June 2011

I Almost Died for a $250 Discount on an IKEA Chair

June 29, 2011

Life has been a little boring around Philadelphia. I mean, sure we have a new house, new car and I’m starting grad school in the fall, but there hasn’t been anything REALLY exciting happening like there was in DC.  So I decided to spice things up a little. Because, is life really worth living if you don’t appreciate the thin line between life and death? You guys remember my POANG chair, right? Here it is: And, as you can tell, ...

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This post wast not sponsored by UPenn…yet

June 28, 2011

The background information that’s relevant to this post is that last month I got into Temple University (no relation to Jews) for an M.A. in Economics.  If all goes well, I’ll be starting it in late August. So, this weekend, Mr. B and I spent a bunch of of time at the UPenn Hospital visiting one of our family members recovering from surgery. Everything is ok (knock on wood), but there’s just something about hospitals that makes a hypochondriac think. ...

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On Running Shoes and Revenge

June 27, 2011

I ran a 5k last week (Mr. B was still “recovering from illness”.) Because we haven’t run in over a month since we were busy with house stuff, this was the hardest race I’ve ever run, especially since the second half was uphill. Can you tell? I barely managed to finish under 40 minutes, but that’s ok, because two things were in my favor: the free pretzels afterwards: and the fact that I got a new pair of running shoes because ...

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Friday Links

June 24, 2011

Happy Friday! I’m trying to decide on vanity plates for my new car.  The rules for Russians getting vanity plates are that you have to get something obnoxious that somehow incorporates Latin characters acting as Cyrillic characters.  The other options are to have your name, the city you are from (usually Odessa), or a Russian swear word. If all else fails, just add a Russian license plate to your front grill to be completely obnoxious.  If it’s a European Union ...

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I Apologize in Advance for this Video

June 22, 2011

Bill inspired me to make a vlog. And oh what a vlog it is. Some foreshadowing: Mr. B: “You sit down next to anyone, Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, anyone, I will upstage them.” The VeeLog from Vicki on Vimeo. Leave your “What WAS that?” questions in the comment section.

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