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Hai-yah!
A while ago, word_geek wrote about ninjabread men cookie cutters that I had discovered. Except that at the time, they were out of stock everywhere. I finally picked up a set in February. A certain someone in the house has been taking martial arts lesson for a few months. Tomorrow, his martial arts school is having its 20th anniversary celebration. So I ( Read more... ) -
My good deed for the day
My company periodically sponsors blood drives. Being a wimp who is afraid of needles, I never participated. I finally decided that was a pretty lame excuse, and signed up for today's blood drive. And it wasn't that bad. It did sting a little, and my forearm started to ache towards the end. But no adverse reactions. And hey, I now have a ( Read more... ) -
Indulgence
If you're ever in need of a treat, Ben & Jerry's new Milk & Cookies ice cream is yummilicious. -
Escaping El Niño's wrath
Watching Monster Storm #4 approach, I am reminded of my former manager's favorite site:
Private Islands for Sale.
Alas, probably won't be able to make it out before this evening. But I could go for this. This one seems a bit too developed for my personal private retreat. A steal at only $48 million, though... -
Useful tip for T-Mobile users with AAA
My brother shared this tidbit with me, and it worked, so I figure I should share it with others. If you have T-Mobile (I don't know about any other wireless service) and are a AAA member, you can get a 12% discount on your monthly T-Mobile service. I called the regular customer service number, asked about the AAA discount and was transferred to ( Read more... ) -
Pointless studies
A while ago, I asked why electronic devices die in the middle of the night. Once again, we were struck by this nefarious conspiracy. Last night around 11pm, BLEEP! BLEEP! BLEEP! a smoke alarm goes off. As Shiny pointed out, it is impossible to determine which one is bleeping. 5 minutes later, BLEEP! BLEEP!. word_geek randomly changes 2 batteries ( Read more... ) -
It's all fun and games...
until someone challenges you to play all the games in your game collection. Last night, word_geek suggested we play through all of our games in alphabetical order. According to BoardGameGeek, that is 82 games. WordGeek's list has 84, but I'm going to go with my list. That's a fair bit more than when we last played all our gamesWe should be able to ( Read more... ) -
Hot doggin'
It's sunny, it's warm, it's time to fire up the grill and bbq... cheeseburgers! I can justify bbq'ing hamburgers, but it seems like such a waste of time and gas to do it for hot dogs. I hate nuked hot dogs, though, which unfortunately is is someone-who-shall-remain-unnamed's method of choice. So how do you cook your hot dogs? Broil? Boil? Pan- ( Read more... ) -
Recreational reading or instructional manual of terror?
We got an Amazon package the other day with a couple of books for me and Sparky. word_geek had opened the package and put the receipt on my desk without looking at it. When I went to enter the information, I noticed that the receipt wasn't for me. But it listed 4 books that appeared to be in a series. Hey, I like series, so I looked it up on Amazon to ( Read more... ) -
Deck the halls
Well, not so much the halls. Ever since moving into our house, we've gotten our Christmas tree from this place just down the road. They have reasonable prices (at least, I assume they do since we don't actually shop around) and they deliver and setup. That used to be free, but now it is $5. We have a cathedral ceiling in our family room, so we ( Read more... )