• $50 Gift Card for HD-DVD from Best Buy

    I had heard of this a while back and assumed my purchase would somehow slip through the cracks. After all, rebates, for which I put in significant effort often fall through the cracks… why would a business willingly give me money for doing nothing? Anyway, my gift card arrived yesterday. I no longer own the

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  • Product Idea of the Day: 04/24/08

    Coffee-flavored cough drops. Coughee drops. Think about it… So many people are addicted to coffee… These would sell. Throw some caffeine in them? I’m brilliant. Kudos to Stephen for saying he was opening a cough drop… If he hadn’t, I wouldn’t have mistakenly said “Coffee Drop?” Someone fund me… I just put in my two

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  • Arlington Outback is Awful

    Posted below is the letter I submitted via their website. Surprisingly, I received a response within the hour. We’ll see how things go… My LetterThey say the third time is the charm, but your Arlington restaurant has proven otherwise. I recently moved just down the street from this location and was very excited that Outback,

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  • Yet Another Ridiculous Day

    Woke up at 8, threw on jeans, long sleeves, boots and packed my gloves. I was off to help do trail work with MORE on a portion of the Fairfax Cross County Trail, a multi-use trail that extends all the way from the Potomac to I-95. I haven’t frequented the trail much as of late,

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  • Movie: Zeitgeist

    It took me about 2 months worth of lunches here at work, but I finally completed Zeitgeist, an award winning conspiracy theory video (viewable online at that link). It’s nice to get a fresh perspective on things, and some of the ideas brought up on this really are eye-opening, but when presented information like this,

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  • Say it slowly: Aciphex

    If you don’t get it, go away. Was reading a magazine during a commercial tonight and heard this one come on. I thought it had to be a joke, but further investigation shows it’s a real product. Yay for marketers, yay for ass effects.

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