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Win a Year’s Worth of Coffee from Dunkin Donuts

Coffee and donuts are two things that go very well together. If you get your morning coffee from Dunkin Donuts, then you can enter their oddly named contest. Winners will get some “fame” on Facebook, or a year’s worth of Dunkin Donuts coffee. National Coffee Day was celebrated on September 29, 2011. In honor of that “holiday”, Dunkin Donuts has created an interesting contest. It is called the “Chance for STARDDOM” contest. No, that isn’t a typo. Both of the words that make up the name Dunkin Donuts start with D. Therefore, the company has put their trademark double letter … Continue reading →

National Donut (or Doughnut) Day!

Here is another one for the obscure holiday list. Actually, National Doughnut Day is a real holiday, and one that you can have fun with at home. You can even score some free donuts, too. Here is the real story behind the holiday, some ideas on how to celebrate it, and a list of places offering free donuts. In spite what you might think, National Doughnut Day did not start out as a promotion to advertise donuts. Instead its origins go back to World War I. During the war, Salvation Army volunteers provided doughnut to soldiers. The volunteers often cooked … Continue reading →

Happy National Donut Day!

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I wish I had found out about Donut Day earlier because Krispy Kreme was giving out free donuts today. I even was right near a Krispy Kreme and didn’t think to go in. Which is probably good–I was carrying a very large smoothie from Dunkin Donuts as I was walking past the Krispy Kreme. I’m not too sure they’d be thrilled to give me a free donut with that in my hand! But I digress. I didn’t find out about National Donut Day until this evening. Someone had sent me an e-mail notification for it. It is, for future reference, … Continue reading →

Kevin Smith vs. Southwest Airlines

In case you haven’t heard director/writer Kevin Smith was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight. Kevin had always purchased two tickets when flying because he says it is the “food-stamp airline” so he indulges himself. Last week, Kevin had purchased his usual two tickets, but decided to fly standby on an earlier flight in which there was only one seat left. He got seated, and then was asked to leave because he was too big. Southwest (and most other airlines) have policies that if a passenger cannot comfortably lower the armrest or hangs over their own seat so much that … Continue reading →

Home Week in Review: June 2 – 8

How’s your week going? Are you ready to relax and enjoy a leisurely Sunday or do you have plans (or lists) for today? Maybe take a little time to check out what we’ve been up to this week. Here are the past week’s articles at a glance: The Skull in the Backyard Don’t worry! It’s not quite as haunting as it might sound. Read more… Home Life: Truth in Clichés There are some statements or phrases that no matter how frequently they’re used or how long they’ve been around, just continue to hold true. We call them clichés, but there’s … Continue reading →