Jeanne Marie Hoffman

Former bartender, still a geek. One equal part each cookies, liberty, football, music, travel, libations. Stir vigorously. +Jeanne Marie Hoffman Jeanne on Twitter

When Murphy’s Law Affects Planning for the Weather

a satellite view of a hurricane

Whenever I plan a trip, I think about what the weather could be like at each of my connections. I try not to connect through Chicago through the winter, and I try not to connect through Florida during hurricane season. But more often than not in the last few years, …

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Amazon Offering $0.99 Video Rentals This Weekend

a movie poster of a movie with a woman standing in front of a giant tree

Amazon is offering $0.99 rentals on a bunch of movies this weekend–180 of them to be exact. In addition, some of the $0.99 rentals are available for purchase at $6.99.  You have 30 days to start the rental and then anywhere from 48 hours – 7 days to watch, depending …

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Drugstore.com Shutting Down by End of Month

shelves of products on shelves in a store

Drugstore.com has been a source of great deals.  It usually sells household items for less than Amazon.com, and was a good use of the free Shoprunner benefit that comes with the American Express Platinum  Card.  (It was recently tightened up, but used to be free 2-day shipping on any purchase). I …

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Do Frequent Flyers Age Faster?

an airplane taking off from a runway

Nothing makes me feel younger than the ability to jetset to a beach somewhere (or Las Vegas!) to chill out. That’s why I was surprised when I saw this article about how frequent travel ages us. From Fast Company: In Cohen’s review of the literature, he found that this mobile …

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