I wonder why the Jetsons had no cat. They had the dog Astro, who when he spoke you couldn’t understand what he said. Bsn atro phex might have been dog speak or the name of a drug, who knows. What surprises me the most is that they didn’t make Astro robotic, like Rosie the maid. That would have made lots of sense, and fit right in with the show.
I don’t know where the year has gone. Thanksgiving is next week and Christmas is under six weeks away. I’ve figured out what I’m getting some people and am still stumped on others. We don’t have bluray. I’d love to get one for RB and have been watching the sales like a hawk. I’m hopeful to find the right deal for me in the next two weeks. I almost never do Black Friday deals that are in brick and mortar stores. It’s too crowded and people gobble up limited quantities in stores like turkey. I find just as many good deals online. Do you shop in brick and mortar stores on Black Friday?
CJ is fascinated with golf. RB and I have been debating for a year if we should get him a play golf set. My two concerns are that he’ll break a window or a television, or that he’ll hit one of the cats. I know he’d love to play it though. I’m thinking about checking to see if there are any golf training aids suitable for children that would contain the ball safely. Then I think I’d be a little more comfortable with it.
Yesterday, instead of reading about Kettlebell training and some other forms of home exercise, I spent two hours watching Cats 101 on Animal Planet. The two episodes each presented different facts about various breeds of cats. They discussed basic information on health, grooming and interaction with people for each breed. In the second episode they even covered the Himalayan breed, my favorite breed and the breed of both of my cats. If you’re a cat lover, watch for this show because there are lots of terrific photos you’ll just love.
It’s not uncommon to see flyers and ads offering Callaway golf clubs in my area, we have a couple of golf courses near here. I was surfing today and found myself wondering if there was such a thing as a pet friendly golf courses. So far I have found out about one - Belgrade Lakes in Maine. Do you know of any others? I think it’s a terrific idea, and shouldn’t be a problem if owners bring supplies to clean up. What a great walk that would be on a nice day!
I was browsing in the Amazon Toy Outlet and found five terrific deals on games. All five of them are in stock.
Monopoly Disney Pixar Edition
Hasbro Transformers Risk Game
Disney Hannah Montana Mattel DVD Game
Hasbro Monopoly Tropical Tycoon DVD Game
Scene It? TV Travel DVD Game
Have you ever heard of the television show Dog Whisperer? It’s a show where Cesar Milan, a dog trainer, tries to help solve dog problems, or problem dogs depending on how you look at it. Today I learned he’s now got a site called Sessions with Cesar. Cesar is offering people a six month membership to his online training courses for $129.95. I myself think that’s too much money. Many people enjoy training their dog their own way. For dogs with behavioral problems I don’t feel an online course that anyone can take is of value. You could learn most of the same material from watching his show, reading books or going online. The site is attractive and easy to navigate. The one thing I thought was of value on the site is the online community people can join for free. If you check out Sessions With Cesar, stop back here and let me know what you think. By the way, this is not a paid post.
Big Fish Games sent me is running a special promotion until September 3rd, offering 40% off all games on Bigfishgames.com! To use it just shop as usual on Big Fish Games and when you get to the checkout use the coupon code BACKTOSCHOOL when you check out.
Over the past several years digital cameras have become less expensive and more accessible to consumers, even ones with a tight budget. When I first learned of Picasa and tried it years ago I wasn’t terribly impressed. At that time it didn’t do much more than find pictures on a user’s computer and allow them to be organized. Now, Picasa allows users to organize photos on their computer as well as edit them, print them and create movies, collages, slideshows and screensavers. Picasa has improved over the years and now that they’ve added Picasa Web Albums I think we’ll all be seeing a lot more of Picasa. Picasa Web Albums allows users to create online photo albums such as Flickr and is free to use. Currently users have a minimum of 1gb of storage available. Users can upload images to their own albums, download friend’s albums, caption and comment photos and share them with others. (I wonder how many people are sharing before and after acne cream photos and stuff like that.)
If you like music you might be familiar with Pandora free internet radio. Or, if you’re like me you might not be. Pandora creates a music channel (or multiple channels) based on the analyzing of songs by the Music Genome Project. I’ll spare the in depth details but what it means is that you enter a song you like and Pandora will find similar other songs. Pandora is free to use. Users can create as many stations as they want. If a song plays on your station that you don’t like you can vote it down and it will stop playing and leave your station immediately. I was impressed with Pandora.
Sort of. There’s a new reality show that premiered tonight called Greatest American Dog. The show will feature a dozen dog and owner teams living together and competing against each other for a prize of $250,000. Each week one team will be eliminated by the judges, who are Wendy Diamond, Allan Reznik and Victoria Stilwell. The host of the show is Jarod Miller. Greatest American Dog will be airing on Thursdays at 8pm on CBS.
As I mentioned recently on one of my other blogs, my son CJ has been having a blast watching golf on television lately. He goes wild when any of the players hit the ball. CJ is turning nine years old in two weeks and I’ve been thinking about what to get him. Today I saw a set of kids pretend golf clubs on Amazon and thought that he might really enjoy one of those. A couple of companies make playsets like this but so far the Little Tikes looks like it’s the nicest. Do any of your kids have a pretend play golf set? Which one? Do you recommend it?
Television’s going to the cats! Sort of. There’s a new television show called Housecat Housecall. It’s being sponsored by Purina Cat Chow. In each weekly episode a veterinarian will visit three different families and try and solve problems the owners have been unable to. Sort of like a Dog Whisperer but for cats. The show will be on Animal Planet, airing on Saturdays at 9 am and Sundays at 7am. The cats will all have different issues, submitted by real people. Some of the real stories already submitted are an aggressive cat, a cat that sleeps in the sink, a cat that stalks a camera and a cat that won’t leave the computer alone. So, if your cat is acting strangely, perhaps hiding all of your Guess watches, send your story in. Maybe you’ll get a Housecat Housecall.
Lately there’s been a bit of press about Britney Spears appearing on the network television show How I Met Your Mother. It’s been announced the Lindsay Lohan has signed to appear in Ugly Betty for six episodes. I wonder if the producers are trying to cash in on the free bad girl pr. Are they hoping to get a free ratings boost from viewers tuning in to see if the drug rehab grads are a wreck? I’ve not seen How I Met Your Mother, and I didn’t like the one episode of Ugly Betty that I saw. And I’m not interested enough to watch it either show just because Britney or Lindsay or on them.
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