People are fond of saying, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” In my experience, and this is perhaps the oldest cliche in the book, – time simply flies by, period. Our trip to Italy is now a mere 6 weeks or so away. This is a great time to double check all our arrangements, consult [...]
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I hesitate to write this for fear that we’ll be hit with an 18″ snowfall once these words publish, but spring has finally arrived here in The Middle of Nowhere. It’s been in the 70′s much of this week and we’re finally back on the course. Normally my game is ragged in the early spring, [...]
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An email that really stood out in my In Box last week bore the subject, “damn you practical hacks.” “Ah, another satisfied reader,” I thought. Fortunately, that choice of subject was totally tongue in cheek, as the message was from Practical Hacks contributor Michael W., who was kidding me about a particularly hot deal on [...]
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This has been a winter that started early, was instantly cold and cruel, and hasn’t let up one bit since. No January thaw, none of those freakishly warm, 60° days in February, no relief whatsoever. In the last week or two I’ve seen a couple of robins and heard the eerie wail of the Sandhill [...]
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This deal’s been covered extensively on Flyer Talk and a few travel blogs, so the best deals may in fact be behind us, but you can still score a trip to the Bahamas for a very reasonable price, courtesy of a special code at Expedia Vacations. Gary Leff does a great job of running this [...]
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A couple of months ago I posted about the 60+ RSS feeds I use to stay up to date, thinking that you might find some of the related sites of interest. There’s a simpler tool I use which features many of the same feeds: My Alltop. Most of you will remember that Alltop is a [...]
