It's no secret to my blog readers that I love my daily cups (Yes, I said cups) of coffee. If you have seen the news lately, then you'll know that experts are now saying that coffee is good for you as it can help prevent liver disease, prostate cancer, Alzheimer’s, back pain and other ailments. Well, that's if you drink regular coffee without any creams or sweeteners.

Last week, I was sent a 3-Cup Double Wall Stainless Steel Coffee Press from MIRA. This is the third coffee press that I have owned. The other two were made out of glass and unfortunately I accidentally bumped one of them when I was washing it and I cracked it.

Like I already mentioned, the MIRA Coffee Press is made out of stainless steel, so I never have to worry about cracking this one. It is very simple to use. All you have to do is pour 2 - 3 tbsp of coffee grounds for every 6 fl. oz into the press. Next, you need to pour the correct amount of boiling water. It only holds between 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups or 3 (4 oz.) cups. Place the plunger on top of the press to cover it. Let stand for a minutes and then slowly push the plunger handle down. Then just pour yourself a cup of coffee.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Retreat!
Voice Cast: Seth Green, Sean Astin, Greg Cipes, Rob Paulsen, Mae Whitman, Josh Peck
Studio: Nickelodeon
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Retail: $14.98
ASIN: B00NGL7IUA
Running Time: 157 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Arriving on DVD from Nickelodeon this coming Tuesday is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Retreat!, featuring the first seven episodes from the third season. Special features includes 7 Shorts: "The Mutation of a Scene."

Since its debut in 2012, TMNT has been a ratings hit for Nickelodeon, bringing in young and old fans to new incarnation. The series replaces with the traditional 2D animation with computer animation, but still has the humor that made the 1987 series so popular

Season Two ended with the four Turtles (Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael), April O'Neil and Casey Jones fleeing New York City after it was taken over by the Kraangs and Shredder. They take refuge at April's family's farmhouse. With Master Splinter left behind, the turtles feel lost, especially with Leonardo struggling to heal his wounds from the fallout. The turtles must regain their strength, so they can one day return to the city and stop their enemies once in for all.

The series' writers must have a love for old horror movies, as the first episode of the season, Within The Woods, the turtles must battle a strange plant creature wearing overalls and a feed sack (and later Casey's hockey mask). It's obvious that the producers were paying homage to the Friday the 13th films. The fifth episode, titled In Dreams, mixes elements of A Nightmare Elm Street & The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, where April & Casey must somehow figure out how to wake up the turtles, whom are all trapped in a nightmare world. Horror icons Robert England, John Kassir and Bill Mosely guest-voice in the episode.

 
Tinker Bell and the Legend Of The NeverBeast
Director: Steve Loter
Voice Cast: Ginnfer Goodwin, Rosario Dawson, Mae Whitman, Lucy Lui, Raven-Symone
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Retail: $36.99
ASIN: B00P8KD29I
Running Time: 76 minutes
Rated: G
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Now available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital DVD from Walt Disney Home Entertainment is Tinker Bell and the Legend Of The NeverBeast. Bonus Features include 5 Essential Ingredients To Getting Gruff, My Dad's Movies: The True Story Of The NeverBeast, Jeff Corwin's Guide To Real-World NeverBeasts, Deleted Scenes With Director Intros and much more!

Tinker Bell and The Legend Of The NeverBeast marks the 6th and finale film in the "Tinker Bell" franchise. The film centers on the animal-loving fairy Fawn (voiced by Ginnfer Goodwin), who stumbles upon a mysterious creature known as the NeverBeast in the forest. The NeverBeast has awaken from a 1,000 year sleep, whom takes up an odd habit of building rock towers. Fawn befriends the creature and names him Gruff.

Nyx (voiced by Rosario Dawson) is newest scout in Pixie Hollow. After a hearing an odd roar from the forest, she decides to investigate and also stumbles upon the NeverBeast. She quickly does a little research in the fairy lore library to see what kind of creature he is and discovers that the NeverBeast will eventually turn into a deadly beast. In fear that he will harm Pixie Hollow, Nyx is determined to protect her fellow fairies at all costs.

Hopefully nobody will forget that this weekend is the start of Day Light Savings Time (DST), you know the day when the clocks have to upgraded an hour, resulting in us losing an hour of sleep. While the benefits of the time change are still debatable, we all still have to put our clocks forward one whole hour.

To help everyone out, I have put together five tips to help you adjust to DST:

5 More Minutes - According to the new national survey from Sleep Number, only 54% of the respondents didn't think they were getting enough sleep. The DST hour loss doesn't help a bit. A lack of sleep can cause serious health issues, including depression. All you have to do to adjust to the new time change is to go to bed five to fifteen minutes earlier for 3 to 4 days.

Change the Batteries - Yep, nobody wants to wake up to a beeping smoke detector. Most decetors take nine-bolt batteries and they normally only last about six-months, so the perfect time to change them is when the time changes twice a year. I always install new batteries in my smoke detectors during the DST weekend, so I can guarantee I'll get a perfect night's sleep.

Prepare For the Future - Fast forward an hour on all your clocks on Saturday afternoon as this way you'll already be on DST time and you can go to bed one hour earlier. Make sure not to drink too caffeine during the day; don't drink any coffee past 11 AM.

Arriving on Blu-ray Combo, DVD and Digital HD on Tuesday March 10, 2015 is the exciting animated film The Flintstones & WWE Stone Age Smackdown.

When Fred loses his family's vacation money, he hatches one of his hair brained plans to get it back. It's a sports entertainment spectacle that involves throwing his best bud, Barney into the wrestling ring with the likes of John Cenastone (John Cena), Rey Mysteriopal (Rey Mysterio) and even The Undertaker, with Fred himself as event promoter! The crowds roar, the "clams" are pouring in from ticket sales and even Mr. McMagma (Vince McMahon) is taking notice of all the hoopla. Including all-star appearances from The Boulder Twins (Brie and Nikki Bella) Marble Henry (Mark Henry) and Daniel Bry-Rock (Daniel Bryan), it's time to get the whole family together for hard-hitting, side-splitting laughs from the most epic event in all of prehistory!

 

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters
by Erik Burham, Dan Schoening, Tom Waltz
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Pub. Date: May 5, 2015
Retail: $17.99
ISBN: 9781631402531
Pages: 104 pages
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

In my humble opinion, last year's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feature film reboot was a complete letdown and next year's Ghostbusters all-female reboot looks like a major disaster. Luckily, the Nickelodeon TMNT animated series has ignored all the errors the 2014 movie made and has turned out to be a great cartoon. TMNT has continued to appear in comic book form with this May's release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters, which combines all 4 issues from the crossover mini-series.

The crossover occurs when Donatello tests out Fugitoid's Interspatial Teleportation Unit and accidentally zaps himself, along with Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, April O'Neil and Casey Jones, to a parallel dimension. They literally crash a church wedding  and before they can figure out where they are, a supernatural demon is unleashed - a Japanese warlord named Chi-You.

Chi-You takes possession of Casey Jones and the wedding guests, turning them all into his minions. Out of nowhere, the Ghostbusters (Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz, Dr. Egon Spengler & Winston Zeddemore) arrive to save the day, well, kinda, as Chi-You is much stronger than your average ghost, so they ghost-busting team must team up with the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to stop the demon and his league of minions.