If you don’t have a Nintendo Switch gaming system, you may think getting an emulator is a good idea. Beware. Online ads for emulators, sometimes with Nintendo branding, say they can run Switch’s games on your desktop. But there is no legitimate Nintendo Switch emulator, said Lisa Weintraub Schifferle, attorney... Read more →
Meridian Medical Technologies is recalling of 13 lots of Mylan’s EpiPen and EpiPen Jr Auto-Injector products used for emergency treatment of severe allergic reactions. The recalled devices may contain a defective part that could cause it to fail to activate. The recalled product was manufactured by Meridian Medical Technologies and... Read more →
If you’re like me, you’re slow about getting around to preparing your income taxes and you breathe a sigh of relief when they’re done. Today, April 18, is Tax Day, delayed from April 15 due to Emancipation Day, a holiday that the District of Columbia celebrates the anniversary of the... Read more →
It’s been a good week. Friday, I mailed in my income taxes. Earlier in the week, I went with my sister to visit our older sister in Bellingham, Washington. On the way, we stopped at the Mount Vernon tulip fields. I love photographing the beautiful flowers. I try to get... Read more →
On this day so important to the Christian religion, my best wishes to you and your loved ones on Easter Sunday. I hope that you have a wonderful holiday celebration and will be able to get together with family and friends. May your heart be filled with love and joy.... Read more →
Income taxes are due this year on April 18. Have you sent in your return yet? I mailed mine today. Last year, I had a bad experience with H&R Block. I couldn’t get an estimate from the receptionist on how much it might cost to get my income taxes prepared,... Read more →
Easter is three weeks later than usual this year. Is that affecting your plans? Here are facts and figures for Easter this year. Christians The United States has about 243 million Christians. It's one of four nations with more than 100 million Christians. The others are Brazil, Mexico, and Russia,... Read more →
Easter is 20 days later this year than in 2016. If you’re looking for bargains, WalletHub, personal-finance website, offers ideas in its “2017's Best Easter Sales and Deals.” For more than a year, WalletHub tracked different item categories to identify the most heavily discounted items in April compared with the... Read more →
Spring is here, although in the Seattle area, it doesn’t seem like it. It’s cold, cold, cold. And, of course, rainy. Tomorrow, my sister and I are going to Mount Vernon, Washington to visit the tulip fields. I try to go annually because the fields are so beautiful, unlike anything... Read more →
BlenderBottle is recalling about 48,000 Whiskware glass dressing shaker bottles in the United States and about 800 in Canada. The bottom of the glass dressing shaker bottle can break when the metal agitator strikes the glass bottom, posing a laceration hazard. The firm has received 12 reports of the bottom... Read more →