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I’ve been using Magazines.com for all my subscriptions as it is a nice central place, but the latest dip on Discover, National Geographic Traveler shows Amazon.com does have lower prices. The big difference is Amazon has 50% off on most magazines for a 2 year subscription. So discover is $12…

How can you be mad at someone who has pushed you onto a new course. In the 2009 New Years wishes, everyone wants everything to be better. Spent a day climbing up a steep rocky shifting slope and looking down and seeing how far up we were, realized, wow you…

OMG, just got a notice from J&R that the camera is on its way! Means I had better get my act in gear and get accessories: UDMA Compact Flash card. The new cameras like the Canon 5D Mark II, EOS-1Ds Mark III, EOS 50D, Nikon D3, D300 and D700 and…

An old friend said to me, “Happy New Year!” Like Merry Christmas, I sometimes don’t know that that means. 2009 has just arrived here and the fireworks are going like crazy, but I would say more accurately to all, I hope you have reflected on the last year and that…

Thank goodness, I knew what this is, on Bluehost, occassionally, the WordPress Options database will get corrupted. The tech guys said they had put some fixes into MySQL, but the fix, if you suddenly get the new blog install screen instead of your blog is that your wp_options table which…

Calvin pointed out a great site that measure your Footprint on the earth. How depressing. If everyone used as much as I do then we would need 5.2 Earths to survive! Makes me want to renew my Terrapassto offset another 100,000 pounds of carbon like I did this year 🙂…

Wow, cool to have an indoor grill in the winter…Here are some good recipes for halibut and scallops. Main thing is to make sure the grill is well oiled so the fish doesn’t stick Soy Halibut Steaks – Grilled Halibut Recipe Combine all ingredients, except the halibut, in a small…

Shawn was so nice to pick some great quality wines for me. Nothing like taking advantage of 20 years of experience. Particularly these rare Australians and an amazing online merchante, klwines.com 2007 Mollydooker “Blue Eyed Boy” Shiraz $49.99  $599.88 2005 Kaesler “Stonehorse” Shiraz Barossa Valley South Australia $22.99  $137.94 2006…

If you go all out, you need something that has four USB ports by Rocketfish for $20. I got one from Best Buy that is clumsy but it works. Internet search shows not much but J&R has an Intek for $25 but these aren’t reviewed and the Amazon one by…

For those of us without anything else to do, here is all the shopping you can do on a Saturday: * Ikea (601 SW 41st St, Renton, WA 98057). Saturday 10AM-9PM* Lowe’s (2700 Rainier S). Saturday 6AM-9PM* Macy’s (1601 Third Ave). Saturday 10AM-10PM* Costco (4401 4th Ave S). Saturday 930AM-6PM.…