Family Member Archive

  • In Photos: Handsome, timeless tattoo set

    In Photos: Handsome, timeless tattoo set

    For many people, the decision to get a certain tattoo is based on a perceived notion of timelessness – the death of a good friend or family member, your spouse(s), barbed wire, etc. – and I think this guy nailed it, too. Unless something crazy happens, like a controller that’s somehow newer than the [...]

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  • Belkin’s Windows 7 Easy Transfer Cable is your way out of family tech support

    Belkin’s Windows 7 Easy Transfer Cable is your way out of family tech support

    Ah, late October – a time when a young man’s fancy turns to love, the autumn gingerly steps aside to make way for winter, and, this year, the beginning of at least a year’s worth of non-stop free tech support you’ll have to provide to any of your friends and family that decide to buy a new computer with Windows 7 on it. The biggest question: How do I get all my dumb photos, tax returns, and Miley Cyrus MP3s onto my new computer? Your new answer: Buy this $40 cable and leave me alone.

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  • When you want to care enough to send the best, but forget

    When you want to care enough to send the best, but forget

    cake-in-a-jarI mailed a birthday card out yesterday to a family member who's birthday was, in fact, last week. I'm such a bad relation. I had the decency to include a check and a witty comment, but I know it's going to be too little, too late. If only I could go back in time to yesterday, knowing what I know today. See, I just found out about cake in a jar! Boy howdy, would the lateness of my gift be forgiven and forgotten when they opened up that box to find a delicious, moist cake in a jar waiting for them!

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