Palermo Dining Table with Lazy Susan (Jaclyn Smith Today) »
by Glen A. Since we got the cover built over our patio in the backyard, Angela has been looking to populate the area with chairs and a table. After a while, she came home with chairs she was given from a woman she cleans house for, but no table (and only most of the chairs–the [...]
When it comes to the economy, what do you believe? »
by Glen A. I’ve gotten into the habit, particularly over the last two years, of going to the Yahoo! Finance website and checking out the Dow Jones Industrial Average. No, I don’t have any investments, but I used to. It wasn’t much, but when the market began to crash, we lost about a third of [...]
Taylor Add N Weigh Food Scale »
by Glen A. Last week I revealed I was using an iPhone app called Lose It! to monitor my caloric intake and how my renewed effort to lose weight was going. Well, in many instances, keeping track of the calories means I need to know just how many ounces of food I’m actually eating, when [...]
Canon PowerShot SX210 IS »
by Glen A. I think I’ll get straight to the point on this Canon PowerShot SX210 IS. For what you pay, there are lower cost alternatives out there that will get you what you want. There has been a concerted effort over the last few years to produce a camera that has the ease and [...]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (DVD) »
by Glen A. My boys are older, one will be 21 in November and the other recently turned 19, so my grasp of what’s in as far as the younger set is concerned is fairly limited. Books, toys, TV shows, and Saturday morning cartoons used to be of utmost importance around our house, but now [...]
MiFi 2200 (Verizon Wireless) »
by Glen A. I wouldn’t call myself an early adopter of technology. I like to wait a few months at least before I run down and get the latest and greatest bit of technology. It generally pays off, too, as bugs in the system are inevitably discovered, despite all of the testing done prior to [...]
Batman: Under the Red Hood (DVD) »
by Glen A. I’m not the biggest Batman fan on the face of the planet, but his stock has risen in my eyes lately since the last two movies, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight revived the darkness of the original comic book character, and left the campiness behind. It was with that in mind [...]
Scandinavian Festival 2010 »
by Glen A. It’s summer time, and along with a general increase in sunshine and temperature comes a greater quantity of outdoor activities. For those who aren’t much into hiking or camping, but still want to be out and about, communities all across the country hold their annual fairs and festivals, where vendors of all [...]
Eye-Fi 4GB wireless SDHC card »
by Glen A. There’s a huge fascination with photos now. That’s not to say that they weren’t important before. Family photos, pictures of trips and friends, have always been big. However, with online storage and sharing sites like Flickr and Photobucket, and now social sites like Facebook and MySpace, the number of photos being uploaded [...]
Lose It! (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad app) »
by Glen A. Those who are frequent visitors to this site will know that I have spent the better part of the last two years on a weight loss journey. For several months starting in December of 2008 and ending late May of 2009, I chronicled on a weekly basis my experience with a lesser [...]
Clash of the Titans 2010 (Blu-ray) »
by Glen A. When I first heard a remake of the 1981 Clash of the Titans was coming out, my first response was, as it increasingly is with remakes, “Why?” It’s been a while since I’ve seen the older version, with Harry Hamlin as Perseus and Laurence Olivier as Zeus, but I remember the stop [...]
Air Supply Concert and the Cedar Plank Buffet »
by Glen A. My wife and I, at this stage in our lives, have not gone out much. We’ve been busy raising two boys, and so, when we do go somewhere, it’s generally with them in tow. However, times change, boys grow up and show sufficient levels of responsibility, and so the opportunities to just [...]
SeasonGuard Retractaway Screen »
by Glen A. For the longest time now, Angela has wanted a screen door for the main entrance. Since the family typically comes through the garage when we’re coming and going, it is used primarily for guests. However, during the summertime, she thought it would be nice to use the patio screen door and a [...]
Sofitalia Valenti Leather Sofa & Chairs »
by Glen A. Since we moved into our current abode five and a half years ago, Angela and I have been talking about replacing the furniture throughout the house. The focus in particular has been on our bedroom furniture, and that of the living room. I thought we were close last year when I finally [...]
LG 60LD550 60″ 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV »
by Glen A. I finally did it. Call me foolish. I probably am. I went out and bought the biggest LG to date (for us, anyway), and while it replaces the old Sony rear projection HDTV we had, it wasn’t because the Sony was finally going on the fritz. Actually, far from it. I’ll explain. [...]
Natural Factors SlimStyles PGX granules 150 gram container »
by Glen A. Starting in January of last year, I chronicled for 21 weeks my weight loss journey using the Smart for Life system. You can read the last post here. Over the course of that time, I lost 47 lbs. from 241 to 194. Then, as supplies of Smart for Life were running out, [...]
Christmas break trip to Orange County, California »
by Glen A. Last year for Thanksgiving, we took a trip to Southern California to be with a couple of Angela’s siblings. During the trip down, back and while there, we stayed at four different hotels and also went to five different theme parks on a discounted package called the Southern California City Pass. This [...]
Brief reviews of 27 movies out on Blu-ray/DVD »
by Glen A. It’s a bad habit forming, no doubt, but the movies on Blu-ray and DVD have stacked up once again, and so as I did in April, I’m going to give my quick takes on 27 of these cinematic offerings. This time around, I’d like to present them in some kind of ranking [...]
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves »
by Glen A. Late last year, Trevor wrote a review on Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. Though we were late getting the game, it was still fun, and lived up to the reviews we had read. I don’t play a whole lot of games (Halo 3 online is about it right now), but every now and then [...]
Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X993 CD-Receiver w/USB & Bluetooth »
by Glen A. I’d never bought a car stereo before. I’m not the typical driver, I guess. Accept for some talk radio during the day, I just don’t listen to much while I’m driving around, and I’m not really a commuter, so I’m not driving around that much. So, having a real good car stereo [...]
Oregon Ducks vs. Utah Utes »
by Glen A. It isn’t often that we take in a sports game in person, but every now and then we’ll go to a stadium or arena to take in a football or basketball contest. We have friends who grew up as Utah Utes fans, something that is kind of rare to find out of [...]
Jabra Halo Bluetooth Wireless Headset »
by Glen A. Last December, I reviewed on this site the Motrola S9HD Stereo Bluetooth Headset. At the time, the main issue I had with it was the fact that the iPhone, which I also have, did not support the A2DP codec. In the intervening time, that problem was solved by one of the iPhone [...]
Toyo Proxes 4 All Seasons Blackwall Tires »
by Glen A. If you’ve never driven a Mazda RX-8, you should at least try one. While it falls into the sports car category, the thing about the RX-8 is not the power (though it’ll get you going pretty quickly, just not at 60 mph in 4.0 speed), it’s the handling that will absolutely thrill [...]
Nine Stars Infrared Stainless Touchless Trash Cans, 2-pack Combo »
by Glen A. It’s not often that you go shopping specifically for trash cans. Since most outdoor trash cans are provided by the garbage company, that leaves only the ones you might have inside your home, particularly in the kitchen and in the bathrooms. I can’t say I’ve ever bought trash cans before, let alone [...]
LG 55″ 1080p 240Hz LED-LCD HDTV (LG 55LH90) »
by Glen A. Readers of this site, or at least the ones who like to look at televisions, will know I’ve become a fan of LG. LG is the company that makes parts and develops systems that are found in many of the LCD TVs today under different brand names. That was one of the [...]