Archive for April, 2010
I’ve had problems with some skin products causing toxic reactions just from what is absorbed through the skin (especially instant tanners). I got this product because I wanted something pure. I was additionally pleased with the smell and the texture. It soaks in nicely, and with a month’s use now, my 60 year old hands look more like 45. I’m definitely sticking with Kiss My Face.
Kiss My Face Fragrance
wonderful story so good i read it in one day and wished it was longer
HOMAK BK07062400 Home Owner
I love my Kindle! I have always been an avid reader and as a high school English teacher, I am constantly trying to stay up to date with what my students are reading. I generally read 4-5 novels a month in order to keep up with the currently literature trends and for my personal reading. I also have at least 2-3 books for my Masters program that I am reading at the same time. I generally would spend an average of $50-$100 a month on books.
Now with my Kindle, I buy more books and spend about $20-$50. I also like that the Kindle allows you to read multiple books at the same time and it keeps your place in each book. I also like the notes and highlighting features which allow me to flip back to important passages with just a couple clicks. It stores all my information and there is no hassle of multiple sticky notes and having to always have a highlighter and pen.
I know that before I bought my Kindle, I was one of those people who likes the feel of a book in my hand and actual paper! Looking back though, I wouldn’t trade my Kindle for a book. I have access to my 185+ current collection anywhere I go! I also have access to my notes for my Masters Program right there without carrying around 3 textbooks.
The last thing I love about my Kindle is that my mom and I share a Kindle account on Amazon. One thing that is not often advertized is that you can have up to 3-5 (don’t remember for sure) Kindles all linked to one account. So when my mom finds a book she likes, she goes out and buys it and then suddenly it appears on my Kindle and vice versa. It is great! We used to buy 3-4 copies of the same book because she and I often want to read the same thing at the same time. Now we can! She can read the same book that I am at the same time and we can be on two different pages and our Kindles keep track, under one account.
I highly highly recommend this product. I never write reviews for anything- but I specifically got on today to write this because I LOVE t
Classic Straight USB Cable
I own an office cleaning business and it’s as good as any vac I’ve used with one caveat…sand and grit get embedded in the hard plastic wheels and scratch hardwood floors – especially if your woods floors are dark. It becomes like “rolling sandpaper.” Bummer, we just installed the floors. GREAT VAC JUST KEEP OFF THE HARDWOOD.
Canvas Print Memories of
Excellent product, the ear buds does not work in ipod, sent it in and a replacement in less than a week…excellent
Super Sensitive Octava Violin
Is Kathryn Stockett’s The Help a good book? Well, heck yeah! Ranked #8 in Amazon sales on the day I write this, featured on radio station interviews, a great TV interview of Stockett by Katie Couric, chosen by my county library system to be the foundation of a week long discussion/author visit/workshop on race relations, it succeeds on many levels. When a book gets to the point where multiple friends begin to say “Have you read The Help? It’s GREAT!”, one either has to either go with the flow (which I do, with only a few weak attempts to swim upstream, more on this in a bit), or be declared an arrogant and elitist snob. Though I’ve had both those adjectives attached to me before, I like The Help. I DO like it, with a couple of feeble objections, which I’ll get to.
Stockett’s story is about much more than bad white people treating African American maids poorly, though it does indeed give a fascinating portrayal of 1963-1964 Jackson, Mississippi’s overpowering culture of racism. Though white on black racism is front and center, the cruelty of white on white cultural prejudices, including rich versus poor, educated versus uneducated, landed versus landless, is never out of the picture. The book is also a powerful reminder of how society runs when women are treated as living corsages, rather than as thinking and potent humans. Though Stockett addresses, with varying levels of completeness, all of these issues, as well as educational inequities and domestic abuse, she’s still not done with the reader. Stockett has even more to say.
I suspect that the enormous appeal that this book has demonstrated with readers is linked to this: Stockett’s characters don’t emerge from battle with nicks that can be cured with a dab of Neosporin and a Band-Aid. They emerge with serious wounds, and they are willing to shed their own blood in pursuing their cause. Taking on a serious cause means living with fear, risking serious bodily harm, and in some cases, laying one’s l
Zmruz Oczy PAL System
The author does a very good job with this subject matter and character development. Overall, very good and I would recommend it. I would even read another book. As an African American woman whose grandmother and great aunts worked as domestics, it was tough to get through at times, however the author’s naive sense of what it means to be black in America during the 60s with no education, helped to keep me reading. Overall, good storyline! – Trinice S. Moses – New Jersey
New Year s Grand
Have been working with MS Works and MS Word Perfect and the old version of Word. Works is good but not that great. About the same for Word Perfect. 2007 version is going to take some getting used to but once I figure it all out, I’m sure I will love it. Amazon did a great job with the order. Once ordered it only took about 3 days and it arrived in very good condition. Amazon does a good job. Will continue using them.
Blinker
It is a little bulky but it has been the best one I have owned. With other GPS enabled devices they get so complicated but this one is easy to use. And it is very accurate. The HRM strap is comfortable. Everything about it rocks.
G Shock Mini 6900
I have a 35 lb corgi mixed with black and tan coonhound. He has a waterproof overcoat and a soft, seasonal undercoat that clogs vaccuums simply because there is soo much of it. I thought the large would be too big for him because he’s a small-medium sized dog but it was actually perfect. It worked so well–he looked like a completely different dog! Using this thing regularly will keep shedding down and make him a happier dog. You can actually see the difference in his coat, he is slimmer and smoother. I would recommend this to anyone with any pet!
Sony MDR SA3000 DJ