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Archive for May, 2010

I was unsure if the Kindle was going to bring all its glory in México, (I am living at Monterrey México). According to Amazon some services where not going to be available here, but its been 2 months now and it works great! I have purchased a few books instantly, and I am able to browse the wikipedia, mobile espn, amazon store, etc. I am very happy with my purchase! No regrets!
Blueair ECO10 Energy Star

My 4 year old, husband and even my 80 year old grandparents play this game!!
Dogswell Happy Hips Duck

I had been using the memory card that came with my Canon Powershot for 1 year. It didn’t hold many pictures, but it worked well. This card will take about 1800 (8MP) pictures on my camera. But the write speed is slow. Much slower than the card that came with my camera. There is about a 5-second writing delay, while the other one takes about 2-seconds.
Philips Avent DECT baby

I really liked how this worked; like most reviewers I didn’t think it would stay on the dashboard or allow me to move it around–but it did. However, after some time it loses flexibility and stops gripping–that is, you can put it on your dashboard but it’s just lying there–it no longer has much/any traction and will easily fall off. I’ve done some dangerous things as I’ve lunged to keep it from flying off–now I never accelerate rapidly or turn sharply because it will fly off. I also have to push it further back on the dash (to a flatter place) than I would like visually to keep it from falling off.

I’ve had it now about a year although it hasn’t been “working” correctly for months. I live in a very hot climate which perhaps plays a role but it’s only on the dash when I’m driving; I hide the Garmin at all other times. So its exposure to high heat isn’t that bad.

I’m now buying a new one–which I suppose gives a mixed message. $23 for 6 – 8 months? Not terrible but far from wonderful.

D Addario Pro Arte

In the audio commentary on this disc, Todd McFarlane says that he included a lot of violence and sexual situations in this first season to grab the viewer’s attention and let them know what kind of show Spawn is going to be, and he isn’t kidding. Also, this first season is overwhelmed with constant voiceovers by the Cogliostro character. He is constantly telling us what Spawn is going through emotionally, which is sometimes helpful in providing information on Spawn’s past and present situations, but only until he starts repeating himself. Once you’ve heard about how Spawn is going through a deep inner conflict, struggling to regain his humanity, I promise you won’t need to hear it again. Rather than hear him tell me about Spawn, I would prefer to see Spawn show us what he is going through on his own, especially with the wonderful voice work for the Spawn character by Keith David. These two aspects of this first season almost overshadow the basic themes and characters that make Spawn an interesting story to begin with. But luckily, the show’s creators are more focused in the second year, and all the explanation and mood-setting done in this lesser first attempt set up what is a much better second season.
Todd McFarlane s Spawn

My mom got the steamvac because we were baby setting a dog and every time she came in the house
she would get the floor/carpet dirty or, she might throw up. The vac is cool because my mom doesn’t
have to mop and get the floor wet. Really cool product. Works great on carpet and linoleum.
T SHIRT WOMAN LIGHT

I got this idea from my sister, who, with her husband, drive a huge, pre-packaged Red Cross truck into disaster areas. They were in Florida for a month, due to a hurricane. There was no safe water. Same when they were in New Orleans. Everybody used baby wipes. I am in charge of emergency preparation in this [tiny] area of California, where we have earthquakes, too much water [floods] or too little [drought!]. So [at my personal expense, even though I am age 73 and must try to survive on peanuts from social security!] I am adding baby wipes to our very limited supplies of first aid kits, food, tools for turning off natural gas, etc. Do NOT hope somebody else does this for you, when disaster comes, there is never enough to go around. Prepare yourself, NOW! Get training from Red Cross!
Pampers Swipers Baby Wipes

I have to admit I’ve held off on reading this series for a long time. I had mixed feelings about it. I thought it wouldn’t be very good and since it was a YA (young adult) novel I thought it wouldn’t hold my interest. I finally broke down and started reading it, boy was I wrong! Stephanie Meyer is an excellent author she truly amazes me. I felt like I was right there with the characters and I could feel every emotion they had. I hated to see the book end although they are fairly long I was longing for them to be even longer than they were. I didn’t want them to end. All the books in the series are terrific! I was so unhappy when I finished the last book because I had no more to read. I really miss the characters and being so absorbed in the books. I hope she writes another one soon. I just can’t believe it took me so long to enjoy this series. I’m in my mid 30’s and I thought the books were wonderful please don’t miss out!! You can enjoy them at any age.
Signs from the Heart

About one third way through the book, I started dreading when it was over. This book transports you to the dark secrets of a circus, bright and attractive visuals, love, hate, and a character that transforms before your eyes!
The author has a wonderful way of being concise, yet still making the story come alive with great detail.

I LOVE THIS BOOK. I cried when it was over BECAUSE it was over. It is my favorite book and all of my past favorites are classics. I am afraid that I will never find another book filled with the elements I like again.

If you are attracted to the past, history, the circus, a little non-cheesy romance, READ THIS!

The FBI and the

If you don’t want to ruin your vehicle with a suction cup holder this is what you need to buy. You can place it anywhere in your car. The bottom of the garmin portable mount seems to stick to about anything. I never had it move on me when I used it. I like to sit it down between my seats so it isn’t up by the windshield. And sometimes the passengers want to see where the next gas station or food place is, so they can just pick it up really easily and look at it. When they are done it can be placed right back to where I had it. Great product for anyone that doesn’t want to mess with the suction cup holders.
Philosophy and humanism Renaissance