Monthly Archives: February 2015

Joel’s review of The Other Woman (2014)

My wife and I recorded and watched The Other Woman on cable TV recently. This is that 2014 romantic (?) comedy starring Leslie Mann, Cameron Diaz, and Kate Upton. It’s…… not a good film by any means. There’s no real way that … Continue reading

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Nums’ Birthday Weekend

My wife celebrated her birthday this weekend. The highlights of this weekend included: homemade breakfast three days straight Dinner at Despaña in Princeton (Spanish cuisine, including tapas) a massage lunch with me (wonderful itself, you know) dinner at our home … Continue reading

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These Land’s End Kenosha Snow Boots are pretty nice

I haven’t good boots in a long while. I used to have some decent boots, but the cats urinated on them about two years ago, so yeah, I threw those away. Whenever I had to shovel snow, I just wore … Continue reading

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Purchased a mechanic tool set just for the socket wrench tools

I mentioned earlier that I need a socket wrench or ratchet tool kit. I never really thought socket wrenches or ratchet tools were useful unless one was working on a car. Last summer, when I had to put together our Weber … Continue reading

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Upgraded our Verizon FiOS speeds to 75 Mbps up, 75 Mbps down

A ha! Made some changes to our Verizon FiOS services yesterday, removed some channels, and used part of the savings to bump up our internet to from 50/50 to 75 Mbps up, 75 Mbps down. This will be a big help, … Continue reading

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1st time using our Vortex 2490 snow thrower

I find it a bit ironic that once we purchased a snow thrower, we’ve had little to no snow accumulation this winter. I’m not asking for a lot of snow exactly, but I’ve been sitting prepared for a storm that … Continue reading

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Our Trip to Orlando – Day 4 – Animal Kingdom – Part 2

Here’s the 2nd half of the photos from Animal Kingdom. After lunch at the Tusker House, we went to see a Lion King show, which was well done. We then met up with the Horana family, who were also visiting … Continue reading

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Our Trip to Orlando – Day 4 – Animal Kingdom – Part 1

We spent our last vacation day at Animal Kingdom. I’ve never been, so I didn’t know what to expect. We couldn’t stay the whole day, as we had a 9:40 PM flight home to catch. We also needed to budget … Continue reading

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