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You have had your iPhone for a while, now. Something like… what… 20 months? Remember when you first bought it? You were so happy – and you swore to yourself that you’d get a new set of headphones to take advantage of the iTunes cloud. As soon as you were able to get back to the Apple Store for that one pair you had your eyes on, you’d be in business. Never mind the fact that you were going to … Continue reading →

You’re in a house full of people, and of course you’re not always behaving yourself on the computer. OK, well I won’t go there… let’s just say you have a message from your girlfriend and you don’t want all your roommates to hear it. So you have two choices: 1 – you can turn the volume down really low and press your ear to the laptop, or 2 – you can go hide in the bathroom. Actually, there are three … Continue reading →

You have no Internet. You have all these pieces, but you don’t have the cords. No USBs to hook up the tower to the keyboard, no printer cable to attach to the tower, no cable for the monitor, and nothing for the mouse. Everything is all laying around, unhooked. Useless. So you go to the store and buy all these things. Two USB cables for the keyboard and mouse, a printer cable, monitor cable, power cables for all of them, … Continue reading →

Ever wonder about how people get these great shots of their kids? Every time you set up a photog for the little ones, the prints always come back looking most unnatural. Remember the school pictures from the 80s? Remember how we all thought there was a conspiracy to make the kids all look as stupid as possible? Well, as you’re finding out now, this conspiracy is not limited to school pictures. It’s the CANDID shots that look the best, though. … Continue reading →

You know that one note in Comfortably Numb? The high one… near the end? The one where you can almost see Gilmour throw his head back when you hear it? Well, that’s IT. That’s the part you sit in the car and wait for even though you parked during the first verse. There’s one in most every song you love. The piano solo in Tuesday’s gone, the drum roll in Paradise City, the bass drop in Mama Kin… you get … Continue reading →

Small things. Small things are no good. The best things come in small packages? Yeah… try telling that to the poor sack standing out on his deck trying to watch the game and cook his burger at the same time. A 15 inch black and white isn’t going to cut it. If you really want to enjoy… no… if you really just want to SEE the TV, you’re gonna need 40 or 50 inches minimum. (Just trust me, ladies. Man … Continue reading →

Girlfriend’s birthday got you down? If you like the many millions of other people out there that have no idea what to get their girlfriends for their birthdays, it probably does. Straight couples, same sex couples, it makes no difference, really. Shopping for a woman is challenging, to say the least. What haven’t they already bought already? And “spa day” can be duplicated only so many times. So, this year, you go the practical route. Maybe something in the make-up … Continue reading →

So remember last year on Valentine’s Day? (or her birthday, or whenever. Doesn’t matter, just stick with me) You were flat broke, and of course that means that the elaborately planned, thoughtful gift you had for her (because of course you planned that out… right?) just wasn’t going to happen. So what did you do? You went into the neighbor’s yard and picked two big handfuls of flowers, and set about to find a vase. After rigging something that looked … Continue reading →

The summer, while fun and relaxing, can be a monstrous pain in the butt. Seriously. Consider the yard work. There’s an old episode of the Brady Bunch where Marsha is pushing one of those old school mowers – clippers, really – that resemble the twirly thing that holds the lotto balls. Now, if you’re anything like me, yard work ain’t exactly your thing, and the back yard can start to resemble the Serengeti with a quickness. My point? You’re active … Continue reading →

You aren’t Trump. Notsomuch the 1%. Rockefeller you ain’t. The fallout from this bleeds into just about every aspect of your life, and your living situation is no exception. You have to have a roommate. Imagine what your bills would be without one: about a grand a month for an apartment, and then a couple hundred for the utilities and communications… not to mention your other bills, like your insurance, car note, and on and on. It’s a parade. You … Continue reading →