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I don’t know what to call this passport photo business, so I am just going to stick with “stupid ripoff” for now.
During the weekend, we went into a CVS Pharmacy Photo Center to get some passport/ID photos. We wanted a specific size (as they say “from chin to crown”), so we asked the dude […]
This is rather obvious, but not much appreciated in day-to-day life, so I thought of giving it a shout-out.
Over the last couple of months, I have been in the process of eagerly seeking a change in my current graduate student lifestyle. A part of this change, would come in the form of a real-life […]
A few days ago, CBS Evening News ran an article titled “Caregivers Rise to the Challenge” which featured some families that were struggling to keep up with taking care of their aged parents (in terms of time and money). Here is an excerpt from the article:
Winchell’s family may be America’s new norm. An […]
One of these days I am going to throw up on watching/reading testimonials from “real people”. I haven’t really understood the fundamental purpose of these testimonials. Do they really impress people into buying shady stuff? Are people really so dumb uninformed that they easily get suckered into emptying their pockets after hearing testimonials from […]
Add to: del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo MyWeb | Google | Netscape | StumbleUpon It all started with these lines from the movie Rush Hour, which we watched over this weekend for the umpteenth time:
Carter: …My daddy once saved five crackheads from a burnin’ building, by himself.
Lee: My daddy once caught a bullet with his bare hand.
One thing led to another and we (me and my wife) […]
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