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11 Dec 2010

Annual Running of the Santas: Santacon

Santa’s always had a reputation as a bit of a drunkard. Blame the harsh climate of the North Pole, or the VFW hall where mall’s do their Santa recruiting, but beneath those jolly layers of red velvet lives a man who just likes to have a good time. If you

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11 Dec 2010

Goaldiggers FREE Beer Bust

You know what makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside? Helping those in need. You know what else makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside? Booze. It’s not often that I am fortunate enough to combine the two, but this Saturday at Truck, the stars will align resulting in a

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11 Dec 2010

Broke-Ass Porn: Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs

Once a week we present Broke-Ass Porn.  It’s visually stimulating material for the financially impaired.  If this shit doesn’t get you going, you’re not as broke as you thought: My girlfriend keeps telling me I’m a bad investment because I’m probably gonna die prematurely of a heart attack.  But my

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11 Dec 2010

FREE Etsy Craft Nights every Monday

Just as many other broke-asses out there, I spend a lot of time thinking about how I can save money on presents during the holidays without coming across as the cheap person I am. I usually revert back to the old childhood strategy of making things (“If mom liked a

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10 Dec 2010

Happy Hour in SOMA at Maya

My coworker is obsessed with dropping in on Maya after work. Her words: “Yeah, it’s full of douchers, but I can handle assholes for a good deal.” Spoken like a true broke-ass. What sort of deals, you ask? For starters, their happy hour happens every day of the week and

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10 Dec 2010

Trust the Buffalo, Go to the Bell House

I end up writing about a bunch of events at the Bell House, because they always have great stuff like taxidermy contests and oil spill benefit concerts. But in all of these posts, I’ve failed to talk about how much ass The Bell House kicks. It’s tucked away in a

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10 Dec 2010

FREE Drinks, Snacks and Shenanigans at the Mission Holiday Block Party

So much to do this week!  Another reason I love this time of the year — it’s super busy, but in a fun, endless-ugly-sweater-parties kind of way.  Right off the heels of last night’s Divis Art Walk comes tonight’s Mission Holiday Block Party, a FREE event that over forty local stores,

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10 Dec 2010

Approaching Birthdays When You Are Broke and Apathetic

For the broke and insolvent, few events are more dangerous than another’s birthday. Society has decreed that, by virtue of being born, people deserve an annual validation of their existence. Fine, we’ll play along – but only up to a point, because, somewhere along the line, that simple acknowledgment became

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