Movies Galore

If anyone is interested in spending the entire day @ a movie theatre, this might be a good deal.  I’m getting old and have fallen asleep at the theatre during less-than memorable movies so I won’t be partaking of this deal.

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Waiting and Walking

Maybe I am nosy and/or have incredibly good hearing but part of the fun of going to restaurants and cafes is overhearing conversations.  Sometimes it’s funny but usually, it’s mundane.  I was waiting for a friend at a local Coffee Bean and after checking my phone, I happened to notice the party next to me.  [...]

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Don’t send these to Italy

As part of my NYR, I listed bunch of books and CD’s for sale.  Luckily for me,  I got to unload few books and couple of CD’s and have made frequent trips to the post office as a result.  I’ve also gotten more use out of their website to calculate postage and stumbled upon prohibited items [...]

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Unexpected Gifts

2007 turned out to be another annus horribilis for me.  Which was worse 2006 or 2007?  It’s a toss-up…2006 was certifiably horrible in the last quarter while 2007 was generally terrible due to the aftermath of 2006.  Then again, every year after college (maybe even pre-school?) seems like a nightmare, though I recall 2002 as a relatively fun [...]

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Guides for Presidential Candidate

Courtesy of Craigslist, Star Wars guide to the presidential candidates.
Courtesy of Slate, presidential candidates & a man’s quest to have his baby’s picture taken with all the presidential candidates.

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Cleaning up for New Year

One of my unofficial new year’s resolution is to clean out my stuff and get rid of extraneous junk.  So far, I managed to sell about 5 books on half.com and as part of eBay’s 10 cent listing fee promo, I decided to post the books I couldn’t sell on eBay and the training software that [...]

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