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November 30, 2008

Facebook Grabbed The Wrong Status: I’m Not A Woman

Posted at: 10:00 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Tech and Web

I went on Facebook to change my status tonight and my status was set to “Timothy is loving the beautiful snowfall and trying her best to focus on her academics“. Now the fact that I am not in school anymore is the one that I am concerned with. It’s not the fact that I am a “him” and not a “her”.

I wonder if Facebook even realizes the mistake or if it is just my account. Oh well, funny anyways.

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November 29, 2008

Lite-Brite Can Now Be Created Electronically

Posted at: 11:21 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Rants and Randomness

I was watching the movie “Elf” tonight and I saw the part where he was using Lite-Brite and it got me thinking. I remember sitting our playroom growing up using Lite-Brite for everything. We used it to write “Happy Birthday” or “Merry Christmas”. It brought me back to a time when life was a lot easier.

I looked up Lite-Brite to see if it still exists and not only does it still exist, but look at all of the lite-brite products they have now.

I also found that you can Create Your Own Lite-Brite online which was awesome. This is what I created in 5 minutes. The top one is the Armenian Flag and the bottom should be the American Flag, but you can only do so much in a short amount of time.

Enjoy!

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November 28, 2008

Beware Of Stores Closing After The Holidays

Posted at: 11:15 am by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Entertainment and News

The economy is so bad that some of the biggest stores are closing some/all of their stores because they are losing too much money.

I wanted to give everyone a heads up that if you tend to give gift cards around the holidays, you need to be careful that the cards will be honored after the holidays. Stores that are planning to close after Christmas are still selling the cards through the holidays even though the cards will be worthless January 1. There is no law preventing them from doing this. On the contrary, it is referred to as ‘Bankruptcy Planning).

Below is a partial list of stores that you need to be cautious about:

• Circuit City (filed Chapter 11)
• Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide closing
• Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine’s to close 150 stores nationwide
• Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January
• Cache will close all stores
• Talbots closing down specialty stores
• J. Jill closing all stores (owned by Talbots)
• Pacific Sunwear (also owned by Talbots)
• GAP closing 85 stores
• Footlocker closing 140 stores more to close after January
• Wickes Furniture closing down
• Levitz closing down remaining stores
• Bombay closing remaining stores
• Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January
• Whitehall closing all stores
• Piercing Pagoda closing all stores
• Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January.
• Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ ( New Brunswick )
• Macys to close 9 stores after January
• Linens and Things closing all stores
• Movie Galley Closing all stores
• Pep Boys Closing 33 stores
• Sprint/Nextel closing 133 stores
• JC Penney closing a number of stores after January
• Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores.
• Wilson Leather closing down all stores
• Sharper Image closing down all stores
• K B Toys closing 356 stores
• Loews to close down some stores
• Dillard’s to close some stores

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November 27, 2008

First Thanksgiving Without My Father

Posted at: 10:20 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Rants and Randomness

Today was the first Thanksgiving without my father. I know that over the next months there will be a lot of first _____ without him, but it is very hard. The holidays are the time when our family, just like many others, spent the most time together. We had certain traditions that will change and memories we shared.

I know that Thanksgiving is all about giving thanks and there are plenty of things to be thankful for. There are some people who don’t have food to eat or a place to live. Don’t get me wrong, I have food to eat and a place to live, but it still doesn’t change the fact about how much it hurts to not spend time with my dad. Some point I will be able to be thankful during the holidays, but it won’t be for a little bit.

To all those who have the chance to spend time with their loved ones, I hope you enjoyed it and make sure to remember the time you get to spend with them.

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