I've got a huge backlog to get through at work after being out for three days, and I'm really kind of burned out on being online in general. PSA: At least for today, I intend to spend as little time online as possible. This means I'm not planning to read or respond to any non-work-related email, LJ posts, Twitter, or anything other than work ( Read more... )

Giant (the local-to-me grocery chain) started this program just recently, and the mail I just got from Wegmans says they're apparently matching the "free" pricing:

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...but particularly good right now:

If you're currently using Internet Explorer (any version from 5 to 8 beta 2) as your browser, don't. (More at Security Fix/Washington PostUse Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Opera for a bit, until Microsoft can get this patched. (It was not fixed in the IE update in the last round of Patch Tuesday updates ( Read more... )

Restaurant.com is having another sale on their $25 gift certificates: enter discount code "SANTA" at checkout and get $25 certificates for $2 each (through Dec. 21). If you use the certificates or like to give them, sign up for the email list; it seems like they're always sending some sort of discount code ( Read more... )

Amazon's been doing some crazy Gold Box deals on DVD box sets this week. Yesterday was the Flying Circus 16-Ton Megaset for $39.99, today it's the complete Buffy the Vampire Slayer Collector's Set for $69.99 (down from $186.99 yesterday). O_O Since it's a Gold Box deal, that price is only good for today and while supplies last.

The two missing teenage girls have been found: http://kellfire.livejournal.com/1492073.html

Hey local-ish types:

kellfire's 15 year old daughter is missing. She was apparently headed with a friend to the beach (most likely the Maryland shore), but latest update indicates that may not have left the DC metro area; their last known location was down near Ft. Belvoir ( Read more... )

For anyone trying to get in touch with me, I am currently dealing with a couple of high-priority projects at work and generally am pretty tired and not overly social when I'm home. The annual winter depression sapping all of my focus isn't helping much either. If you're waiting to hear from me and you haven't, I assure you that it is not in any ( Read more... )

fluffthebunny's good friend Taylor is in the hospital in critical condition, and she and her family could really use some assistance. (The previous link will provide some explanation of the situation.) I'm just going to swipe pretty much wholesale the post from Les' journal:

Taylor is fluffthebunny's chosen family/sister/friend/angel who is currently in a coma in a ( Read more... )

I use Trillian as my IM client, and I've apparently been bitten by this bug several times recently (including about five minutes ago when I fired up the software). Until the Trillian developers get a fix in place, if you send me an offline message in Yahoo, there's a very good chance that I won't ever see it.