[UPDATE: Half a day late, it occurs to me that “The ‘a’ in aStore is for Addictive” would have been a way way funnier subject line.]

This stupid “Monitor Duty aStore” is just too much fun! Or maybe it’s a lot of work. I can’t really tell at the moment.

Aside from talking to Beau Smith on the phone (Beau answers as though he’s auditioning for “The Blue Collar Comedy Tour”) and hitting a showing of “Casino Royale” for an all-too rare date with my wife, my Friday was spent adding products to the aStore. My only regret is that I filled up a category called “Cartoon box sets” before I realized it should have been a sub-category, and i don’t want to have to redo all my work!

One thing I would mention: Amazon is having a major sale on DVD box sets for TV shows, as you’ll see at our aStore. Robot Chicken (which I JUST bought for the “low sale price” of $15 at Target) is only $9, as is the highly-recommended “Venture Brothers” and the first season of Harvey Birdman. These and many more would make great Christmas Presents for the geek on your list (though any true geek already has them).

I created a “Making Comic Books” category and am busily hunting up more books for it. I’m sure that will come in handy to many of our readers. There’s also a “Michael Recommends” section; I realize I’m opening myself up to ridicule as you see the kinds of music I like, but it had to be done.