As a bartender, sometimes you can tell by the way someone walks into your bar that they are going to start trouble. Â A little too drunk and a little too hopped up on something. Â And when that person runs into someone else in the same state, well, their worlds collide …
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Get $10 back on $10 spend on Rakuten, includes existing users
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Free Video Game: Sniper Elite 3 (with ads, or $6 without ads)
Game Sessions is giving away Sniper Elite 3 (with ads) and heavily discounting its Steam key by maki…
Act Now: Free JetBlue Ticket When You Buy Board Game (for $20)
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Reminder: DC-Area Meetup is October 10th!
Just a reminder that the next DC-meetup is coming up! Â We (Pizzainmotion and I) look for…
My Talk Today at the Library
Hi! Some of you were at my talk today at the library. Â Thank you SO much to everyone who…
Deal on Compact Powerbank: Anker PowerCore 5000, Ultra-Compact 5000mAh External Battery with Fast-Charging Technology
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She’s Doing a Polar Plunge in Memory of Her Mother’s Death–Please consider donating
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Even More Amazing: WEST COAST TO PARIS for less than $400 on American
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Support a Good Cause While Someone Else Does a Polar Plunge
My niece is raising money for the Special Olympics in her mother’s memory. Â She…
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What It’s Like to Order Food in Sicily as an American
Going to Catania in Sicily was an experience. More so than I thought it would be. Partially because when I ordered food in the restaurants, I didn’t really get everything I ordered. Â I got what the owner of the restaurant wanted me to try. Fair enough. Because of this, I …
Read More »How Rental Car Companies Try to Charge You for Free Upgrades You Already Got
I rent cars pretty often and I usually rent the smallest size possible. They are the cheapest, I tend to pack light, and hey–small cars are easier to parallel park. Of course, when the rental car companies want to upgrade me to a muscle car, who am I to say …
Read More »Markets in Everything: Getting Leaves Shipped from New England
Can’t fit traveling to New England to see the fall foliage into your travel calendar? No worries–for $19.99, ShipFoliage.com will send autumn to you.  Well, some leaves at least. According to Time.com: It’s gimmicky, of course, but maybe not quite as much as you’d think. According to the website, the …
Read More »Flooding in the Desert–On best laid plans
I’m a huge Mlife fan and always have a difficult choice in hotels when going to Vegas. This trip, I was pretty certain where I wanted to go. Okay, not the real beach, but the beach at the Mandalay Bay. I packed up and left Virginia, where a massive Nor’easter was …
Read More »I Miss US Airways’ Upgrade Communication Style
I loved the way US Airways communicated about your upgrades. As soon as your window for upgrades opened, US Airways would send you an email. If upgrades weren’t released yet, it would tell you that upgrades are not yet available yet, but they would send you an email once they …
Read More »86-Year Old Plane Spotter Has Dream Come True with A380
86-year old Mr. Van Dam worked for Airbus, but retired before the A380 was released.  The A380 is the world’s largest passenger plane, and Mr. Van Dam has been enamored with it from afar. Our intrepid plane spotter headed out to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in hopes of seeing the A380.  While …
Read More »No, You Can’t Eat the Han-Solo-Frozen-in-Carbonite Pop Tarts
These have been making the rounds on my Facebook. Â And while it looks delicious, it is completely inedible. Behold, the Han Solo Pop Tart Art: Part of this balanced breakfast…… Pop-art: Frosted Han Solo coming soon to a galaxy near you. #resin #art #toys #Falcontoys #feedmeresin #StarWars #HanSolo #Poptart A …
Read More »Travel Warning: Hacked ATMs (even in hotels) in Cancun Skimming Bank Info
A reader passed this article onto me regarding hacked ATMs in Cancun. Â At first, I glanced at the article and thought to myself, “well, a lot of ATMs get ‘hacked’ with those devices people attach to the outside of them,” but then realized how systemic it is in Cancun as …
Read More »Old School-Style Awesome Noir Game on Kickstarter
I had the pleasure of meeting the SWDTech Games and playing a demo version of their Pixel Noir game.  They launched a Kickstarter for the game when still relatively unknown and, unfortunately, came up short during funding. After waiting it out and growing their profile a bit, they have launched a new Kickstarter–one …
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This Travel Jacket Literally Has Everything Built-In–Including a Neck Pillow
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What Happens When You Set Two AI Bots to Talk to Each Other
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This Product Will Help You Pack Faster and Keep You From Forgetting Things
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This Device Promises to Give You Unlimited Worldwide 4G Wi-Fi
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This “Smart” Belt Helps Your Keep Your Waistline in Check
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This Travel Jacket Literally Has Everything Built-In–Including a Neck Pillow
I was poking around on Kickstarter and came across this jacket that claims to be …
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What Happens When You Set Two AI Bots to Talk to Each Other
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This Product Will Help You Pack Faster and Keep You From Forgetting Things
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This Device Promises to Give You Unlimited Worldwide 4G Wi-Fi
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This “Smart” Belt Helps Your Keep Your Waistline in Check
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Carolina Aviators Network Flying Out Aid to Western Carolina
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Get $10 back on $10 spend on Rakuten, includes existing users
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Free Video Game: Sniper Elite 3 (with ads, or $6 without ads)
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Act Now: Free JetBlue Ticket When You Buy Board Game (for $20)
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Reminder: DC-Area Meetup is October 10th!