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The Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon off Battleground Avenue in Greensboro lets the tykes eat free on Tuesdays off the kids' menu, according to mykidseatfree.com.

As a side item, before you toss the junk mail, be on the lookout for any free appetizer coupons from Lone Star. You'll see one in the mail from time to time (I believe it's something like get a free appetizer with the purchase of two entrees).

A portable "lapdesk" for your laptop is on sale for $20 at Staples until Saturday. (Regular $30.)

Get an Xbox 360 with the bells and whistles (wireless controller, 20-GB hard drive, etc.) for $360 for new customers at overstock.com, notes dealspl.us.

Win a new Madden NFL 07 game to boot and you'll be in hog, I mean pigskin, heaven.

Each Friday, Amazon.com has deals on a bunch of stuff worth of checking out, so says dealnews.com .

Includes deals on 150 items such as clothes, grills, furniture, kitchen gadgets, watches, GPSs.

What you need to know, (store schedules, what's included, etc.) in good 'ole plain English, here.

CompUSA has a 17-inch LCD monitor on sale for $130 (regular $200).

Sears has the King Kong video game on sale for $20 for the Xbox 360. That's a good deal when you consider 360 games typically sell for $60. And Kong is a fun game.

I'm playing the Xbox version as we speak (got that for $18 used last week). Enjoy killing mutant bugs and dinos so far but can't wait for the main course - doing battle as Kong, kicking some dino arse and wreaking havoc in New York.

Ahhh. There's nothing like unleashing your inner Kong after a long day at the office.

Apple is selling refurbished iPod Nanos (4GB) for $170, notes Dealcatcher.com and other shopping Web sites.

Looks like you could save a chunk of change.

Pep Boys has a back-up camera that mounts to your rear license plate on sale for $120 (regular $130).

For less than the price of a soda (sodas aren't good for you anyway), you can get your hands on 176 pages of Discover the Triad fun.

Now I call that a bargain. I'll let the boss man explain further.

Update: It's also online at news-record.com's home page:

Here's the link if you want to bookmark it.

Jack's Corner at 1601 Spring Garden St. is the main course in this week's Go Triad Cheap Eats column.

Best bet, according to Luke McIntyre, is the beef and lamb gyro combo for $6.28. Prices are $5-$8.

Dealspl.us notes a waterproof camera on sale at TheTechGeek.com for $17. Regular $21.

Waterproof up to 100 feet, reloadable, built-in flash. Shipping is free.

Now if only you could tell that fish to smile and say cheese.

That's what GreensboroGasPrices.com, a GasBuddy Web site, is reporting this morning concerning the lowest price of gas in the Triad area. But hey, the morning's still young.

Not that paying $2.73 is something to celebrate. But that's lower, not higher, than what was reported at that Web site late last week.

Maybe it gets better before it gets worse?

I'll have to ask our resident gas guru - Don Patterson - about it.

So says Delly Tamer, president and chief executive officer of LetsTalk.com, in an Associated Press article regarding the rise in prepaid cell phones' popularity.

Kmart has a TracFone Nokia prepaid for $30. Includes 60 minutes of air time.

CompUSA has a Vivicam 6 megapixel digital camera for $100 after rebates (regular $160).

Good primer on deciding how many megapixels you need.

If you need to replace or upgrade your cell phone but are reeling from sticker shock at the local cell phone store, there may another alternative.

You can get an upgraded replacement for just under half the retail price at eBay, according to Jennifer Openshaw's column at marketwatch.com.

That's what GreensboroGasPrices.com, a GasBuddy Web site, is now reporting this morning concerning the lowest price of gas in the Triad area. It was $2.74 a gallon on Monday.

What's going on?

I heard WSJS mention gas prices were falling on the radio this morning. They interviewed someone at AAA.

I'll let you know when we're doing a follow to the last story we wrote about gas, which said prices averaged just below $3 a gallon statewide Aug. 8.

Update: We have a story about gas prices scheduled to run in Friday's paper.

Coupons are now being featured online through at the News & Record's Triad Marketplace. Scroll to the bottom and click the coupons link.

Let's face it. You need a 61-inch television to see all the NFL action up close and personal. Don't expect me to come over, raid your fridge and take over the couch on Sundays with some embarrassing 60-inch or - God forbid - something even smaller.

Dealnews.com mentions a Samsung 61-inch is on sale at Amazon.com for $1,940 shipped.

The trend downward continues. Don Patterson has a story about gas prices scheduled to run Saturday that will no doubt shed some light on what the heck's going on since we last wrote about it.

Dealnews.com lists more than 90 deals ending today. A few samples:

* $100 off any laptop at BestBuy.com

* 10 percent off orders of $199 or more at CircuitCity.com

* Free shipping coupon at CompUSA.com

The Ham's in the Brassfield Shopping Center off Battleground Ave has a deal on Mondays where kids eat for 99 cents, according to MyKidsEatFree.com.

The News & Record recently asked gamers to tell us the wackiest thing that's ever happened to them over a video game for a chance to win a "Madden NFL 07" Xbox 360 game and a wireless Xbox 360 controller. You won't believe some of the responses, but you'll have to buy a copy of today's News & Record to check them out. Still a bargain for 50 cents.

More here.

Find out who won by listening to the GameBuzz podcast here.

The GameBuzz crew: Katie Reetz, Louis Bekoe (left) and Mike Fuchs.

A video at marketwatch.com tries to answer how much stock you can take into appliance labels that promise to save you energy and money.

According to dealcatcher.com, there's an online coupon good toward 30 percent off your purchases at Foot Locker.

Northwest Airlines, which is under bankruptcy protection, offers advice for employees on how to better handle their money, including this gem, according to the Washington Post (registration required):

"Don't be shy about pulling something you like out of the trash."

Hmmm.

"It's not that any of these tips is unreasonable -- except for the one recommending Dumpster diving -- it's the gall of a company under bankruptcy protection telling its employees how to better handle their money, and in a frivolous, humiliating manner," Michelle Singletary writes.

Want cheap gas? Get in line early.

Cricket Communications is providing gas for 99 cents per gallon to the first 100 people in line at Fairway One-Stop, 1010 Main St. in High Point., at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Purchases are limited to 10 gallons. Cars will be allowed to line up at 6 a.m., according to a news release.

Cheapest gas in the Triad as of Monday morning is $2.54 (not including members-only places), according to greensborogasprices.com.

You can get it for that price at the Sheetz off Interstate 85/40 in Mebane.

Dealnews.com spotted this deal: Get 10 percent off almost everything at Target.com, including gadgets and furniture, using this online coupon code.

Expires Wednesday.

The Friendly Center in Greensboro is having a Labor Day sidewalk sale Saturday on stuff including outdoor clothing, equipment, pet supplies, shoes, toys and furniture.

But you'll probably need an umbrella.

No, not the Beast, although don't knock it. Lot of fond memories of the Beast in college. Hold on. There's something in my eye.

We're talking Budweiser, baby. Just in time for Labor Day weekend (coincidence? Hmmm.), Harris Teeter has cases of Bud Light, Miller Lite and Coors Light for $11.77 each (limit two). That comes to about 50 cents a brew.

There's a coupon good toward 12 percent off the price on orders at Overstock.com, according to Dealcatcher.com. There are some items that are excluded.

Shipping is $1.