Priorities aka Why I am taking a vacation. Ha. Vacation.

The New Adult Life will be down for a few days as I start school and my new job. Gotta keep my head in the game sucka.

Thanks,

NAA.

Fun Times Friday: Internet Archaeology

We have dug into the ground for years, and we have learned about our pasts. We have been kicking dirt on top of new artifacts for year. This blog will one day be one of those artifacts, ande since the days of geocities we have been burying little pieces of ourselves on the internet.

This weeks Friday is an activity, and that activity is Internet Archaeology or E-Archaeology as I like to call it. I'd actually like to just call it Archaeology, but someone beat me to it.Here's the website. Dig it.

It is a pretty simple concept and I am pumped to walk you through it. Ready to find that old Pokemon fan site you made? Come on, you know you are.

Mitt Romney is a Tool

Mitt Romney is a tool. So is that chick that tied Ron Paul at the straw poll.

Home Cookin Thursday! 1:2

There is something we all need to know how to do. It makes us look awesome, manly, and brave(Or awesome, feminine, and cunning). That one thing is how to prepare so juicy red meat on a bun.

This week on Home Cookin Thursday: No Grill Bacon Double-Burgers

Delicious.

Wacky Deal Wednesday! 1:2

Credit cards. You can't live with them, and you can probably live without them. Why hasn't Tyler Durden blown up those buildings yet? We all usually get royally screw by these pieces of plastic, but there is a way my friends to turn those screw drivers around.

"Screw the Debt Companies" -Lincoln 1347 Gettysburg



This weeks "scam": Making money on credit cards.

Flash Reviews!

Reviews in a flash! Flash Reviews!

Content under review:
The Help (Movie)
"Finally a civil rights movie for White Women!"

3/5 Stars in the night sky.

Demographic in theater: 98.5% Middle Aged White Women; 0.5% Black Women; 1% Me feeling awkward

(That's half a black woman.)

Silly Surfing!

To paraphrase a friend:

This ish is absurd. Actually it's Boohbahs.

http://tinyurl.com/25geo

Ridiculous.

Hope you enjoy. If you find out how these fat idiots teach kids about exercise leave a comment below.

See if you can fill the glass windows with Asian chicks. Go ahead. I dare you.

Take a Look Tuesday!

It's Tuesday. I will tell you to look at something. A blog, a website, an album, a song, heck even a book sometimes. Today is also the day I hitup a more let's say commercial writing style. Why you ask? Because that really means easy to read, and do any of you even care if this paragraph en...


There is a nice website called Bleacher Report. Like a report from those who are in the bleachers, rather than a fancy skybox with fresh salad and porthouse steak. Think of it as blogger, but its about sports and a lot of them actaully know how to write? Cool right?! I think so.

My friend Paul Tucker is an excellent sports writer who focuses mostly on Florida State. Why? He's a fan, damnit. Paul like any good Florida State fan knows they are sick of winning any football games and tired of losing at basket ball, so they are thinking about jumping to the notoriously steroided SEC. (Okay all of them are steroided. It's called D-I. 300 pound guy running a 4.7 naturally? ha.)


My point is the website as a whole is full of quality Newspaper-blog-hybrid-wiki sports stories. Check out P. Tucker's nice job with this article, and take a look at a well done website. Go ahead search your favorite team. Don't have one? Okay well your new favorites are the Cincinnati Bengals. Plenty to read. Police reports too. Who-Dey!

Check out Paul's story and the website here: http://tinyurl.com/4yq53br

Thanks for joining me for Take a Look Tuesday and the new quippier format.

Good reading Lookers.



Recommendation of the Day: Daniel Craig will be killing this bad boy in theathers soon. Read it first.

Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy Deluxe Boxed Set: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Plus On Stieg Larsson

Inappropriate Children.

I work with children. They say enormously inappropriate things. These things are often hilarious. These things are now a blurb alla Kids say the Darnedest Things. It's called Inappropriate children. (How did darnedest make it past Webster?) I will break formal sentence structure sometime, how about now? Cool.

A 5 year old speaking to his mother concerning the Sugarland stage collaspe:

"Are those people stuck to the bottom of the stage like glue?"

Corporal Punishment rating: 2 swings with an open hand.

Don't get it? Get in the loop: Sugarland sings "Stuck like Glue" and http://tinyurl.com/3o9c83z

Reminder from Mom Monday!

It's like you're Mom looking over your shoulder, but without the creepy overlord vibe. Oh, and it's written by a 23 year old man. So maybe a little creepy.

Welcome to the first ever Reminder from Mom Monday or as we like to call it Momday. No forget that momday sounds ridiculous. We all know we didn't leave the nest with all the life skills we needed. Our car broke down we called Daddy and if our sheets needed to be washed Mom was on speeddial. You did that yourself? Well...see you tomorrow I guess. No I am kidding. How do you think your parents learn all that neat how to live life stuff? The horrible truth is their parents threw them to the sharks. That's right, your sweet loving Grandmother kicked your Dad out without a basic life education. Or maybe they were good parents and taught them everything, but I doubt it. So what did you expect your parents to do give you a manual? You did? Well I guess we can write one for you. We'll call it Reminder from Mom Monday.

This week's Reminder from Mom: Shave everyday. Why you ask? Beards are awesome you say? Read on to find out.

It's Sunday

I take the day off on Sunday, but that doesn't mean I don't write anything. I do this because I enjoy it. Trust me. The money isn't great. Ask my two other jobs. So click those ads people! Help a fellow N.A. out. Sometimes I'll write something I enjoy here, but mostly I'll just give you a preview.

Monday: A brand new weekly called "Reminders from Mom Monday" is coming up. I neglected to learn a lot of basic skills growing up since our parents are do everything baby-boomers. This is probably the shortest weekly, and it will feature some basic household and money management tips. Get ready, remembering to change your air-filter will be a blast!

Tuesday: I don't have a good name for Tuesday yet, but I'll be reviewing media in some fashion. This week a friend of mine's blog.
Wacky Deals Wednesday: Learn how to use a credit card to do more than build credit. I can show you how to make money on those suckers. It's awesome. You can rake in around 2,000 dollars a year if you do it correctly.

Home Cookin' Thursday: Make the best burgers you've every had with out a grill. Ready to best the old man? Impress a young lady with you ability to make burgers that will shatter her memory of family cook-outs? This is the burger for you. Just takes a frying pan and a little bad-assery. Oh, and some vegetables.

Fun Times Friday: This week I am going to explore a fun way to see a movie and eat dinner...at the same time! Beer included! I'll let you in on several chains that make it happen and review one location near me. Some of you can even find one I am sure.

Smack Down Saturday: Join us for the epic battle of Chic-fil-a vs Zaxby's. A up and comer against the giant who's going to win?!

Recommendation of the Day: For those who thought Fight Club was too mainstream.

Pygmy

Smackdown Saturday!

It's like professional wrestling for major retail chains...

Smackdown Saturday is easy to understand...for most people. I am going to compare two very similar businesses. How similar you ask? Yankees and Patriots similar. Richard Pyror and Mitch Hedberg similar. See what I'm saying? Well, like I said "most people". Like all of the weeklies there are some simple rules. One, I have to have been to both places at least three times and sampled a variety of their products. Secondly, I will tell you some strong and weak points of each. Last but not least, they have to be almost lawsuit worthy similar. I'll let you know which one is worth your time and New Adult budget. Want to hear my qualifications? Well, I can cook, eat, and go places. Also I am a jackass which is basically like having a PhD. in everything. Some of the chains won't be everywhere, so I will make liberal comparisons with national brands.

This week on Smackdown Saturday:



VS.

Find Fun Friday!

Welcome to the very first ever in the history of time, blogs, and even the Internet, Find Fun Friday on The New Adult Life! It's also the first time I'll be adding the pick of the day to a weekly! That means a good book, album, or other piece of crap dubbed by yours truly to have some value. I don't put anything up I haven't read, and I promise they're good. Book reviews will still be a weekly!

Here's the break down for a Find Fun Friday! I go on a little adventure and share it with you. I have a couple of rules. It has to have good dollar to time value. That is I won't do anything that cost more per hour than an entry level hourly job pays. So if you make $6.00 and hour then the activity should cost $6.00 or less per hour. It's a good practice. That way work equals fun. I have a little liberty with what that is since I make $12.00 an hour, but I live in a major metro and understand a lot of you are at $7.25 until your ship comes in. Keeping that resume up to date? Good. Secondly, it all has to be for folks our age. Maybe not just our age, but I am not going to send you to Chuck E. Cheese's. Even though I do love tokens. Mmm...Tokens.

This week's Friday Adventure: The World of Coca-Cola Atlanta, Georgia

Blast from the Past! HO!

So if you grew up when I grew up, which you did if you're in anyway a member of the target market for this site then you probably remember a show called He-Man or one of the hundreds of it's knock-offs. Well I had a favorite He-man knock off and that ish was called Thunder Cats. Guess what? The good folks at Turner Broadcasting are bringing it back. Tomorrow night at 8:00pm (That's August 12th) a remake of Thunder Cats premeires on Cartoon Network. Yep, that piece of crap you had to sit through to watch Dragon Ball Z is back. SNARF!!
The remake is done by the same guys that did Ben-Ten and Batman: The Brave and the Bold, which were both okay... To spice it up the guy behind Avatar: The Last Airbender may help step it up. Modern animation does mean the Thunderians have picked up a brand  attempt at retro of a new look. Check it out:

Is it worth the Money?

Ridiculous Classified Ad Exerpt:

"East Tennessee is a lively region of about 1 million people that features the nation's most visited national park, snake handlers, and abundant government corruption and incompetence. We helped build the A-bomb and gave birth to Dolly Parton and Chet Atkins."

Snakes, corruption, dental, and enormous breasts explosions? Sign me up.

Want Proof?

http://tinyurl.com/3p7j2z3

Proof. Because this is obviously serious journalism here at The New Adult Life. Who the heck is Chet Atkins...

Home Cookin Thursday!

It's where Spring Break meets the Kitchen!

Welcome to Home Cookin' Thursday! We've all settled into our first homes, why not start saving some cash buy home cooking! You are a fool with a frying pan? A knave with the knifes? Well, don't worry. We can fix that, and in fact it is the whole point of this segement of the New Adult Life! We make it easy, tasty, and sometimes we care enough to make it cheap. Every week we'll give you a recipe straight from bachelor's oven. Sometimes Semi-homemade, and others a little more difficult. After all your Adults now right? This week though we're going to focus on building your Kitchen Confidence TM. A fancy easy recipe to impress the opposite gender. Guys get ready to wow the chicks. Ladies prepare to convince your boyfriend you can actually cook, and cook well even.

This weeks Semi-Homemade recipe:

Wacky Deals Wednesday!

How to save Beer Money aka:

Welcome to the very first instalment of Wacky Deals Wednesday! (Sorry that deals doesn't alliterate) Here is the basic idea: You read on Wednesday and you'll find out about a cool deal! This won't ever feature obvious stuff like Ramen, Weed, or Groupon, but it will feature one or two cool methods that I notice get you some cool cheapness going on. Different store every week, and we'll try to keep it practical people. No half off of horseback bungee jumping lessons. No wacky coats for your cats. Just small practical (sometimes almost scam like) ways to save money as an adult branching out on your own. First an easy three step "scam" and then a more, lets say honest way to save a buck!

This weeks store: Kroger! It's like Publix for normal people.

 

Numero Uno: If you don't have a value card, then you sir or madam are an idiot. Sorry, no way around it. If gets you great deals and has some pretty cool features to boot. Like the fact that after you spend enough you get a discount on gas at Shell, or that you can load coupons onto the card for use at the store from http://www.kroger.com/ Just pick up a card in store and then make an account no silly paper to fool with. Save trees and money! Oh, I almost forgot the fact that it makes Kroger's goods a little better than evil seven-horned Wal-mart's prices. Check out their prices online by clicking their handy weekly ad link. I'll give you an example of some super awesome deals later on.


Numero Two (What's two in Spanish? Oh yeah! Dos!): Get some coupons. I know there are whole shows about how to get coupons and it needs more than one paragraph, but I'll write a blog later promise. Okay? Good. There are lots of online coupon websites. They almost all require an account and a download, but http://www.coupons.com/ is safe and offers almost all the deals the other ones do. Look for coupons for further reductions on things your value card already brought down!


Phase Three: Profit. How do I profit you ask? You thought we were saving? Ha. This is the "scam" phase baby. Here's the thing, the value card is actually tracking some information about you and that has a cash value just like the coupons. Sounds like Big Brother? We'll sort of, if Big Broski only cared about your grocery shopping habits. Even the most hardcore anarchist can't have too much of a problem with that, eh? Okay now that we have settled our inner Orwelles we can move on. Here is why all of that makes you money and not just them, ready for the first cool part of this blog...are you sure? Alright, I guess.


When you return an item they give you the full retail price. For example: buy a General Electric CFL light bulb and you'll pay $2.99, but that energy saving bad boy is worth $4.50 retail! Just because Kroger couldn't rub your back enough just buying the CFL also spits out a coupon good for $1.00 off that same CFL. So return it and you'll get 4.50 back. Then if you actually want the thing (and you should) use the coupon to buy the same thing again for $1.99. That's $1.99 minus the $1.50 they paid you to return it. So, my savvy friend you just paid $0.49 for a CFL light bulb. That sucker will save you about $45 dollars in electric bills.

Good move Shopper.

Too "scam" like?

Legit deal of the Week!

Okay keep step one the same and head out to Kroger. We almost all drink soda. Oh you don't? Health freak. Kroger has an awesome deal on Coca cola products right now. I don't really care if you like Pepsi, I am from Atlanta. Alright, so 12 packs of cans are usually around $4.50. With a value card at Kroger you can get those bad boys 4 for $12 bucks. That's the good ole day's price of $0.25 a can, but wait there's more. On those same 12 packs there is a coupon to get a free 1.25 liter of any coke product for free! So rip that sucker off and head to check out. You just paid less for soda than your grandfather. For twelve bucks you've got enough to finally have some friends over for cold ones. Beer? Never heard of it. 27 Diet Cokes a day for me. Thanks.

Join me tomorrow for Home Cookin' Thursday!