Saturday, July 30, 2005
Tofutti mania 2005!
For those who don't know what Tofutti is, you can try them after you receive the incentive coupons from http://www.tofutti.com/.
Friday, July 29, 2005
The perfect gift for someone who has everything!
The perfect gift for someone who has everything: NOTHING.
Bedroom Exit Polling - Quarterly Report
Here is the quarterly report based on exit polling outside my bedroom:
Analytical skills: C-
Oral skills: C+
Hands on approach: B-
Cuddling: B+
Hosting: C+
Space between: C+
Morning After: C+
The complete report, compiled by a renowned market research firm is available for $1500.
The complete report, compiled by a renowned market research firm is available for $1500.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Donate your empty cartridges!
http://www.donateempties.com. You can even print a pre-paid USPS mailing label, so it doesn't cost you anything!
2005 Swimming and Diving Championships in Montreal!
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
This is becoming a BSG blog!
Another BSG site: http://www.galacticastation.com/
Monday, July 25, 2005
New product of the month!
This is turning into a food blog :-)
The prestigious product of the month award goes to Trader Joe's "Italian Tiramisu Gelato". You have to try it!. Have to! It is soooooooooooooo good!
The prestigious product of the month award goes to Trader Joe's "Italian Tiramisu Gelato". You have to try it!. Have to! It is soooooooooooooo good!
Galactica DVD Region 1 USA edition preorder !
Amazon has just listed the Battlestar Galactica DVD Region 1 USA edition for preorder for the super low price of just $42! This includes (!) the mini-series (which costs $20+ as a stand alone DVD), and the 13 episodes of season 1, along with bonus features, commentary and deleted scenes. This is a great bargain! It should be available in late September 2005.
This is not be confused with what Best Buy is _exclusively_ releasing tomorrow: Best Buy is releasing the UK version of Season 1, but in Region 1 format, for $48.
Obviously it is tempting to get both, but if you want to get only one, and if you can wait another two months, the USA edition is a much better bargain on both content and value$.
Hard core fans will probably get both versions along with the mini-series DVDs, the soundtracks, the companion book, etc, etc... If you would like to donate any of them to the O'Sneazy Factor, please do so ;-)
This is not be confused with what Best Buy is _exclusively_ releasing tomorrow: Best Buy is releasing the UK version of Season 1, but in Region 1 format, for $48.
Obviously it is tempting to get both, but if you want to get only one, and if you can wait another two months, the USA edition is a much better bargain on both content and value$.
Hard core fans will probably get both versions along with the mini-series DVDs, the soundtracks, the companion book, etc, etc... If you would like to donate any of them to the O'Sneazy Factor, please do so ;-)
Faux-Philosophical Quickie
This was inspired by "IcyFire": "The universe is a box of pointless things".
Personal Segment
Thousands of fans of this blog have requested more personal information, so here it comes:
If you are the hot Sam/Bam/Gam from last Sunday, with the sexy Polo RL shirt, naturally spiky hair, thick calves and hairy legs, please send me an email ASAP or leave a comment here ;-)
If you are the hot Sam/Bam/Gam from last Sunday, with the sexy Polo RL shirt, naturally spiky hair, thick calves and hairy legs, please send me an email ASAP or leave a comment here ;-)
Next Big Thing for the average Joe: DVD recorders
With the Cyberhome recorder advertised at $100 by one of the electronics superstores, and a major brand-name combo DVD-recorder/VCR barely over $200, the price is almost right for the masses to jump on the DVD recording bandwagon. Even electronics giant Panasonic re-aligned their product line-up with their relatively new Diga brand which adds support for one of the RW rewritable formats (as well as RAM of course).
TV Guide at your fingerprints
The fastest way to look up TV shows by zip code and provider (air, satellite, cable, etc) is http://tv.yahoo.com/advsearch. This is just a search window where you can type the name of what you are looking for (once you set up your zipcode/provider which can be stored as a cookie for future visits). For example, search for "swimming" to find the latest broadcast times for the FINA World championships in Montreal...
Bargains galore!
Do you like bargains? free stuff? great deals? chasing the next great bargain? Well you are not alone! Thousands of bargainaholics are visiting and posting at http://www.fatwallet.com/
Of Terraflops and Men
Tofutti coupons! Yeeehaaa!
As some of you may know, I ryke Tofutti products, so I was egg-static to find out that they are giving away coupons (by mail) on their website: http://www.tofutti.com/
Tofutti can be found at Trader Joe, Whole Foods and other local and health concious grocers. Enjoy!
Tofutti can be found at Trader Joe, Whole Foods and other local and health concious grocers. Enjoy!
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Galactica is back!
Galactica is back for Season 2! All new episodes every Friday! Check local listings!
The Season 2 premiere was a record breaking episode: http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=2&id=31699
NY Times story on BSG and Ron Moore [Editorial note on 7/25/05: This story has now been archived by the NYTimes and they charge $3.95 (!) for it and that's without the pictures. Apparently the newspapers have yet to understand how the web works.].
The Season 2 premiere was a record breaking episode: http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=2&id=31699
NY Times story on BSG and Ron Moore [Editorial note on 7/25/05: This story has now been archived by the NYTimes and they charge $3.95 (!) for it and that's without the pictures. Apparently the newspapers have yet to understand how the web works.].
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
vWayner's World!
Catch up with the latest happenings at http://www.vwayner.com/. Be sure to check out the page for July!
And wish vWayner of vWayner.com a happy birthday!!!!
And wish vWayner of vWayner.com a happy birthday!!!!
New Feature: One line a day Short story!
A short story will be created by writing exactly one line (one sentence) every day! This innovatively silly feature is yet another byproduct of effemeral blogs ;-)
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One a Day Short Story
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She stood by the window, staring at the rain.
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One a Day Short Story
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She stood by the window, staring at the rain.
Writer's block! Writer's block!
This is a new record of Writer's block! Seven days and absolutely no new entries! Writer's block! Writer's block!
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
80s music flashback
Guess the Lyric:
"Mary had a little lamp
the doctors were astounded
and everywhere Mary went
gynecologists surrounded"
This should be fairly hard to guess :-)
"Mary had a little lamp
the doctors were astounded
and everywhere Mary went
gynecologists surrounded"
This should be fairly hard to guess :-)
Bargains galore!
Food Dairy: Cancelled!
Monday, July 11, 2005
Food diary: Monday
Sunday, July 10, 2005
Sneak peek from my new short story
This is a quick sneak peek at new my story:
"... His head looked like a planetarium. ...."
"... His head looked like a planetarium. ...."
Food Diary: Sunday
Ok, I'm starting to get tired of writing food diaries.
Saturday, July 09, 2005
Field Trip: Burger King
The Factor went on a field trip @ Burger King to investigate the Amazon $1 gift card promotion. The lowest priced value meal that qualifies for the promotion is #3, for $3.89 including tax: The Whopper Jr value meal. This includes an appetizer-sized Whopper, fries and a big cup of watered-down soda, and of course the $1+ Amazon scratch card. A Pictorial report is coming soon!
Live8 rebroadcast today on VH1/MTV
MTV and VH1 will rebroadcast the musical parts of Live8 today with a total 10 hours of coverage! Check local listings!
Great coupon site!
Weekly BCA segment
Source: http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000973674
Making sure everyone knows he is straight, this artist goes by the name of George Strait, and he just happens to be the new #1 in the Billboard album charts with a 245,000 debut.
At #2, the Ying-Yang twins set a career record with 201,000 units while their previous album is platinum.
At #3 Coldplay sells 140,000 which is down 23% from last week.
At #4, Mimi drops just 0.2% to 131,000. This should make Mariah fans happy!
At #5, Philly rapper Cassidy opens with 93,000. His previous album sold 414,000.
At #6, Black Eyed peas drop 12% to 90,000 units
At #7, down 23% to 88,000 are the FooFighters.
At #8, Kelly "boring with no talent" Clarkson is up 3% to 63,000.
At #9, up 0.5% to 61,000 is Gwen Stefani. (The HP camera with her own design is still available at $250 on Amazon).
At #10, up 4% to 60,500 is Toby Keith with the contradictory titled CD ;-)
At #12, critically acclaimed Anthony Hamilton debuts wiht 53,000. His previous album has quietly become platinum.
At #18, Vivian Green gets her highest debut with 46,000. Her previous one is now gold.
Other debuts
#35: CKY (who? what? where?)
#37: Razor & Tie with a compilation
#48: Bizarre
Next week
Expect Live8 performances to boost the sales of some of the artists who participated, as well as some of the "Catalog" albums that billboard does not list in the top 200, even though they sell enough to be there. (stupid eh?).
Week after next
Expect the rebroadcast of Live8 with musical priority (instead of commercial and blah-blah priority) to also help some of the Live8 performers.
Making sure everyone knows he is straight, this artist goes by the name of George Strait, and he just happens to be the new #1 in the Billboard album charts with a 245,000 debut.
At #2, the Ying-Yang twins set a career record with 201,000 units while their previous album is platinum.
At #3 Coldplay sells 140,000 which is down 23% from last week.
At #4, Mimi drops just 0.2% to 131,000. This should make Mariah fans happy!
At #5, Philly rapper Cassidy opens with 93,000. His previous album sold 414,000.
At #6, Black Eyed peas drop 12% to 90,000 units
At #7, down 23% to 88,000 are the FooFighters.
At #8, Kelly "boring with no talent" Clarkson is up 3% to 63,000.
At #9, up 0.5% to 61,000 is Gwen Stefani. (The HP camera with her own design is still available at $250 on Amazon).
At #10, up 4% to 60,500 is Toby Keith with the contradictory titled CD ;-)
At #12, critically acclaimed Anthony Hamilton debuts wiht 53,000. His previous album has quietly become platinum.
At #18, Vivian Green gets her highest debut with 46,000. Her previous one is now gold.
Other debuts
#35: CKY (who? what? where?)
#37: Razor & Tie with a compilation
#48: Bizarre
Next week
Expect Live8 performances to boost the sales of some of the artists who participated, as well as some of the "Catalog" albums that billboard does not list in the top 200, even though they sell enough to be there. (stupid eh?).
Week after next
Expect the rebroadcast of Live8 with musical priority (instead of commercial and blah-blah priority) to also help some of the Live8 performers.
Gas price update
$1.49 for 87 at a discount station (Rotten Robbie). This is +$0.10 since yesterday! Ouch!
Food diary: Saturday
Friday, July 08, 2005
Food diary: Friday
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Seen any UFOs recently?
You can report them at the National UFO Reporting Center, which is actual a one-man show out of someone's living room in Seattle.
Food diary: Thursday
Good
water
healthy-ish omelette
low fat cottage cheese with a teaspoon of peach jam
Bad
One Barfa Fresca burrita
one slice of Edwards cheesecake (290 caloriez)
8oz Orange Crush (not the REM song)
12oz Coca Cola zero
Cravings
Outback onion bloom, extra oil, extra butter, extra frying
Bad
Cravings
Freebies on your birthday!
While digging around FatWallet.com, I found this interesting discussion: Freebies you can on your birthday.
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Frugally living richly?
80s flashback
Today's featured song is "Golden brown" by the Stranglers. As always, we do not have rebroadcast rights here at the Factor, so you have to find your old CDs or buy it online :-)
Food Diary: Wednesday
Good
water
healthy-ish omelette
healthy choice pot roast
mixed nuts (really!)
Bad
One original glazed Krispy Kreme
One tiny tiny scoop of Ricks IC. But my date, wow, she had 3 big scoops! Wow!
1 slice of Edwards cheesecake (under 300 calories)
3 slices of Hershey's Toffee & Almonds swoops
12oz diet pepsi with lemon twist
4oz Orange Crush (the drink, not the REM song)
iced coffee with half-n-half
Cravings
celery
spring roll
Bad
Cravings
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Hot Dog!
The Factor would like to thank "Capt Kirk" for providing the links to the pictures!
Hot dogs taste so good:
Six-pack before starting to eat:
Six-pack after eating one trillion hot dogs:
Hot dogs taste so good:
Six-pack before starting to eat:
Six-pack after eating one trillion hot dogs:
Re-Imagining 80s music
Just like Ron Moore re-imagined Galactica, a lot of today's alternative/modern rock groups are re-imagining 80s music. One great example are the Killers with "Hot Fuss".
Food Diary: Tuesday
Good
water
1 teaspoon of low fat cottage cheese with 3 scoops of strawberry jam (or was it the other way round?)
TJ sheppards pie
pesto tortellini bowl (0g tranny fats, 4g sugars)
top secret semi-healthy snack
Bad
Peets Swirl
3 slices of Hershey's Toffee & Almonds swoops
one Iced Bear Mocha (secret recipe will be revealed soon!)
12 oz Diet Pepsi with lemon twist
Cravings
big juicy steak
one sheet of tiramisu
Bad
Cravings
Monday, July 04, 2005
Pink Floyd Mania 2005!
The Factor predicts a massive comeback by Pink Floyd spearheaded by the historic 4-song performanced at Live8. For those not familiar, you can try the DVD (video) for "The Wall", and "Echoes" a double greatest hits CD
300MB of pictures space on Blogger!
Thanks to Tom C. for letting me know! Up to 300MB of pictures are free with blogger/blogspot!
Publish your book
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Top 100 Lulu independent best sellers
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Top 100 Lulu independent best sellers
The Pulse
Independence Day Essay
Independence day is an underrated holiday.
Enjoy your Independence!
Enjoy your Independence!
Obligatory Blog Poem
To fulfill my contractual blog obligations i have to post at least one poem per week ;-)
This week's poem is atmospheric, metaphysical with existential undertones:
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Bad Poem #7
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Dark clouds
gray skies
thick fog
deep forest
This week's poem is atmospheric, metaphysical with existential undertones:
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Bad Poem #7
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Dark clouds
gray skies
thick fog
deep forest
Deep Impact: The new SciFi show from NASA
Food Diary: Monday
Shockingly I am still not bored doing this.
Good
water
healthy-ish omelette
lowfat cottage cheese with one teaspoon strawberry jam for flava
Top Secret semi-healthy snack
Bad
1 slice Edwards cheesecake
Jack in the Box date: I just had a tiny sourdough combo with diet, but my date had 3 Jumbo Jacks, 5 Monster Tacos and 2 Pannido combos. Wow! Wow! Wow! (as Oprah says)
diet pepsi with lemon twist
Cravings
asparagus
a big tub of blueberries
lentils
Good
Bad
Cravings
Camera or camcorder?
You want to have both, but you dont want to carry both when you go on vacation or when you are out and about taking pictures/movies.
What if someone glued a camera and a camcorder together?
What if someone glued a camera and a camcorder together?
Sunday, July 03, 2005
Sunday paper deals
This popular segment is back!
$400 Compaq laptop @ ODP + free printer after 4 rebates! Wow!!!!!! $400 lappie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Compaq Presario R4000, uses AMD Sempron R3000+ (note the difference in the model number and cpu number), 15" TFT XGA, 256MB, 40GB, 8x DVD, XP Home SP2, HP Deskjet printer 3847. Upgrades available: 15.4" wide +$25; DVD/CD-RW: +$50, total 512MB RAM: +$50; AMD Athlon 64 3000+: +$75. Limit 5 offers per household
19" flat LCD $270AR @ ODP "famous brand name"
If you buy from ODP == Office Depot, make sure you sign up for their office rewards program. Your pre-rebate dollars may count towards the reward.
4mp 3x HP M407 camera + printer + 64M SD + 25pk photopaper: $200
$300AR (4 rebates) desktop with 17" space-eater (aka CRT) monitor + printer. WOW!!!
$1500 42" EDT TV @ GoodGuys (GG)!
30" HP LCD HDTV $1600 @ GG
$20 prog-scan DVD player @ compUSA til 2pm today!
$30 512mb thumbelina USB2 drive @ compUSA
$500AR(2) Toshiba satellite, Celeron M 360J, 15", DVD/CDRW, 256MB, 40GB, 802.11g.
$129AR 15" LCD @ compusa. Does not qualify for Stars-n-STripes bundle.
Free Stars-n-Stripes bundle @ Compusa with purchase of some desktops/laptops over $500. On top of that you can get some discounted gadgets for an additional $25 and $75. Could be a super dooper deal if you need/want them
$130 Kodak CX7430 4mp 3x
49c AR for 10pk DVD+R -R +RW
Casio EX-S100 + 128MB SD card for $250 @ compusa
$100AR Rave-MP 2.5GB, FM Tuner, LiIon with 75 free downloads @ compusa
$200AR HP Celery desktop @ compusa
$1500AR 37" LCD HD-Ready TV @ compusa
$250 super cute and super tiny Casio EX-S100 with 128MB SD @ compusa
$500AR Acer AMD Sempron laptop @ CC (Circuit City)
$5 DVDs (from 50 titles) @ CC
$280AR compaQ desktop + LCD @ CC
$650AR HP laptop with DVD burner @ CC
$900 brand spanking new Nikon D50 with kit lens and $30 bonus kit @ CC
$200 Kodak LS753 5mp 3x digicam @ CC
$300AR Compaq desktop + CRT + printer @ CC
$180 Samsung DVD-RAM recorder @ CC
$1500 42" wide plasma EDTV @ CC (models may vary)
$10 Missy CD with free 5-track DVD sampler including Mike Jones and Clara
1985 4-disc DVD set of Live Aid $20 @ BestBuy (BB)
10c 4x6 prints @ BestBuy!!!! - Sunday thru Tuesday only
$550AR laptop @ BB
$150 5mp 3x Kodak CX7530 @ Tarjay (Target)
more to come later
Office Depot specials
Everybody else
Food diary: Sunday
Good
water
three nectanires or something genetically similar :P
Sheppard's pie
Bad
Almond Bearclaw
Date at Jack In The Box: I had sourdough jack small combo with diet. My date has 6 Jumbo jacks. And before you ask, no, I was not my date :)
Edmunds cheesecake with chocolate syrup (but no whip!) LOL oink! oink!
Iced Bear Mocha Lite
Cravings
a big tub of blueberries
Bad
Cravings
Saturday, July 02, 2005
Support Live 8 (Live Aid) with your Voice!
21 million people and counting have signed up so far! Add your voice NOW! It is free! You pay nothing!
http://www.live8live.com/ -- Add your name! Easy to do and can help millions of people in need!
http://www.one.org/
http://www.one.org/AddMyVoice.aspx
http://music.channel.aol.com/live_8_concert/home
Over 1,000,000 in Philly, over 200,000 at Hyde park in London.
Classic music moments with on-stage collaborations between Coldplay and Richard Ashcroft (of Verve), U2 and Paul Mc Cartney on "Sgt Pepper", extended set of JayZ + Linkin Park, Pink Floyd reunion (!), Black Eyed Peas and the Marleys.
Sting adapted some of the lyrics to "Every breath you take" to send a message to the G8, and his message was loud and clear. Listen to the lyrics carefully!
I have over 50 pictures from the Live8 concerts in a separate post below! Click on the pictures or open in a new window for a slightly bigger version (VGA). Enjoy :-)
The Live8 blog-cast brought a record-breaking 79 unique visitors to this blog for the day. Wooohoo :-)
http://www.live8live.com/ -- Add your name! Easy to do and can help millions of people in need!
http://www.one.org/
http://www.one.org/AddMyVoice.aspx
http://music.channel.aol.com/live_8_concert/home
Over 1,000,000 in Philly, over 200,000 at Hyde park in London.
Classic music moments with on-stage collaborations between Coldplay and Richard Ashcroft (of Verve), U2 and Paul Mc Cartney on "Sgt Pepper", extended set of JayZ + Linkin Park, Pink Floyd reunion (!), Black Eyed Peas and the Marleys.
Sting adapted some of the lyrics to "Every breath you take" to send a message to the G8, and his message was loud and clear. Listen to the lyrics carefully!
I have over 50 pictures from the Live8 concerts in a separate post below! Click on the pictures or open in a new window for a slightly bigger version (VGA). Enjoy :-)
The Live8 blog-cast brought a record-breaking 79 unique visitors to this blog for the day. Wooohoo :-)
