I used to be a huge mystery fan when I was younger. As a child I absolutely loved The Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown, and The Three Investigators. I watched Alfred Hitchcock Presents whenever it came on TV, I subscribed to the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (my first-ever magazine subscription, by the way), and I read [...]
Archive for July, 2006
I’ve been suffering from acne ever since I was a teenager. It got pretty bad when I was in high school and I spent a lot of time just basically counting down the days until I turned 20. In my naivete, I thought that my skin would magically clear up as soon as I was [...]
I bought a new digital camera today (since I still haven’t gotten a replacement lens for my jacked up D70). It’s a Casio Exilim EX-Z600, and I love it! I’ve had my eye on this model for a long time and when I noticed an excellent offer at Best Buy (camera plus 1GB memory card [...]
Have you heard about Geocaching? I stumbled across this new sport while I was doing research for a writing assignment, and I have to say that it sounds pretty cool! I have been looking for a new outdoor hobby to get into now that my shoulder is screwed up and I can’t play softball anymore. [...]
I know Woot has been around for a while now, but I just discovered it today through a link I came across somewhere in the blogosphere. I really like the premise of the site, and am glad to see that it’s actually working out for them. Here’s what Woot is all about: Their motto is [...]