Monthly Archives: November 2011

Happy! Happy! Toy! Toy!

Joe Eskenazi of the SF Weekly has been tracking efforts by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors to ban McDonald’s Happy Meals from the city, and reports on November 29th that capitalism is still alive and well, even if bureaucratic common … Continue reading

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It’s Valentine’s Day for the Red Sox

I read today that the Red Sox selected former New York Mets Manager Bobby Valentine as their new Manager, filling the job vacated by Terry Francona in September, 2011 following the worst late-season collapse in Red Sox history. (Don’t gloat, … Continue reading

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A FREE $500 Gift Card?!?

Why would a company I’ve never purchased anything from… simply send me $500 of their merchandise for free? Continue reading

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What the CFL is Wrong with these Bulbs?!?

My CFL bulbs only seem to last about 27% of their rated life. Fortunately, they’re only 4-6 times the cost of regular incandescent bulbs. Continue reading

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Obama’s Foolproof Campaign Theme Song!

While reflecting on my Leslie Gore reference (and my Marshmallow Fluff container during lunch), I discovered a perfect theme song for Obama’s 2012 Campaign which I guarantee should “never fail”. Continue reading

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Amazon’s Subtle Humor?

Earlier today I noticed that while my blog page loaded quickly it still took some time for Firefox to report the page as completely loaded. Ordinarily I’m not concerned – web pages always have to wait a bit for external … Continue reading

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