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Author Archives: Jammie Karlman
Dollar Makes You Holler — Umbrella
I thought this item would be appropriate, seeing as how the north state is preparing for a deluge right now. Plus, I started having flashbacks to the time when Bjorn and I were in New York City and unprepared for … Continue reading
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Tagged 99 cent store, New York, north state, rain, storm, umbrella
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Pitfalls of being a pumpkin
I bet it’s hard being a pumpkin around this time of year. As soon as there’s a nip in the air, they must know some truly frightful things are going to happen. The torture devices come out: spoons, knives, forks. … Continue reading
Posted in Getting crafty
Tagged pumpkins, thanksgiving, turkeys
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Dollar Makes You Holler – Daim
While strolling the aisles of Cost Plus World Market (btw: did this name ever strike anyone else as unfortunate? It sounds like the store is advertising that its prices get jacked up. However, a plethora of goodies are to be … Continue reading
Dollar Makes You Holler – ‘I Voted’ sticker
Provisional clerk Bob Bartlett wears an “I Voted” sticker on his head at the polling station at El Dorado County Senior Center in El Dorado Hills, Calif., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/The Sacramento Bee, Randall Benton) … Continue reading
Fairy Tales never looked so good
Photo via abc.com Jamie Chung (left) plays Mulan and Sarah Bolger is Princess Aurora/Sleeping Beauty on ABC’s TV show, “Once Upon a Time.” I love me some “Once Upon a Time,” that TV show on ABC that posits that fairy … Continue reading
Posted in TV, Film and Radio
Tagged Colin Donoghue, Disney, Jamie Chung, Once Upon A Time, TV
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In Hindsight: Putting the fun into funeral
Her name was Eladia. It’s a wonderful, musical name, but I called her Grandma. She died in August of this year, in the Philippines. I have to admit, I considered not going to the funeral. There just seemed to be … Continue reading
Dollar Make You Holler: Almond Roca
Don’t be fooled by the “English Toffee-pieces with nuts” adverbabble on the front–this is Almond Roca, albeit in slightly shabbier form. The packaging may say “Factory Seconds,” but these gold-foil-wrapped lovelies are still tops in taste in my book. They … Continue reading
Presidential debates — now that’s entertainment
Full disclosure: I’m not that into politics. To me, it was a topic that engendered conversation that either devolved into frenzied shouting matches of unparalleled meanness, or mushroomed into nauseatingly smug party babble that was basically, “Yay, we’re on the … Continue reading
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Tagged politics, Presidential debates, smirking
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Dollar Makes You Holler – Owl Felt Bags
I WILL give a hoot when a bag is this cute. Future trick-or-treaters, take note: If you show up at my door with this bag I will give you MORE candy just because I approve of your style sense. Plus, … Continue reading
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Tagged dollar store, halloween, Jay-Z spoof lyrics, Owl felt bags, trick-or-treating
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