Monthly Archive: February 2006

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Juicy, Debt and the Land of Deletion

A few ads that gave me a grin this morning: HP shows us where all the deleted digital camera images go. The Homeownership Preservation Foundation gives us a visual on just how annoying debt is and how it can really...

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if this frame could talk…

I sure as heck wouldn’t be selling it! I just bought a new bed and the old one’s gotta go. Available after Weds, 3/1/06. Queen sized bedframe, brushed metallic headboard/footboard/rails [photos], with assembly directions. Supports mattress and boxspring (not included)....

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RIP, Octavia E. Butler

Octavia Butler passed away Saturday at the age of 58 after a fall that gave her a fatal concussion. I’m saddened beyond words by this news. This has been a weekend where we have lost two loved actors*, but reading...

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“German engineering in da haus, ja.”

Everyone knows I will add “Pimp My…” in front of anything to snark on how gaudy it looks, but VW’s new ads for the GTI are brilliant as they “Un-Pimp Your Auto” – starring Peter Stormare from Fargo, The Big...

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Pass the Boysenberry

Pancake breakfast anyone? On February 28, 2006 from 7 AM to 2 PM IHOPs across the country will celebrate National Pancake Day (also known as Shrove Tuesday) by offering our guests a free short stack of pancakes. This is going...

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48 hours earlier…

I’m glad I picked up a bottle of wine before trying to catch up on a few weeks of Battlestar Galactica… this show don’t even KNOW the meaning of happy!

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Form over Function

The Food Network’s new demographic: Even if viewers outside the new [15-35 year old males] target of the network lack the statistically disposable income, people who love to cook are more likely to buy into cooking-related advertising than someone who...

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I’m in love!!!

My new iPod arrived yesterday and it is fabulous. All of what I thought would be technical issues went off without a hitch. The tunes on my external mac-formatted drive were seen by my PC’s iTunes and while they all...

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Brokebacktastic!

I love reading the entries on my LJ contacts list, but some people really got the Brokeback Mountain fever and HARD. While I cackle in delight at finding spoofs of same. Today I bring you: Lego Brokeback Mountain and Brokeback...

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ow.. ow.. ow..

Oh I could just kiss Moose for suggesting that I do my exercise rides in the morning before work. Yep, kiss him until he just can’t breathe anymore! 😀 Oh, wait, did I say kiss.. I meant kill. Ow, ow,...