{"id":11608,"date":"2012-03-21T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=11608"},"modified":"2020-12-24T07:40:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T17:40:11","slug":"announcement-new-impulsive-buy-reviewer-adam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/21\/announcement-new-impulsive-buy-reviewer-adam\/","title":{"rendered":"ANNOUNCEMENT: New Impulsive Buy Reviewer Adam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hola, Impulsive Buy readers.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nI&#8217;m Adam, and as the newest member of the The Impulsive Buy team, I&#8217;ll be subverting your all too worthwhile endeavor of kicking the &#8220;Latte factor&#8221; purchases\u00c2\u00a0in your life,\u00c2\u00a0further playing havoc to your\u00c2\u00a0personal economy and giving your mother yet another reason to say &#8220;I told you so,&#8221; at those dreaded family functions we call &#8220;dinner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I suppose this is the time when I say something significant about myself to distinguish me from the myriad of other product reviewers on this site and others. Well, I won&#8217;t lie &#8212; I pretty much meet your standard definition of a blogger. Six years after\u00c2\u00a0diving into the\u00c2\u00a0world of\u00c2\u00a0blogging under the dubious premise of adding to my &#8220;portfolio&#8221; as a sports writer, I&#8217;ve been sucked into the crazy world of link dropping and taking pictures of dollar menu purchases, all the while making every effort to reference obscure Star Wars books and World War II battles. I&#8217;ll try to keep those to a minimum here, but I&#8217;d be remiss if I didn&#8217;t shamelessly plug my own faith and breakfast cereal inspired blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/cerealandfootball.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Option Pitch and Waffle Crisp<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nAs for my food philosophy, you only need to know three things. <\/p>\n<p>1) I have a stash of French Toast Crunch and Waffle Crisp\u00c2\u00a0in my basement that I&#8217;m saving for the Cerealpocalypse.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2) I could survive on a steady diet of boiled chicken liver and frozen peas\u00c2\u00a0if need be. <\/p>\n<p>3) The only food I&#8217;ve ever found truly repulsive is the olive. \u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nNeedless to say, I won&#8217;t be reviewing olives here. Anything else is fair game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hola, Impulsive Buy readers. \u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m Adam, and as the newest member of the The Impulsive Buy team, I&#8217;ll be subverting your all too worthwhile endeavor of kicking the &#8220;Latte factor&#8221; purchases\u00c2\u00a0in your life,\u00c2\u00a0further playing havoc to your\u00c2\u00a0personal economy and giving your mother yet another reason to say &#8220;I told you so,&#8221; at those dreaded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[276],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10772,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/06\/announcement-support-the-impulsive-buy-this-gift-giving-season\/","url_meta":{"origin":11608,"position":0},"title":"ANNOUNCEMENT: Support The Impulsive Buy This Gift Giving Season","author":"Marvo","date":"December 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This holiday season, if you're planning to purchase something from Amazon for your family, friends, co-workers, or lover(s), might I suggest when you do so, you use The Impulsive Buy's Amazon link below or in the right sidebar. 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