I just read a blurb on Lifehacker about a family that went “cash only” and saved money.
Well duh.
I don’t have credit cards. The last time I had a credit card was ten years ago when i lived in England, and Barclay bank just handed me one with my new account. I felt giddy. I promptly [...]
Posted on August 31st, 2008 by Melia
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My friend and coworker, Jack, has been training for the past three months to run in his first marathon, the Bill Seymour Half, which was this morning. He blogged his trials and tribulations for the paper and had a lot of people rooting for him, myself included. If you get a minute, check his blog [...]
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Posted on August 30th, 2008 by Melia
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I admit it. I’m a sucker for gadgets. I cannot resist them. I. Am Geek.
Got a new cell phone this weekend. It’s pretty shiny too. Got a proper keyboard on it because even though I am Geek, I cannot text very well. The qwerty keyboard definitely helps with that and I love it. Yes, I [...]
Posted on August 24th, 2008 by Melia
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When I was in high school, I took a creative writing class with a wonderful teacher who nurtured his students and took the time to help them write their best stuff. One day, he asked the class to write a short story using as many clichés as they could. He would select the best stories [...]
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Posted on August 21st, 2008 by admin
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This is a general complaint about the 70s on 7 on XM radio. Not that anyone will care much, but I just want it out there in cyberspace (does anyone use that term anymore?)
For the past few months, I’ve been enjoying time with the decade channels on my XM. I was on 50s for several [...]
Posted on August 18th, 2008 by Melia
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Woke up this morning with a pounding headache. Haven’t had one of these in a while. I thought I was over the caffeine headache thing (that’s what this feels like) but maybe not. I blame the deliciousness that is vanilla chai tea. That stuff is bloody ambrosia. But maybe it’s loaded with caffeine.
I don’t know. [...]
Posted on August 16th, 2008 by Melia
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I’ve been preoccupied for the past few weeks so, blogging has been sparse. It’s a good thing though, nothing bad going on, knock on wood.
But a lot has been going on, both at work and at home. Music Madness is keeping me plenty busy, and is so much fun to handle, I’ll miss it when [...]
Posted on August 10th, 2008 by Melia
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