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Archive for 2009/03


What’s all the HUBbub, Bub?

Welcome back!See that? That’s what I’m drooling over this month. It’s on Sale this week for $15.99 after a $10 rebate. It’s a 7 port USB 2.0 Hub.
I could use a fistful of these things, in spite of the fact that my laptop is the only computer in the house that supports the USB 2.0 […]

Advantages and disadvantages of mortgage life insurance

I recently heard the phrase, mortgage life insurance for the first time and felt the need to find out what it is. Here’s what I found out. Mortgage life insurance is a life insurance policy that pays off your mortgage if you die. Death benefits are always equivalent to the balance owed to the […]

A joke for you

Something that was said at the breakfast table this morning (I fail to remember what) reminded me of a bad joke. When I said that, nobody wanted to hear it at that time. Therefore, I’m posting it here so that instead of making the 4 people at the breakfast table groan I can (theoretically) sicken […]

The cat’s in for it now

Max is our cat. He’s nine going on twenty if he survives the weekend. Being a male cat who was never “fixed”, he still has an obnoxious habit or two, like howling at the top of his lungs at random moments, or falling off of the window sill that he’s too fat to be lying […]

A tribute to John Ritter

Most kids today probably remember John Ritter mainly as the father on Eight Simple Rules. I, however, am officially OLD and I can remember him playing Reverend Fordyce on The Waltons and, of course, Jack Tripper on Three’s Company.
For the last few years we have skipped current network television in favor of older shows […]