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Reading Time: < 1 minute Shoebuy is having a sale on Crocs, the $10 off discount code is WWMAG. They don’t have many left though, so hurry up if you want to get a pair. I found Crocs shoes are actually gender-neutral, as you can see from the size definition, e.g., size 4 stands for Women 6/Men 4. I think people choose the

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January 30, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s Superbowl time. Time to get the HDTV. Here is Vizio 50″ from Circuit City. Note I am not getting any referring fee from them. I heard Superbowl is the big time for HDTV sales. Some retailors such as Best Buy, Circuit City should be very happy.

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January 29, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Today I went to Post Office to mail something. I noticed there are lots of people, which is not unusual, because people want to get things done in the weekend. What surprised me a bit is there are many people applying for the Passports. This also makes sense to me because recently the goverment issues

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January 20, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes I mean not just my Heelys shoes, but also the HLYS stocks I bought at the its IPO. I borrowed this title from Rick Munarriz at fool.com, here is his article. In summary, here are what he said: 1) Heelys is going to have a blow out fourth quarter. 2) They may guide a little

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January 12, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Well, just a day after Steve unveiled the iPod phone (so called iPhone by many people, don’t know whether Steve actually used that name). Cisco obviously did not appreciate that its very own iPhone name being used…they filed a lawsuit. As we know, those kinds of lawsuits are about money, I bet there are some happy lawyers

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January 10, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute My roommate, an American guy in his mid 20s, has been looking for a house (condo, duplex) for a while. By “a while” I meant he probablly have done this for about 9 months. I understand he has many reasons for this long process: first he was new to St. Louis when he relocated from

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January 8, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Personal  Spend more quality time with family and friends; cut Internet and TV time.  Drive safely. Walk safely. Drive and walk safely. Financial Pay off the Home Equity Line of Credit (currently 8.5% interest rate). Consolidate checking accounts (from 3 to 2); same for the credit cards usage. Regular investment in stock markets: looking for fast grower,

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January 2, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes Happy New Year to all the readers, whether you are from the US, or China (would be very hard these days), or Europe, or somewhere else,… I started this blog about a year ago. My original intension is to share things related to my work and life experience in mid-west US, from software to things in St. Louis. This

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December 31, 2006

Reading Time: < 1 minute It seems Heelys had a very good Christmas season. From my store visit to Journeys and Sports Authority, each account for 11.6% and 11% domestic sales in the fist 9 months in year 2006, the sales are doing well. I did notice one week before Xmas, SA offered some discount, and Journeys started discount after

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December 29, 2006

Reading Time: 2 minutes I noticed the Chicken price went up a little yesterday. I have not bought the whole roasted chicken from Schnuck for a while because usually when I got there at 6:30 or 7 PM, they are sold out. But I got it yesterday evening and I realized they are charging $5.99; it was $4.99 last

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December 29, 2006
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