Shop til’ you drop!
When October rolled around this year, I thought to myself, “Jill, you will not be the procrastinator that you are every single year and wait until the utmost last minute to do your holiday shopping. You will not fight your way through the throngs of ruthless shoppers on the evening of the 24th, hoping to get a piece of the highly coveted and sold out Toy of the Year—never again. This year will be different. You will shop wisely and early. You will be organized. You will make lists!!”
By the time November rolled around, I ...
11.10.06
Instant pick-me-up
Instant pick-me-up
Recently I was given a pack of these really cool (pardon the pun) menthol stickers designed to help you concentrate while you are on a long drive, working or studying late, or sitting in front of a computer for hours on end ::ahem ahem ::. Despite everything on the package being written in Japanese and only a picture and cartoon illustration to go on, I decided to live on the wild side and try them out (thanks Sherry for being my guinea pig).
The Nemuke Toru Patch is a pair of clear, menthol stickers placed on the temple to produce ...
11.09.06
Dreamblade: Lookin’ sharp
Dreamblade: Lookin’ sharp
Dreamblade is a tabletop game with miniatures. It plays like a cross between chess, Dungeons & Dragons, and backgammon. It is a strategic game, with some luck, but it is not technically a war game even though it uses miniatures. The game is a lot of fun! Once you learn the rules, the game takes less than an hour to play. It uses dice so there is a luck factor to the game that may turn off some fans of Eurogames. However, I have found that the best players win much more often than ...
11.08.06
A world in which Jackie Collins is the equal of Fyodor Dostoevsky
A world in which Jackie Collins is the equal of Fyodor Dostoevsky
I figured out pretty quick in college that selling books back to the bookstore was for suckers--they gave about 15 cents on the dollar. And as much as I didn't need most of them, I was loathe to lose so much money. Besides, I figured shelves full of books later in life would fool people into thinking I was smart. Then--BAM! I hit them with a hammer and steal their kidneys.
But what if I could turn those books that I didn't care about into books that I did? Sure, I could buy books, but that's expensive. Bookmooch has that ...
11.07.06
Truckin’
When I was younger, I used to think moving was one giant fun adventure. I also didn’t have to do more than throw all my stuff into boxes that my parents placed in front of my room. No cleaning, no lifting, no having to deal with truck rental companies, no responsibility on my impish [...]
Truckin’
When I was younger, I used to think moving was one giant fun adventure. I also didn’t have to do more than throw all my stuff into boxes that my parents placed in front of my room. No cleaning, no lifting, no having to deal with truck rental companies, no responsibility on my impish part. Sadly, the glory days are over. I moved six months ago and I recently moved again--basically back down to the same place I moved from. Pure stupidity. After spending a week trying to figure out what truck rental ...
11.06.06
I’m back…and in hardcover
I’m back…and in hardcover
For some odd unidentifiable reason, whenever I see websites that allow users to create and order custom products that are otherwise hard to make, I feel wholesome inside and generally good about life. Services on the internet allow users to create highly customized products that would have sounded ridiculous before. I mean, who (among the average, non-ridiculously-rich consumers) would have previously thought about getting a sweatshirt printed with their family photograph on it? But sites like zazzle or customInk can create apparel and other assorted items with any user-produced image or text on it. That, to me, truly ...
11.03.06
More ways to be geeky
More ways to be geeky
Being a self-proclaimed bag lady, I am very accustomed to carrying around humungous bags to haul my loot. Lately, I have come to realize that having a bag large enough to carry my cell phone, wallet, makeup bag, magazines, doodle pad, short novel for light reading, pens, pack of tissue, mints, toiletry case, umbrella, memory stick, Chia Pet, ThighMaster, yoga mat, slice of chocolate cake, pet gerbil, rubber cement, and next year’s winter wardrobe proves not only to be menacing but also impractical. What can I say? I am a Girl Scout.
Maybe with a ton of purging I ...
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