Immunocal is a product 30 years in the making. It all started when Dr. Buonos wanted to help trauma patients heal faster, and after years of research, study, and trials, Immunocal was created. This all natural health supplement is derived from cow's milk and boosts your immune system. It is the only natural supplement found in the PDR (Physician's Desk Reference). Immunocal basic...

When I was in high school, back when the economy wasn't as deflated as my self-image, my family went on a Tauck Tour to England, Scotland and Wales. It was the first time I had ever been to Europe and I had more fun than a geek watching "Howl's Moving Castle." Tauck is a great company. Most of the trip is done by bus, and there is a guide that tells you about each place you vi...

  "Some time ago, never mind how long precisely", I needed something to keep my boobs up under my strapless prom dress. As a 30-something D - DD, I knew a strapless bra wasn't going to cut it. So, I went shopping for a corset. Now, I'm no wimp when it comes to restrictive corsetry, I have been in a number of musicals that required terribly painful costumes so one for prom...

 "Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me" back at campus, I left with a friend to the city of Oxford. We had been studying in England for a semester and thought that it would be great to go explore during one of our weekends. Being the nerds that we were, we settled for Oxford, home of Tolkien ...

Axis and Allies is the ultimate strategy board game. You basically reenact WWII on a table but with less war crimes. The game is similar to Risk but is much more complicated and much more awesome. Two to five players represent a different world power (America, Russia, and Brittain for the Allies and Germany and Japan for the Axis) and form two teams. These two teams strategize over how to beat ...

Ever wish you could un-read something? I wish I could un-read Eragon. This fantasy epic (and I use that term liberally) is about a young boy who finds a dragon, befriends a warrior, and goes on an adventure to save the realm! Paolini was 13 when he started writing this book and it shows. It reads like something a pre-pubescent boy would write. Paolini has no doubt become a better writer with ag...

My love affair with Hannibal Lecter prompted me to see this movie. I am a huge fan of Anthony Hopkins so I wasn't sure how good this new movie would be. I expected it to be pretty bad, so I was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be enjoyable (in a dismembering, flesh-eating kind of way). The movie tells the story of Hannibal Lecter's youth, and attempts to rationalize why h...

I'm not going to lie; I'm not very good at computer games. I was an "Oregon Trail" kid growing up but haven't played much else until I discovered Zoo Tycoon 2. Good gosh, this game is addicting. I pretty much fail at any other type of computer or video games but I can build one hell of a zoo! I was surprised at how much I learned playing this game even though I'm alrea...

This is one of the most amazing books I have ever read, and I have read a LOT of books. Who knew a story about rabbits could be so good? This really isn't your average tale about Fluffy and Thumper; this is a psychologically and emotionally complex book that stays in your mind long after you've put it down. It tells the tale of a small group of rabbits who have to leave their home and f...

I recently visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with my father and an uncle. I am a nature lover and a bit of an amateur Zoologist, so I had a pretty good time. The Smoky Mountains sport some of the world's most breathtaking views, especially when the fog rolls down the slopes. As far as animals go, the park has thriving white tailed deer, wild turkey, and black bear populations,...

Oman, it's the California of Arabia. I travelled there for a week (well, more than a week, but I'll get to that later) with my younger sis, my father, and my Uncle. We had a splendid time! At first, we weren't even planning on going to Oman. We were hanging out in Qatar and just about to go to Nepal when Nepal broke out into another one of its yearly civil wars. The State Department...

Tight tights! What do you get when you add Cary Elwes, Mel Brooks, and lots of green tights together? You get pure, unstopable hilarity. Many people, including myself, grew up watching this movie. Robin Hood, Men in Tights, is by far the best movie adaptation of the Robin Hood legends ever. Elwes makes Kevin Costner look like a dacaying sea bass. This movie became an instant classic when i...

This review is for the Special Edition, I just didn't have enough room to put that in the title. For those of you who aren't familiar with Monty Python, it was a British comedy show that was freaking amazing. Well, they also made this movie, and nerds everywhere have it memorized. This movie tells the tale of King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail...and then goes off on so many...

Okay, this might verge on TMI, but it's important to the review. When I was very young, I went through some really crappy times and was on the verge of a mental breakdown. I was in middle school and didn't know what depression was, so I just assumed I was just going insane. Isn't that wonderful? Anyway, my family got me help, but because I had hidden my depression for so l...

This book was very popular, and looked interesting enough, so I gave it a shot. It was ... okay. This book was described as, 'A Rogue Economist's Explores the Hidden Side of Everything." Well, "everything," being parenting, real estate, teaching, and cime. The discussions about children's names and parenting styles were fun, but a good deal of their other theories see...

  In my humble yet accurate opinion, the San Diego Wild Animal Park is even better than the San Diego Zoo. It covers over 1,800 acres and is home to about 3,000 animals. The great thing about the Park is that the enclosures are huge, and many different species coexist within the same exhibits. The Park breeds many endangered species and has a huge "frozen zoo" where they store th...

Any shirt can be made better with a picture of a dinosaur on it. Dinosaurs add a whole new dimension of coolness to a shirt. In fact, I can't think of any reason why a shirt would have something else on it.  I bought this shirt online as soon as I saw it. It is an ugly olive green color, but there's an apatosaurus on it so it's cool. Below the dino are the immortal words, "...

  Zebras don't believe in personal space. Neither do addax nor fallow deer. I learned these and many more interesting tidbits at the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose, Texas. My father and I visited there in May, on our way to California from Indiana via a rather non-direct route. It is basically a drive-through wildlife park. The animals live on 1700 acres and a 9 mile drive tak...

  Know what I love? Taxidermy. I don't practice the art myself, but nothing says relaxed enjoyment like walking through halls adorned with long-dead exotic wildlife whose glassy eyes follow you around like silent sentinels from the otherworld. Know where you can find a TON of dead, stuffed animals on display? The Field Museum in Chicago. Sure, there are other things to see at the world...

  Do you enjoy being terrified? Do you love learning about deadly viruses that kill in the messiest of ways? If so, The Hot Zone is the book for you. I first read this book when I was in middle school and it made me afraid of everything for about a week. But, the book was so good that I just couldn't put it down. I loaned it to a friend and she lived in constant fear of the Ebola virus...