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      My sisters reading puts me to shame.

      March 3rd, 2008 by mike d. in family

      currently drinking: hot chocolate.

      So I signed up for Goodreads awhile ago. I have 13 books that I’ve thrown up there and felt proud of my 13 books. Most of my goodread friends have between 2 and 30 so I felt decent about my modest pile o’ books. Most of them I’d read in the last year too… that’s better than one book a month! Awesome!

      On Saturday my sisters Alicia and Theresa found the website, signed up, and promptly flushed my proud booklist down into the sewer.

      Alicia has 99 books and Theresa has 43. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO BOOKS BETWEEN THEM.

      Now, I’m a competitive individual and normally when my sisters show superiority I get motivated to compete with them. Sometimes it’s not too hard because they don’t know that we’re competing.* But not here friends. At my current rate of reading it will take me almost ELEVEN YEARS to read as many books as them. I spoke to Alicia… she goes through a stack of books from the library every TWO WEEKS. A STACK.

      Out of my league.

      Sigh.

      *This isn’t pathetic, it’s strategy.

      Authored by: mike d.

      Product Review!

      March 3rd, 2008 by mike d. in Features

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      So the company “Shine-To-Go” sent me some samples to check out. As you are probably aware, I love shining my shoes. It’s so rewarding. This product is kind of an all-in-one shine kit. Let’s look at some photos.

      First, the before picture.
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      Now… these shine-to-go packages were not quite what I was expecting. Inside they have a small little packet which you stick your fingers into.

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      It actually has a blob of polish on it. you spread it, then you buff it.

      End result?

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      So, it’s pretty decent. Not as good as a full shoe polishing, but at least it uses real polish. I’ve got another “instant” type shoe polishing device. It’s “speed shine” and uses some clever silicone stuff to give your shoes a quick luster. The Shine-to-go brand is a bit better than the Speed Shine brand for quality purposes. Speed shine is a fake blast of shine while Shine-to-go uses legitimate polish. At home I’ll stick to real polish, but this stuff might be decent for business trips.

      Authored by: mike d.

      Vine Stop Motion.

      March 3rd, 2008 by mike d. in Quickthoughts

      DAAAANG. VINES ARE INTENSE.

      DAAAANG. VINES ARE INTENSE.

      Authored by: mike d.
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