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Celebrating 75 Years of Drive-Ins With The Wizard Of Oz
2008-04-25 07:57:00 The first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey on June 6, 1933 with a screening of Wife Beware starring Adolph Menjou. However, for some reason drive-ins across the country (or at least in the western states) have decided to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the drive-in movie by showing The Wizard ... More About: Drive , Years , Wizard of Oz
The Cure For Your Shrinking Shower
2008-04-25 03:43:00 Is your shower shrinking? Do you feel like this guy? According to More Shower Space .com 47% of shower curtains get “clingy”, effectively reducing the amount of space you have while showering. According to Z, my roommate and myself, our shower curtain is the “King of Cling”, acting up 89% of the time or more. Not ... More About: The Cure , Cure
One Door, Two Rooms, Three Lightbulbs
2008-04-25 03:43:00 Picked up Z from school today and was immediately presented with a riddle that Ms. Falconer (her favorite teacher and mine) offered up to the class today. Anyone who solves the riddle will receive an in class reward. I believe I can figure it out, but we’re on our way out the door ... More About: Education , Door
Moving Forward With My Weight Loss Goals
2008-04-24 19:57:00 Thirteen days to my weight loss deadline and I’ve been cracking down rather successfully. Last week I reported that I’d bounced back up to 242 pounds, well I’m proud to report that I’ve not only regained my footing, but moved even further into territory that hasn’t been explored in a few years: 235 pounds! ... More About: Weight Loss , Weight , Health Care , Moving , Goals
Ron Paul, Pennsylvania and The Free State Project
2008-04-24 19:26:00 On Tuesday nearly 130,000 people voted for Dr. Ron Paul in the Pennsylvania Presidential Primary. That was 16% of the Republicans voting in the primary, and approximately 1.5% of the registered voters in the state. The reasons Paul’s results were so high (or so low) have been analyzed all over the media ... More About: Free , Project , State
Rover Passed His Test - Now For His Reward
2008-04-24 08:32:00 As I’ve mentioned, Rover (my beloved 1989 Ford Bronco) passed his smog check today. Given his age, the fact I’m not remotely a mechanic, and that he’s classified by the DMV as having a “High Emitter Profile” I seriously had my doubts. Z, on the other hand, had complete faith. Now ... More About: Lane , Test , Reward
?Cause Jefferson Don?t Dance
2008-04-24 08:09:00 These dances and this kind of music can be destructive, and, uh, Ren, I’m afraid you’re going to find most of the people in our community are gonna agree with me on this. -Reverend Shaw Moore, Footloose Yeah, I just quoted Footloose, what’s it to you? The fact of the matter is I haven’t been able ... More About: Dance
Keep Your Windshield Clear On Cold Mornings
2008-04-24 07:43:00 Living the bulk of my life in California (and traditionally being a late sleeper) I’ve only rarely walked out to my car on a cold morning only to discover the windshield so covered with frost that I couldn’t see out of it. However, while chatting with a native New Hampshirite the other day he ... More About: Cold , Clear
72 Hours Tobacco Free - An Apology
2008-04-24 07:12:00 I passed the 72 hour mark without smoking a cigarette a few short minutes ago. Overall today was definitely easier than yesterday. But it still had its challenges. The morning started with the return commute to San Jose to finish getting Rover smogged (I promise to post my rant on this tomorrow), but ... More About: Free , Aahz , Apology , Hours , Tobacco
Turning Snapshots Into Works Of Art
2008-04-23 03:29:00 Three years ago I doubt I had more than a half dozen photographs. These days, thanx to Z, I’m taking three dozen or more every week. The problem is that many of them capture the moment acceptably but don’t really have the power necessary to be blown up and placed as the ... More About: Life , Your , Works , Paint
Approaching 48 Tobacco Free Hours - Getting Edgy
2008-04-23 02:43:00 With my weight loss deadline looming a mere 15 days away I decided to up the ante a bit and stop smoking as well. Note that I did not say “I’m trying to quit smoking again” or anything like that. I was very specific: I have stopped smoking. While returning fro dropping off ... More About: Free , Aahz , Hours , Tobacco
Want To See A Free Port In Action?
2008-04-23 01:23:00 Well, you had better hurry and book a flight to Dubai ASAP (I recommend Dial AFlight for easy booking of overseas trips). Why Dubai? Because Dubai (part of the United Arab Emirates) has the largest collection of genuine Economic Free Zones (aka Free Port s) currently operating- Jebel Ali Free Zone Dubai Internet City Dubai Media City Dubai Knowledge Village Dubai Healthcare City Dubai ... More About: Action
Today In Liberty History - 12 Year Post Card Delivery
2008-04-21 10:15:00 From Liberty Vol. 10, No. 2 - June 2, 1984- A POSTAL CARD TWELVE YEARS ON A JOURNEY. [New York Sun.] CHICAGO, April 21. - Emerson & Co., commission merchants, yesterday received a postal card order from Tuscola, Ill. for a supply of blackberries. They were surprised at the order until it was discovered that the postmark ... More About: History , Card , Post , Today
Taking A Deeper Look At SocialSpark
2008-04-21 07:59:00 A few days ago I wrote about what a great opportunity Social Spark is for parent bloggers. Well, I’ve been using SocialSpark for a few weeks now and I thought y’all might want a closer look at what SocialSpark provides. The Basics- SocialSpark is the latest and greatest system designed to link advertisers with bloggers. Unlike previous systems ... More About: Blogging , Taking
TS Gun Show Pretty Much A Bust
2008-04-21 06:59:00 Yesterday I took Z to her first gun show. I don’t know what I was expecting, but somehow it was still disappointing. I had hoped to find some fellow freedom lovers at the gun show. At minimum some literature I could study and use to educate Z on the true meaning of freedom. ... More About: Show , Bust , Pretty , Fatherhood
My Own Little MasterCard Commercial
2008-04-21 06:25:00 New TROMSÖ Loft Bed From Ikea - $161.29 (including tax) Plywood to support the mattress - $25.89 (including tax) Mattress at Salvation Army - $65.00 (no tax because it was purchased at a charity) Z finally having her own bed at my place - PRICELESS Tags: bedtime, Fatherhood, priceless, the caverns, ZRelated Posts: What’s the point of a bedtime? ... More About: Commercial , Mastercard
Can Naked Naturals Shampoo Make Your Hair Stronger?
2008-04-21 05:17:00 Last month I received free samples of some natural and conditioner from Naked Naturals. It’s taken me some time to write about it because one of their claims is the shampoo “makes hair up to 7x stronger” and the conditioner “makes hair up to 3x stronger”. They claim that the Keravis natural ... More About: Hair , Make , Shampoo , Stronger
CommentLuv and FeedBurner Don?t Mix (Or Do They?)
2008-04-20 05:18:00 FiddyP created an amazing WordPress Plugin last year called CommentLuv and it’s been steadily working its way around the blogosphere. Essentially, CommentLuv uses fellow blogger’s RSS feeds to automatically append a link to their latest blog post to any comments they leave on a CommentLuv enabled blog. I installed it here at ... More About: Feedburner
Hello! Search Engines! I?m Over Here!
2008-04-18 01:14:00 Philaahzophy has now been around for roughly a year as a stand alone website. But the search engines don’t really seem to be directing many people my way, so I’ve been teaching myself a little bit more about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) each week, in an attempt to get their attention and show ... More About: Search Engines , Engines
Renuzit TriScents Wants To Transform Your Home (And Mine)
2008-04-17 19:38:00 Living in a 3.5 male householed (one guy’s only here three days a week) air fresheners are an important part of any shopping trip. We’ve tried pretty much everything to keep the house smelling fresh and Renuzit TriScents are on the top of our list. But we never expected they’d be as effective ... More About: Home , Mine
Travel & Living - Singapore Style
2008-04-17 10:38:00 It seems there are ever more blogs seeking reviews of late, so I figured I’d post up another one. Travel & Living is CatLover’s take on travel, living tips, home and house, destination, good food and more. As a Blogspot blog there are limitations on what CatLover can do with the layout and design, but ... More About: Reviews , Singapore , Blogging
Finally, A Watch That Meets All My Needs AND Desires
2008-04-17 08:31:00 As someone who has always been time obsessed I was pretty happy with myself when I went watch free a couple of years back. However, when I decided to start going to the gym before work in the mornings I realized I was going to need one again (there’s no clocks in the gym). ... More About: Watch , Finally
A Dotster Offer Even I Can?t Ignore
2008-04-17 07:39:00 It’s no secret I used to be a huge fan of Dotster, or that they crashed and burned pretty severely in my opinion. But tonight I received a Dotster coupon code offer not even I can refuse. After all, free, is free. And that’s exactly what Dotster is offering tomorrow afternoon: free ... More About: Offer
Social Spark Is Perfect For Pro Daddy Bloggers (and mommys too!)
2008-04-17 07:12:00 If you’re active in pretty much any online community, then you’re most likely aware of the acronym SAHM (Stay At Home Mom, for those who aren’t). But there’s a growing movement of SAHD’s (the D is for Dads) who are making their voices known as well. Although I’m still only a part-time dad ... More About: Google , Social , Blogging , Daddy , Page
Something?s Strange With StumbleUpon
2008-04-17 00:34:00 I noticed something mighty strange about Stumble Upon today. But let me back up a bit… Last week I came across Adamant Solution’s StumbleUpon Alerter. This is a great little app that you can download. It then sits in your system tray and alerts you when someone stumbles or reviews a ... More About: Technology , Blogging , Strange
A Real World Case Study Of Website Ranking Systems
2008-04-16 07:59:00 I was all but absent from Philaahzophy for a couple of months for a number of reasons (both personal and professional), but I realized this absence also gave me the perfect opportunity to run the various ranking systems through their paces and see just how effective each of them really is. The four ranking ... More About: Website , World , Study , Blogging , Rank
Review Of Ramblings In The Random Forest
2008-04-16 04:09:00 I came across a great tip about the ultimate in low cost laptop sleeves over at The Random Forest and its author is seeking site reviews, so I figured I’d try putting my opinionated nature to some good. Overall, I think the site template is gorgeous. The title complements the sublime banner image wonderfully, ... More About: Review , Blogging
Getting The Word Out Locally
2008-04-16 03:12:00 I started a new blog a couple of months ago dedicated to happenings in the small town in which I live and work. While Google’s fully aware of it I’ve been looking for inexpensive yet effective ways to get the word out locally. A friendly local businessman had the same issues a while ... More About: Business , Vista , Word , Print
In Case You Didn?t Realize Politicians Were More Important Than Taxpayers
2008-04-16 00:10:00 I’ve said it before and I’ll surely have to say it again - People go into government for one reason: to reward their friends and simultaneously punish their enemies. The latest example comes to us from Minneapolis -St. Paul, soon to be host to the Republican National Convention - Bar and restaurant hours during the Republican National ... More About: Minnesota , Politicians , Case
How To Get An Entire Cheerleader Squad Back To Your Room
More articles from this author:2008-04-15 21:00:00 I’ve always striven to give practical advice here at Philaahzophy, but most of it has been very much on the political arena. Here’s a little practical advice on the social side. How’d you like to bring these girls home with you- It’s a lot easier then you think! All you need to do is ... More About: Contests , Entire , Back , Room , Squad 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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