I have always been leery of products that claim to remove hair in a jiffy. I have used Nair once, and found it to be a very harsh, very smelly product. That was a long time ago. And I know that depilatories have come a …

Reading this magazine is one my most treasured experiences. I’ve really gotten a world wide account of life styles, traveling ideas and cultures by reading it. At the end of every month, I wait so eagerly for the next plastic covered paper to arrive in my mailbox. There …

I had volunteered to help teach Vacation Bible School this summer and signed up for Chadder’s Cinema Science. We watched a video each day entitled Chadder’s Science Adventure and also did a small experiment to go along with the theme being taught on that particular day.
Chadder’s Science Adventure DVD …

As a natural car enthusiast Top Car mag is one of the monthly reading materials that I buy and I am never disappointed with the content.
I love all the unique features that they have in the magazine each time as well as all the regular stuff like new car …

I am not really a Fergie fan. Personally, I feel that when she joined the Black Eyed Peas, they lost a little of their authenticity. The band suddenly became all about Fergie because she was the new snow princess to take the rest of the group to …

Beautiful, beautiful hands are shown in this Sally Hansen ad. The owner of those hands can only be seen from the forearm up. But that is the beauty of how this ad was put together. Also seen is a suitcase bulging with clothes. …

I am surprised that I was surprised when the Vodka & Red Bull cocktails became all the rage. I have never ever heard Sparks energy drink. To be truthful, I am kind of leery of some of the drinks that are on the market right now. …

Here is yet another multi-page commercial for the marketing of jewelry by a company called Dana & David. Personally, I have never heard of this particular jewelry company. But the first page, showing only a bar of pure gold, is incredibly arresting. It …

I first picked up Cross Stitcher magazine a couple of years ago. I was trying to give up smoking and thought that the free stitching kit would keep me occupied! It currently retails at 3.45, although i subscribe which means i get it at a cheaper rate.
I …

We like to listen to country music and there are a few stations in our area that we tune into. Country music today is not like the country music of fifty years ago. This music is much more contemprary and more like our rock and roll when we …

I have never shopped at Kohl’s. But I understand that they have good bargains. When I think of Kohl’s, I think about the things that you would see at Target or Wal-Mart. And I think that the quality would be perhaps a little better, …

Francis Lam is a regular contributor and prolific food writer for Gourmet magazine. In his current article for Gourmet, he is following Chef Susan Feniger and Chef Kajsa Alger as they’re in the final stretch of opening their new restaurant in Los Angeles called Street.
The introductory paragraph to …

I admit I am a health junkie. I go to the gym most days of the week and try to eat as healthily as I could. As I am not a doctor, I do a lot of research on the internet about health. I am glad that they came …

For years, Home Depot has sponsored Tony Stewart in the NASCAR Cup Series. His bright orange, number 20 car was always recognizable, and Tony and his team did a host of commercials for the company, some of them darn entertaining.
With the advent of 2009, though, Stewart has left …

The New Yorker has just released a hard drive with every single issue of their magazine from 1925 to the present on it. I think this is an absolutely fantastic idea. This 80GB hard rive holds all of the editions of the magazines, so all you have to do …

I am a huge fan of Old School Hip Hop and R&B music as back in the 80s and 90s, urban music had much more substance and did not emphasize too much about violence, cars, clothes, and materialism. Living in L.A., I found my perfect radio station which is …

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 …

Let’s take a trip back to the 1980’s, more specifically to The Bronx, where Puma sneakers (with the fat laces), Gazelle glasses and asymmetrical haircuts were all the rage. Upon perusing Blender magazine, I was delighted to see an ad for The Puma Store. First of all, …

Ok, so you’re supposed to want to get breast implants when you can’t even see the breasts of the model who supposedly has them? I have heard of Natrelle before. But I don’t really know what the difference is between getting implants according to the selection your …

I was a huge fan of Nirvana. I loved the intense wildness of the music, and the angst filled lyrics belted out by Kurt Cobain. When he died in the mid 90’s, I found myself tearing up because I just knew that Kurt was going to go …

The Star has maintained its stand above the rest of the local daily English newspapers for years due to its down to earth writings and layman English terms unlike its some of its competitors which presents their papers in “Business style English”.In addition to the printed daily newspaper, the …

My favorite news to watch in the morning is Fox 11 News Good Day LA. Steve, Jillian, and Dorothy are the best and keep me tune into the television. They make it interesting to watch and it is not boring at all. I have been watching them for years …

I don’t stay in hotels too very often. But this commercial for Hyatt hotels is a very convincing way to get people to think again about staying there. In any case, a woman is shown sitting on a huge sectional sofa. Her feet are …

I don’t think I have ever heard of Billa Bong. It sounds like a really funky clothing line. And I see that there is a model on the page wearing an array of bathing suits. The suits are very vintage looking and are nowhere near that …

You know, Fox News gets a lot of flak for being “biased and skewing the facts”. People act like this is some travesty. Yeah, because no media outlet has ever been biased or skewed data before. I mean, to quote ESPN, C’mon Man!
Yes, I know, Fox …

As an avid World Wrestling Entertainment fan all my life, and as a fan of reading, I am overjoyed that there has been a magazine to put both of my guilty pleasures into a format that I can read. Read about WWE, thats great. As a girl growing up …

Boy oh boy, once one cosmetic company catches on to something, then it seems like all the rest follow suit. I think that either Cover Girl or Revlon has discovered a way to help the consumer find her perfect shade. Now Aveeno appears to be doing the …

One of the stations I like to listen to for music content is KYMX, 96.1. This station plays a mix of music (hence, the call letters) from a variety of genres. You hear music from the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s, as well as music of today. …

Fox News does dish out news and commentary much like CNN though tears earlier, it was not termed even by members of the media as “mainstream”. And I t still remains NOT mainstream. Yet, Fox News captures the news and cable audience through out the world because it is …

I truly love magazines, and especially Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. It only costs about $15.00, and you could get it at a store near you.
Though this is a magazine, but it has the concept of a book. And a good book with many short stories. I …

Talk radio has exploded in recent years and this has created a huge demand for a more and more talk show icons. The Mark Levin Show remains an entertaining right wing talk radio show. Sure, there will be those out there who may not agree with right wing politics, …

The Fountain is a magazine published quarterly that has articles written about everything from scientific to literature to spiritual thought. I suscribed because I was offered a free yearlong subscrition and I figured maybe it would have something I would like to read. I was surprised when …

“The Heat of The Matter” is an article written by John Willoughby about his obsession with the Turkey peppers: Urfa and Maras. He documents his journey to Turkey in hopes to find what makes the Turkey peppers so special and why the ones in his cabinet don’t have the …

We have been buying the Central Brittany Journal for the last three years. It is packed full of everything that could possibly be of interest to us since buying a house in Brittany. Before finding our house we had the Journal delivered to our home in England. For an …

I know this newspaper since i was a kid. This is the most common newspaper that middle low class worker and family like my family read. This newspaper is very cheap, maybe that’s why this newspaper is very popular at that time.
The newspaper it self consist of a 20 …

Two years ago, I came across a radio drama program while listening to BBC Radio one Sunday morning, and since then I have made it a point not to miss any episode of it, and have also introduced it to many of my friends. The name of this program …

Now THIS is something that I was really interested in. I don’t have a child. But I watched the ad for this product and was really amazed. The man who invented this explained that he had a routine for teaching his infant daughter to …

I was scanning for women’s magazines when I found this Total Girl Magazine. It was a popular teen star that’s on the cover. So I purchased it. When I got home, I was so surprised because I thought this magazine is for older girls, but it’s for tweens! I …

Technology has moved so fast that I have come to rely on my computer more than ever now. I do a lot of surfing and downloading with my laptop and I always make sure that it is up to these tasks. I like to keep up with the latest …

In this ad a black family is seen taking a trip (presumably cross country) in an RV. The father is driving, and the mother and children are seated towards the rear. They are having a discussion with four white gentlemen in polo shirts. One wears …

I had volunteered to help teach Vacation Bible School this summer for the first time and signed up for Chadder’s Cinema Science.
In this activity the kids watched a video each day entitled Chadder’s Science Adventure and also did a small experiment to go along with the theme being …

If I wanted to advertise a website for Orlando, Florida, I would certainly not do it in this way. I might have some imagery of the golf courses, the swimming pools, or perhaps even Mickey Mouse. But what I wouldn’t do is have a close-up shot of …

n the world of politics, there is very little to laugh about when the candidates are slinging mud, spinning issues into their perspective and changing the way that they feel on issues on a daily basis in order to get as many vote as they could possibly drum up. …

If you like straight news reporting and not a lot of fluff articles, this is not the newspaper for you. Recently there was a fire in Boise that destroyed 10 homes and had a fatality involved. It was a tragic event for sure but the Statesman keeps …

Probably my favorite commercial creation since the Energizer Bunny is the Aflac Duck. This quacking creature really amuses me, but more so now that Aflac is sponsoring NASCAR driver, Carl Edwards. As a result of the sponsorship, Edwards has been doing a series of ads for TV …