TGIF at Amazon

by Mir | Sep 15, 2006 | Hot Hot Hot!

The Amazon Friday Sale has changed format again; you now need to click through the various categories to see all of the offerings. Amazon, what have you been smoking? Why must you muck around with something that was fine, and not broken? Seek help, Amazon. Looking for...

Discount time at Gymboree

by Mir | Sep 15, 2006 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!

Thanks to Patricia for letting me know that it’s time for the Gymboree friends and family event. What? You say you’re not friends or family? Sure you are! Hey, if you’ve ever actually paid Gymboree’s prices, I say you get to be part of their...

Yes, but. . . if it’s wrong, I don’t wanna be right

by Mir | Sep 15, 2006 | Hot Hot Hot!, Retail gone wrong

I want one. Seriously. (What? You don’t?) $3.99 apiece, or use coupon code ssmonkey when buying 10 to lower the price to $2.79 each. Don’t need 10? Use coupon code dealhand for 10% off your order. ‘Sides… it’s amazing! The Slingshot...

Jeff Grogg’s cardboard showdown

by Mir | Sep 14, 2006 | Hot Hot Hot!

So many of you mailed me about this, I am finally posting it so that you will stop. I had no idea so many of my readers were granolaheads. Here’s the deal: Kashi is so sure you’ll love their new TLC Trail Mix Chewy Granola bar, they’ll send you one...

Landlubber or not

by Mir | Sep 14, 2006 | Everyday Wisdom, Questions Answered

With cell phones becoming so mainstream, and with (*knocking on wood*) telemarketers unable to call those cell phones to lecture us about identity theft and the latest magazine subscriptions, more and more people are opting to give up their home landlines entirely....