Book Review: The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon – Almost Lives Up to the Hype This may be one of the most hyped-up books of the year with boastings of “Harry Potter meets Hunger Games”. It’s best to leave behind any thoughts of Harry Potter or Katniss Everdeen at the door because if you come Read More …
By now you’ve seen all of the commercials, some of them very clever, so much in fact that they’ve had an amazing response rate. We’re talking about the Dollar Shave Club commercials and they’ve become a disruptive technology in the men’s grooming industry. However what you may not know is that there are plenty of Read More …
Admittedly I originally only picked up this book because I found out the true author was the one and only JK Rowling and I am a definite Potter fanatic. She wrote this under the pen name of Robert Galbraith in the hopes that it would be better accepted than her previous novel The Casual Vacancy, Read More …
No doubt the fitness craze that’s been dominating the conversation recently has been fitness tracking devices, so we lined them all up side-by-side to who would win the race. We reviewed Fit Bit, Garmin, IWatch, Adidas (these were the final four), Microsoft, IFIit, Jawbone, Basis Peak, Pebble Steel, and a few others. Now all of Read More …
The biggest stars of the box office this summer may be the smallest ever to hit the big screen as “Ant Man” and “Minions” continue to perch at the top of the box office charts with “Pixels” having an impressive debut with $24 million to come in at #2. Woody and may not grace the Read More …
Fashion & Style The old adage “you can never be too rich or too thin” may be antiquated but in regards to suiting up in may still be the letter of the law. Honestly, I didn’t think the movement to last this long, in fact when I remember when I finally gave in and realized Read More …
The July 4th holiday weekend came without much fanfare in regards to a big summer blockbuster opening, as the quants at the studios launched most of their warheads in June and judging by the box office numbers the really did their homework. Historically the July 4th weekend hasn’t been a good week to launch in Read More …
There is no rest for the weary as the Cleveland Cavaliers know that regardless of how you look at it, either the 2015 season is still going or the 2016 has begun and that is evident by a second consecutive free-agent signing period that has all the fireworks of the NBA Playoffs. Beginning with the Read More …
It really doesn’t seem that long ago as the wounds are still fresh for a lot of us, but it was February 2009 when the last great recession hit the shores of the US, six full years ago and the fallout is still being felt today. Ironically all of the three major industrial averages (Dow, Read More …