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The Demise Of An American Institution – The Soap Opera

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Throughout my lifetime, there have always been one constant – the soap opera. How many times did I race home from school to see what was going on with Erika Kane and her one of many husbands, or to see what drama was befalling Luke & Laura and those crazy storylines that seemed so far-fetched but appealed to many. So, when I read that ABC has cancelled All My Children and One Life To Live to replace them with a {Read More}

How Barnes & Noble Broke My Heart For The Last Time

Ever since I was young, I have been enamored by books – I could read day in and day out, even sneaking my books and a flashlight to bed in the hopes of finding out just what was going to happen to Laura Ingalls or some other book I happened to be obsessed with.  My mother will tell you about the time that one of the nuns at Holy Cross called her concerned because I preferred to read on the {Read More}

Guilty of Idiocy: ShopAtHome.com

I swear – some of these cashback companies just can’t walk the walk!  ShopAtHome pulled a MoreRebates-esque manuever.  I got a rebate credited to my account for Hostgator, rebate was up there for 2 months and, the month when the check is due to be cut, the rebate is removed and dontcha know, they backdate the removal to the date I’ve ordered it.  Shady dealings, in my personal opinion.  However, I will say this much, their gal at Twitter is quick to {Read More}

Guilty of Idiocy: MoreRebates.com

As you all know, when things are good – I tell you and when things, quite frankly, stink – I’ll tell you. Such is the case with MoreRebates.com. When our relationship started, it was good. We went through our honeymoon phase with me testing their program and actually loving the fact that they give rebates for sites that might not be on the typical cash back path. Well, as you know I maintain more than one blog and I use {Read More}

Food Poisoning Is Bad For Business

Sadly, I have been hit by one hell of a case of food poisoning that has me questioning EVERYTHING in my fridge.  As a matter of fact, I’m doing a full purge of everything this week and starting anew because, quite simply, I never want to have to go through that mess again. I have been surviving on all things water, ginger ale and apple juice.  One comforting thing, I do know what the culprit was that did make me {Read More}