My wife sent me a text message that a box arrived labeled chocolate for our daughter. She had to take the box with her to pick up that daughter, and that daughter just happen to me so excited that candy bars were yanked out of the box and eaten by these two woman. One 7 and the [...]

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Now, with over 6,000 technical types here, and less then 10% woman, I wonder how many of the other thousands ordered their signifacant others a proper Valentine’s Day gift BEFORE they left? I did. I did PJ’s. Anna has certaintly gotten more impacted by the cold with all of her weight loss. And with the [...]

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With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, many people put off buying that perfect gift or card for that special someone. Here are the 10 reasons people procrastinate on buying Valentine’s Day gifts
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Dinner tonight was at William Ho’s located on 3524 N Oakland Ave Milwaukee, WI 53211-2701. The service was friendly and fast. The meal from egg roll to soup to my entree, Bhudd’as Delight (Yes they have General Tso’s Chicken but I changed my mind at the last minute and really enjoyed the entre), was served [...]

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One of our gifts for Brighid this Christmas was books for kids looking into the military. This title interested me because it wanted to discuss the macro picture of the world. Sort of the Penguin book of Chess for world political crisis situations and hotspots. I hope she enjoys it and does a good blog [...]

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One of the nicest gifts I got this year was an envelope with some cash in it. I am one of those people who appreciates people giving me anything, even cash with a nice note. I like to do my own shopping, enjoy the effort of trying to save money and stretch the gift to [...]

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We had some really good Christmas crackers this year with some very nice prizes, including

a metal matchbox toy car
screwdriver kit
nail clippers
flashlight

The jokes included

Q: What did the hat say to the scarf? A: You hang around while I go ahead
Q: What do you get if you cross a parrot with a centipede? A: A walkie-talkie
Q: What [...]

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So far I have only had to return one gift this holiday season. And in this case, it was not a return, but a cancellation. I apparently was given a gift subscription to one of the worst organizations for consumers, Consumer Union. I have long had this issue with them and the ill they do [...]

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Anna did another excellent party for everyone, and really worked her ass off for the family and our friends. She has her end of year notes finally posted http://skamarakas.com/anna/2007/12/28/wrapping-up-christmas-party-2007
Now lets see how long it takes her to write up the New Years Eve party and the “What does a reindeer say?” memories of this year? [...]

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04.02.13_g - so no luck on a 1.1.1 phone and immediate unlocking and jailbreaking with a trip to a SIM from TMobile. I set the phone up for her on a GoPhone plan
Name of Plan   Monthly Cost Anytime Minutes (up to)* Cost Per Minute Night and Weekend Minutes Mobile to Mobile Minutes
Pick Your Plan [...]

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