On one of my old blogs, I wrote a long missive about my obsession with having my legs smooth, freshly shaved. I said that I can be out camping in the woods, be sweaty and hot and as long as my legs are smooth, I still feel clean. There is nothing, and I mean absolutely NOTHING, like sliding into abed between clean, cool cotton sheets when you have just shaved your legs.

The thing is, you need to make sure your razor has a good, sharp blade. If you actually change your razor blade as often as you should, things can get pretty expensive.

The Infinity Razor is supposed to have blades that never get dull and never need to be replaced. If the blades do go dull, you can get the entire thing replaced for free. Seems like a good enough deal to me, considering that the entire razor cost about what I pay for one box of blades. This is a lifetime guarantee, so that would mean I would not have to purchase blades again, ever. Seriously, I cannot think of a better frugality solution than this.

Have any of you tried the infinity razor? I’d love some feedback, because I am getting ready to put it on my Christmas list.

When I think about lead-based makeup, I usually think of the thick, white face paint used by the Geisha in days of old. Surely our world is far past the use of lead n makeup now, right?

Actually, the correct answer is Nope.

It turns out that lipstick being made right here in the Untied States has more than a little problem with high levels of lead, according to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics yesterday.

The CSC says a full 61% of the brand-name lipsticks they tested contained detectable levels of lead. In fact, a third of the lipsticks tested had higher levels of lead than the top level of lead allowed in candy by the FDA. Lead, as you know, can be toxic if ingested. Lipstick is worn on the lips and if you are anything like me, you tend to unknowingly chew said lipstick off without hours.

The Reds seem to have the biggest problems with the lead. Top levels were found in L’Oréal Colour Riche “True Red,” L’Oréal Colour Riche “Classic Wine,” Cover Girl Incredifull Lipcolor “Maximum Red” and Dior Addict “Positive Red.”

I’d like to see a list of safe lipsticks, personally.

I did not know you could get the Nobel Prize for works of fiction or unsubstantiated pseudo-science? How disappointing to hear that Al Gore has been tossed a massive wad of cash for his pathetic efforts to distort the middle-ground when it comes to the issue of global warming.

I have never seen the leftist view of global warming as legitimate. Gore and his ilk have never once acknowledged that our records of world temps started being recorded at the end of a mini ice-age and therefore OF COURSE temps have appeared to go up. And, our planet has a funny little quirk about fluctuating between hot and cold era for untold zillions of years.

It’s not that I mind Gore going on his little crusade. What bothers me is that non-thinkers all over the pale are declaring him a hero. He is simply giving you one side of the issue. Other scientists are out there ready to give you the other side of the issue and the actual truth is somewhere in the middle. Why reward one extremist view? It’s nuts.

Also, why is Gore being heralded from amongst the vast pool of actual scientists that were considered? The man never got his hands dirty with actual scientific experimentation. He simply compiles research and made a Hollywood-style film. I suppose money buys acclaim? What about the scientists that have toiled for decades in harsh environments or on shoestring grant budgets? Where is the praise for the rest of the people named in this award? Once again, Gore swallows up all of the glory and leaves those who supported him to scrabble after the crumbs.

Why is the award called the Nobel PEACE prize if it is going to be given to a politician based on his stance on the environment? Like a resounding gong, the Nobel is empty of all real meaning anymore.

To sum it all up, what a tool.

We are well into our second week of October, which means that if you are looking to take advantage of the buying frenzy that surrounds the holidays, you need to start… well, yesterday.

Its common knowledge that a typical brick and mortar store sees the bunk of its annual revenue pour in around Christmas or as many people who are afraid of the word Christmas might call it, the winter holiday). Now that shoppers are doing more and more of their shopping online, you can look for that same kind of upward sales trend on your own website.

The question is: will your website be ready for the busiest shopping season of the entire year?

Network Solutions® (who initially make their name back in the day by acting at THE domain name registrar) has a new Ecommerce Whitepaper available online called “Is Your Site Holiday-Ready? 7 Steps to Improve Your Online Holiday Sales”.

If you have an Ecommerce site (and I know that many of my readers do) then there are several things you can do to make sure YOUR site is where people come to buy in your niche. How can you drive more shoppers to your store? What can you do to make sure you show up in the right position on the search engines? How can you add holiday flair to your website? What are you going to do to successfully shine the spotlight on seasonal merchandise? Will your visitors feel safe purchasing from you? Are you using reliable Ecommerce Software?

If you site needs a tune up to make it holiday-ready, now is the time to do it.