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So yesterday, my wife and I went out on the town and bought like crazy! The biggest item, her proud new possession, a brand new bike! :) We also did a lot of shopping for groceries, etc. So you'd think the madness would stop right? WRONG! We ordered some more stuff off Amazon, but it was free thanks to ( Read more... )

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So all that hard coupon and saving info giving has not only resulted in thousands of dollars in savings for us and many others, but has now put my wife's website on a NBC news story.  Read it here!

(My Original Blog Post: http://zlog.entempore.com/2009/01/03/move-reviewIn the past week we've seen two independent films....sorta.  They've been independent, but somewhat mainstream.  The first was Slumdog Millionaire, a unique way of telling a love story.  Bollywood in origin, but tailored towards western viewers the movie uses the show Who Wants ( Read more... )

Well I was just getting used to Wordpress 2.5 and now they've gone and improved it. ;) I'm quite impressed. There's Google Gears implementation, made it easy to blog any page from anywhere, made the plugins management easier, and much more. All-in-all, if you're tired of the restrictions of hosted blog services, Wordpress makes it so easy. If you ( Read more... )

Image by samantha42 via FlickrSaw this bit from the Colbert Report on Hulu, and it reminded me of how we still laugh as adults at the puppets from Sesame Street. This is great ( Read more... )

In mid-June we went on a trip to the East Coast.  We did the usual, and visited family and friends, but we also saw some cool stuff.  Of note, we saw Washington D.C. and New York City.  I'll let the Travel Journal tell the rest of the story, follow the arrows and point and click! :)  Also we got some video, so scroll down past the map and watch the ( Read more... )

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Recently our group leader, Dr. Fred Hawthorne, was awarded the most prestegious award the American Chemical Society gives, The Priestley Medal.  Its sort of the longtime achievement award in Chemistry.  Its an amazing accomplishment, and yet another reason that the University of Missouri should be proud of its people. An amazing accomplishment. ( Read more... )

Well, yesterday was unfortunately the end of our friend Kate's trip. We had an absolute blast, and ended it with a trip into St. Louis. We went to the always filling Emperor's Palace, and the amaing St. Louis Zoo. You must check out the pictures ( Read more... )

Yesterday, the 4th of July celebrations continued with our lovely guest Kate. We had a lazy but fun-filled Sunday of a Columbia Tour, the always delicious House of Chow. We finished off the day with a visit for a BBQ at my parent's place followed by a board game, dessert, and fireworks. Apparently everyone else decided to take advantage of the ( Read more... )