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Week 224 “Slouching Toward Bethlehem”

Here in week 224 we decided to make use of Angel in a slightly different way. We’ve been trying to come up with ways to lose weight. Like many people we could stand to lose a few pounds and finding time to exercise always seems to be a chore. The Internet is filled with tips [...]

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Week 225 “The House Always Wins”

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Week 225 started off with a Vegas-themed episode of Angel. Fred, Gunn and Angel head to Las Vegas to ask Lorne for help with Cordelia. All is not well on the Strip. Lorne’s act is more popular than ever, but something is wrong…. It’s a good episode and fun to see the lights of Las [...]

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Week 226 “Ground State”

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Week 226 was a good one. Work is chugging right along, in spite of the gloom n’ doom economic forecasts. Truthfully the economic news does help inspire me to keep on chipping away at the debt. The sooner we are truly homeowners and not paying Bank of America for our house, the happier I’ll be. [...]

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Week 227 “Deep Down”

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The first episode of Season 4 of Angel is called “Deep Down.” It opens with a Thanksgiving style scene. The whole family is gathered around the table — Connor, Wesley, Cordelia, etc. I wondered almost right away if it was a dream. I mean Wesley’s there? And everyone seems so happy? And then it turns [...]

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Week 228 “Tomorrow”

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This week we watched the last episode of Season 3 of Angel. I both love and hate how it ended! What the hell is going on with Cordelia? Will she come back? And damn, Angel is in what we call a tight spot. It’s wonderful that he was trying to comfort his son while being [...]

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Week 229 “Benediction”

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We celebrated all this frugality of the last 18 months by spending some money. Several things around the house needed work, so we gritted our teeth, called the handyman and spent some money. We had three projects and we thought it would run between $800-$1,000 for all. Luckily, we’ve been socking away $250 a month [...]

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Week 230 “A New World”

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Week 230 was better than 231, let me tell you. The weather is finally breaking here and, on June 5th, I could finally take the blanket off the bed at night. Summer always makes me feel better. The long days, the blue sky — it’s a welcome change from the rain. This week’s Angel episode [...]

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Week 231 “The Price”

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Week 231 was a hard one. Home, work, weather. It’s almost June and I still turn on my electric blanket each night. Work has been busy — in all the ways you want it to be. And when we get home, we just plop down on the couch, exhausted. We’re feeling every day of the [...]

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Week 232 “Double or Nothing”

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I love Las Vegas. It is a town filled with potential. In fact, I think the town runs on potential. There is no tomorrow when you are in a casino. It’s all about escaping the past and making the present a better place. If you win, well then tomorrow will be a shiny happy place [...]

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Week 233 “Forgiving”

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This has been a good week, not withstanding the crazy, dark bummer of an Angel episode. Connor, Angel’s son, has been whisked into another dimension by arch-enemy Holtz. Who helped that to happen? Wesley. In this episode we discover one of those things that should have been so easy to spot — the time traveling [...]

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Week 234 “Sleep Tight”

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Week 234 has started off well. I get my monthly grocery money on the first of the month and I decided to splurge a little and buy the makings for homemade Chex Mix. Store bought Chex Mix is expensive and making it from scratch isn’t cheap, but it is cheaper than buying it ready-made. I’m [...]

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