Book Reviews and Money Saving Tips

Every guy needs a place where he can go and just be a guy . No, work and the local pub don't count. You need a room in your own home that's just yours, with your things, and where you can do the things you like to do that maybe don't interest the rest of the family. You need a man cave. Or man room. Call it whatever you like, you need one. No room can be called a man cave if it's just a TV, a recliner, and a table to hold your snacks. That's basically the living room. No, this room needs to be decked out with gadgets and electronics to indulge your senses and your hobbies. You could easily go into debt when outfitting your man cave, choosing the latest, most expensive electronics. But that's not necessary. You can create just as enjoyable an experience while adhering to a budg et. Here's what you need, and how to get it without taking out a loan. Television With so many options to choose from, what TV to get will probably be the most difficult decision you m...

CSN Stores are making a push in the blogosphere. They are providing products to review such as console tables , back to school stuff, office supplies, the list is practically endless. What I like about this outfit is that there is no attempt to direct my writing or influence it. They provide products to review and they encourage me to go to any one of their more than 200 stores and choose the specific product I want to review. How cool is that! I recently reviewed an APC Backup UPS 350 that I got on their site. They made no attempt whatsoever to influence what I chose or how I wrote my review. To me that speaks quite well for their confidence level in their site, their policies and their products. I got an email today asking me if I would be interested in looking at another product. I replied affirmatively. Now the hard part will be trying to decide what to review. I love being retired and writing! This is so much fun. Stay tuned, who knows what I will pick to review, I su...

First you need a Wii then you add the Zapper. I am a Wii fan and I don’t even own one. My boys have Wii and I have a ball playing games with my grandchildren on the Wii. Since my kids had the first cybercafé in the area, I got to experiment with a lot of the cool kid related stuff. So for all you old Atari gamers out there, the Wii is a whole different level. I can bowl or play tennis with my 4 year old grandchild and race cars with my 10 year old. The Zapper adds the ability to point and shoot. It comes with software that has some strange looking skeletal creatures that you can shoot as they crawl out of the sand or even stranger looking ones that conveniently put targets on their chest. The price is right, $20.00 in many places. It works very well, you put the remote in the Zapper and it becomes you ticket to all sorts of shooting games. Yes, you shoot things. When I was a kid I had all kinds of toy guns and I have yet to succumb to any kind of mindless shooting spree. I tried to lim...