Much to my surprise, the apartment manager gave me a substantial discount on my June rent to make up for last week's shenanigans. I paid with my credit card; they have an online resident portal where you can put in service requests and pay rent, which is awesome because I can get something like 0.8% cash back on credit card purchases. That's over ( Read more... )

If you had to guess which was the bigger microwave oven, the "Full Size" or the "Family Size", which would it be? If you picked "Family Size", you'd be wrongSo it took me about a day and a half to break down and purchase a microwave oven. I realized during my first grocery shopping trip how limiting it can be to live without one these days. Plus ( Read more... )

First, enjoy this hilarious Youtube video.

I've been considering rocking a fanny pack. Not a cheap nylon one, I'm talking leather here. I have a lot of stuff to carry around (keys, wallet, phone, ipod, etc.) and that just isn't feasible without a jacket or cargo pants. I'm hoping this is "so lame it's cool" and that I can start a trend here. ( Read more... )

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The Elgato eyeTV hybrid is marked down from $149 to $99. Oops! Sale ended yesterday. (Good thing I got my order in on Thursday ( Read more... )

I wish costco.com would get some more Nintendo Wiis in stock. I want to get one with their awesome return policy (just in case).

I'm really bad about reading for pleasure, the same way I am bad about exercising and flossing. I know these things are good for me and in fact I really enjoy them, but it seems like such a chore to actually get going and do them. Anyway, there is a new toy that Sony has finally released called simply the Sony Reader (or PRS-500) which I think is ( Read more... )

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So I got admitted to LS Ayres early enough to get a scratch-off card for $10. The distribution of cards was 75% for $10, 20% for $15, and 5% for $25, so I wasn't completely lucky, but whatever. Inside the sale prices were pretty good, and I bought myself a lot of new clothes. Of course, more than zero is "a lot" to me considering how often I go ( Read more... )