Auction For Alabama

Over 40 musicians and artists have donated items for tornado victims in Alabama. This is a great opportunity for you to not only donate but also get a great deal. Most of the goods are autographed and items are selling for as cheap as $1 with free shipping.

On the same note, a number of Nashville artists have started a site called Songs for Joplin. Donate a little and get a little music.

One more Generic Tissue Paper

While we are on the subject of generic tissue papers, I have one more to review for you.

This one is a generic toilet paper that you can purchase exclusively at K-Mart.

The brand is Smart Sense, and to the best of my knowledge it is a generic K-Mart brand.

This paper is equivalent to Charmin and pretty close to Cottonelle. I would definitely suggest this brand, to anyone who is considering trying it.

Happy shopping and saving everyone!

How to Perform a Magic Trick with Pennies

Ever think of being a performer for your child's birthday party instead of the host.

This is a great way to have a great time at the party, and to make your kids enjoy it even more. Especially when they are still young enough to think of their parents as 'heroes'.

Have one of the child's aunts, uncles, or a grandparent fill in as the host for you at the party, and be a clown, magician or perform some other type of act. For older kids, perhaps a dj.

Here is a magic trick to get you started How to Perform a Magic Trick with Pennies.

Generic Brand - Magic Tissue

Magic Tissue is a generic brand of tissue paper that a number of companies use. This tissue takes about twice as much than a name brand tissue such as Northern, Cottonelle or Charmin. It is a good idea to stay away from this brand.

A lot of companies purchase the brand in order to save money. If they would only consider the fact that the consumer is going to use twice as much if not more, they would realize they are throwing money out the window and being perceived as tightwads in the progress.

This tissue gives a very poor public appearance.

Generic Brand Review

If you are shopping for store brand products that do the trick of brand name products, try Great Value (the Wal-Mart store brand) paper towels.

These paper towels are better than a lot of name brand paper towels. They are comparable to Bounty. As a matter of fact, if you didn't know it, you would probably think they were Bounty.

Check them out, great towels for the price!

Generic Products

Take caution when buying generic products. The price is usually lower, of course....however is the price more?

Here's what I mean. If you purchase a store brand bath tissue with 1000 sheets for $5, the cost is .005 cents per sheet, instead of purchasing a quality tissue at 1000 sheets for $8, you may be spending more by purchasing the store brand. This depends on the quality.

In this example, imagine when you use the store brand, it takes twice as much tissue to do the job. So, in reality it is costing twice as much because you have to purchase twice as much to get the job done. Spend the $8 and buy the quality good.

I have found a couple of generics that work well, and will try to remember to post my reviews here when I think about it.

Keep Your Sense of Humor

Keep your sense of humor. Whenever times get tough around you, just try to stay positive and look at the bright side of life.

This will help you bare the hard times, and appreciate the good times.

Think about the old saying, "I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet". Looking at things from this perspective will keep things from getting you down and out.

When you are really feeling sorry for yourself, go see someone who has it a little harder than you do. Your visit will most likely put them in better spirits, and give you a whole new outlook.

Here's a funny little article that puts me in better spirits from time to time, How to Speak Southern.