I am not much of a fashion guru, but will admit to having a definite penchant for the "Affliction" clothing brand. Affliction make high-priced t-shirts, jeans and accessories which can be seen regularly on TV sported by such people as Brett Michaels and Criss Angel.Angel, especially, has brought the Affliction brand into the spotlight by consistently wearing their clothing on his TV s...

I'm pretty sure that most of us as kids rember our Mom's and aunts buying Avon products and stinking out the house with the waft of cheap perfume, but Avon has come a long way since then and one of their newer products is a line of men's cosmetics to which baseball star, Derek Jeter, lends his name.I was a little skeptical to be honest but decided to keep an open mind and try the bo...

I am always very skeptical when I see a product that I have used for ages try to re-invent the wheel and come out with an updated version of the original. Such was the case with my Irish Spring body wash. During a recent trip to Wal-Mart, I picked up the familair green bottle and din't realize till shower time that I had actually picked up a new version of Irish Spring called "Moisture...

A little over a year ago, I was diagnosed with depression and GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder). My doctor recommended that I try Lexapro to see if that would help with my problems. It was with great reluctance, as I am somewhat averse to taking meds of any sort, that I decided to give it a try.The results were quick and borderline miraculous. Within 3 days of going on the medication, almost a...

Given my new single status and my need to live on a much tighter budget, I decided on of the cuts (no pun intended) I had to make was in my shaving supplies. I was shelling out way too much for those Gillette triple blades and thought it was time to find a reasonably priced alternative.I decided to go back to the disposables and hoped to find one that wouldn't tear off half my face and leav...

How many times have you been on vacation or travelling for work and ended up stuck in a crummy hotel room with nothing on TV but 3 channels; 1 religious, one that looks like it's being beamed in from Latvia, and ESPN? You've probably sat there and wished you had your own TV with you, well now you can.Slingbox is an ingenious little device that attaches to you Tivo or cable box and lets ...

Let me start this out with a small confession. I can't start my day without a cup of coffee, at least, not if I want to get through it in one piece. With that in mind, I recently moved into my own apartment and number one item on my shopping list was a coffee maker.Given that I was working within the confines of a pretty tight budget, I tore myself away from the stainless steel pots with ti...

I am a natural born scribbler. As someone who writes, a lot, I tend to have pens and legal pads laying around all the time which all, at one point or another, seem to go missing. My aprtment is not big enough to conceal these items, yet there seems to be some sort of Bermuda Triangle effect going on between my living room, office and kitchen.With that in mind, I decided to stock up on pens and ...

For those of you who don't know, I was born and raised in Scotland which is where I developed my sweet tooth. Who am I kidding? It's not so much a single sweet tooth as a whole mouthful of porcelain candy chompers.I now live in the US, but am fortunate enough to have a little store close by that sells nothing but candies and food imported from the UK. On a recent trip, I picked up a pac...

Anyone who has even the most fleeting interest in soccer will realize that the European Championships are currently taking place in Austria/Switzerland and to commemorate the event, EA Sports had released their latest piece of sports gaming brilliance.Just about every country in Europe you can think of, plus those you didn't even know existed, are featured in the game, all of them rendered ...

Lincoln Child is probably best known for his collaborations with Douglas Preston in such best sellers as "Relic", "Riptide", and "Thunderhead". Together they have achieved great success, thanks, in large part, to the vast wealth of technical info they jam into their fast paced novels, but alone, Mr Child seems to flounder."Deep Storm" tells the tale of a ...

I purchased my new cell phone a couple of months ago, but rather than rush into a hasty review, I decided to give it some time in order to get over my initial disappointment.The Marbl is made by Kyocera, a brand that I have had good experiences with in the past, and is for use with the Virgin Mobile cell service. Let'sstart with the good; the phone is a bargain at $9.99, comes in a variety ...