Ouch!
At Target today:
Four Gilette Mach-3 razor blades: $8.00; Coke Zero (12-pack cans): 4 for $11.00.
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Ouch!
At Publix today:
One Gallon Skim Milk = $4.19
Filed under: Cost of Living, Food on July 3rd, 2007 | No Comments »
August News, Part Three
I have been watching a lot of Olympics lately. Pretty much every night for hours, actually. I am not a big sports fan, really, but the Olympics come once every four years, so I like to tune in to see events I never see anywhere else. When else, after all, can you see table tennis on television?
I am rather surprised, actually, at how I am enjoying events I didn’t think I’d be interested in, and having less fun watching events I had most looked forward to. For example, I have never liked volleyball, but I am really liking the beach volleyball, especially the American team, Misty May and Kerri Walsh. I am not enjoying the gymnastics as much as I would have thought. In fact, I am pretty disappointed with it all. The competitors don’t seem very good this time around. Nobody ever sticks a landing, it seems. The still rings still amaze me, though.
I like swimming, but I think I might have got a bit of an overload with NBC’s coverage. They showed almost every swimming event, including all sorts of non-medal trials. Will they show the synchronized swimming? I hope so. They are showing a lot of gymnastics, but will they show rhythmic gymnastics? That is the question.
Miriam and I went to see The Village on Saturday, August 21. It was scary, and I really liked the sets and costumes. The acting was good, as well. Unlike Signs, which pretty much kept up the premise all the way through, this one took a twist that I was less happy with than Miriam. Still, worth seeing.
Miriam and I have our tickets to the Vote for Change concert in Orlando on October 8. Bruce Springsteen: check; E Street Band: check; REM: check; $75 per ticket: cash, unfortunately. For the record, TicketMaster is awful. Their website could hardly be a bigger hassle.
I added a new section to the Archive called “Chats”. You can read excerpts from some AIM chats I had with friends. There is now a Contact Page, which has a form which you can use to easily send me an email.
Filed under: Cost of Living, Current Events, Popular Music, Sports on August 28th, 2004 | No Comments »