Bargain books from the bookmaster

by Mir | Apr 14, 2008 | Hot Hot Hot!

Hey, remember when Amazon was for books? I mean, remember when Amazon was just for books? Yeah, me neither. (Okay, I do, ever-so-vaguely.) I tend to go there for just about everything, so sometimes I forget that they started primarily as a book store. Heh. Well...

Apparently it’s contest day here at Want Not

by Mir | Apr 14, 2008 | Hot Hot Hot!

Here’s yet another contest you should be checking out: Work It, Mom! is running an entire week’s worth of contests to celebrate their first birthday! (I do write for them, but I have nothing to do with these contests. Full disclosure, and all of that.)...

Why water doesn’t have to kill you

by Mir | Apr 14, 2008 | Hot Hot Hot!

We have a standard joke around here that every story on the news can be boiled down to “why water can kill you” or “I want my baby back.” Try it! Next time you watch the news, see if you can’t make every story fit one of those two...

A very fitting contest, from Lands’ End

by Mir | Apr 14, 2008 | Contests

Ahhh, Lands’ End. You know how I love them. You know how I triumphantly brandish every free shipping code they release. And last week, the Lands’ End folks reached out to me and I could barely stop myself from drawing little pink hearts all over my...

A reason to celebrate tax day

by Mir | Apr 14, 2008 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!

Ooooh, those sneaky retailers, giving us savings in honor of Tax Day—I don’t know whether to curse them or praise them. I’ll just reserve judgment for the moment, then. If you’re eying anything at DisneyShopping, you have until April 15th,...