Archive for January, 2010

DeLorean DMC-12 – Less Expensive than the Regal

January 24, 2010mike Comments Off

You all know the car… drive 88 mph and BOOM! Back to the Future.  And in 1981 a DeLorean DMC-12 could be yours (*Flux Capacitor not included*) for the measly sum of $12,000.  A long time has passed since then (29 years) and over those years you would have had to shell out $35 a month for [...]

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Ritz Carlton New York – Less Expensive than the Regal

January 23, 2010mike Comments Off

Always wanted to go to Manhattan?  Always wanted to stay at the top of the line hotel, but couldn’t afford it?  Maybe you can.  The Battery Park Ritz Carlton starting around $240 a night will let you and a friend stay in the lap of luxury in Manhattan for less than it would cost to [...]

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Mike Tyrpak for Nobel Peace Prize 2010

January 22, 2010mike 1 Comment »

As we move closer and closer to last call for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Nomination I would like to make another appeal for a nomination. In the past a number of greats have received this prestigious award but in recent years that hasn’t seemed to be a requirement.  After last year’s “incident” I have seen countless websites [...]

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Video Games, Movies & the Great Outdoors

January 22, 2010mike Comments Off

Video Games, Movies & the Great Outdoors; three things not typically seen in the same sentence together.  Why is that?  They are all recreations, ways to help us pass our free time what do they have against each other? First let’s discuss the great outdoors, perhaps the original recreation.  In olden days this place (“the [...]

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General Cinemas – Less Expensive than the Regal

January 22, 2010mike Comments Off

Welcome to the way back machine, it has been a long time since anyone sat in a General Cinemas Theater (unless of course you have been at a converted AMC Theater this week).  Way way way back in 2002 (yeah it wasn’t actually that long ago) when AMC bought General Cinemas, the average cost of [...]

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