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Amazon aStore

I just created an Amazon aStore. I don't know why anyone would shop there vs. the "real" Amazon.com, but here it is for what it's worth....
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Time for a new coffee maker

Our old Mr. Coffee was simple, but worked great. Unfortunately, it's white and we wanted black for our kitchen. We have a black Braun coffee maker, but it's been letting us down. Despite fancy features like programmability and a...
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Weatherstripping

The foam weatherstripping around our front door has a bunch of gaps in it (so much so that when painters were pressure washing the other day, water was actually getting into the house!). I went to Osh thinking I'll just buy some...
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Foo Fighter

A bit of trivia for you... In the back of my mind, I've been curious about the origin of the name "Foo Fighters" for Dave Grohl's post-Nirvana band. And now I've stumbled on an explanation on Wikipedia. Turns out it's an...