Saturday deals

by Mir | Jul 10, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!

Gooooooood morning! There was a sleepover here, last night. My ears are still ringing. Give me a moment to immerse my entire head in this pot of coffee…. Okay! All ready to scope out the weekend deals, now. I’m eyeing the wicker milk crate set in the...

Friday, it’s a heat wave

by Mir | Jul 9, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!

Don’t mind me, I’ll be over here. Melting. I bear up pretty well under the heat until Friday, at which point my brain flips to pool mode. It turns out that it’s hard to type while swimming, so let’s see what I can manage before the thermometer...

To Prime or not to Prime

by Mir | Jul 8, 2010 | Big Picture, Questions Answered

… that, as they say, is the question. Specifically, the question was this, from Daisy: Is Amazon Prime worthwhile? I get a lot of amazon gift codes, and I wondered if combining those with Prime might be a good idea. I love this question, but I also hate this...

Load up your iPod

by Mir | Jul 8, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!

Whenever I see a new two-buck collection available for download at Amazon, I snap it up. I’m cheap and indiscriminate, that way. But really, how can you go wrong, paying $2 for 99 different pieces of music? Right now I see 6 free samplers and 5 $1.99 samples...

Totally silly

by Mir | Jul 8, 2010 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!

The whole Silly Bandz craze has infiltrated my kids’ schools, and I haven’t bought any yet, because I’m mean and—okay, technically, I just lied to you. I hadn’t bought any. Until about five minutes ago. If you want ’em, check out...