School Pencil Sharpener

Best Pencil Sharpener or bust. But, why? We've all done it, haven't we? We cuss and swear at the top of our lungs when those cheap pencils break inside the pencil sharpener. Hopefully, we didn't react this way while we were in our classrooms during school. Cheap, broken pencils are maddening enough to make any grade school child cuss like an angry, adult male failing an anger management class.  What we're left with is a broken, cheap pencil and messy job of dissembling the pencil sharpener that was not up to the task. Thanks to computers, laptops and hand-held devices, pencils are not as popular as they once were, but for those of us who use them frequently, finding a good pencil sharpener is like gold. Personally, I find that crossword puzzles are a great way to relax. Unfortunately, it's a little bit difficult to get to a point of relaxation when I'm constantly having to look for sharpened pencils. For that reason, I like to keep a few sharpened pencils armed and ready in every room of the house. This may sound obsessive, but it beats cussing like an angry adult male being expelled from an anger management class. I've been through a couple of different types and brands and trust me; not all the best pencil sharpeners are created equal. Much like looking for the Best Toenail Clipper, you have to cut a little deeper into your budget. To get a better grasp of the facts behind pencil sharpening technology, it is important to understand the source behind the frustration of all pencil users. Before you trade the worst for the Best Pencil Sharpener, here's what you look for: Read the rest of this entry

Review on Jaws Screen Reader

Jaws Screen Reader

If there is a more important product for aiding the technology and communications needs of those who are visually impaired, it would be hard to imagine. Jaws Screen Reader makes personal computing possible for those who cannot see. For those of us who are blessed with site, it is hard to imagine what it would be like to face a computer without seeing the words on your screen much less make full use of word processing, spread sheets, email, internet browsing and many of the other software applications those of us blessed with sight take for granted.. The Jaws Screen Reader program was designed for computer users whose loss of vision prevents them from reading the content on the screen of their PC Desktop or Laptop.

I became familiar with the Jaws Screen Reader software through a blind customer of mine. My client sells computers as part of a bigger, visual-aid solution. His customers buy and use the same computers as my seeing customers. Read the rest of this entry

A Small Italian Life

I normally don't do much in the way of book reviews, but I will make an exception with this one. This particular story had such a powerful and positive impact on me that I felt compelled to talk about it and persuade you to buy the book and read it for yourself.  A Small Italian Life is not only an  inspiring and touching biography, but a powerfully, captivating success story.

There is a lesson in this book for everyone, regardless of your age, background and family.  Author, Jimmy Corso, overcame great adversity and disadvantages as a child to become a very successful teacher and role model for society. His book reminds us that true success isn't measured in terms of money or how famous we become.  His book teaches us what it takes to succeed in life at any level. What he calls a "A Small Italian Life" in reality, is a bigger-than-life-lesson for all of us. Jimmy Corso's story teaches us that it's not what life gives us that counts, but what we are willing to give of ourselves in life to succeed. Reading this book, I was amazed  by how a boy with seemingly so little good fortune maintained such a fierce desire and commitment to succeed. His father was an alcoholic and his mother mentally ill. Read the rest of this entry

Read Naturally Products

Why do some children learn to read faster and more fluently than others? The answer is that they are natural readers. We are much better at doing and enjoying the things that come natural to us. Imagine if we gave up bike riding the first time we tried it because we fell to the ground. Read the rest of this entry