Winners, we’ve got winners here

by Mir | Feb 15, 2010 | Contests

I owe you some winners, don’t I? I think I do. Let’s get to it. First of all, last week’s contest to win a Logitech Webcam Pro 9000 has landed lucky ready Mandy (commenter 146) with a way to reconnect with family currently in Indonesia, and...

One-day savings (thanks, presidents!)

by Mir | Feb 15, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, What to Wear

I realize this may not be a big enough discount to appeal to anyone here, but just in case it is: Today (President’s Day, February 15th, 2010) you can shop Banana Republic and take 25% off any regularly-priced items with coupon code PRESDAY25. In addition, if...

Party (and view) like it’s 1988 and 2010

by Mir | Feb 15, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

Still have a bunch of VHS tapes hanging around that you’re not ready to get rid of? I can’t really imagine why you wouldn’t go ahead and convert them to DVD, but let’s say you’re not willing to able to do that. Or that you have a parent...

I dare you not to be entranced with Madeline Dare

by Mir | Feb 13, 2010 | Contests

If you’re a fan of the hit show Gray’s Anatomy, you know the ongoing joke about one of the characters being “dark and twisty, but in a good way.” That phrase is always what comes to mind for me when I consider author Cornelia Read; she’s...

Saturday deals

by Mir | Feb 13, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, What to Wear

Sorry for the delay this morning, but we were buried under a veritable avalanche of snow! We were fighting for our liiiiiives! Oh, wait. We got three inches. Well, you know, here in the south that’s pretty much the same thing. Ahem. Anyway, let’s get our...