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Win a Free Tour from Trusted Tours and Attractions

Add comment November 28th, 2007

What better way to see the great city of Philadelphia than via a free tour? You can do it. All you need to do is sign up for the Trusted Tours and Attractions free newsletter and by doing so you get a chance to win a free sightseeing tour from the city of your choice. You could win four tickets to the sightseeing tours of your choice. Don’t know if you can get a ticket to four different tours or if you must take four tickets to the same tour.

Philadelphia is a great city full of history and culture. Heck, just watch the film National Treasure and it will make you want to travel to the city to see all the cool clues in the film. Okay, so that was all fiction but the history is real and you will be immersed in it. Visit the liberty bell, Betsy Ross’ House and so much more.

So whether you live in or around this fine town or are simply visiting I suggest you head to TrustedTours.com a take a chance on what they have to offer. And quite possibly win one of their tours. You will be able to choose from a boat tour, trolley tour or even a carriage tour.

Philadelphia is not your only choice either. You have many cities to choose from like Savannah, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco just to name a few.

Black Friday Specials for Pets

Add comment November 21st, 2007

Looking for a good deal on pet toys and treats this black Friday? Well look no further. The best place on the web to save on your dog toys is DogToys.com and the same goes for cats – CatToys.com is the place to go.

They are offering 20% off your order now through Monday November 26, 2007.

They are the best source for all your toy and treat needs. Plus they are adding new products all the time. You are sure to find something for your furry little friend at either site.

Don’t forget to use the coupon code: THANKS during check out to get your holiday savings.

*Note: Sale begins on 11/21 at 12pm and ends on 11/26 at 12am. Discount will only be applied to orders placed during the time of the promotion.

Holiday Greetings For Everyone

Add comment November 20th, 2007

I don’t care how you feel about the war, whether you are for it or against it. There is no reason to bully, harass or insult the fine folks who signed up to defend our country. In fact, they need to be celebrated and thanked. And that is just what several companies like The Gallery Collection are doing.

The Gallery Collection is a greeting card company that specializes in Corporate Christmas Cards as well as personal cards. They have teamed up with Soldiers Angels to send their cards along to the soldiers serving in our armed forces via holiday care packages from Soldiers Angels. Not only will they get a nice holiday message letting them know they are appreciated but The Gallery Collection is also sending them a blank card to send home to a loved one.

I think this is a great thing and The Gallery Collection deserves a round of applause for doing this. In lieu of that, why not stop by and see if they can fill you holiday card needs? They will surprise you on their quality and truly beautiful and inspiring cards. Heck, you don’t find that much these days do you. All I could find this year were silly cards bordering on crass. Nothing classy or classic like The Gallery Collection. They’ve got something for everyone.

Cool New Gothic Dating Service

Add comment November 17th, 2007

Are you looking for that mistress or mister of the night? Are you into vampires, fetishism or Goth? Is your alternative culture making it hard to find that special someone?

Head on over the Darkyria.com the newest hook up spot for the lonely Goth. This is a good place for alt singles to find a soul mate, friend or significant other. They are not only set to hook up the dark and metal fan but also the horror, sci-fi and fantasy fan as well. Unlike other dating services where you might be consider a freak here you are not only welcome but you are wanted.

Search from thousands of members. Find straight, gay, bi and curious people for dating or friendship. You can allow the matchmaker engine known as Cupid Angel to find the right person for you or you can send a wink to let someone you think has a perfect profile know your interested.

The site itself is very alluring. Image how the people using it must be. The best part is; it is all free. Registration is painless. If you want more you can pay for an imperial service, which allows you to look at who is looking at you. The service is discreet with your privacy in mind. So what are you waiting for my little Goth? Go find a friend in your neighborhood or across the world.

Promoted for Darkyria.com  Gothic Dating Service.

Ooo Free Stuff for My Blog from Ooprint.com

Add comment November 16th, 2007

I know by now you have heard of Web 2.0 but have you heard of Business Cards 2.0? No?

Business cards are not just for businessmen any more. With Business cards 2.0 you get a great way to advertise your website or blog offline.

Ooprint.com offers bloggers 100 free business cards to help them let other know about their blogs offline. What a nifty idea and a great offer. Get your free blogger cards today.

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Freebies in the US Mail

Add comment October 27th, 2007

I just love getting free stuff in the mail. I had signed up for the Diamond Select Toys newsletter quite a while ago and haven’t bought from them in about a year, but this morning I got a little package in the mail from them.

It contained two single minimates. One was from their The Hunt 2007 [it is a dud in black tee, shorts and black chucks…like mine] and the other was a Battlestar Galactica cylon from the new series, which will fit in just nicely with my mini BSG collection. He can hang out with the other cylons from a different era.

Thanks DST for the free goodies. They also sent along a coupon code for a future order too. I’ll have to see if they have something in stock that I want to save 10% on and that I don’t already have.

Avoid the Black Friday Blues

Add comment September 13th, 2007

Working in retail all my life I have always been caught up in the frenzy of Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year. Not many people don’t know what Black Friday is, but if you have been living in a cave all your life it is the day after Thanksgiving and the official start to the holiday shopping season. It is the busiest day of the year for just about every retail store in the U.S. That being said, it is also the one day of the year you will find outstanding deals only available in store on that one day only. Until now that is.

Some people thrive on the hectic environment brought on by the sales on Black Friday, but if you are like me you would rather stay home and not have to deal with it. Black-Friday.net has come to your rescue. No more waiting for the newspaper circulars and TV ads. No more waiting in line to get into the store just for your shot at a great deal before they are all sold out. Not only does Black-Friday.net give you the ads before anyone else, they also provide you with links directly to the products you want so you can buy them online without fighting /all the crowds. You’ll find ads for top retailers like Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Target and more. Get started now by signing up for email notification when ads are updated.

So when planning your post-Thanksgiving shopping experience be sure to keep Black-Friday.net at the top of your list. They’ll help you wade through all the ads in plenty off time to get the items on your holiday list. Just think maybe this year you can have all your shopping done before midnight on christmas eve. Well maybe not, but with Black-Friday.net there is no reason to miss out on those special bfads.

Bad Time Equals Good Times

1 comment June 24th, 2007

You might wonder how that can be, but sometimes something is just so awful that it becomes laughable. That was the case when we visited the restaurant On The Border in Exton last night.

Let me start at the beginning. We arrived and were promptly taken to our table. Nothing wrong there. Well that was the last thing that went right! On the way to the table I stopped in to use the restroom. When I went in there was an employee in there brushing her teething and washing her face [basically taking a shower in the public restroom]. I figured she was cleaning up to head out; I was wrong. She had her bag on the counter blocking the sinks and the waste can, which made it rather difficult to wash my hands and exit the restroom.

After I got back to table my friend needed to use the facilities too. She told me the girl was still in there. [Now she was putting on her makeup.] We later saw her cleaning off tables in the section we were seated in. unless she is homeless maybe she should try showering at home.

Well that was the beginning of the end for us. Next up, appetizers. We got our basket of chips and salsa. Dripping on the table we decided to use the appetizer plates on the table. Big mistake. The plates were not only dirty they still had food on them from the previous people who used the table [maybe that bus girl should have cleaned the tables off instead of spending so time on cleaning herself]. Gross. So we put the dirty napkin that was covering the food on the plate back on top off it and asked our waiter to take it away. That was the last time he did something right for us.

He took our order and popped back around the corner twice to ask what we wanted [both times he was wrong…not a good sign]. We asked for more chips. We never got them. I needed more beverage, but he never came by to see if I needed anything else. He brought our meals out. Mine was fine and tasty too. My friend had gotten tortilla soup and a fajita salad, which he brought out together. Soup should have come out first, but no. And her fajita salad did not have the chicken on it.

He disappeared. She still needed a spoon for the soup and the chicken for her salad. We caught him as he was stopping by the table next to us and told him to bring a spoon and the chicken. By now I was half way through my meal and she did not even get to taste hers. So I go up to the hostesses and ask to see the manager. She finally comes out [it was dinner time so I don’t hold my wait for her against them]. I tell my story and as I do I can see my friend finally getting a spoon and then a little later her chicken comes out. I finish with the manager who has kindly offered to comp our meals for all the trouble then headed back to the table.

Once I was back at the table I learned that the folks at the table next to us were having the same amount of trouble with the waiter that we were. In fact they had to remind him to bring out a spoon for my friend. But it was pointless as the soup was already cold and disgusting. The table next to us had waited fifteen minutes for their check and when they got it had both their items and ours on it. So it had to go back to be straightened out taking another ten minutes or longer.

We were checked on by [what I think was] the head waitress. She apologized and confirmed that our meals were taken care of. Then our waiter stopped by to explain he was having a REALLY bad day [well no sh**]. Then he brought us the check. We weren’t supposed to get a check. But that was not the real problem…the check wasn’t even for our meals! When we pointed this out to the head waitress she told us he was being sent home. We’ll have to stop in again to see if he is still there, but I doubt it. So as you can see it was so bad there was nothing left to but laugh.

So in review the restaurant gets 4 out of 5 stars [food was good], but the wait staff [includes the bus people] get a half star out of 5 [and that is being generous].

Free Comic Book Day Not So Free

Add comment May 5th, 2007

Isn’t Free Comic Book Day about free comics? And getting the comics to the kids? Get them hooked so they buy more comics?

Then why, oh why, were the two shops I visited on Saturday May 5th only giving away one free comic then charging for any others you picked up?

Granted the one shop was asking you to donate a buck to the comic book legal defense fund, which “Exists to fight censorship and defend the first amendment rights of comic book professionals throughout the United States.” So that was a good thing to do.

But the other shop, Golden Eagle Comics in Reading, PA was out right charging for them! I think if a book has the price of FREE written right on the cover you should not have to pay for it at all. Not even $.50 a book. Wonder what the folks who run the whole Free Comic Book Day gig would think about the profiting off of their free books? 

I agree that they may need to limit the books if they have a lot of traffic, but to charge for them that is just wrong!

Vertigo Makes Complete First Issue Classics Available for Free

1 comment March 25th, 2007

Now you can read the full first issues of the many Vertigo series that revolutionized comics!

Head over to DC/Vertigo to download PDF files of the first issues and start reading. I can guarantee you’ll get hooked on at least one story and have to buy the trade paperback or find all the back issues in your local comic stores.

This is like an online version of Free Comic Book Day just everyday.