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Bitz ?n? Pieces O? Good News For Aahz
2008-05-05 07:33:00 A few different bits and pieces of good news for me from around the web over the last week or so. None really bloggable by themselves but combine them all together and add in this coming Wednesday’s exciting developments and you can see it’s a good time to be me The first bit of ... More About: News , Social , Blogging , Good News , Share
Fashion vs. Style and Punk Rock vs. Anarchy
2008-05-05 07:32:00 It’s no secret that I discovered anarchy from the punk rock bands of the 1970s. Not only did I absorb the messages in their music but also the statements made by their fashions. Both were quickly adopted and studiously observed (although in as discreet a manner as possible). Thank to Sid Vicious ... More About: Fashion , Punk , Punk Rock , Rock , Style
Why Are You On The Road To College?
2008-05-04 07:59:00 EDIT: This was originally posted Friday morning, but my wonderful blog web hosting company deleted my blog Friday night and took more than 12 hours to restore it from their backups, so this post (and possibly others that I don’t recall now) were missing. Couldn?t sleep this morning, so I was stumbling around some and ... More About: Education , College , Road , On The Road , The Road
Why Are You On The Road To College?
2008-05-02 18:47:00 Couldn’t sleep this morning, so I was stumbling around some and came across a post by Karlana titled high school education = graduation = college education ? It all leads to somewhere! It starts out well enough- Long title, but has a good message - don?t allow your secondary education to shortfall you from your ... More About: Education , College , Road , On The Road , The Road
Smoking Screwup
2008-05-02 07:43:00 Last night (Wednesday) I straight up forgot to put on my new patch. I remembered after I was already in bed, but decided that getting up to change my patch wouldn’t be any better than getting up to have a cigarette. This morning I woke up without the desire to smoke. ... More About: Smoking , Aahz
The Easy Way To Sell On eBay
2008-05-02 07:24:00 Y’all know I sell stuff on eBay semi-frequently. In fact, I used to sell on eBay full-time. But these days I only deal with small things. If it’s bigger than a hardback book I won’t bother listing it on eBay because it’s too much hassle to deal with packaging and shipping large ... More About: Ebay , Sell , Easy , Easy Way
Do Californians Even WANT To Own Their Property?
2008-05-01 22:53:00 In next month’s primary election Californians will once again be asked whether or not they wish to actually have control over the property they (supposedly) own. The last time we were asked this question, (Prop 90 in 2006) the answer was resounding “maybe”. According to the Secretary of State Prop 90 ... More About: Property
Catching A Flight To A Road Trip?
2008-04-30 22:27:00 Trying to figure out this summer road trip with gas prices climbing and climbing is driving me absolutely nuts. However I may have stumbled upon a rather unique solution this afternoon - fly somewhere then rent a car. Yeah, I know it sounds a bit crazy to take a plane on a road ... More About: Trip , Road Trip , Road , Flight
Dieting And Quitting Smoking DO Mix! Who Knew?
2008-04-30 22:11:00 Despite all of the “common wisdom” out there that says people gain weight when they quit smoking I decided to reisk my forward (or is that downward?) momentum on my weight loss goal by quitting smoking as well. It’s now been 10 days without a cigarette (wow! I actually had to look that ... More About: Smoking , Dieting , Aahz , Quitting , Who Knew
GoPoint Popup-At-Pointer Makes Laptop Usable Again
2008-04-30 21:07:00 Did you ever think you’d like pop-ups? Me either, but now I love ‘em! Of course, I’m not talking about popup ads that invade your web browser while surfing the web. No, I mean the popSuite from GoPoint that has finally made my laptop usable. I was pretty late adopting laptop technology ... More About: Laptop , Search , Popup
Is It Worth Buying Stumbles From StumbleUpon?
2008-04-30 10:06:00 I’m still experimenting with Stumble Upon , trying to figure out how to get any kind of consistent return from this social bookmarking site. When I received a bonus for one of my recent blog posts I decided to try buying some stumbles directly from SU themselves to promote that very post - essentially giving the ... More About: Reviews , Buying , Blogging
Freeware Gives You A Boost Up In Texas Hold ?Em
2008-04-30 08:25:00 It seems like everyone’s playing poker these days. Texas Hold ‘Em is on television, in casinos, online and in your neighbors home (if not your own). But are you good enough to play with the big boys? Maybe not face-to-face, but what if you could play poker online at a site like ... More About: Freeware , Boost
You?re Never Too Young To Work For Your Freedom
2008-04-30 08:12:00 I keep trying to explain to Z that if she wants to live free in today’s society she needs only one thing: money. Sad but true. She keeps insisting in return that she’s too young to earn her own money. Enter Aaron Kindley, the genius behind Make MeLook Hot.com. Consumers simply submit their photographs to the site ... More About: Freedom , Work , Young
More Road Trip Contemplations
2008-04-30 05:21:00 Z and I are still trying to work out the plans for our summer road trip. If gas keeps going up at its current rate we’re probably going to have to limit both the amount of time and the miles logged. But if it can hold or (never gonna happen) decrease then ... More About: Texas , Trip , Road Trip , Road
I?m SOOOO Proud Of My Little Girl!
2008-04-30 02:26:00 I guess I should say ‘young woman’ at this point, but she’ll always be my little girl. I don’t want to go into to many details because I know some of her friends like to keep up with everything here at Philaahzophy (you know who you are ), but Z did something yesterday ... More About: Girl , Little Girl , Proud
A Different Sun, Surf & Sky Experience
2008-04-29 20:26:00 With summer upon us here in Northern California and a major trip coming up soon I’ve been trying to explore some different ways for Z and I to enjoy the weather in the great outdoors. Z’s already been to Great America three times in the last 6 weeks, and I can’t afford the gas ... More About: Surf , Experience , Monterey
Free Cash For Coins From Coinstar
2008-04-29 19:57:00 While doing a little research for a recent article about coin counting machines I stumbled across a rather interesting post. If you’re not familiar with coin counting machines you probably haven’t been paying much attention. They’re found in most chain grocery stores around the country (usually tucked right by the doors) as ... More About: Free , Cash , Coins
Shoes For Infinity And Beyond
2008-04-29 06:42:00 Shoes, shoes, shoes. As a guy, I just don’t get it. Luckily, Z hasn’t inherited this stereotypically female trait (yet). Of course, even though she doesn’t need a hundred different pairs of shoes, she still does need some. Online shopping afficianado that I am, I headed to Infinity Shoes to ... More About: Shoes
IZEA Needs To Improve Internal Communication
2008-04-29 04:11:00 Setting aside, for the moment, the fact that more than five months after its release, IzeaRank s.com is still missing a significant number of both site visitors and page views, the IZEA development team really needs to take a closer look at how their various platforms (IZEARanks, Social Spark, and PayPerPost) communicate with each other. ... More About: Communication , Blogging , Internal
Finally, A Quality, Portable DVI Frame Grabber
2008-04-29 02:21:00 In less than a year, analog television will be a thing of the past here in the United States. Most computer stores no longer sell the old CRT monitors. And average screen resolution used is the most rapidly increasing metric in home computer use. HDTV, Plasma, LCD, Blue-Ray, the list of high ... More About: Portable , Finally , Frame , Quality
I Suddenly Can?t Sleep Anymore
2008-04-29 01:05:00 I don’t know if it’s the fact that I’m quitting smoking or the new arrangement of my room (since both occurred at essentially the same time), but for the last week or so I have been completely unable to sleep through the night. The last time I had this problem was when I was living ... More About: Health Care , Sleep
Carnival Midway Games Revealed (Part Three)
2008-04-28 22:44:00 Carnival season is upon us once again. Z and I visited our first carnival of the year a few weeks back and will be visiting our second this coming weekend. Thus, it seems time to refresh the memories of all those ‘big strapping’ men out there looking to win the affection of ... More About: Carnival , Games , Part , Midway
One Week Tobacco Free - Where?s My Benefits?
2008-04-28 06:54:00 As I type this message I will be passing the one week (7 days / 168 hours / 10080 minutes) mark since I last smoked a cigarette. And all I want to know is where are the benefits?!? Last night Z and I went out for a seafood dinner. Neither my senses ... More About: Free , Week , Benefits , Aahz , Tobacco
Seņor Doo Comes Out Of His Shell
2008-04-28 05:42:00 When I was a kid I loved seafood. It was actually my favorite food. I had forgotten over the years that kids generally do not like fish (other than fishsticks) much luss other seafoods until I started taking Z out to some of my favorite restaurants. Well, she’s been excellent at coming ... More About: Shell
The Long Lost California?s Great America Videos
2008-04-28 05:27:00 Okay, so “long lost” is a bit of a stretch. The truth is I get so upset thinking about the nightmarish opening day at California ’s Great America in March that I keep forgetting to upload these videos to Philaahzophy. They have, however, been on YouTube since Mid-March and received a couple of hundred ... More About: Videos , Lost
Who Wants Free Business Cards?
2008-04-28 02:35:00 I’ve written before about where you can get low-cost business cards online. But today I’ve got an even better deal for you - Free Business Cards ! Yep, that’s right. The good folks at Unlimited Business Cards are giving away absolutely free business cards. How can they do that? They simply sell ...
Changes On The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Midway
2008-04-28 02:11:00 Z and I made our first joint trek to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk last weekend. I’ve been unable to afford to renew our season passes yet, so it was a games only day (oh and Z finally got her first deep fried twinkie - she liked it ). Sometime over the ... More About: Midway , Santa Cruz
CostCaptain Has Vista Upgrade Deals
2008-04-27 08:33:00 Do y’all remember me telling you about the friendly customer service at Cost Captain .com a few months back? When I was contemplating homeschooling Z? Well, it looks like Z is going to be homeschooled - sort of. We’ll probably be enrolling her in the California Virtual Academy hich isn’t actually home schooling, but ... More About: Education , Vista , Microsoft Office 2007
One Door, Two Rooms, Three Lightbulbs - SOLVED
2008-04-25 08:57:00 While listening to Z snore on our trek home from the drive-in movie I started re-pondering the light bulb riddle I posted earlier this evening. Turns out I was way off in my original assertion that it was an algebraic issue. It’s actually a science riddle, specifically having to do with heat. ... More About: Education , Door
Make My Energy Pop To Win A MAXXED XBox Bundle!
More articles from this author:2008-04-25 08:52:00 All right. Y’all know I’m not much of a video gamer. I do, however, love me some drivin’ games. A friend recently showed me some preview stuff about SBK ‘08: Superbike World Championships and I seriously want, no, need this game. Of course, to play the game I also have to ... More About: Xbox , Energy , Make , Bundle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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