On The Beach

We made it safely to the beach.  There are lots of tasks to get done once we get here, so we haven’t spent much time down at the beach, but we did take a quick walk down there.  What a great visual to stand on the beach and look out over the ocean.  My mind [...]

Fun Surprise

I’m currently sitting in our hotel room, but when you see this I’ll already be on the beach in the Outer Banks.  (Special announcement: My nephew is next to me and says hi to all the blog readers out there!)

For dinner last night, most of the gang had pizza from Vinny’s.  I had [...]

Detour Through D.C.

The first day of our Outer Banks Beach Vacation is underway.  The day started off a little rough as we got rolling around 9:15 a.m.  That would have been fine, but we were up until around 1:30 a.m. cleaning up from Judi’s Wedding.  I was a little grumpy about getting up and rushing out the [...]

We Stop Brewing At 6

After lots of last minute packing, we finally got on the road around 7:15 p.m.  The plan was to get food on the road, but we didn’t really think about it until 9 p.m.  After striking out on Panera’s and Wendy’s, we finally ended up at McDonald’s.  It was a 24 hour drive-through, right off [...]

Mob Power

Just got an email from Netflix:
Dear Jason,
You spoke, and we listened. We are keeping Profiles. Thank you for all the calls and emails telling us how important Profiles are.
We are sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused. We hope the next time you hear from us we will delight, and not disappoint, you.
-Your [...]

Her First Clothes

It’s Almost Like Cable TV

Except for the time we spent living with my mom while in Cleveland, Jaime and I have never had cable.  Cable modem, sure, but never the TV.  I was considering finally getting out of the 70s and joining the rest of the world recently, but just couldn’t do it.  The $10/month for “Broadcast” seemed like [...]

Upping the Gas Mileage

I’ve been experimenting with Hypermiling lately.  I started off with around 24 MPGs on average in the city and 28-30 Highway.  My latest tank of gas was almost entirely city driving, mostly between my house (Niagara Falls Blvd and East Robinson, behind the Wegman’s) and First Trinity.  Here’s what I did:

Avoided coming to a dead [...]

Last Call for DVDs

In case you missed it, I’m selling off DVDs to eliminate some of our student loans.  We’ll be posting the list on Craig’s List soon.  Let me know what you want and I’ll set it aside for you.  Most are $5, but check the original post linked above for exceptions.
DVDs that are available:

All DVDs, Titles [...]

We Apologize For The Inconvenience

I just got an email from Netflix that ended that way.  Essentially, Netflix is eliminating profiles, the feature that allowed you to have multiple queues on a single account.  The entire text of the email is available on their FAQ.  Jaime and I used this feature to allow us to each have a list of [...]