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I finally broke down, and decided I was going to buy a new TV, so I landed on a 55" Samsung LED. Oh, man, was I loving this TV. I have a large check that I need to deposit (won't go in until Tuesday and then will probably be held 10 days), so I figured I would get the stores credit card, and...

So, I've been with my "good neighbor" for all my insurance for 28 years. But, this year, they announced they were cancelling all of their home owners insurance policies in Florida because it's too expensive for them. That really irked me (we want your money, but if we have to pay some out, we're...

It's a sad day around our household. We have sold our home, for our relocation to Orlando, FL for my job. In order to sell, we had to offer our home theater system in the deal. And, now it's gone. So, when I finally get a home in Orlando, I have no more 100 inch screen, no more Yamaha amp...

Well, I had my first Carpal Tunnel surgery last week. I had my right hand done, as it was the most severe case, according to the nerve testing that was done. All went well, until I woke up in the middle, right when the doctor was severing the tendon. I yelped, heard the doctor say, "He's...

I'm being interviewed for a job with Disney (my dream job, as many of my friends have said), so I very curious about living in Orlando. What are some of the good areas (good and reasonable - no Windemere in my future) with good schools? Areas to avoid? Hidden treasures? Any experiences...

With a heavy heart, I must communicate the passing of a dear member of our family. Sunday, at approximately 11:30 a.m., out Toshiba SD-400 TIVO departed this earth. We had spent many great hours together. We experienced much laughter, many tears, and some anger. I knew that when I came home...

We have a 14 year old dog that we truly love. He was our pseudo child for many years (until last year when our son arrived). Many people have said that when they die, they want to come back as our dog. But lately, he's just not himself. He has cataracts, is mostly deaf, and really can't...

I just ordered a new cell phone, but my old one is still a decent phone. I've looked at several websites that supposedly will buy my old cell phone. The going rate seems to be $50.00. Anyone done this? Any one ripped off by not getting the money? Just curious.

We just got back from Russia with our new son, Charlie, who is 13 months old. He's a real cutie (of course, I'm not biased in the least). Our trips were interesting. I made the first trip (my wife stayed home) and met Charlie in the orphange in Astrakhan, Russia. He was very cute, and a good...

I was in Moscow, and was watching some unknown channel, and they were playing pool. However, the object appeared to be to scratch as often as possible. Each scratch got the player a point. If he couldn't get a scratch shot, he could put in one of the other balls, and then try for a scratch shot...

My wife and I are enjoying our meal at Outback (my favorite place for a steak . . . consistent quality). The guy in the booth behind us orders a hamburger cooked medium. A couple of minutes later, the manager walks out, and asks who ordered the hamburger. The guy indicates that he did. She then...

I officially own the most unlucky tooth ever. I've been dealing with this tooth for over 7 years. Here's the story: Crown #1 - Tooth becomes sensitive to cold. Dentist #1 decides it needs a root canal. Does the root canal, and then puts a crown on. The crown is huge, and starts really...

I don't know who out there remembers, but my wife and I have been in the process to adopt a child from Russia for some time now. After many disappointments, including a near shutdown by the Russian Federation, we finally received our travel letter yesterday, and have tickets booked to Russia...

Anyone else catch this show. I really enjoyed it. Some very fun, very quick sketchs, well done. Critics are panning it, but I thought it was simple mindless fun.

For a long time (several years), I wasn't happy with the sound from my system. I thought my Energy Take 5's, along with my Yamaha 995 should have sounded a lot better than they did. Then, I discover something about my Toshiba DVD player. I was bored, waiting for my wife to come back from a...

Damn it. They smash my driver side window with a giant hunk of concrete . . . for my cd collection??? That's all they stole. I had all my CD's in a large case (about 300 cd's), laying on the floor behind the passenger seat. All this for my cd's. What pawn shop is going to buy cd's anymore? Half...

Well, things have definately changed at the old 15th Squad. We got a former member of the rat squad for a boss, there to clean up a "rogue squad", John has a drinking problem, someone is seeking revenge on Andy, and a new blond detective who Rita hates (probably because John was flirting with...

Did anyone else see this? It sucked. I actually preferred the George Hamilton version from the 70's. The only cool thing was the recreation of the initial part of the Caesars Fountain jump. That stuntman did a great job.

We are going to recarpet our house. The dog has basically ruined our current carpet (very cheap, put in by the previous owner), and because we are adopting a child from Russia, we don't want that child crawling around on nasty carpet. We went to a local carpet store, and they came in with a...

They have written a new episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show". It's going to actually be an episode, rather than a sit around and talk about clips show. Carl Reiner has written it, and the surviving cast has returned. I have always regarded The Dick Van Dyke Show as the finest comedy tv...

Upcoming this weekend, 20/20 has a story on adoption, featuring a contest between 8 couples wishing to adopt, and the birth mother. Here is the link 20/20 is promoting this almost like "Survivor" or "The Bachelor", with quotes like: . As a husband who has experienced the pain that...

Last nights NYPD Blue had one of the funniest endings I've seen in a while. The new C/O, Eddie, has brought a bird into the squad. Of course, Sipowicz hates the squawking thing. Eddie loves the fact that the bird will imitate anything it hears. After Eddie leaves, Sipowicz puts a small...

Savedisney.com has printed my letter to them as the "Letter of the Week". I'm so proud! ;) Save Disney

Are there any other fans of the original Don Pendelton series of books? I read all of them during college, and really enjoyed Mack's fight against the mafia. Too bad they can't seem to come up with the ability to make a movie of the Executioner. Apparently, Vin Diesel was approached, but...

I need help. What movie was this joke from? The character says to a female "Tickle your A$$ with a feather?" The female says "Excuse me?" The character says "Particularly Nasty Weather!" We're having problems remembering what movie it was in at work. Was it Chevy Chase? Mike Myers?

My wife and I just bought into the DVC. The discounted price for Saratoga Springs was just too good to pass up, so now, we have 200 points, and vacations for the next 50 years. Anyone else a member?

Napster is coming back, allbeit not in the form we remember. However, they have done a series of flash cartoons that are quite good. Napster Cartoons I personally like the metal one!

I was bored the other day, so I watched a couple of episodes of K Street on HBO. It was really interesting, until I discovered that most of it isn't real. It's real politicians and political advisors, interacting in some real/some phoney situations. For instance, they showed James Carville...

I was able to watch about 15 minutes of this lame attempt at a humor show. Then, I changed the channel. Who's bright idea was it to make a tv show out of a website that displays photocopies of court documents and static photographs? And who told Mo Rocca that he is funny? The "I'm a...

I have a Sharpvision XV-H37VUA LCD projector with the Cygnus IMX lens. After opening the unit a year ago (to blow out dust which was one one of the LCD panels), I put it back together, and thought I had caused a misalignment on one of the panels, because the picture became fuzzy. I decided I...