Last week, I received an e-mail from Mark, who blogs at Baby Boomer Talk Online, saying he was polling the top 50 baby boomer bloggers about their picks for best movie from the list of those nominated for Academy Awards in that category. I submitted my favorites, “The King’s Speech”... Read more →
Every year AARP gives awards for the movies it thinks are best, called Movies for Grownups. The top 10 movies AARP selected among those introduced in 2010 are: "The King's Speech" "Secretariat" "Get Low" "RED" "Letters to Juliet" "The Company Men" "The Kids Are All Right" "Another Year" "City Island"... Read more →
About 370,000 golden tea lights with ornamental holders in United States and 30,000 tea lights in Canada are being recalled by Pier 1 imports. The flame from the tea lights can burn with a high flame, posing a fire hazard. The firm has received four reports of high flames. In... Read more →
Which consumer happenings cheered you this week and which ones made you want to scream or weep? Here are my best and worst consumer experiences this week: My best: Finding nine movies to complete my Academy Award nominated movie analysis I started out by seeing all the movies that received... Read more →
Last year, I wrote that the movies getting the Academy Award nod didn’t live up to the potential of what the powerful movie industry, one of the main purveyors of American popular culture, could achieve. This year, it’s more of the same. It seems as though Hollywood executives sat around... Read more →
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection is warning consumers about a new version of the foreign e-mail scam. See my WalletPop-Consumer Ally article, “Scammers Take Advantage of Middle East Crisis With E-mail Cons,” for details. Copyright 2011, Rita R. Robison, Consumer Specialist Read more →
While Presidents’ Day is a holiday many Americans spend taking a day off or shopping, it’s also a time look at the heritage of this great, but young country. President George Washington lead troops in the American Revolution against Great Britain and served as the country’s first president. Abraham Lincoln... Read more →
About 500,000 Burlington Basket Company bassinets are being recalled. If the cross-bracing rails aren’t fully locked into position, the bassinets can collapse causing the infant to fall to the floor or fall within the bassinet and suffer injuries. The company and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have received 10... Read more →
Which consumer happenings cheered you this week and which ones made you want to scream or weep? Here are my best and worst consumer experiences this week: My best: Writing consumer articles for WalletPop This week, I started writing consumer protection articles for the Consumer Ally section of WalletPop. My... Read more →
It a strange way to honor two of America’s greatest presidents – going shopping. Seeing George Washington and Abraham Lincoln’s images used to sell clothing, cars, electronics, white goods, and carpeting seems, well, disrespectful. How did this shopping extravaganza emerge? Presidents Day sales were created by a car a salesman,... Read more →