I hope all my U.S. readers had a great Thanksgiving and that you all had a safe weekend. This year Thanksgiving was just Pat and myself; we’ll see our sons in Saratoga at Christmas time. So it was just the two of us and a 23½ lb. turkey (have I ever mentioned that I LOVE [...]
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The number of sites offering TV shows and movies for free on the internet has exploded over the last several years. With movie ticket prices often in the $7 to $9 range, some are opting to view flicks online; miss a TV show? - it’s not too hard to find the missed episode at the [...]
Winter is quickly approaching and our days for playing golf here in Nebraska are nearly gone. The temps were in the mid 50’s on Saturday and the high on Sunday was perhaps 50; a few friends and I managed to play both days. In addition to our normal Nassau bets we played animal golf; I’ll [...]
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I haven’t completed the second installment in my story about my dying PC, but as you might imagine from this post’s title, it’s been resurrected… or at least is operational. Now, thanks to a Belkin Flip and a USB wireless antenna, I can toggle back and forth between the 2 PCs & both are connected [...]
SCOTTeVEST is offering $30 off on its TEC shirt thru midnight on 10/27:
The Golf Warehouse is offering prices up to 50% off on select Nike apparel; I also noticed that they have a sale on Zero Restriction outwear…
iGourmet, hardly known for reasonable shipping fees, is offering $9.99 overnight shipping on orders of $85 or more [...]
At the end of each post on Practical Hacks you’ll notice a little “Share This” icon. The function of this button is simple yet very critical to any blogger.
It enables you to add the page to a wide variety of social bookmarking sites, OR to email the page to a friend. Here’s what you’ll see [...]
2 great options for finding local movie showtimes:
From your desktop, go to Google Search Film Showtimes and input your zip code - hit “Change Location” and you’ll instantly have all your local movie showtimes at hand. Make sure you bookmark this site: It’s way faster and easier than looking through the local newspaper!
As I’ve mentioned [...]
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