I guess we should have held off since now they're down to 99 cents apiece instead of $1.99. While I still can't get into her whole sound, that Kimbra album is a good deal at 99 cents for "Good Intent" alone.

Oh, good, Amazon.com emailed to say they would be giving me $1 MP3 credit for each of the albums I purchased for $1.99. All is well.

For the woodworkers: Dremel CKDR-01 three-tool combo kit for $98.98 at Amazon today (list $256, reg. $124).

Dremels are for podiatrists and cub scout projects, but thanks for the tip.

Said the prostitute to the leper.

Now, now... I've used one a few times to take something I've spent dozens of hours carefully crafting and completely ruined it in the finishing stage in 2 seconds.

Bren R.

I occasionally use mine to cut through or grind the top off ceased bolts and screws which are too small for a grinder ...or... for making a slot in a rusted screw so I can hopelessly try a screwdriver before getting angry and grinding it off anyway.

I hope you've all been enjoying the Steam Summer Sale. I think it's over after today. I've spent too much, and now I must pinch pennies again if I'm ever going to afford that new display I want. It's pretty sick, though. I'm up to owning 495 games (all of them installed, too, with plenty of space left on a 2 TB dedicated game drive). Now I just need to be better about playing them. Ha ha.

So far I've tried out a few I got from the recent sales, and a few that I bought a while ago but never opened: Bookworm Adventures Deluxe (super addicting for someone like me), Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers (cool visual style, promising gameplay), Crysis 2 Maximum Edition (we'll see if I just feel clumsy and slow the whole time), Dear Esther (creepy atmosphere, striking visuals), Amnesia: The Dark Descent (more creepy atmosphere and striking visuals), Quantum Conundrum (not deep enough into it to know what to think yet, but there's potential), Rayman Origins (again, great art style, but it's obvious I don't play platformers enough anymore). Now I just need to spend 5 minutes on all of the other games I've bought, and that should get me to my day of reckoning.

Gears of War 3 is $14.99 on Amazon.com at the moment. I'm finally buying it.

Oh, there is a woot off going on today too....

http://www.woot.com