Posts Tagged ‘26’
Wanna have even more FUN with loved ones? Wanna spend more time with someone, but can’t get past awkward conversations? Wanna stream movies and TV shows to your TV, as you like? Turn on the wii, baby (& get Netflix)! From canoeing with family members, to swordfighting with friends, to cow-racing with acquaintances, to watching old episodes of Fraggle Rock, wii will have you laughing, rowing, slashing, lassoing (a la Indy!), and yes, now watching for as long as you can stand it! We’ve had our wii about six months, and it just got better! We just started our Netflix subscription a few weeks ago, and we love that too! With a Netflix subscription that includes the ability to stream, if you’ve got an internet connection to your house, you can watch any one of TONS of movies and TV shows (stuff you can’t get on OnDemand!) My beau was especially excited about the 21 Jump Street Episodes 
Be prepared to spend more than just the purchase price for the wii – there are lots of fun extras that you kinda need, extra wii-motes and nun-chucks, in addition to the games (tip: always read the reviews on the games, I’ve bought a doozey or two, & if i had read the reviews here on amazon, I would have saved my $$ for a better game). But, if you have kids or you are even just a couple who goes out a lot, the wii (& now, netflix) may save you some money in the end, and you’ll spend more time together, doing fun stuff. And after all, isn’t that what life’s all about?
Thanks to wii and netflix, we eat at home more (saves money, gas, & calories); watch fewer commercials (they’re bad for the psyche AND the wallet!); are more active with our entertainment; spend more time with family & friends; spend less time aimlessly channel-surfing; enjoy more varieties of entertainment, like documentaries, old TV shows, and musician stuff; are more conservative with spending $7-15 per person to see a movie in the theatres (that we hopefully will enjoy!); and actually look forward to spending time at ho
Mantis Tandem 26 Inch
I hope Kathryn Stockett feels very proud of this her first novel. Among the criticisms I’ve read, I think the silliest is that the historical details are not completely accurate. Talk about missing the point! *The Help* is a story – not a history. Stockett takes liberties with historical details (and says she does) because she is focused on painstakingly drawing her characters. The backdrop is simply color-washed: it’s important, but not Stockett’s emphasis.
One of the things that makes this book hard to put down is that the characters are so compelling, even when their actions are not. This is no small achievement – and it might have been difficult for a Northern author to achieve with such confidence. Stockton has clearly considered the subject from a personal perspective.
On a side note, I deeply appreciate the timeliness of the story. The black women in *The Help* are often marginalized – even unintentionally – by the whites, in much the way so many media outlets are marginalizing blacks in the new Tea Party movement. I hadn’t thought of news reporters as provincial or ignorant before reading *The Help*, but the story reminded me how easy it can be for people within an accepted social context to marginalize others without even realizing what they are doing. No matter how many American citizens participated in the civil rights movement, no matter how much we celebrate over the election of the first black US president, no matter how loudly black Tea Partiers shout that their necks are not red, TV stations featuring monochromatic (pale) lineups continue to sideline black citizens in the national political debate. As if they’re offended when black Americanas don’t think en masse! I find it so blatantly condescending, I can barely believe it’s happening the 21st century! *The Help* helped me to put it in perspective: hope and hard work can effect change. Thank you, Kathryn Stockett.
Olympus FE 26 12MP
Topeak Alien II. solid product! a little on the heavy side, but Topeak Alien II 26-Function Bicycle Tool has everything you need to stay riding on the trails.