Partner, Let me Upgrade U
New things are strange and mysterious, scary at times and not always an improvement. Case in point: LED Christmas Holiday Lights. I put up the white icicle lights up over the couch last night and it was like having a...
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So Fresh, So Clean
I’ve actually had work to do since I got in this morning. This is a fairly rare occurrence that I just hit the ground running and don’t even take RSS breaks, so all you get is a picture of my...
Nothing screams out “Perfect Christmas Gift” like…
A Metallic Leather Condom Holder from Kenneth Cole! 2 pockets, bi-fold design, imported! At $50 this costs more than other belts, necklaces and wallets currently on their site. Merry, and I do mean merry, Christmas y’all! Just the thing for...
Move over bacn!
I’m loving the meat based terminology for e-mails these days: Ham: e-mail, sometimes unexpected, that you legitimately want to receive Bacn: e-mail you want, but not right now Spam: unsolicited e-mail that you don’t want Obviously none of us wants...
Turning on the Holiday Spigot
[photo by flickr user The Searcher] So when do you get “in the spirit?” I experience an odd inversion to the demands of culture. Each year while they push back holiday sales and commercials and decorations, etc. earlier and earlier,...
Spirit Airlines? Meet the internet. Internet? Spirit Airlines.
I can’t believe I almost forgot to share this! A few months back while my brother and I were on the phone, he told me I should sign up for Spirit Airlines’ periodic e-mail newsletter that advertised their specials. I...
A truer tagline was never written
The chairman of the Florida GOP expressed pleasure at Allen’s resignation, however, the taxpayers will ultimately foot the bill. Today the Sentinel reported that it will cost Brevard and Orange Counties at least $200,000 each to hold special elections. That’s...
The Creep that Extended Christmas
I have seen much about this out there, but a user submitted a photo to The Consumerist of Nordstrom’s opposition to Christmas Creep (wiki definition). At Nordstrom, we won’t be decking our halls until Friday, November 23rd. Why? Well, we...
Füd, Glorious Füd!
I really should have picked up some red wine to go with this meal. I’m all for health, but water just was not cutting it. I picked up the cut of meat at Trader Joe’s when I was out near...
Unboxed and unimpressed
I was looking for something to watch this afternoon as the local Youth Day festival had sent me towards migraine and driven out all of my desire to go out to dinner. As I was clearing out things on the...