Of cereal and “free” prizes

You’ve seen this before.  This is the more obnoxious older sibling of the “free” toy inside—the mail-in prize.  In this case, you send in proofs of purchase from $24 worth of cereal (or proofs of purchase from $8 worth of cereal, as well as $5), and they send you a $3 radio. The children get … Read more

Lea got me a crack pipe for Valentine’s Day

Presenting Guitar Hero III, boys and girls.  It’s a blast. You know, for the most part, when it comes to current video games, I’ve prided myself on being a non-pushover.  I finished Halo on Legendary difficulty.  I finished Halo 2 on Heroic (I’ll still get there on Legendary one day maybe, but for now that … Read more

The carnage continues

Well, I might need an Illness category. Lea kissed the pavement in a big damned hurry last night.  I’m guessing flu, given the rapidity of her decline.  She was fine as recently as 3:00 yesterday afternoon, but has spent the last 24 hours flat on her back and mostly in a febrile haze.  She rang … Read more

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