For the first time in the 7+ year history of this journal I've taken the liberty of trimming up my friends list a little bit, mostly just to remove folks who've either completely disappeared over the years or from whom I've not heard recently. Of course in my fuzzy-eyed daze I may have committed a grievous blunder at removing you, and if I have ( Read more... )

I just found out that people spend an average of $0.50-$1.00 for every minute they spend past a half hour in the grocery store. And did you know that stores will sneakily mark up convenience items (bags, napkins, light bulbs) about 20-40% because they know we'll pay it just to avoid a trip to another store ( Read more... )