Just a quick post from my tiny new computer that has pretty much nothing on it yet. There will be some acclimation pains (the keys are set up just so, and not exactly "staggered" enough from one another--not to mention are tinier, and arranged just differently enough that I have to pause to make sure I'm correctly hitting the shift key), but I'm ( Read more... )

No, Amazon. Even though I own Shadow Hearts, which can only mildly at best be placed in the "PlayStation 2 > Adventure" category, I am not interested in (shudder) Spongebob Square Pants Happy Squared Double Pack. I think part of my soul just died having to type the name of that game.

Do you still send regular old mail? Would you like a 4.76% return on investment effective May 11? Then buy your forever stamps now, before they're 44 cents each!

Oh good lord. The protein bar I brought for lunch today has been recalled because of the stupid salmonella outbreak whose death toll has now reached five people.

This is all Target's fault. If they'd just have had the flavor I usually buy in stock, I wouldn't have bought the damn peanut butter one.

This week, Netflix shipped me a couple movies in the mail that both wound up being a little difficult to watch - while well done and emotion-invoking, the subject matter, the violence, the cruelty, it was more than a bit disturbing. But now, of course, "based on [my] recent interest," Netflix is recommending flicks under the category "Brutal Movies ( Read more... )

I hate grocery shopping this time of year. My biggest problem is that I wear a coat to the store, which is fine for when I am outside or in my car before it's warm, or even inside the store for the first ten minutes or so. Actually, it's fine all the way to the end, when you're standing in line as your frozen foods and patience melt away, or as you ( Read more... )

Yet another board game deal expiring December 7 - Barnes and Noble members can get 30% off (on top of the usual 10% off) all board games with magic coupon code that was e-mailed to current members. Also, shop online and get free three-day shipping on orders over $25, per usual. So you could get a game like Ticket to Ride at nearly 40% off the MSRP ( Read more... )

Amazon's having their usual holiday sale, which means a chance to not pay full price on some occasionally desirable games (in my case, they're so desirable, I already have them). Anyway, if you're interested in purchasing Blokus for $20 or saving a few bucks on Carcassonne or reliving the days when Ticket to Ride didn't cost $50, maybe now is your ( Read more... )

Rumis, currently also branded as 3-D Blokus, is inexplicably being sold at the Mishawaka Barnes and Noble for $9.99, instead of the MSRP of $29.99. Buy buy buy!

Because Days of Wonder cannot stop milking this cash cow (and because people like me are continually tempted by variations on the exact same freaking game), Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries, initially only available in said countries, is coming stateside sometime next month ( Read more... )