{"id":268,"date":"2005-08-09T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2005-08-09T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/08\/09\/happy-first-anniversary-or-happy-blogiversary\/"},"modified":"2005-08-15T00:08:10","modified_gmt":"2005-08-15T10:08:10","slug":"happy-first-anniversary-or-happy-blogiversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/08\/09\/happy-first-anniversary-or-happy-blogiversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy First Anniversary!!!  (Or Happy Blogiversary!!!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;padding-left:10px;border:none;\" src=\"\/images\/100threview.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One year ago today, the first ever review was posted here at the Impulsive Buy, which was for the almost drinkable <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=4 target=_blank>Natural Citrus Listerine<\/a>.  Since then, the Impulsive Buy has posted 217 product reviews.  However, 212 of them suck.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a fun and interesting year here at the Impulsive Buy.  Over the past year, I&#8217;ve shown a <a href=\/images\/strip.mov target=_blank>video<\/a> of me stripping, ate salads for a week, <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/07\/01\/trojan-mint-tingle-condoms\/ target=_blank>deep throated<\/a> a banana, <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=228 target=_blank>removed all the hair<\/a> on my legs, ate <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/07\/06\/harry-potter-bertie-botts-beans\/ target=_blank>vomit jelly beans<\/a>, attempted to consume the entire <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=193 target=_blank>McDonald&#8217;s Dollar Menu<\/a> in one sitting, and outed <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=140 target=_blank>Lucky the Leprechaun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also tried some horrible products, like the overly-peppery <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=13 target=_blank>Salt and Pepper Pringles<\/a>, the Philly-disrespecting <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=96 target=_blank>McDonald&#8217;s Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich<\/a>, the puke-looking <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=107 target=_blank>Maruchan Creamy Alfredo Ramen<\/a>, the dog food-like <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=120 target=_blank>Carb Well Golden Crunch Cereal<\/a>, the powerless and tasteless <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=176 target=_blank>Kellogg&#8217;s Tiger Power Cereal<\/a>, and the diarrhea cha-cha-cha inducing <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=200 target=_blank>Ruffles Light Potato Chips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But I guess I should be glad I didn&#8217;t eat <a href=http:\/\/www.78west.com\/coranto\/iSay.cgi?Page=Comments&#038;ID=EEkFVuVpVFqitomeKb target=_blank>these<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Good times.  Good times.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to thank all of you who come by on a regular basis to read whatever crazy nonsense I write.  I hope that I&#8217;ve entertained you, educated you, and saved you some money.  I promise that I will continue to write nonsense, be your guinea pig, and shove things down my throat that I shouldn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Now to celebrate the Impulsive Buy&#8217;s first anniversary, I&#8217;m going to take the rest of the week off and I&#8217;m going to hold the most kick ass prize drawing in Impulsive Buy history.  <\/p>\n<p>Okay, okay.  I know I said that for the <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/12\/happy-belated-100th-review-day\/ target=_blank>100th review prize drawing<\/a>, but this one will be even better.<\/p>\n<p>Three lucky readers will each receive one mystery box containing various products the Impulsive Buy has reviewed over the past year.  The contents of each box will vary.  For example, one may have the diarrhea cha-cha-cha inducing Ruffles Light Potato Chips and another may not.<\/p>\n<p>To enter the Impulsive Buy&#8217;s First Anniversary Prize Drawing, just leave a comment for THIS post with whatever you want to say.  Please make sure you fill out the email field because I&#8217;ll be emailing the winners for their mailing addresses.  Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t worry about the shipping, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll take care of it.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Impulsive Buy will start accepting entries for the drawing on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 and stop accepting entries on Sunday, August 14, 2005.  Only one entry allowed per person.  The drawing is ONLY open to those in the United States and US Military APOs.  (I apologize to the rest of the world, but shipping the mystery box to anywhere else would be REALLY expensive.)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The winners will be determined by using a big mixing bowl, three aluminum pie pans, a can of whipped cream, and slips of paper with the email of each entrant.  All the entries will be placed into a big mixing bowl and canned whipped cream will be sprayed on top of the entries.  The contents of the bowl will be mixed.<\/p>\n<p>When the entries and whipped cream are mixed well enough, the mixture will be equally divided into the three aluminum pie pans.  I will stick a candle into one of the whipped cream pies, light it, blow it out, and then remove the candle.<\/p>\n<p>Then, with my hands behind my back, I will pull out an entry from each of the three whipped cream pies, using only my mouth.  Those three entries I pull will be the three winners of the Impulsive Buy&#8217;s First Anniversary Prize Drawing.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n<p><small>Fine Print:  The Impulsive Buy promises your email address will not be used to send you spam about how the woman or man of your dreams is waiting for you online.  The Impulsive Buy also promise your mailing address will not be used to send you life insurance policy applications.  The Impulsive Buy will not be responsible for lost mail or your fiance boinking the nanny.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One year ago today, the first ever review was posted here at the Impulsive Buy, which was for the almost drinkable Natural Citrus Listerine. Since then, the Impulsive Buy has posted 217 product reviews. However, 212 of them suck. It&#8217;s been a fun and interesting year here at the Impulsive Buy. 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