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Really funny and cute Star Wars video

Pat — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:12:01 +0000

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

Free Food

Pat — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:08:44 +0000

Food wars escalate as restaurants up the ante

Posted Feb 23 2009, 02:48 PM by Joan Melcher

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Filed under: savings, food, free, bargain, save money, Joan Melcher

Weâ��ve been covering the food wars of fast-food chains, restaurants and coffee shops — free deals and bargains galore designed to hold on to that elusive market share.

And they just keep coming. This Tuesday (Feb. 24) you can get both breakfast and lunch for free if you have the time and inclination to track the deals.

IHOPâ��s Fat Tuesday promotion of a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes is becoming an annual event — but there is a string attached. They suggest you make a contribution to the Childrenâ��s Miracle Network.

Theyâ��ll be flipping out the â��cakes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and hope to raise $1 million this year for a network of 170 hospitals. The IHOP site explains that the hospitals in the network treat 17 million children annually and money raised is used for new equipment, patient services, research programs and health education.

There are no strings at your local Jack in the Box — just two free tacos this Tuesday with a coupon.

Last week we reported on TGI Fridayâ��s entrÃ©e deal — buy-one-get-one-free — until the end of the month. Ruby Tuesday has upped the ante — the same deal until March 24. But these coupons are rather hard to come by. Erin at Coupon Cravings saw one in a local paper and, although the Web is abuzz with the â��ideaâ�� of a Ruby Tuesday coupon, all trails lead to the corporationâ��s So Connected site, which would suggest the best way to get a coupon is to join Ruby Tuesdayâ��s online community.

If thereâ��s a Houlihanâ��s nearby, youâ��ll want to check out their enticements. Perspective diners should note that the deals are good only after 4 p.m. Monday through Friday until this Friday (Feb. 27). Still, theyâ��ve taken the most creative approach weâ��ve seen yet. When the Dow Jones industrial average is up, there are free Italian donuts for sit-down diners. When itâ��s down, diners can scoop up a voucher for a free appetizer on their next visit. And all patrons can enter a sweepstakes for a $5,000 U.S. savings bond.

Now thatâ��s getting in the spirit: Free money.

via Food wars escalate as restaurants up the ante – Smart Spending Blog – MSN Money.

Ran a speed test

Pat — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:05:58 +0000

Not bad!

Venice Beach

Pat — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:34:57 +0000

We (Diane, Melanie, her SO, and I) had a taco lunch at Tito’s Tacos and went to Venus Beach to walk/scoot around and “people watch”.

Then we had dinner in Long Beach at Auld Dubliner pub to let the traffic die down. We took my car with the top down, until the drive home.

New “Theme” again

Pat — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:17:57 +0000

I’M BORED……………….

I felt it!

Pat — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:22:40 +0000

Magnitude 4.5 quake felt across Southern California – Los Angeles Times.

The temblor, centered about a mile south of San Bernardino, caused no major damage, authorities said.

By David Kelly and Jia-Rui Chong
January 9, 2009

An earthquake estimated at magnitude 4.5 centered about a mile south of San Bernardino jolted Southern California on Thursday evening but caused no major damage, according to authorities.

The quake was felt just before 8 p.m. in downtown Los Angeles, parts of the High Desert, San Pedro and coastal and inland Orange County, but not as far south as San Diego.

“It was a hard jolt that lasted no more than five to eight seconds,” said San Bernardino Fire Department spokesman Steve Tracy. “There were some minor cracks in the concrete, one lady’s roof suffered slight damage, there was damage to some walkways but nothing major.”

U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucy Jones said the quake appeared to strike near the northern end of the San Jacinto fault, which is considered part of the San Andreas fault system. It was initially reported as magnitude 5.0 but was soon downgraded.

The temblor was comparable to the 1988 Pasadena earthquake and about 25 times smaller than the Chino Hills quake last summer.

“It’s the type of earthquake we used to have in L.A. every year in the ’80s,” Jones said. “After Northridge, it went quiet.”

Jones said a magnitude 3.3 aftershock occurred about an hour later.

Music Video I just finished

Pat — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:48:34 +0000

I shot this a couple of years ago and just started editing and finished it last week:

Hawaii Photos

Pat — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:07:06 +0000

Here is a link to my shots in Hawaii last June. On that page there is a button on the bottom left corner to start the slideshow.

EDIT: We went to the Big Island and the shots of us with the jackets were taken at the top of Mauna Kea about 14,000 ft!

http://music4now.com/hawaii2008

All Green

Pat — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:11:03 +0000

I am on the TicketMaster mailing list and couldn’t believe the typo in this html email I received last wek.

Short Vacation

Pat — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:36:17 +0000

Friday morning we hopped in the car and headed to Cameron Park about 440 miles North to visit my wife’s sister’s family. Saturday we drove to Lake Tahoe for fun. I put $10 into a quarter slot machine and walked away with $24!! The band KISS was playing a concert there that night, but we didn’t go… We did see Gene Simmons during our lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe. Here are a couple shots from my cell phone.