This Just In January 2017...

January 2017

This Just In...

Happy New Year.

We're still at it here at, "This Just In..." and we intend to continue to bring you seven minutes of escape every month. We will fill that time with ideas and notions and observations that challenge and enlighten. Well, OK, we may have a bit of fun in there as well. Plus, there will be the occasional opportunity for financial gain as well!

We thank all of you who enter our contests (you know who you are) every month and we regret that we can't give all of you a prize. Just knowing you're playing is enough for us!

So please let's make 2017 better that 2016. Way better.

Surprise Visit

Mr. & Mrs Claus (25 year customers of Daniels) stopped by to say hello to everyone at Daniels. Greeting them is our very own director of sales, Lori Minikowski. So what did you get from Santa this year?

I Just can't Explain It.

You know that feeling...when you're trying to explain an experience but the person listening just doesn't get it. It's called Exulansis. Here are 22 more emotions that people feel, but simply can't explain.

Sonder: The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.
Opia: The ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable.
Monachopsis: The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.
Énouement: The bittersweetness of having arrived in the future, seeing how things turn out, but not being able to tell your past self.
Vellichor: The strange wistfulness of used bookshops.
Rubatosis: The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.
Kenopsia: The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet.
Mauerbauertraurigkeit: The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like.
Jouska: A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.
Chrysalism: The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.
Vemödalen: The frustration of photographic something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist.
Anecdoche: A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening
Ellipsism: A sadness that you'll never be able to know how history will turn out.
Kuebiko: A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence.
Lachesism: The desire to be struck by disaster - to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire.
Adronitis: Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone.
Rückkehrunruhe: The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness.
Nodus Tollens: The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore.
Onism: The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time.
Liberosis: The desire to care less about things.
Altschmerz: Weariness with the same old issues that you've always had - the same boring flaws and anxieties that you've been gnawing on for years.
Occhiolism: The awareness of the smallness of your perspective

This Is Driving Us Bat Crazy

So in 1939 Batman made his debut in the comics. He's been updated and upgraded and outfitted in a ton of different outfits. We thought, for reasons that escape us, that you'd be interested in seeing his various Bat suits!

Click here for full size pdf image.

*Click on the image when you land on the page to see it at 100%

Warm It Up!

Daniels is happy to start the New Year off with a warm and toasty offer:

$100 off installation of White Mountain Gas Log Sets.

These log sets can heat an entire room or provide supplemental heat for those super cold days and nights. They come vented or unvented to fit any firebox and maybe best of all - they work when you lose power - giving you heat and light. They're clean, quiet and you'll never haul frozen wood or nasty ashes again. One call and you'll be toasty all winter!

Call: 860 813 9112

Save $100

Two Minute Escapes

Start the New Year with good oral hygiene.

Visit the Dentist of Japur.

Got the Blues? You Need A Dose of Big Mama Thornton.

If you just want to ROCK IT OUT - introducing (at least for me) The Arctic Monkeys

Who Is This?

Daniels Energy Savings Special Savings News

He's an Academy Award winner who can do it all. But, who is he? Tell us here and you may win a $25 Amazon gift card.

NEVER EVER, EVER AGAIN!

You're in the shower, singing along with the Bee Gees, and then someone downstairs flushes a toilet or starts the dishwasher and suddenly you're singing an octave higher!

The hot water is gone! It's like brittle pieces of ice coming from that formerly hot shower. No more.

Call Daniels now. (Well, after you've dried yourself) and ask us about to:

Save $350 on the

Rinnai On Demand

Tankless Water Heater.

It will mean the end of running out of hot water!

Call now

860 813 9112

Last Month's Winners

Just a quick reminder, we average approximately 75-100 people entering our monthly contests. We go through all the entries and of all those with the correct answer we select one lucky winner.

Jim C identified the Phillippines as the place where people go"dotty" at New Year and Ed R correctly identified the Fire Fall (no longer allowed) at Yosemite. Thanks to all who entered!

Please know that we love the fact that you all play with us each month and we hope you will continue to enjoy doing so.

The Venerable Book Bench

Visitors to London had an extra attraction to seek out - book-shaped benches scattered across the capital. Not only are they are a beautiful tribute to some of the best London-themed literature, but they are raising money for a great cause. What's say we consider starting our own tradition here in Central Connecticut. Thoughts?