A dating website called me up the other day to tell me that they were now linking up their online dating profiles with Last.FM and Netflix settings – that way, when checking out a potential partner, you can see what music and movies they were into.
At first I was like…why? And then I realized it was the best idea ever.
Everyone has those early date bonding “tools” – whether it’s shared love of food, or museums, or whatever – but shared taste in music and movies can be a biggie. Or at least a great conversation starter!
The site I am …read more

Who has seen Ken Burns Civil War Documentary? Maybe I should ask if you were forced to watch it in history class. I remember a day when I could not stand the thought of history. It almost made me vomit just to think about history, dates, battles, when tea was thrown off a ship in Boston, or what the heck happened in 1066AD. What was the sole purpose behind the rise of the Civil War, WWI, WWII, the Korean War, Vietnam, and so on and so forth.
It wasn’t until maybe 7 or 8 years ago I had this growing interest …read more

Sometimes I think it is a great idea to plan a weekly TV program that is suitable for the kids and watch it. In our house we try to keep the TV at a minimum but planning for special TV time can be a lot of fun and very entertaining. That night we may order out for pizza or cook up something fun. We try to mix it up a bit. Then we pop popcorn. Unfortunately there isn’t much on TV right now that we feel is a good fun family show.
We used to plan to watch the shows Alias …read more

Looking for gift ideas? Why not try Netflix? If you aren’t sure what it is then it is time you learn.
Netflix – Rent, watch and return DVDs from home – Try free for two weeks
I have been doing Netflix for over a year now and have had minimal problems. At times my mail service is slow but the actual Netflix service is superb and the website is rated like #1 for user friendly. You just browse online in their movie archive and under each movie there is a Add button. You click on it and it gets added to your queue. You can rearrange your list as often as you wish. I have …read more