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Keurig vs Tassimo vs Nescafe Dolce Gusto Coffee Makers

/ March 16, 2011 / food, home, save money, Technology / Permalink

It was a bad idea from the start.. “Hey, it’s Saturday and we need to get out of the house.. let’s go to Walmart or something”. Yeah, great idea.. 4 stores and $200+ later we’re heading home with a brand new Keurig coffee machine. Talk about your impulse purchase eh? Ok, truth be told I [...]

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What Would You Do If You Lost Your Email?

/ March 3, 2011 / awesome, home, local, Technology / Permalink

There was recent scare for a number of Gmail users (not myself) in which they turned on their computers and signed on to their email and it treated them like they were a new user. The worst part? All their emails and preferences were gone! Now, Google has remedied the situation and restored service to [...]

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Wonder if this weekend will be as frugal as last?

/ February 25, 2011 / home, local, save money / Permalink

Last weekend was great. Not only did we have a movie marathon on Saturday night here at home, but on Friday night we went and had a fantastic evening with some friends of ours – including booze.. and it cost us the princely sum of $4.00. Ok that may not be entirely accurate – but [...]

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Who’s The Most Romantic of them All?

/ February 17, 2011 / home / Permalink

Another successful Valentine’s Day has passed…and I would like to share the two most unique gift idea’s I have seen that a) didn’t cost anything and b) were the best received by their significant other’s. I should also mention that for our Valentines day – we sort of celebrated on Sunday with a nice relaxing [...]

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Week 7 Roundup – May As Well Read While You’re Snowed In!

/ February 16, 2011 / awesome, food, health, home, local / Permalink

Seems like the only thing people are talking about lately is the weather – how much snow we’ve gotten and how much we hate it. Personally, it doesn’t bother me in the least. As long as I have a warm house, a car that starts, and roads which are passable (ok – yesterday sucked) – [...]

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Lifehackers Guide To Buying Is Out For 2011

/ January 19, 2011 / food, health, home, save money / Permalink

I’ve found Lifehackers buying guide very helpful (even if I didn’t follow it at all) to figure out the best times for buying certain items throughout the year. For example, everyone knows that the best time to buy a fake Christmas tree is the week AFTER Christmas right? Yeah.. exactly. Too bad I didn’t get [...]

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At What Point Did Christmas Become About Everyone Else?

/ December 23, 2010 / home, local, save money / Permalink

I’ve reread the title of this article a few times, and I’m sure if you clicked on it you and you’re here reading you are wondering if Len has lost his mind and is going to selfishly talk about how he wants Christmas to be about himself. Ha, you would be quite wrong however, you [...]

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Renovations Question – Garage Or Sun Room?

/ December 17, 2010 / garden, home, local / Permalink

I figure this may be something that I’m able to get some opinions on out there. And firstly, I am in no way shape or fashion in a position to be doing any renovations to my home in the next little while, but I do have a question on what would make more sense, and [...]

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I Have A Problem With Snail Mail – The Problem Is, I Hate It.

/ December 3, 2010 / awesome, everyday life, home / Permalink

I hate snail mail. Isn’t it funny how times change? When I was a kid – I could not WAIT to get some mail. It was a beautiful thing! I felt so important.. someone had sent something directly to me! WOW! Now however, I find it a pain in the ass. I’m pretty sure the [...]

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Haven’t started my Christmas shopping.. crap.

/ December 3, 2010 / everyday life, home, local / Permalink

Wow, December 2nd is already in the books and I’ve not even thought about starting the Christmas season.. don’t have my lights up, no tree, no decorations at all for that matter.. don’t have a lick of shopping done, hell there’s not snow on the ground.. BAH! When I say BAH.. I don’t mean BAH [...]

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