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Monthly Archives: October 2012
If You Get A Quality Umbrella, You Won’t Leave It Behind
As I write this, eastern North America is bracing for a wallop from yet another hurricane with a girl’s name that is tearing up the coast, having somehow gone rogue and escaped from her natural home in the Caribbean. So rain … Continue reading
The Pumpkin Gutter Takes the Yuk Out of Pumpkins
I used to look forward to carving pumpkins the week before Halloween (and I still do), but from year to year I always forgot how much I did not enjoy scooping out the cold, slimy, seedy, stringy insides. The scooping … Continue reading
Posted in Tools
Tagged fun life, halloween, hand tool, ice cream scoop, light shine, pumpkin gutter, pumpkins, serving spoon, tablespoon, waste time
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Ten Most “Luxurious” Things About Halloween
I’ve thought for a long time that “the holidays” are what helps us North Americans (and others in the Northern Hemisphere) fight back against Seasonal Affective Disorder – the holiday lights keep us from getting depressed after the summer sunshine is … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Household
Tagged art form, genre, halloween, holiday lights, holidays, horror, loud noise, northern hemisphere, seasonal affective disorder, summer sunshine
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Brooks Brothers Non-Iron Shirts Free You from the Dry Cleaners
Let me be clear: I like to wear freshly-pressed clothes, I like to iron a little and I love my iron: the German-made Rowenta DW 8080 from my previous post. However, what I don’t like having to do every week … Continue reading
Posted in Clothing, Gifts for Men
Tagged astronomical number, button down, collar style, crap, dress shirts, dry cleaners, government office, landfill, mileage, polyester blends
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Older Luxury Cars for the Not So Rich
Older luxury cars lose most of their value in the first five years. You can get a clean, well-maintained luxury car for about the price of a new economy car and sell it for about the same price. The time you spend driving it in between is where the fun comes in. Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
Tagged audi a8, depreciation, economy car, garages, high performance, luxury cars, new car, thousand dollars, twelve thousand, volkswagen phaeton
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Comply Tx Foam Earbud Tips – Ear Luxury!
If you’ve listened to great recorded audio, you won’t have forgotten it. Hearing all the instruments, the vocals, the fingers sliding on the strings, the drum and bass lines the way they were meant to sound – I can’t describe … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Gifts for Anyone
Tagged bass lines, drawback, drum and bass, ear canals, fingers, foam, memory foam, quality headphones, shape, Shure
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Clarisonic Face Scrubber Is the Electric Toothbrush for Your Skin
After a lifetime of youthful looks and clear skin, you look in the mirror and realize something isn’t quite right. You’re not as young as you were. Those days spent in the sun at the ocean’s edge have taken their … Continue reading
Posted in Gadgets, Gifts for Women, Grooming
Tagged 3f 3f, basking in the sun, cosmetologist, debris, dirt, excess oil, exfoliating, lifetime, pores, preventive action
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Soehnle Scale Brings Precision to the Kitchen
What’s more frustrating that not being able to find the right measuring spoon right away? You give up, and either eyeball half of the one twice as big, or use one too small and have to dump it in and … Continue reading
Posted in Appliances, Food, Gadgets, Gifts for Women
Tagged analog, eyeball, measuring cups, mid twentieth century, multiple times, no worries, pancake, soehnle digital scale, spoon, spoons
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