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Best DVDs I watched in 2009

I don’t go out to theaters to watch movies. It’s just not worth the money to me. I let the wife go out to see movies with friends but I usually don’t go with her.
For that reason, instead of doing a “Best Movies of 2009″ list, I have to do a “Best DVDs of [...]

Posted 29 December 2009 † Peter § ‡ Comments (0) °

This weekend: Being a tourist in NYC

My sister is visiting for about five days starting this Thursday. It’ll be her first time in New York City, so we’ll probably do all the touristy things and eat lots of good food. Since the wife is working, it’ll just be my sister and I for most of this. If any of the following [...]

Posted 22 September 2009 † Peter § ‡ Comments (0) °

contact lens update #3

After a few days of wearing the CooperVision Avaira, I gave up on them. Although they were fairly comfortable while I was wearing them, they were a real pain in the butt to remove from my eyeball. They’re suctioned onto my eyeball pretty tightly. It’s weird because while I have them on, they don’t feel [...]

Posted 30 August 2009 † Peter § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Contact lens update #2

I’ve started my trial of the CooperVision Avaira 2 week silicone hydrogel disposable contact lens. I haven’t worn them during a work day yet, so they haven’t been exposed to my rigorous staring-at-the-computer-screen-all-day test. However, they felt great during the one weekend day I’ve tried them so far.
Unfortunately, they aren’t noticeably more comfortable than [...]

Posted 23 August 2009 † Peter § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Not all jeans are made the same

I’ve been looking for a pair of sorta-slim (not skinny) jeans for the summer since the only pairs of jeans I owned were a pair of Gap black low-rise straight fit jeans and a pair of Gap dark blue standard fit jeans. I used to like the Gap “standard” fit but I’ve come to prefer [...]

Posted 21 August 2009 † Peter § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,