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Restaurant Week at Roy’s

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Enjoyed the Restaurant Week promotion at Roy’s. Well, dining at Roy’s is always a treat, but a great meal at a great price is even greater.

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Abercrombie & Fitch Gone Twilight?

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Is it me or does the latest Abercrombie & Fitch entryway billboard remind you of Twilight? Seems like I’ve seen Edward and Bella in a smilar pose in that field. In fact, doesn’t the female’s outfit remind you of Bella’s fashion in Forks?

Does this A&F image remind you of Twilight?

Or maybe it’s just pure coincidence with the timing of the final Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn Part 2. This won’t be a first time for one of these “coincidences.”

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Troubleshooting Wooslider

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Some time back, I was looking for a responsive slider WordPress plugin for Pulpconnection. The thought is to highlight certain posts in a big visual display on the home page. Since the awesome Thesis theme includes the Feature Box, it seemed like this would be simple. I eventually found WooThemes’ WooSlider amongst many other sliders out there.

Only recently, I’ve finally gotten around to incorporating WooSlider with my site but have run into problems. I can’t get it to work right. Well, it might be working, but I can’t see the results. I created this test slider page that’s supposed to display two sliders. Instead I see the outline of the sliders and not the pertinent images. Using Firebug to look at the code, I can see the HTML for the sliders.

Wooslider HTML

Oddly enough, the dimensions for the slider images are strange.

Wooslider image dimension weirdness

The actual image size is 640×480 pixels, so I don’t understand the 0x0 pixels. But this could very well be the root of the problem since the slider is showing images 0x0 pixels in size. I came across this Stack Overflow article that seems related, but um, I don’t understand how to implement the “call to initialise flexslider.”

I have this problem with versions 1.0.4 and 1.0.6. Any tips?

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Starbucks Twelve Days of Gifting 2012

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Starbucks is back at it in 2012, commemorating the Twelve Days of Christmas their way. Here’s what I think is Starbucks 12 Days of Gifting for December 2012.

Click to embiggen Starbucks 12 Days of Gifting
  • Day 1. Buy any tumbler or mug and get a free grande beverage.
  • Day 2. Buy any VIA Ready Brew 12-pack and get one free. Buy any Tazo Tea Tin and get one free.
  • Day 3. Buy the featured Free Brewed Coffee Tumbler in December for $30 and get free brewed coffee the entire month of January.
  • Day 4. Get a stainless steel tumbler for $9.95. Get any 1 lb. Christmas Blend platform packaged coffee and a Red stainless steel tumbler for $19.95.
  • Day 5. Get a red, blue, or gold acrylic tumbler for $5.95.
  • Day 6. Buy a Merry Moments Cocoa gift set for $12.95. Buy a VIA Peppermint Mocha 5-pack for $4.95.
  • Day 7. Buy 1 lb. of Christmas Blend platform packaged coffee for $9.95. Buy one Christmas Blend K-Cup pack for $8.95. Buy a VIA Christmas Blend 12-pack for $7.95. Buy one Christmas Blend Verismo Pod Pack for $8.95.
  • Day 8. Buy a String of Lights Boxed Mug for $8.95.
  • Day 9. Buy a 12 oz. Red Cup Collection mug for $3.95. Buy a 16 oz. Red Cup Collection mug for $4.95.
  • Day 10. Save 30% on gift packs: Christmas Blend and Mug, Starbucks VIA REady Brew and Mug, Tazo Joy Tea and Mug, Gingerbread Biscuit and Mug.
  • Day 11. Save 40% on Cold Cups and cold cup straws.
  • Day 12. Save 40% on a Cranberry Bliss Bar tray.

Note: Reference the image above in case I had any typos.

Of course, the most interesting item is the free coffee tumbler. I luckily got one in 2011 and took advantage of the deal. My only complaint is the tumbler itself. Flow of the fluid is really slow since air doesn’t vent in easily. The lid cover touches my nose when I’m drinking so I have to wipe away any coffee drops. Although a 16 oz. tumbler, its shape is tall and skinny so when in a shallow cup holder, the tumbler moves around quite a bit. I hope Starbucks fix these annoyances for this year’s tumbler.

White Frogs and Misspellings Scare Me

I saw a white/albino frog at the pet store, and it absolutely grossed me out. No offense, but it just looked so odd and unnatural. In general, frogs gross me out anyways, but a white one gives me the heebie jeebies.

He’s sitting in the bowl

And so do misspellings.

“thier health”

Describing Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2

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How do you describe the final chapter of the Twilight saga, Breaking Dawn Part 2? Guest blogger and Twimom, Jessica, offers up these words.

We were screaming and covering our faces … in utter disbelief!

It was soooo exciting.

We cheered… I cried… I loved… It was just the perfect ending.

They fixed everything that was wrong with the book. It was my least favorite book of the series but I think that this movie might just be my favorite of the series.

So what’s your reason for not watching Breaking Dawn Part 2?

Pictures from the Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 Early Screening

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I wrote my observations of Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 already, and here are some pictures from this early screening. Thanks again to the Red Band Project for this opportunity!


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Because Every Kid Needs to Know…

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It’s just not right that kids of the near future will not know what Twinkies, Ho Hos, and Ding Dongs are. Because of Hostess’ bankruptcy and impending liquidation of assets, the future of Twinkies looks bleak (or does it?). I’m not taking chances and stocked up for one last sugar rush so that my kids and nieces and nephews know the lore of a Twinkie (also, these make for a fun stocking stuffer).

Currently, Sam’s Club is well stocked.

I’m also glad I bought my Twinkie the Kid shirt when I had the opportunity.

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