Shank You Very Much

A reader recently commented on my last post about Amazon Prime. The post where I admitted to buying a year’s worth of Skittles. Because I could. The reader tells me that her husband also got pulled in by Amazon. He bought 18 pounds of jelly beans. 18 pounds!!! To put that in perspective, I did some math for…

Remember how I have a deep love for Amazon and its Prime membership that gives me free shipping on items already priced low? There’s a possibility that they have turned that love into a way to make me fat(ter). Amazon Pantry. Now I don’t even have to go to the grocery store and walk around. What…

I was happily tooling around the internet when I stumbled into a website that had transcripts on it. I spent about an hour reading various posts and interviews. I was laughing, pondering, questioning and all around having a good time. Then I realized I was on the National Public Radio transcript site. I’m a nerd and no…

Last night I was watching Bravo – one of the housewives shows was on. I was cruising around the internet on my new iPad and trying to stay cool in the 90 degree heat. (I know that’s not high to many people but in WA state it is pretty dire.) There came a particularity pathetic…

This is just a quick update on the deterioration of society now that there are enough iPads in the house for each human to have their own. I’ve been binge watching The Big Bang Theory seasons 1-7 thanks to a playlist on my Apple TV. During this binge marathon I’ve napped for almost three hours.…

The Hubster recently had a birthday. He had one giant request and that was a new iPad Air with the 128GB hard drive. For works purposes. You know, and education. Because that 3rd gen. 64GB hard drive iPad with retina display was really feeling ancient. And saying you are spending $800 on a toy to play mock…