Five Book Reviews for Ages 11+
Another Life By Frank McGinty Piccadilly Press Expect to pay £5.99 Frank McGinty’s first work of fiction for young adults is set in Glasgow. Jane lives on a stark housing estate in the poorer end of town where poverty is common. When night falls, she’s relieved as she can go to bed and block out [...]
Bad Debt Can Really Harm Your Credit History
While most people use the phrase “bad debt” to refer to a lot of debt, or just owing a lot of money, this phrase actually has a very specific use when it comes to financial issues. Bad debt in this case is a debt that cannot be collected. This usually happens when the person who [...]
Basic Stitches
The basic stitches of needlework are the foundation to creating beautiful and useful pieces. The realm of needlework includes: sewing, knitting, crocheting, counted cross stitch, embroidery, tatting, lace making, and the list goes on and on. Each form of needlework has its own basic stitches that the beginner must master before moving on. Embroidery The [...]
Basic Swimming Pool Care
Having a swimming pool in your backyard can provide you and your family with many hours of pleasure, relaxation and fun in the sun. There’s nothing like coming home from a stressful day at work and going for a relaxing swim. However, caring for your pool is important. Maintain the pool is fairly easy, but [...]
The Bad Boy of Sumo
The recent emergence of a young Mongolian fighter has hit sumo like a typhoon. With both a fast fighting style and an unrestrained character, the wrestler known by his fighting name Asashoryu, has given the sumo world something new. His attitude and style has given the sport something marketable to Japan’s younger generation, a generation [...]
Big Daddy Needs Bling!
A humorous blog entry chronicling one man’s love affair with a 1970 Ford pickup and just how far he is willing to go to preserve his father’s memory…. Turning fifty wasn’t the hard part. Turning fifty and staring at the 1970 Ford sitting in the driveway everyday, watching as the cancer spread from her once-glorious [...]
Backup Your Computer Files
It is important to back up your computer files regularly—if something happens to your computer, data that is lost is hard to recover, even if it is only accidentally deleted. Backing up your computer files regularly provides you with a safety net in case something happens to your computer. In order to make a backup [...]
Eight Book Reviews for Ages 10+
The Hero Game By Pete Johnson Puffin Expect to pay £5.99 Charlie’s grandad was a fighter pilot in World War 2 and he loved hearing his stories about the war, so much so that he started writing them down. Others enjoyed them too, and his grandad soon became an unintentional local hero. But one day, [...]
Beyond Price: Deal Breakers for the Rest of Us
The neighborhood is perfect. The landscaping is manicured. The price is just right. You are all ready to make an offer when it dawns on you. Where are you going to put the Christmas tree? While this might not be an issue for everyone, having the perfect spot for the perfect ten foot Noble could [...]
Bush
On the day Reagan became president I was flying to Hawaii. There was a solar eclipse, although it wasn’t visible because of all the cloud cover. It was a dark, eerie day. Throughout the Reagan years my friends and I would talk, from time to time, about Reagan being the anti-Christ. After all, he had [...]