I haven't yet, but thanks for the idea!!

I feel a touch of the LOTR-EE Fever coming on!

I have a home office which just happens to be one door away from my home theater so what do you think I do on a semi regular basis???

I used to make the half hour drive at lunch to Best Buy to get the new releases on Tuesday, but the more I thought about it, I stopped.

I remember one Tuesday I rushed out when 5 or 6 titles were released, got to the store, they didn't have one and I thought "This is ridiculous. Why the rush? I won't be able to watch them until the weekend anyway" I could have ordered them all online and saved myself the drive and have them delivered to my house for less. So I left the store without buying any and haven't made a Tuesday trip since.

Now, I either order online, or if it is a major title and they have it at a local store closer to work for a good price, I stop there.

On Tuesdays I may leave a little bit early, but I would never miss full day of work just to pick up some DVDs. I'm crazy, but just not that crazy.

no, i don't come in late or take an extended lunch. coming in 15 minutes late equals 15 minutes which i don't get paid for. and no, i haven't taken any time off to watch DVDs.

I guess I should answer my own question.

I wouldn't "take off" if I had a job, but since I have my own web business I can take off whenever I want. I tend to do site maintenance, answer e-mail, message boards, etc. during the day, and then work all night.

It's nice to be able to decide to take a break and watch a movie at any time during the day.