of time I need/want to spend on each activity. Go past 24 hours and you’ll get a negative number. This could be a problem…

I edited out my numbers because, but feel free to fill in your own numbers.

I am currently reading Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today’s Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves in preparation for some things I will be doing at work. We are working to harness the power of social media to grow our business. In addition to the book, I have a meeting this week with Shama Kabani, CEO of The Marketing Zen Group, a social media marketing company. I’m looking forward to meeting with someone that really understand how to use social media (and how NOT to use it).

I saw a status on Facebook this morning that is a perfect example of a company thinking “outside the box” to create viral marketing for their new chocolate bar. Nestlé’s genius here is in the low cost to create a buzz and increase brand awareness and recognition. I also appreciate how they seem to avoid taking themselves to seriously and have a little fun with customers.

If you are still with me, here comes the payoff for you:

Call the Nestle Crunch Hotline at 1-800-295-0051. Listen to the brief message until it asks if you want to continue in English or Spanish. Don’t answer. Just wait quietly for about 10 seconds and you will smile. Promise! Keep going a…nd press 4. Listen to the options. Now this is a company that knows how to answer the phone.

Several years ago I went to a KISS concert for a friend’s bachelor party. I don’t remember this song being on the set list. Too bad.