Freaky Frugalite

I am highly offended. HIGHLY. I had to go to the local drugstore to look for some birthday cards for my moms. (I have two moms, a *real* mom and a step mom). My sons begged and begged to go, but they had some schoolwork to finish up, and honestly, I just knew they’d only [...]

I came across a very odd story in my local news this morning. There’s a bit of an outcry that gas stations are placing a “hold” on customers’ Visa and MasterCard accounts, essentially freezing their accounts for $150 to $200. Has this happened to you? According to the story, some folks have seen their credit [...]

I have been THIS close, peeps. VERY VERY CLOSE. I don’t think I would stab my new gadget with a Ronco Ginsu machete… but I’ve been preeeeeetty close. I have a honking big razor blade knife with snap-off blades (so it’s always sharp!) ready to roll whenever I come home with my new CD, lipstick, [...]

Weeeellll…. as much as I hate CAPTCHA for comments (I always find them difficult to decipher), I was forced to install it for my blogs today. For Blog Jog Day, I anticipated loads of comments! And I sure got them– 1,000 spam comments PER HOUR. On 11/21/10, I logged in to see the spam count [...]

I am so sick of the spam!!! Spam in my email, spam on my landline phone, spam on my cell phone, spam in my voicemail, spam in my blog comments!!! I checked in to my blog three days ago, after not having signed in for three days. My eyes nearly popped out when I saw [...]

Did you guys hear about this?? The city of Philadelphia is requiring bloggers to pay a business license fee, even if the bloggers do not make a profit. Unbelievable! According to the news story, the city government is charging bloggers a $300 licensing fee, on top of a bunch of other fees: a business privilege [...]

Went to Lowe’s and Home Depot today, to look at prices for countertops. I have been entertaining this delightfully fanciful idea that I might buy solid surfacing countertops if the price is right, OR perhaps get laminate countertops and have them INSTALLED. It would be kind of nice NOT to be a DIY’er for that… [...]

Slavery in America is all over, right? No more slavery! The Emancipation Proclamation, right? Civil Rights and Martin Luther King, Jr., right? Well, racial slavery is ended. But did you know that the United States is a MAJOR breeding ground for sex slavery? The statistics are disgusting. It is estimated that there are 12.3 million [...]

Went to the Drudge Report today, and saw this. Aw, come on! Give me a break! The American flag at the bottom of the ocean?! “Summer canceled”?? I’m so sick of the media, really. And I don’t even watch television, so I don’t know how you TV-watchers can endure this junk day after day and [...]

UNBELIEVABLE. I cannot believe this is for real, and it’s SOLD in stores. How in the hell is this thing legal? We’re a bit confused, because the Spyder III Pro Arctic Series laser pointer is marketed as a “home theater projector” and yet the lightsaber-shaped implement will also set your skin on fire. The manufacturer [...]