A Massachusetts woman held a yard sale last month. Included in the items sold were three factory-sealed Pokémon Team Rocket booster boxes belonging to her father. Unbeknownst to her, the Pokémon boxes were worth a lot of money. TCGPlayer currently lists similar factory-sealed Pokémon Team Rocket booster boxes for around $14,000 a box. According to …
My wife and I attended the 2023 Maryland Toy Expo yesterday. It’s held annually at the Maryland State Fairgrounds located north of Baltimore. We’ve never been but decided to go this year. There’s a monthly regional toy show held in nearby Greencastle, Pennsylvania. We occasionally go and usually find something to buy while we are …
Dave Ramsey is a conservative evangelical Christian talk radio host. He specializes in personal finance with a Biblical perspective. Ramsey teaches that debt is not only bad, it’s Biblically wrong. He has a seven-step system called the Baby Steps. It’s taught online and in person in churches all over the country. Ramsey is not just …
Wizards of the Coast, the company that owns the Dungeons & Dragons franchise, announced it is removing the term “race” from the game. From the D&D Beyond blog: Dungeons & Dragons has a history of evolving to meet the needs of our players and foster an inviting space for everyone. With that in mind, we …
I purchased two Funko Pop figures and three premium hard-plastic protectors from the Funko Shop last week. UPS delivered everything on Wednesday. I noticed immediately that the box arrived damaged. I opened it and discovered the two boxed figures were damaged, too. Both figures are limited-edition figures. The Black Adam figure is only available through …
Former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) civilian contractor and leaker of secrets, Edward Snowden is now a Russian citizen. Congratulations? From Military.com: Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed Monday by the Russian leader. Snowden is one of 75 foreign citizens listed …
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, died today. She was 96. Queen Elizabeth reigned for 70 years. She’s the only monarch most Britons have ever known. Replacing her on the throne will be her oldest son, Prince Charles. He will become king. As if the people of the United Kingdom don’t already have enough …
I wanted a way of displaying the current date in WordPress. Ideally, I wanted to use a shortcode that would display it. After I checked out the built-in shortcodes native to WordPress, and verified there was not a shortcode for displaying the current date, I looked for a plugin that did it. I found quite a few …
Today is the 246th year anniversary of the United States becoming its own country. Before July 4, 1976, the original 13 states were English colonies. If it wasn’t for a bunch of slave owning white men thinking that paying tax on the tea they drink was one of the most immoral things they could be …
Lids is returning to the Valley Mall, the Hagerstown region’s premiere indoor shopping experience. It’s about time. The mall had a Lids store for as long as I can remember. It then suddenly shut down a few years ago, eventually getting replaced with a cellphone accessory store. That left only one Lids store in the …