I bought the Epson® Stylus® NX305 Color, All-In-One Printer
This printer was on sale for $39 and the box had a bonus of the serial cable included. This machine is a Copier, Scanner, and Fax, and does a good job on photos. It even has a preset button to print on 4 x 6 photo paper, which is what I prefer to use.
I’m looking forward to hooking up this baby and giving her a test run tonight!
Just got back from Office Depot. They are the only big box store that had any decent prices on printers. I read the entire Sunday newspaper looking for any mention of good deals on printers. I guess the printers are just not as sexy as the flat screen HD TVs that everyone is pushing.
Before heading out to Office Deport I checked the web sites for HP and Epsen printers, and compared some of the different models in the $100 and under range. I know these are cheap printers, but that’s all I want for casual use at home.
I decided to go with Epsen because the ink cartridges are each one color and you only replace the one color at a time as it runs out. With the HP, the cartridges are all three colors in one container, and when one color runs out, then you have to replace the entire cartridge. So you are throwing away good ink and wasting money.
Almost canceled the newspaper on Friday, but i decided I wanted to get one last Sunday paper delivered before I cancel it.
The main think I’m looking for this weekend is a cheap printer on sale somewhere. The Sunday newspaper always has ads from Staple, Office Depot, Office Mac, Best Buy, etc. Surely I can find something good in the sales flyers and go get a new printer later today or tomorrow.
If not, I’ll check the internet for HP and Epsen, and see if they have any online specials that I can take advantage of. The only drawback to ordering online is that I will have to pay for shipping or wait several days for the order to arrive. I would rather find something locally and be able to carry it home with me so I can be printing again by tomorrow night.
There was a discussion within a long string of comments on Facebook about teen drug rehab. I was just reading it out of curiosity because the friend usually has a good string of comments every day on a variety of subjects.
I have not had to personally deal with teenagers and drug issues, but I do know several people at work who are dealing with it now. My heart go out to anyone who has to find a teen rehab for their kid. Thankfully, there are places that can help.
Teen addiction statistics are more alarming every day. Based on anonymous surveys of high school students, the National Institute on Drug Abuse has been tracking prevalence and use of various substances by teens since 1975. Although the reported use of most drugs has declined slightly the past 4 – 5 years, the use of marijuana has been fairly consistent and there is an increase in the use of prescription drugs, in particular Oxycotin and Vicodin. The increased abuse of prescription drugs is the most alarming to me. These teens are obviously getting the drugs from relatives or buying them on the street.
The kids of today are our promise of a future for our society. We must help these kids live drug free, and if we need to build more rehab centers or fund more programs, then we must do what it takes to find a workable solution for drug addiction.
We decided to visit the Redbox at McDonald’s and I was happy to find “The Green Zone” was available. It stars Matt Damon and is about the corruption and subterfuge going on with the war in Iraq. It had more than one set of bad guys, which made it a little confusing in the beginning. But after a slow start, I began to figure it out. I even pegged the ending, which I won’t spoil for you here.
We liked the movie overall. I wonder how much truth is behind the story line in this war and the Afghanistan war? Time will tell.
We’ve been watching a lot of documentaries the past couple of weeks. The new season of TV shows is still about a month away and I’m sick of the reruns. So we’ve flipped to the channel to other shows and we have learned a lot.
One of my favorite series was about sea life. We’ve learned about sharks, whales, dolphins and a variety of other sea creatures, including krill. I always knew that krill is a food source for whales and fish.
Now I have learned from the krilloil.com web site that krill is an important source of Omega 3 fatty acids for humans. They have made krill oil capsules that can used as a dietary supplement.
According to the krilloil.com web site, krill oil is comparable to fish oil. Although fish oil may be a cheaper, the krill oil is absorbed by the body faster and easier.
I al always interested in learning more about natural health products, and I’m going to ask my brother to check out the krilloil.com and let me know what he thinks about trying some krill oil as a supplement.
Last night we heard a new singer at a free concert up in Hendersonville. His name is Jimmy Charles. I think he is from Maryland originally but moved here to break into country music. He’s really good – give him a listen if you get the chance.
This month all the kids are heading back to their schools and colleges. Parents are shelling out big bucks for new clothes, textbooks, and even computers. But one thing they don’t have to worry about is getting free online math answers when the kids need it.
Free math tutoring online from the www.tutornext.com web site can help kids of all ages and grade levels. If you find this site helpful, you can sign up for a monthly subscription and have access 24 hours a day, which is especially nice for college students who stay up really late.
The same web site is good for Chemistry help for kids in the advanced grade levels and taking college courses. Although a lot of parents may have taken these classes in high school and college, chances are that they have not remembered much of it as the years have gone by. So when you get a late night phone from your son or daughter asking desperately for help with their Chemistry or Algebra homework, you can send them online to the www.tutornext.com web site.
The HP color printer was a bargain price and it has worked fine for a long time. But now that I want to print out a few things, the damn thing has decided to jam the paper and just sit there blinking an error code at me.
I cleared the jam and have pressed every reset button, combination of buttons and on/off switch that I can find. It won’t reset off the error code and print.
Most of todays printers are cheap enough to be disposable after a year’s use. There doesn’t even seem to be much difference in the length of time you get to use it between the price points. I have gotten good use out of a $39 printer and I have gotten good use out of a $400 printer. But neither one lasted more than a year and had to be replaced.
Last night I was talking with my brother about medicines from his pharmacy compared to natural remedies. He is actually very open minded about herbal treatments and natural health products, which I found surprising for a pharmacist.
I was reading about the health benefits of various natural oils and, in particular, Oregano Oil. It’s all about achieving a natural balance within the body, and some oils help restore your system or even repair damage from bacteria, yeast and other infections.
Bio D-Mulsion is another natural health product that deserves attention. Many people are avoiding the sun with concerns about skin cancer. But avoiding the sun also ends making the body deficient in the Vitamin D that it needs to work with calcium and give us stronger teeth and bones.
Obviously, I’m not giving anyone any kind of medical advice. I’m just advocating reading up on some the natural health products and working with a trusted physician if you think you would benefit from some of the products that you find.