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Yes, Chocolate is Good for You

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Do you remember those little chocolate candies that were actually diet pills in disguise? I can’t remember the name of them. I am sure that they weren’t the best weight loss pills, but they sure did taste good.
Now, with all the hype that dark chocolate can be good for you, I […]

PopUp Blocker

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Since I visit entertainment sites frequently for this blog, I run across those annoying popup ads all the time! It seems that the entertainment sites have more than their share of these ads. Hasn’t it gotten through their heads yet that we just don’t like that kind of thing? Sheesh! Good […]

Pell Grants

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When I went to college back in the 1980s, there was (and still is) a Federal program called Pell Grants. Since my family did not make a lot of money, I was able to receive my tuition money from the Federal Government. This really helped me, since I had to scrimp through the […]

Fall Fest Blog Carnival

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Blog Village is having is Quarterly Blog Village Family Carnival. If you have a blog and want to post about something fall related, check out the carnival. It is open to Blog Village Members and guests as well. Deadline for submissions has been extended to October 28th. The Carnival will […]

Celebrity Homes

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I love watching the show about Celebrity Homes on E!. It is amazing how much space is needed by just one celebrity! The homes are always over 5,000 square feet and the rooms are enormous. Plus they are always decorated so nicely. I am sure that one of their couches cost as […]

Need Memory?

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I store so many images on my computer. I have my own personal images that I store, plus I have all the images that I have to store for this website. Sometimes working with those images can cause a drain on my Dell Memory, so I decided to get some more memory, so […]

Ceiling Fans

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I find it interesting that a number of old movies feature ceiling fans. There must of been a time period in Hollywood when the ceiling fan symbolized something. I’m just not always sure what it was. When I watch movies such as Casablanca or any of a number of old black and […]

Up & Down

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If you heard about SunRocket going out of business recently, they left a lot of customers without phone service. Well, I was one of them. Good thing our internet service wasn’t through them. It is bad enough that I have to keep resetting the Linksys router every time the internet goes down. […]