by Mir | Jul 1, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
I love our portable DVD player so much, I wrote a haiku: Oh, movies to go! You make long trips much better. Siblings; silence. Wow. (Do you like it? Me professional writer person.) Anyway, if you have not yet discovered the unparalleled joy that one of these babies...
by Mir | Jun 30, 2010 | Product Talk, Questions Answered
Today’s question comes courtesy of Kris, who asks: Any idea where to get good, cheap-ish PC laptop replacement batteries? I’ve been putting off the purchase (can’t stand the thought of paying Dell $150). I have an easy answer to this question, with...
by Mir | Jun 23, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
Even if you’re not an Apple enthusiast, you have to be a little pleased about the iPad for a couple of reasons. First, it’s given us the best crop of immature feminine protection product jokes since junior high; and second, it put just enough of a squeeze...
by Mir | Jun 22, 2010 | Product Talk, Travel
At long last I’m ready to tell you all about our big trip—we were on a Carnival Cruise for a week, seeing the western Caribbean. (Specifically: We were on the Carnival Valor.) Now, if you had asked me prior to this trip if I would ever consider going on a...
by Mir | Jun 22, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
Do you think I can talk my husband into the patio orbit lounger that’s in today’s Target Daily Deals? It not only allows you and your sweetie to lounge side by side, it’s got a little table for your drinks and an umbrella to keep the sun off of you....
by Mir | Jun 21, 2010 | Product Talk, Questions Answered
[As a quick aside: I have been seriously lacking, lately, on getting to questions that folks have mailed in. I have no excuse other than that I’m a terrible human being and also I’ve been sick and/or traveling more often than not, lately. I intend to mend...