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If you're on the market for a new ride, but can't seem to cut through all the mumbo jumbo of the auto reviews, check out Honk. It's a place that real consumers (like you and me) head to submit our unfiltered opinions on vehicles for others to read before buying. Reap the rewards from someone else's expensive experience, or learn how awesome that new hybrid car is despite your apprehension.
Me and Orson Welles: A Likeable Film For Theater-Lovers
Zac Efron can act, people! Okay, so he's not going to win an Oscar for his performance in Me and Orson Welles, but he does take a step away from the tween territory of High School Musical and 17 Again to prove that he can hold his own among more experienced performers.
Efron stars as the "Me" in Me and Orson Welles, an over confident aspiring young actor named Richard whose only prior work includes a couple of high school productions — until he lucks into a bit part in Welles's stage production of Julius Caesar.
The Road: A Bleak Journey That Will Haunt You
It's not that I was expecting a film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road to be happy sunshine — I just wasn't expecting it to seem so possible.
The apocalyptic tale takes place in a wasteland in the future after most humans are gone. It's desolate, the sky is a brownish-gray, and the land seems to be covered with ash.
Product Reviews Group: Joolz One Grand Stroller
This comes from user meganmckenzie in our Product Reviews group.
This isn't exactly a product review, but more of a request for one! Has anyone seen, touched, or used this product?
Mom-Me Time: Pick Up a Copy of The Help
If mama's got a few minutes to herself and is looking for something that will take her mind to another world, she needs not look further than this gold and purple hardback book. The Help ($12) is a quick read that will steal her attention and her affection and leave her wanting more. Kathryn Stockett's first novel, the book about the relationships between mothers and the women that help them (nannies in particular) will have mommy laughing out loud, tearing up in the eyes, dog-earring pages with special passages and thinking about how she relates to some of the closest people in her life.
Brown Suga Beauty Review: Lancome's Fever Plumper Lip gloss in Fuchsia Flaunt & Sizzling and Juicy Tubes in Sweet Eclair
Yes, recently I have added a few more additions to my ever growing lip gloss collection. I think I'm becoming slightly obsessed with them, but shhh, don't tell anyone (especially my husby, lol). My most recent review of these items can be found here of me giving my personal take on how these products hold up. So what are you waiting for lovlies?! Let's chat it up about Lips, Fashion , & more at www.brownsuga.onsugar.com and see if this lip lovie is right for you.
A Highly Recommended Book
I have not been feeling well, which is obligatory of what I am going through, and I know there are people who are happy about this. So, I have turned from Sugar to reading a LOT! But, when I do have something of interest for you I will post it for you as I care deeply about so many of you. I am not looking for sympathy or empathy of any nature. Far from it. Taking a break from Sugar has been situational. Therefore READING has been a serenity of sorts. Absorbing information which I wish I would have attained months ago.
A book advised for reading:
"The Moral Sense" by James Q. Wilson
Mark Twain once advised, "Always do right. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest." (you know how I love my quotes). The thought of astonishing people is certainly appealing, yet somehow we have to know what's right before we can do it. How do we know what's right? It's not easy, despite the fact that there's a vast field of study devoted to the topic which is described using terms like "Ethics," or "Moral Philosophy." However, countless philosophers writing shelves full of books over have hardly improved on the age-old cliche', "treat others as you want to be treated." Albert Schweitzer rephrased it this way: "A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives."
But why should we even be interested in opening the question? Why not just leave the discussion of ethics to theologians?
Despite the fact that religion and ethics are sometimes assumed to be interchangeable ideas, a standard of morality is important whether one believes in a higher power or not. It makes society work and establishes the basis by which human beings can relate to each other and to their environment safely and responsibly. If our ethical lines shift according to whim, others won't be able to anticipate our responses or predict our stance on any issue. We all have a strong desire to know where we "stand" in relation to others. Do they care about us? Do we care about them? How do we know whether our relationships can be relied upon?
Gear Review: Clear2Go Water Bottle With Filter
I've been carrying a reusable water bottle with me for years now, filling up on tap water as needed. Well, portable water just got a little cleaner with the Clear2Go water bottle ($16). It's your standard water bottle with a squeeze top made for cycling, but it comes with its very own water filter.
Gear Review: slotRadio by Sansa
I love my iPod, but there is a new music player vying for my heart: the slotRadio ($79) by Sansa.
The two-inch-by-two-inch clip-on music player comes with a data card with 1,000 songs from the Billboard music charts, with prearranged playlists by music genre. I tried the additional Health and Fitness mix, which includes the mixes for warmup, cardio, roadwork (cycling), power (lifting), yoga, cooldown, and the even more mellow spa mix.
Taliah Waajid "Total Body Black Earth Shampoo" REVIEW
Taliah Waajid "Total Body Black Earth Shampoo"
8oz./ $8.00
"Use Total Body Shampoo to cleanse the hair while conditioning. This shampoo has great lather and really works to soften while cleansing. It is important to completely saturate the scalp and hair before applying this shampoo.
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