By Colleen Lynch

Victory feels so real you can taste it. With face paint applied and beer in hand, you chant along with 50,000 fellow fans, screaming support for your favorite team. You have the best seat in the house, — with ample leg room, no bathroom lines, and no 7 foot-tall lummox blocking your view.

All of this is made possible through the glorious innovation of high definition television. Hi-def, or so the manufacturers would have you believe, can transport you from the comfort of your couch right up to the 20 yard-line.

Weber 9062 Torch

Weber manufactures great products. It is a wonderful outdoor product that proves to be useful and great quality. It provides outdoor lighting that is portable—such a clever invention.

They come in several finishes with Stainless Steel being a bit pricier, but more durable. They look great and are a wonderful addition to any facility.

HoMedics SS-200 SoundSpa Acoustic Relaxation Sound Machine

I would highly recommend this particular sound machine. It will suppress a lot of other noises. This HoMedics Sound Spa has six natural sounds for simple selection. They are: mountain stream, ocean waves, white noise (waterfall), summer night, heartbeat, and spring rain. The summer night sounds are particularly soothing, especially when the crickets are chirping. This sound spa can be displayed in 3 ways: hanging on the wall, laying flat on a surface, or use the enclosed stand to stand erect. The standing bracket is easy to snap into position and does not come off during every day use.

Linksys WVC11B Wireless-B Video Camera

The camera itself is a swiveling camera/lens assembly on a back panel. The lens (if you’d call it that) isn’t much, maybe 3mm wide and possibly plastic. Focus is done by rotating the plastic around the lens, which often would cause the camera to reboot without rationale. The panel has a WiFi antenna attached near the top, and connections for 10/100 Ethernet and Power on the bottom. The back has screw holes for mounting directly to the wall. A weighted stand is integrated to place it on a flat surface, which feels pretty stable. The package also provides a power adapter, software CD and an Ethernet cable.

LG LTM9000ST 0.9 Cu. Ft. Combination Microwave Oven and Toaster with 900 Microwave Watts, 6 Auto Cook Options & 9 Toasting Levels: Stainless Steel

The coolness aspect sometimes surpasses the practical value, just a little, of this combination LG microwave toaster. Don’t get mixed up–the oven looks great, gets top-notch reviews from visitors who come across it. It invites lots of inquiries about the product. And it works just fine.

The stainless steel is a great, modern look. Having both tools in one appliance seems like a great idea. And, for what it’s designed to do, it works fine.

Hoover U6630-900 Self Propelled WindTunnel Bagless Upright Vacuum Cleaner

It’s easy to get fed up with uprights that never seem to really clean the carpet, yet this unit surpasses all vacuum cleaner expectations. It is a very powerful unit that really gets the job done. One of the greatest features is the indicator lights that let you know when the carpet is clean. It is very helpful because it forces you to vacuum the carpet slowly so you can get all the dirt you can instead of just skimming across the rug, leaving half the dirt behind.

Angels & Demons, Special Illustrated Edition (Hardcover)

It is going to be hard to review this book without revealing the plot, but it’s worth a try. As it is completely plot driven with minimal characterization, it is a difficult duty.

The first 75% of the book is quite compelling as it covers numerous murders, an effort to blow up the Vatican, and some interesting sounding characters including the pope, the art historian, the priest, his adopted daughter, and the head of the science lab in the wheel chair. To top it all off, there’s also an election for the new pope as the existing one just died.

Fool-a-bug Pet Dishes

Fool those bugs with these bowls which are made to not only feed your cats and dogs, but they are made without any type of chemical or preservative, so are not hazardous to your pets or children (or even the environment). The bowls are made to prevent ants and other small bugs-they simply will not creep up and into the bowls. They are made of a strong plastic, and it looks like the bugs are thrown off by the four little knobs underneath the bowl that elevate the bowls off the ground.

BRTFAX2820 IntelliFAX Fax-2820 Plain Paper Laser Fax, 14-7/10w x 14-7/10d x 10-3/10h

A necessity of basically any office now is to have a fax machine. Not just any fax machine either, but one that can manage a hefty load of work, and can do so with little effort. Nobody wants to lose time trying to figure out the fax machine, or spend hours going through a manual just to find that it takes a ton of steps to send one out each time. This particular model can do a lot of the tricks that you want in a fax machine. Even better is its ability to print out a confirmation sheet each time that a fax was sent to someone. This is to verify that you know whether it had been received or not, and it means that you have less concern about the transmission process itself.

Inglesina 2006 Trio Domino Triple Carriage Pattern: Green/Blue Plaid

It is narrower than most trio side by side strollers and can fit into most doorways. It folds very tiny and fits into small cars with lots of extra room. It is spacious enough for a kid of pretty much any size. The footrest folds up for an infant and folds down for a larger child so that she/he can hang their feet down.