A little less holiday cheer from North Pole
People in North Pole, Alaska, are upset that the town’s long-standing tradition of letters from Santa is coming to an end. People all over the United States will be affected by the change, as the Postal Service is dropping the national program that [...]
The Black Friday Fever
Black Friday has been the top trend for the past several weeks. Everyone is itching to find great deals offering for Black Friday 2009. Black Friday, which lands on the day after Thanksgiving Day, unofficially kicks off the holiday shopping season. And boy, things are looking hot, [...]
You Can Plan Well and Save Money This Thanksgiving
If you find yourself inhaling the last of the crouton dust after a fruitless search for the elusive meal, you are likely in need of debt relief. I’ve been there before, so I feel your fruitlessness. Now that Thanksgiving has flickered into [...]
Thanksgiving coming up soon
People tend to get very stressed out during the holidays. From mid-November to January, the ringleaders of families or groups of friends often appear tightly wound and overworked. If you’re the one saddled with hosting, planning and making Thanksgiving dinner this year, it doesn’t have to be [...]
Best Buy’s Hot Black Friday Deals
Best Buy Black Friday ads can now be found online and it’s definitely causing hype. How would you like an Insignia Blu-ray Disc Player for less than a $100? What about a Dynex 19″ 720p LCD HDTV for less than a $150? Save your [...]
Friday the 13th…AND Black Friday in the same month – run to the hills!
Today is Friday the 13th, and two weeks from now it will be Black Friday -
now for some of us Friday the 13th means zilch, besides a series of increasingly ridiculous slasher flicks. Since it is Friday [...]
Target Black Friday ad says $3 appliances
Black Friday. I understand why people head to the stores in droves when retailers advertise great in-store deals for Black Friday. What I don’t understand is why stores do this, especially in the case of Target’s $3 appliances, which are being publicized in the [...]
Black Friday Ads 2009 – Ready to Shop!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Start your holiday savings now! It’s the perfect time to start your holiday shopping budget (if you have not yet already) and take advantage of hot deals offerings for Black Friday 2009. Tons of [...]
It’s Veterans Day and ‘Glee’ is Back!
Loyal Wednesday night TV watchers have had to endure some disappointment lately. “Glee” has not aired on Fox for two weeks because of some baseball tournament thingy between some dudes who are named after a racial slur for white people and some dudes named [...]
Remember, remember the 5th of November
OK, a lot of us saw V for Vendetta, but people were commemorating Guy Fawkes’ Night (November 5th) a long time before the movie came out, and certainly before the graphic novel (that the more sophisticated and discerning among us have read) that the movie [...]
Show and Big Bird turn 40
For a television show to stick around for 40 years, it’s got to be doing something right. Today marks the 40th anniversary of “Sesame Street,” which means Big Bird’s 40th birthday as well.
While many people would probably be aware of this without Google’s commemorative display [...]
Such a thing as too much candy?
Maybe you went a little overboard buying Halloween candy this year. Or maybe you have overzealous kids who brought home so much candy, you’re afraid you’ll be offering people cash now to take it or serving it at your New Year’s Eve party.
Even if [...]
Procrastinator’s refrain
This happens to me every year. Around the beginning of October, I think to myself “I should come up for a good idea for a costume.” And then, being a creative type, I sit back and wait for inspiration. I usually don’t even decide if I want a Halloween [...]
Gifts and gets on National Chocolate Day
People celebrate holidays for many reasons. Religion, tradition, family, patriotism and sometime just for fun. Everyone has their favorite small, unexplainable holiday. Mine is National Punctuation Day. However, I think many of you might adopt today as your new favorite holiday, if you haven’t [...]
Quick and Easy How-To for Halloween
This past weekend, I sat down at the dining room table with my children to decorate a Jack O’ Lantern for Halloween. They’re a bit too young to handle the sharp carving implements, but I had them take the pumpkin innards out and draw designs. [...]
Not so fast to Southwest Airlines sale
Yes, Southwest Airlines is having a huge sale on plane tickets. Several round-trip tickets will cost only $50, $75 or $100 if you purchase tickets today through the end of the day Thursday. You can even get one-way tickets for as low as $25.
But [...]
She Says She’s a Real Vampire
This Halloween, some people will be dressing up as vampires. Whether they’re inspired by “Twilight,” “True Blood” or one of the myriad vampiric fables, otherworldly skin tone, eyes and the archetypal fangs will be dripping for good times that night. Some will go to great [...]