Comedy sketches using action figures is not a new concept. I remember in the early 1990’s, Jon Stewart (later the host of The Daily Show) made a short using Barbie dolls to parody the survival film, Alive. Probably the most well known example of this comedy style …

I am a freelance writer and artisan, for that reason I make it a point to purchase as many magazines a possible. In my search for a good Art Magazine I came across ‘Art in America’ a very specialized Magazine for the Art lover.
This Magazine runs $7.00 in …

Of all the tabloid rags on the shelves in grocery stores, it seems that OK! Magazine is one of the most reputable ones. Stories have broken in OK! Magazine that haven’t even captured speculation from other publications, like Life & Style, and Us magazines. A more …

“File Your DBA” by an unknown author at entrepreneur.com is a brief article about what a business name is and the procedures for obtaining one in your state.
I’ve read so many articles about a business name or fictitious name as some people refer to it and I have to …

I just got my first issue of this magazine. My 17 year old brother and I are always talking about home improvement projects and when I saw this, I signed us up. I figured it’d have one or two easy projects. This magazine is more than I expected to …

“How to Work a Trade Show” by Jane Applegate is an article about what trade shows are and how to make the most of them when you attend. I plan on attending a fashion trade show next year, so I was eager to read this article.
The article started out …

Again, there is a blonde with wonderful luscious hair and a pert little pouty mouth, and blue eyes. I wish that advertisers would get a bit more creative than just sticking a blonde on a magazine page and thinking that the world will buy their products because she’s “beautiful.” …

Yahoo offers many important services such as groups and e-mail accounts. One thing that Yahoo has begun offering is news. Yahoo! News is very convenient. I am very busy and I seldom find time to turn on the television to watch the news. I also find it frustrating to …

I had volunteered to help teach Vacation Bible School this summer for the first time! I signed up to be an assistant in Chadder’s Cinema Science!
In Chadder’s Cinema Science we watched a video each day entitled Chadder’s Science Adventure and also did a small experiment to go along …

I must say I am very impressed with Good Housekeepings September 2008 issue. It is jammed packed with great ideas on how to save money, which everyone could learn from.
On page 164, GH claims that you can save $70 a week by doing a few things such as …

The downtown in Raleigh, NC where I live has started to quickly become a happening place to be. Along with the extensive growth to the downtown area there has also been a paper to spring up in the downtown area. The Raleigh downtowner covers events going on in …

A great big, make that HUGE photograph of Jennifer Garner is being used to market this cosmetic. The powder foundation appears to be giving this actress the model glow that she has all the time. The delicate dimples in her cheeks don’t hurt either. Her …

I love to write short stories and poetry . I’ve submited some of my work in little contest that I’ve won a little recognition for. But, until “Writer’s Digest” I was sort of dishearted about my little “talent”.
This magazine is wonderful for anyone that is interested in …

In this commercial we see a group of three young teenage boys who have made their way to a farm or area of some sort where there is a horse. The horse is perhaps a pony or a mule. And one of the boys goes up …

In America, Formula 1 racing isn’t as popular as NASCAR. While there certainly are a number of fans, it’s not enough to warrant a huge international traveling expense for analysts and crew. Thus, Speed-TV’s coverage is hampered dramatically.
For example, Speed-TV uses a camera feed supplied by the …

Target has really come a long way with their clothing. No longer are the clothes relegated to people who simply can’t “afford” to shop in regular department stores. The people behind Target’s clothing know that a great deal of the population (richer and poorer) like …

Radio Station KYMX in Sacramento, referred to as Mix96, launches into a holiday season of music each and every year, though it’s not always the same. Two years ago, Christmas music began after Thanksgiving. I eagerly looked forward to a repeat last year and was ultra disappointed …

I’ve been reading cosmo for as long as i can remember. It’s a mainstay at doctors offices everywhere, and you are bound to see at least one copy anyahere you see a large group of women. The magazine offers praticaladvie to women on everything from sex to makup, as …

I am very fond of magazines. I have a large collection of them, and my mother is always after me to dispose of them. She says I collect trash while I say I keep information. I have magazines on different topics that I am interested in. Travel magazines are …

This website is for the athletic footwear enthusiast. In the middle of the page is shown a terribly trendy sneaker, hovering over the words “an attitude you can wear.” I like this phrasing because it’s powerful when applied to something as trendy as a sneaker. …

“The More, The Merrier” written by Cynthia Zarin is an article about a woman searching for the meaning of cooking: First through her mother; next her roommate; and finally, during a summer trip to France. A non-cook, who will soon blossom into an exceptional cook for her family and …

With the rain pouring outside and two kids inside complaining about being bored and having nothing to do, I scooped up my car keys and said “Lets go”. I had no clue where I was going to go, but I knew I wanted out of the house and the …

I am someone who enjoys a good read. I like literature too, ranging from translations of the classics of both Ancient Greek and Roman writers from Xenophon to Procopius and, in later writings, from Alfred the Great’s translations to the Brontes and all points in between.
What I am driving …

If you are like me, always lusting for adventure but has a job which shackles me to an office, the next best thing is vicarious adventure. When all breaks loose with my schedule, I retreat to my magazines, and my favorite is Action Asia. It’s a magazine that features …

I have realized with this ad that birth control is not just birth control anymore. In fact, this ad actually reveals that this pill controls bloating, irritability, headaches, muscle aches, acne, and even moodiness. I have no idea what kind of miracle drug this includes that it …

“It’s What’s For Dinner” is an article written by food critic Francois Simon which is about how obsolete a good four star or gourmet restaurants have become and the rapid uprising of fast food joints.
In “It’s What’s For Dinner” Francois reminisces about life in Paris before the 1960s; he …

Everyone knows that the best way to stay informed about what is going on in town is by subscribing to the local paper. In Beaver Dam, WI, that’s not the case.
The local paper, the Daily Citizen, has been around longer than I have. And, at one time, it was …

Whenever I am in a waiting room I have always bypassed Good Housekeeping magazine and instead reached for a celebrity gossip magazine, Glamour or Marie Claire. I always assumed that Good Housekeeping was for older women, maybe in their 40’s and 50’s with grandkids, spouses and a home grown …

My parents are out of town until tomorrow and, because I’ve been checking on their house daily, they told me I could take home their newspaper rather than letting the papers stack up on their table.
Because of this, I have had a chance to look at the Daily Citizen …

I always used to be an avid reader of OK! Magazine and i would rush to the shops to get it the day it came out. This however, has changed a few months back when i realised that it was a rip off-simple as that.
They have a few “celebrities” …

One of the radio talk show programs that I find to be both interesting and
sometimes annoying is a programme called “Beyond the Headlines”. Although I
am still not one hundred percent sure what time it starts, I know that it
usually airs on weekdays in the evenings after either the five …

In this commercial, a clearly middle aged black woman thumbs through the latest IKEA catalog. She stops on a page that has a beautifully assembled children’s room, complete with furniture and the accoutrements that IKEA is known for. The woman turns to her equally aged husband …

I woke up this morning at the sound of my mom’s radio playing in the background. There were laughs and discussions that seemed nothing serious. Well I never really liked to listen as to what she is up to with the radio, but today was different because she was …

“Choose Your Business Structure” by an unknown author at entrepreneur.com is an article about the various choices business owners will have when it comes to choosing the right entity for them and how that decision will determine how much they will pay to Uncle Sam. It goes on to …

I wanted to write and thank Parenting magazine, but because of the things that needed to be done first, it took me months to do so. But here I am, and I thought of something better, to share my gratefulness to all other moms out there that might find …

This is one of the juiciest ads I’ve ever seen. The people at Xerox have really put some thought into what was going to catch the readers’ eye. This one did it for me. As soon as I turned the page, I saw …

I switched channel in our television on ETC last night and watched Glee 2. I did not see the first part; the only part I saw was when the glee cast was feeling sorry for what has happened to Kurt’s father Burt. I hardly know what specific type of …

Family Circle has always been my favorite magazine. I remember as a child staying the night with my grandmother and always looking through the piles of them she had on the coffee table. Back then I liked looking at the pictures of clothes and then seeing the food and …

“Sweet, Sour, and Resentful” written by Firoozeh Dumas is an article about the transition his family had to make after leaving Iran for America and the week after week gatherings (made of other people who also left Iran for America) his mom would end up cooking for but always …

I had volunteered to help teach Vacation Bible School this summer and signed up to be an assistant in Chadder’s Cinema Science!
In Chadder’s Cinema Science with watched a video each day entitled Chadder’s Science Adventure and also did a small experiment to go along with the theme …

I have been a long-time reader of Action Asia magazine, the magazine that is all about travel and adventure in Asia. It is a fascinating read because I have to admit, I am a weekend adventurer junkie. I was happy to find this magazine called Metroactive in my local …

Like thousands in America and I’m sure around the world, I was tuned into the coverage of CNN when the miners in Chile were rescued. This event captivated the globe for the last couple of months. These 33 men were trapped below ground, and no one even …

This ad depicts three people seated around a little speaker. At first when I saw this ad, I didn’t know that the commercial was for a speaker at all. In any event, the ad, which is in black and white (save for the products and …

Metro is a free newspaper which is distributed widely in the United Kingdom, mainly to commuters via the medium of buses and trains, as well as being offered from special distribution points at railway and Underground stations. When it first came out a few years ago, I will confess …