Moto Surround is one of Motorola’s BlueTooth headphones. The Surround ($55) are earbuds, while the Pulse ($30) is the old fashioned ear cushions. With more phones heading towards no headphones jacks, I figured it was time to start trying bluetooth headphones. If you aren’t familiar, more phones (such as the next iPhone and the Moto …
Tom Clancy Duty and Honor by Grant Blackwood is the latest installment of the Ryanverse, this time a Jack Ryan Jr. novel, and is coming out next Tuesday, June 14. Jack Ryan Jr. is still on leave from Hendley Associates, and his time to decide on his future is coming close. Should he return to …
Now You See Me is a 2013 movie starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman and Woody Harrelson. Its sequel (Now You See Me 2) comes out this Friday. The movie does not fool or disappoint, nor does it trick you into thinking it’s a great movie. It is a magically enjoyable action-heist in which …
Cimorelli, a group of sisters from California (previously mentioned here) dropped their first full-length album last week, entitled Up At Night. While the album has a few good plays, including the title song Up At Night and Make It Stronger, it lacks that “finishing punch” that will put it over the top. Which isn’t a bad thing on …
This Saturday marks the third birthday/anniversary of Mirage, my beautiful mountain air metallic Honda CR-V. She still works as well as she did on Day 1, and you can read my one year and two year reviews. But now let’s update those and see how she’s holding up the test of time. She had one …
I recently purchased the Microsoft/Nokia Lumia 640, for the sole purpose of trying out Windows Mobile. The phone layout looks similar to your “Start” menu on Windows 8, with lots of live tiles constantly updating with information. These can range from weather to Tweets, YouTube videos to emails. While Windows computers generally run smoothly, the phone …
Captain America: Civil War is the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie installment, and the Third movie in the “Captain America” series. The fight and premise of the movie is not necessarily good vs. evil, but rather opinion based, as most political arguments are, and Iron Man thinks sanctions and rules are the best course …
Begin Again is a 2013 movie about Dan, a struggling music-label-head played by Mark Ruffalo, who is having trouble connecting with his daughter (Violet, played by Hailee Steinfeld), struggles with alcohol issues, and just can’t seem to find the new artist to help resuscitate his career. After a night of binge drinking, he stumbles into …
A Spark Ignites by Michael Lachman (of the fellow blog http://www.michaellachmanwrites.com, and previously of this guest post) is a superhero adventure and a the first step in a journey on Lachman’s writing career. Matt Stone is your standard teenager, facing high school troubles and a typical family life, including an annoying brother. But when Matt …
Last night was what a lot of nerds would call the long awaited crossover between Supergirl and The Flash. As a fan of Supergirl, and pretty much anti- the CW superhero shows, I dreaded the episode. I thought it would be a wasted episode, with no advancement in Kara’s storyline, and I even considered not …
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