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When I first read Confessions of a Shopaholic, I was completely charmed by Becky Bloomwood and her spendthrift ways. This first book in the Shopaholic series is one of the best examples of what is now...

Hand soap is just one of those things that you have to buy.  I usually stick to environmentally-friendly products like method or Mrs. Meyer's, but I sent my husband off to the store with the shopping...

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I've bought several LUSH massage bars over the years (Each Peach, Soft Coeur, Strawberry Feels Forever, Nutts, Mange Too) and, while I found some of them to work well as a basic skin moisturizer, none...

I passed on buying most of the LUSH Christmas items this year because they simply didn't dazzle me as I browsed the company web site.  When I had the opportunity to check everything out in person a few...

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One of the things I am thankful for is Viewpoints.

Yes, I'm one of the people who was asked in 2006 to be part of the Beta Testing team to launch this site, but I was an outsider... nowhere near the Chicago...

Little Town on the Prairie is the 7th book in the Little House series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  It follows Laura and her family as they recover from The Long Winter.  The town is growing, the...

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Subject: The Prisoner 2009.  The good news:  AMC's new reboot of the classic, influential Patrick McGoohan series:  The Prisoner is pretty good.  Episodes 1, 2 and 5 are very enjoyable.  Ian McKellen...

As any other 30-something woman, I am concerned about the fine lines and wrinkles that seem to pop up daily around my eyes.  I've tried almost every one that the local Target stocks, with the most recent...

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I recently received the motherlode of LUSH soap samples, including a piece of Father Frost.  The company has changed their soap from a palm-based formula to a palm-free, rapeseed oil (aka canola oil)...

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 Film Geek is a movie based on an idea that 20 years ago might have made a good 20 minute short movie or SNL comedy sketch.   At 70 minutes, the 'cute' dated idea is stretched way too far and the film's...

Only 2 of the 15 songs on Grown Backwards are opera--well David Byrne's skewed version of opera, with the help of Rufus Wainwright.

Grown Backwards is a pastiche of influences and styles that seem to be...

"You know, I hate to advocate drugs liquor, violence, or insanity to anyone--but in my case it's worked."
-- Bill Murray as Hunter S. Thompson

Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) is a relentlessly anarchistic...

I am buying into the Herbalife life while doing a 12-week weight loss program. They are the sponsors. I bought the Tea and like it a lot.

Another product I bought is the Herbalife 21-Day Herbal Cleansing...

In general, I have committed myself to Olay soaps because of the great lather and soft-as-butter feel.  Still, I can't turn my back on my first love, Caress.  Let's just say that I love the way Caress...

I found the Old Navy Women's Stretch Tank Top by accident.  I was at the Old Navy website looking for something else, and I happened upon the item while I was browsing.  Like most women, I always have...

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