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Back to back to school
2007-08-16 22:36:00
Gosh, remember summer vacations when you were a kid? Holy cow did they seem to last forever. I never went away to camp (except one year in junior high school I went to a daily sports camp for a few weeks). Instead, I just hung out with my mom and sister, mostly going to the ...
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Dog-gone it!
2007-08-16 20:30:00
Yes, the awful puns continue! But it’s Thursday. Which means it’s my night out. Woooo! Which also means, unfortunately, there’s probably next to nuthin’ playing at the movies. Sigh. Think I may end up seeing Stardust, solely because it’s the only thing I can stomach that I haven’t seen yet, and it is based on ...
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It?s all about Me!
2007-08-15 23:13:00
Yep. Me. Me, me, me, me, me. I just added a Contact an About Us page to the site, so now you have no excuse not to get to know me! Oh and just to tempt you further, the About Us page includes my very first photo ever on this blog! Am I tall, dark and ...

In the Dog House
2007-08-15 21:44:00
No I didn’t sleep on the couch last night or forget an anniversary or anything. Don’t worry. I’m just talking about pets this time around. Specifically pooches. Yep, I am most definitely a dog person. Had 2 growing up (both were shih-tzus) and loved em like mad. The first one (Buttons was his name) was ...
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A bit down
2007-08-14 21:13:00
I’m pretty depressed right now. Just saw the news that Yankees longtime announcer Phil Rizzuto died earlier today. Yes he was pretty old and been kind of sick for awhile, but I hadn’t heard anything lately. I remember watching the Yankees almost religiously as a kid with Phil and Bill White announcing each game. White ...
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Burn baby, burn
2007-08-14 05:47:00
So Saturday was beach day. Hooray! Which meant (since we all know my wife is in charge) getting up bright and early, getting everything packed up, feed the kids breakfast and meet at our nearby friends’ house by 8 a.m. I am sooo not a morning person. I’ve always been a night owl as far ...
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Playing Tag
2007-08-13 22:11:00
I’m still fairly new at this whole blogging community thing, though I think I’m starting to get the hang of it. Besides just commenting on other bloggers’ blogs and joining different blogging communities, one way bloggers sort of spread the love around is to “tag” each other (or “meme” each other if I can verbatize ...

Free money courtesy of Google
2007-08-13 19:15:00
Quick coupon here… If you’ve never used Googl e Checkout before, and you do shop online at all, this one’s for you. Google Checkout is safe and secure (very nice things for online), and basically you enter all your personal info and credit card, etc. into your Google Checkout account, then use that account when you ...
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Weekend Savings: 40% off Lane Bryant
2007-08-10 23:31:00
Before I run off to dinner (which evolves into playing with the kids and putting them to bed, and then packing for tomorrow’s trip to the beach assuming the weather holds, etc. So in other words, I may not be back for a few days… or longer if we strike it rich and just build a house on the beach!)… Anyways, here’s a quick last-minute saver good for this weekend only: 40% off any size online order at Lane Bryan t Use coupon code 000408189. Valid through: August 12, 2007 Not valid on Right Fit by Lane Bryant, Perfect Price Every Day items, Baby Phat, Goddess, Fantasie and Spanx.
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Eye Spy a Free Lasik Exam
2007-08-10 21:29:00
I have pretty poor eyesight. No, really really bad. You know those condensed lenses they make for glasses so they’re thinner? Well I have those. And they STILL look like the bottom of two Coke bottles. Yeah, that bad. Thankfully I wear contact lenses, cause those glasses get real heavy. Plus they hurt my ears and I hate how I look in them. I remember getting my first pair of glasses way back in the 1st or 2nd grade. These days it seems a lot more prevalent among kids, but when I was a kid I think I was the first one in my class to wear them. And seeing (sorry, no pun intended) as how it was halfway through the school year, other kids were already used to my non-spectacled face. So when I came in wearing them one day, everybody stared. And stared And asked what those funny things on my face were. And why I had to wear them. Oh, and did I mention they stared? Yeah. A lot. Obviously I wasn’t scarred by this experience and never gave it a second thought. Sigh. But they did t...
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Game On!
2007-08-10 18:35:00
The Parent Bloggers Network is running a contest right now where they’re giving away a Nintendo Wii and a new game called Boogie. You just have to write a post about how your family plays together. Deadline is midnight tonight, though, so get hustling. I actually have a Wii already (though I certainly wouldn’t mind winning another one! Heh.), but this new Boogie game sounds kinda neat, and I figured lotsa parents reading this blog might be interested in getting their paws on one either. Anyways, here’s my official entry I guess: We have two young sons (ages 2 and 4) and games are a big part of every single day. Our 4-year-old is really into just about any type of game these days, from video games (he plays Bob the Builder or Winnie the Pooh on his VSmile, as well as some Nintendo games like Mario Kart and Mario Party 8 on the Wii) to interactive DVD games like Hullabaloo. And he loves board games (Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, Hi-Ho Cherry Oh, just about any Tho...
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Ashlee Simpson’s the new Jenny McCarthy?
2007-08-10 16:21:00
I’ve never owned a pair of Skechers before, and in fact never even heard of them until a few years ago I couldn’t open a magazine without seeing an ad for them with Jenny McCart hy wearing them. Here’s how good my memory is. I remember ads of her sitting on the toilet while wearing Skechers. After a quick google search I find how messed up my memory is. Those were Candie’s, not Skechers. Geez. So what the heck did Jenny McCarthy’s Skechers ads look like? Heck if I know. But I definitely remember her promoting them. And apparently Kelly Clarkson and Christina Aguilera also did some racy ads for the shoe company in the past. Anyways, upon visiting the Skechers website, I just noticed Ashlee Simpson plastered on the homepage. What gives? Is Skechers completely changing its image and going for a more “wholesome” teenie bobber look? (Do teenie boppers even still exist? They’re all emo and disgruntled now, right? And they go by the name &ldqu...

Spiegel Sale - Today Only
2007-08-09 18:18:00
Sorry, no story with this one. Too. Much. Pressure! Actually I just wanted to get this offer up a.s.a.p. since it’s only valid through midnight tonight! Great clothes at a great discount. As I don’t wear dresses or any women’s clothes for that matter (sorry if I just ruined your image of me…), I can’t ...
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The icing on the cake
2007-08-08 20:36:00
I’ve mentioned it before, and I’ll do it again. My wife is 500 times the artist than I am. Though she totally doesn’t see it, she really can work magic with a box of Duncan Hines cake mix and a can or 2 (or 11 in some cases!) of Pillsbury vanilla frosting. She’s got all ...
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Can you sting me?
2007-08-08 04:48:00
So apparently I’m allergic to bees. Or more specifically, yellowjackets (or as I call them, the A-holes of the bee kingdom) and white hornets. I’ve been stung many times in my life, usually with just a standard reaction. Localized swelling and some itchiness. Only 2 times was it really bad: One when I was a ...
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The language of lov?, er, savings!
2007-08-07 19:33:00
I’ve always loved languages. Don’t know why, I just find it fascinating. I took Spanish in high school all the way through senior year (Aced my Spanish AP exams too! Yay me!) and even took 1 or 2 classes in college about Spanish literature, etc. I have no Spanish in my blood, I just really ...
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I feel so loved!
2007-08-06 15:24:00
Sniff. Somebody loves me. Well, my blog at least. Tish has been kind enough to write a great review of this blog over at BlogsWeLuv. She and her co-blogger Mike are always offering up reviews, interviews and more to spotlight some great and very unique blogs out there. So if you’re ever looking for something ...
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Poop all you want! Free diapers!
2007-08-03 21:49:00
I shudder to think how much money we’ve spent on diapers in the past 4 years. Our oldest is just about out of them as he’s being potty trained, and our little one is teetering between sizes 5 and 6. So while we’re not quite near that light at the end of the diaper tunnel, ...
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Take the shirt off my back, please!
2007-08-03 20:43:00
I’ve got a friend named Mike who is the King of free T-shirts. In fact, we used to call him “Free Shirt Mike.” Okay, okay so we never called him that. But we should! Anyways, Mikey (who was my very first roommate post-college) would only wear T-shirts and every single one that he owned was ...
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Drink to your health? for free!
2007-08-03 18:01:00
So I went to the movies with a friend last night. Saw “The Simpsons” which I enjoyed way more than I thought I would. But before the movies, we hit the Cheesecake Factory for dinner and each had a couple of drinks. My manly self had a whiskey sour (I just love ‘em) and a ...
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Police your fashion at a discount
2007-08-02 20:42:00
So like if you get busted by the fashion police, do they give you an initial warning or lock you in a designer dressing room until you finally cave and trade your ratty cutoff shorts and Batman T-shirt for some fancy shmancy Armani suit or something? No, really. I want to know. Okay, I certainly ...
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Beware the Giant Cupcake!
2007-08-01 22:00:00
Since my previous posts were on dieting, it’s only fair for that I post something for the non-dieting group. So if you are dieting and enjoyed my previous post, look away for a minute and come back next post…. Okay, ready? Good. Here goes… I’m in big trouble. My wife’s a cupcake fiend (only bested by our ...
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My pants don?t fit
2007-08-01 17:07:00
Okay, so I lied. My pants fit fine. Actually they’re a little loose these days. Probably cause I’ve been eating fairly healthy and started exercising a few weeks ago. We have a great park nearby with a huge lake that’s roughly 3 miles around. So I’ve started walking it twice a week with a friend. ...
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A serious, er, Sirius coupon
2007-07-31 16:33:00
In my college days I volunteered as a DJ for the campus student-run radio station: 90.5 WHRW, Binghamton, NY. I remember we had to pass a test to get officially licensed, and spent a semester as an apprentice with a licensed DJ. I passed my test the first time. So when it was time for ...
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Get bit! Save 15% at the Fashion Bug
2007-07-31 06:06:00
Worst bee sting I ever got? That’s easy. Flash back to the ’80s. Nice hot summer day. I was at the town pool with my mom and sister, probably hanging out with my neighborhood friend Eddie. There’s a huge grassy hill that leads up to fence at one side of the whole park. I remember ...
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Gotta be the shoes (or the 20% off more likely)
2007-07-28 22:13:00
Even if you can’t jump (like me and Woody Harrelson), you can appreciate “the shoes.” I’ve always like Nike, though I never quote understood what their swoosh logo is all about. Now Puma, that’s a name I can understand. A big scary cat that can run way faster than me. But a swoosh? I guess ...
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Feet sale! 30% off at Footlocker.
2007-07-27 01:50:00
Oops. Sorry. My mistake. Apparently Footlocker sells neither feet nor lockers. But they do have a decent selection of athletic footwear, apparel and equipment. And speaking of feet, I have pretty average feet. Honestly, I don’t even remember what size I wear. I buy sneakers/shoes so infrequently, I never remember. I think it’s around an ...
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Save on Bloomies! Er, that?s Bloomingdales, not underpants?
2007-07-26 22:42:00
Okay, so maybe it’s BloomERS, not BloomIES that refers to big honkin’ undergarments. So sue me. Wait, don’t. Please don’t. I really don’t have the time, nor the funds for that… I also can’t think of 1 good tie-in anecdote to Bloomingdales . Nope, not a one. So, instead I’ll tell you my all-time favorite joke. ...
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Ready, set, draw! Save 10% on art supplies.
2007-07-25 17:02:00
Remember the show “Win, Lose or Draw ”? I think Bettie White used to host it even. That was right around the time Pictionary was THE game everyone, no matter their age, was playing. I was soooo bad at that game. Decent at guessing, but I’m such a terrible artist, nobody ever could guess what the ...
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Get 70% off food! Or pay just 30%! You decide!
2007-07-24 23:52:00
Food rules. I’m pretty open to trying just about anything and everything. Though if it has olives on it, forget about it. Don’t know why, but I’ve always hated olives. Doesn’t matter if they’re green or black. They’re all nasty. I used to hate mushrooms as a kid too and now I love them. So ...
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