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Seen on Craigslist today 2

Seen on Craigslist today

I have the very same couch made from zebra skin. (click on the picture for a larger image)

Restaurant Roundup: Greater Houston and Humble, TX 3

Restaurant Roundup: Greater Houston and Humble, TX

Work took me back to Texas, this time to the near-Gulf metropolis of Houston. I was pretty eager to partake of a city known for its great dining and fresh seafood with plenty of Texas flair. The city itself was...

Comfort Suites of Kingwood Texas is a Terrible Hotel 8

Comfort Suites of Kingwood Texas is a Terrible Hotel

I was on business in the greater Houston area last week, a trip that wouldn’t have been all that bad if not for the hovel of a hotel I had stayed in. I’m not exactly picky about hotels either. I’m...

Someone please explain this to me. 11

Someone please explain this to me.

How can I be expected to continue responsibly toward my goal of debt-free living when pieces of my shoddy counter top are falling off in CHUNKS on my toes while I do dishes? 

It was bound to happen sooner or later. 13

It was bound to happen sooner or later.

We resisted as long as we could, but Jesse and I are now addicted to Lost. My mom came to visit and brought episodes of Lost on DVD for us to watch. We've only finished the first season so far,...

Social Blunder #47 0

Social Blunder #47

When leaving a message, it's a Bad Idea(TM) to do your Micro Machines Man impersonation when doing so. This goes double if you do it only during the portion of the message containing your phone number.

Our New Addiction 7

Our New Addiction

For years I'd been hearing about Settlers of Catan and about how much fun it is to play. I'd never gotten around to trying it out and Shauna was especially disinterested, relegating it to the same category as Dungeons and...

Website Updates: Subscribe to Comments, Related Posts, and Behind the Scenes Stuff 3

Website Updates: Subscribe to Comments, Related Posts, and Behind the Scenes Stuff

I've added a few new features over the last few weeks that I hope will prove helpful in finding nifty stuff on our site and participating more fully. For about two weeks now, I've had the Subscribe to Comments plugin...

Happy Independence Day 4

Happy Independence Day

In the same vein of Thanksgiving, here's a famous speech to help put things into perspective between that 4th hamburger and 6th box of sparklers. Let us never forget that 57 brave men pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor...