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2 | Too many jitters | I have found another product that I want to recommend. It's called Alert and is sold by consultants like Avon, but you can also go the Starlight website and order it. It's a nutritional supplement and for me does provide energy without the jitters, and as a bonus I don't feel hungry when I'm using it. They also have a product specifically for weight loss. I have tried that as well. I did feel a bit jittery at first... but it settled after a week or so of taking it. I would recommend it also. I used it a few years ago and lost 35 lbs. I did consistent diet and exercise which obviously is what did the weight loss, but I credit the supplement with giving me the energy to get moving and helping me curb cravings.I'm now looking for energy and help maintaining that weightless so for me the alert does both of what I need ... energy and hunger control and it's less expensive than the weight loss supplement so I now use it. I've used this for years and have not had any problems. | 984 | [
"I have found another product that I want to recommend.",
"It's called Alert and is sold by consultants like Avon, but you can also go the Starlight website and order it.",
"It's a nutritional supplement and for me does provide energy without the jitters, and as a bonus I don't feel hungry when I'm using it.",
"They also have a product specifically for weight loss.",
"I have tried that as well.",
"I did feel a bit jittery at first... but it settled after a week or so of taking it.",
"I would recommend it also.",
"I used it a few years ago and lost 35 lbs.",
"I did consistent diet and exercise which obviously is what did the weight loss, but I credit the supplement with giving me the energy to get moving and helping me curb cravings.I'm now looking for energy and help maintaining that weightless so for me the alert does both of what I need ... energy and hunger control and it's less expensive than the weight loss supplement so I now use it.",
"I've used this for years and have not had any problems."
] |
2 | WAY Overrated | i love sci fi. i'd tried to read this twice & just couldn't get traction. when i finished edelman's infoquake trilogy i wanted more so tried again after advice from a friend that this is more accessible than cryptonomicon. so i slogged through the pizza delivery bits. i am giving this story 1 star for vision & 1 star for the first two segments about semi autonomous guard units. the virus/sumerian subplot i found tediously executed - an author with more talent and/or patience would have told the story without needing pages and pages of direct exposition that saps the book of its remaining momentum (which had been flagging for some time).i wanted to like this book but it is so uneven with odd flashes of bitterness misplaced even in such deep satire that i will pass on the rest of this authors work. if you like anime you might find this visually rewarding as the descriptions are very vivid. but if you like a coherent plot and consistency in characters give this one a miss. | 984 | [
"i love sci fi.",
"i'd tried to read this twice & just couldn't get traction.",
"when i finished edelman's infoquake trilogy i wanted more so tried again after advice from a friend that this is more accessible than cryptonomicon.",
"so i slogged through the pizza delivery bits.",
"i am giving this story 1 star for vision & 1 star for the first two segments about semi autonomous guard units.",
"the virus/sumerian subplot i found tediously executed - an author with more talent and/or patience would have told the story without needing pages and pages of direct exposition that saps the book of its remaining momentum (which had been flagging for some time).i wanted to like this book but it is so uneven with odd flashes of bitterness misplaced even in such deep satire that i will pass on the rest of this authors work.",
"if you like anime you might find this visually rewarding as the descriptions are very vivid.",
"but if you like a coherent plot and consistency in characters give this one a miss."
] |
2 | DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!! | Sonic is a game that you should only rent. I've played a good handfull of PS3 games, such as resistance, madden, need for speed and tony hawk and none of these games were as hard as sonic is to master. I do not like the gameplay at all, text boxes get in the way, there are more than one action assigned to a certain control and sometimes the game freezes my playstation 3. There are many problems wrong with the Sonic game and i could probably go on. Half the time you don't even control sonic and he will fall off the track. SEGA should have spent a lot more time perfecting this game. The graphics, however, are a nice feature... state of the art graphics and the enemies are beatable. Those are the only two things I like about sonic. I stood it out and beat the game but it was hard. Final verdict- the game is a good game if you like to get mad because sonic won't do what you tell him to do. I've played a lot of PS3 games and this is by far the worst, besides marvel alliance. | 984 | [
"Sonic is a game that you should only rent.",
"I've played a good handfull of PS3 games, such as resistance, madden, need for speed and tony hawk and none of these games were as hard as sonic is to master.",
"I do not like the gameplay at all, text boxes get in the way, there are more than one action assigned to a certain control and sometimes the game freezes my playstation 3.",
"There are many problems wrong with the Sonic game and i could probably go on.",
"Half the time you don't even control sonic and he will fall off the track.",
"SEGA should have spent a lot more time perfecting this game.",
"The graphics, however, are a nice feature... state of the art graphics and the enemies are beatable.",
"Those are the only two things I like about sonic.",
"I stood it out and beat the game but it was hard.",
"Final verdict- the game is a good game if you like to get mad because sonic won't do what you tell him to do.",
"I've played a lot of PS3 games and this is by far the worst, besides marvel alliance."
] |
2 | Disappointed | This was my first Nora Roberts. I gave it a try because the "haunted New Orleans" aspect sounded fascinating. Here are some reasons I'm sorry I picked it up:1. Rape scene: The story begins with a rape scene. I don't want rape scenes in romance novels, even when they aren't committed by the hero. With romance like this, who needs real life??2. Language. Bad language doesn't phase me, but I'm not looking for it in a romance novel.3. Strip club. The hero and his buddy spend an evening hitting the strip clubs. Major turn off. Give me a man who is too mature, and has too much integrity, to treat women like sex toys. (Yes, there are plenty of men like that.) And give me a woman with too much backbone to take it.I won't even get into the "Prince Charming marries the maid" aspect of the 1900 romance.On the plus side, there is a brave attempt at gender bending in the reincarnation aspect. However, for me it interfered with the romantic mood.It's back to British Chick Lit for me. | 984 | [
"This was my first Nora Roberts.",
"I gave it a try because the \"haunted New Orleans\" aspect sounded fascinating.",
"Here are some reasons I'm sorry I picked it up:1.",
"Rape scene: The story begins with a rape scene.",
"I don't want rape scenes in romance novels, even when they aren't committed by the hero.",
"With romance like this, who needs real life??",
"2.",
"Language.",
"Bad language doesn't phase me, but I'm not looking for it in a romance novel.3. Strip club.",
"The hero and his buddy spend an evening hitting the strip clubs.",
"Major turn off.",
"Give me a man who is too mature, and has too much integrity, to treat women like sex toys.",
"(Yes, there are plenty of men like that.) And give me a woman with too much backbone to take it.I won't even get into the \"Prince Charming marries the maid\" aspect of the 1900 romance.On the plus side, there is a brave attempt at gender bending in the reincarnation aspect.",
"However, for me it interfered with the romantic mood.It's back to British Chick Lit for me."
] |
2 | Sounds like a rainstorm | I've had this headset for almost two years. When there's not much interference they sound excellent and I like the surround processing. It really works, sometimes it sounds as if the speakers are on and I have to turn the headset off for a moment just to be sure there's no sound in the room. However, some nights the interference is so bad I can't use them, and even on a good night there's plenty of crackling in the background. Earlier tonight the interference sounded like a rainstorm, then it reduced suddenly as if someone in another apartment turned off an appliance. It's not a gain issue, or distance from the antenna. The computer volume and the media player volume are all the way up, and the transmitter is 3 feet from me. It just seems to operate on a frequency that's dirty with interference from other devices. The digital wireless headsets are more expensive, but lately the interference has been pretty bad and I really wish I would've saved up for a digital version. | 984 | [
"I've had this headset for almost two years.",
"When there's not much interference they sound excellent and I like the surround processing.",
"It really works, sometimes it sounds as if the speakers are on and I have to turn the headset off for a moment just to be sure there's no sound in the room.",
"However, some nights the interference is so bad I can't use them, and even on a good night there's plenty of crackling in the background.",
"Earlier tonight the interference sounded like a rainstorm, then it reduced suddenly as if someone in another apartment turned off an appliance.",
"It's not a gain issue, or distance from the antenna.",
"The computer volume and the media player volume are all the way up, and the transmitter is 3 feet from me.",
"It just seems to operate on a frequency that's dirty with interference from other devices.",
"The digital wireless headsets are more expensive, but lately the interference has been pretty bad and I really wish I would've saved up for a digital version."
] |
2 | interesting but... | I head about it, and I just saw it. For anyone who hasn't senn this, my recommedation is to just rent one to watch, with no need to to own one. It is very interesting to see how the director mixed real and scripted plots or things together to make such a film, which in a way is pretty raw and unpolished. Also, amateur and professional actors are mingled together, which makes the stories sometimes like a documentary and sometimes not. Some acting was fantastic or hilarious, like the scene Downey with Tyson, and the scene Downey leaving Sheilds, and the blackmail detective (Stiller) scenes. I would give those actings 5 star, but for the whole film, only 2 star. It is an interesting film, which shows a lot of interesting parts and yet doesn't really seem to form an integrated film. Again, Robert Downey Jr. showed in this movie his versatile acting capacity, and played his charactor just so real, and I do wish next time, he plays a non-gay charactor in a movie for a change. | 984 | [
"I head about it, and I just saw it.",
"For anyone who hasn't senn this, my recommedation is to just rent one to watch, with no need to to own one.",
"It is very interesting to see how the director mixed real and scripted plots or things together to make such a film, which in a way is pretty raw and unpolished.",
"Also, amateur and professional actors are mingled together, which makes the stories sometimes like a documentary and sometimes not.",
"Some acting was fantastic or hilarious, like the scene Downey with Tyson, and the scene Downey leaving Sheilds, and the blackmail detective (Stiller) scenes.",
"I would give those actings 5 star, but for the whole film, only 2 star.",
"It is an interesting film, which shows a lot of interesting parts and yet doesn't really seem to form an integrated film.",
"Again, Robert Downey Jr.",
"showed in this movie his versatile acting capacity, and played his charactor just so real, and I do wish next time, he plays a non-gay charactor in a movie for a change."
] |
2 | Great idea, poor design. | The rusting and collection of stagnant water in the tray are a problem, yes, (the first is avoidable; the second inevitable) but the worst for me is that OXO's own brushes don't fit into the holder well. They fit, but not right. The rubber push-pad on the brush handle hits the top of the wire holder if you put the brush into the holder with the bristles over the drip tray. This is the most logical way to place the brush so that water drips into the tray and not onto the counter, but because the wire holder comes up a scant half- or even quarter-inch too high, I have to turn the brush outward, with the result that the drips go onto the counter instead. I've tried this with both types of OXO brush holders, the all-steel one and the plastic one; it's the same with both, although the plastic ones seems to fit a bit better. Apparently no one at OXO actually tried these together. Maybe they weren't meant to be used together? If not, why not? Not the quality I expect from OXO. | 984 | [
"The rusting and collection of stagnant water in the tray are a problem, yes, (the first is avoidable; the second inevitable) but the worst for me is that OXO's own brushes don't fit into the holder well.",
"They fit, but not right.",
"The rubber push-pad on the brush handle hits the top of the wire holder if you put the brush into the holder with the bristles over the drip tray.",
"This is the most logical way to place the brush so that water drips into the tray and not onto the counter, but because the wire holder comes up a scant half- or even quarter-inch too high, I have to turn the brush outward, with the result that the drips go onto the counter instead.",
"I've tried this with both types of OXO brush holders, the all-steel one and the plastic one; it's the same with both, although the plastic ones seems to fit a bit better.",
"Apparently no one at OXO actually tried these together.",
"Maybe they weren't meant to be used together?",
"If not, why not?",
"Not the quality I expect from OXO."
] |
2 | I Too Read It As a Child | So many of us have not passed childhood by without reading the story of Mary. I remember holding the lovely green book and getting ready to dive into a treasure trove. After all I had seen the movie and I enjoyed the movie, The Little Princess...so I felt like I knew what I was getting into at 8 or 9...Well I don't know if anyone elso felt this way but the central character is a spoiled bratt as is her cousin. That is bareable, but the way the author refers to the natives of India and to the servants in England tends to be negative. I clinched my teeth at the tone that was echoic of Mary herself and put the book down.Maybe it was because I had parents who drilled history into me and tuned me to notice biases current in different eras and societies? No matter how I sensed it, I just thought to put that out there as food for thought. Other then that I think the idea of a Secret Garden is brilliant and the author created a masterpiece...if not slightly tainted by her tone. | 984 | [
"So many of us have not passed childhood by without reading the story of Mary.",
"I remember holding the lovely green book and getting ready to dive into a treasure trove.",
"After all I had seen the movie and I enjoyed the movie, The Little Princess...so I felt like I knew what I was getting into at 8 or 9...Well I don't know if anyone elso felt this way but the central character is a spoiled bratt as is her cousin.",
"That is bareable, but the way the author refers to the natives of India and to the servants in England tends to be negative.",
"I clinched my teeth at the tone that was echoic of Mary herself and put the book down.Maybe it was because I had parents who drilled history into me and tuned me to notice biases current in different eras and societies?",
"No matter how I sensed it, I just thought to put that out there as food for thought.",
"Other then that I think the idea of a Secret Garden is brilliant and the author created a masterpiece...if not slightly tainted by her tone."
] |
2 | Marson is On Track | Why restate what Marson's review so definitively reveals?So, just to add to the mix ...>> This is NOT the classic Cussler as most of us have come to know and appreciate over the years.>> Without any character development and with so many characters, I kept getting totally confused as to who was who. Looking up the character from the list in the front of the book was of no help at all because, without character development, I just could not keep a mental picture of the character as I read.>> The plot was so fast and without any rhyme or reason -- just one action scene after another. It seemed to me throughout the entire book that Cussler was totally AWOL as an author and that someone else who wanted to write a movie screenplay was doing the writing.>> Truly did NOT enjoy this book at all.>> If Cussler continues with co-authors and bad writing, then, like Marson, after reading almost all of his books, I'll have to try to find the next "real" Cussler. What a doggone shame! | 984 | [
"Why restate what Marson's review so definitively reveals?",
"So, just to add to the mix ...>> This is NOT the classic Cussler as most of us have come to know and appreciate over the years.>> Without any character development and with so many characters, I kept getting totally confused as to who was who.",
"Looking up the character from the list in the front of the book was of no help at all because, without character development, I just could not keep a mental picture of the character as I read.>> The plot was so fast and without any rhyme or reason -- just one action scene after another.",
"It seemed to me throughout the entire book that Cussler was totally AWOL as an author and that someone else who wanted to write a movie screenplay was doing the writing.>> Truly did NOT enjoy this book at all.>> If Cussler continues with co-authors and bad writing, then, like Marson, after reading almost all of his books, I'll have to try to find the next \"real\" Cussler.",
"What a doggone shame!"
] |
2 | Good looking but not safe! | I recently bought this carseat and when I got it I thought it would be perfect. When I tried to install it was when I found the first problem. Putting the seat in the correct height to have it level proves to be near impossible unless you are very strong. Raising and lowering it by the little button the base is very difficult. After I got that figured out and got it installed by a certified person, I thought I was going to be done with it until I had the baby. I didn't pay any attention to it for a couple of days and when I was putting stuff in the backseat I noticed that one of the LATCH clasps was undone. I couldn't figure out why this would have happened but didn't think anything of it and just hooked it back on. By the time I had driven home, less than 10 minutes, it was unclipped again. No one seemed to be able to tell me why this was happening, I'm just glad that my baby isn't here yet! I'm returning this one and I don't think I'll ever look at a Baby Trend again! | 984 | [
"I recently bought this carseat and when I got it I thought it would be perfect.",
"When I tried to install it was when I found the first problem.",
"Putting the seat in the correct height to have it level proves to be near impossible unless you are very strong.",
"Raising and lowering it by the little button the base is very difficult.",
"After I got that figured out and got it installed by a certified person, I thought I was going to be done with it until I had the baby.",
"I didn't pay any attention to it for a couple of days and when I was putting stuff in the backseat I noticed that one of the LATCH clasps was undone.",
"I couldn't figure out why this would have happened but didn't think anything of it and just hooked it back on.",
"By the time I had driven home, less than 10 minutes, it was unclipped again.",
"No one seemed to be able to tell me why this was happening, I'm just glad that my baby isn't here yet!",
"I'm returning this one and I don't think I'll ever look at a Baby Trend again!"
] |
2 | Cliche | I would not recommend this book...OK...Maybe you will call me picky but I am looking for the original...the gutsy portrat of human feelings and souls...true conflicts and passions when I pick a book....well written and intense captivating stories...the same old, same old doesn't do it for me anymore...so If I don't find that "it" factor that screams these characters have skin and blood and their guts are clearly portrayed through pages filed with a narative that flows ...I just won't say I liked what I read...There is a lot to the romance style and it will never be what it can be if we always settle for the same old cliche....SO far, the only writter that has fully accomplished that... in my opinion... is Diana Gabaldon...that my friends is a good writter...but I'll kep on searching...keep on siping from all authors and books that fall on my lap...I want to find more amazing romance writters and novels....I a sure I will....but Kiss and Tell was not one of those...sorry | 984 | [
"I would not recommend this book...OK...Maybe you will call me picky but I am looking for the original...the gutsy portrat of human feelings and souls...true conflicts and passions when I pick a book....well written and intense captivating stories...the same old, same old doesn't do it for me anymore...so If I don't find that \"it\" factor that screams these characters have skin and blood and their guts are clearly portrayed through pages filed with a narative that flows ...I just won't say I liked what I read...There is a lot to the romance style and it will never be what it can be if we always settle for the same old cliche....SO far, the only writter that has fully accomplished that... in my opinion... is Diana Gabaldon...that my friends is a good writter...but I'll kep on searching...keep on siping from all authors and books that fall on my lap...I want to find more amazing romance writters and novels....I a sure I will....but Kiss and Tell was not one of those...sorry"
] |
2 | ...if it only worked. | This seems like a great product. However, I cannot get the remote sensor to connect to the main unit. Have tried at least 20 times, if not more, leaving it to do it's thing for over a day at times. Nothing. I have tried customer support many times and have left two messages. They finally did call me back...during the day when I was at work. No help at all.I regret this purchase. I might just return it and spend some more cash on a better product.edit: After several months of trying I finally did get through to Tech support. After convincing them that I had already done all of their recommended 'fixes' for my issue they determined that my remote sensor was bad. I received the new one in a matter of days and it worked INSTANTLY. It has been on for some months now and I love it. It used to lose signal from time to time but I changed the batteries and have had no problems since.If you can risk the problems I had then I say go for it. Otherwise, save up and get a sure thing. | 984 | [
"This seems like a great product.",
"However, I cannot get the remote sensor to connect to the main unit.",
"Have tried at least 20 times, if not more, leaving it to do it's thing for over a day at times.",
"Nothing.",
"I have tried customer support many times and have left two messages.",
"They finally did call me back...during the day when I was at work.",
"No help at all.I regret this purchase.",
"I might just return it and spend some more cash on a better product.edit: After several months of trying I finally did get through to Tech support.",
"After convincing them that I had already done all of their recommended 'fixes' for my issue they determined that my remote sensor was bad.",
"I received the new one in a matter of days and it worked INSTANTLY.",
"It has been on for some months now and I love it.",
"It used to lose signal from time to time but I changed the batteries and have had no problems since.If you can risk the problems I had then I say go for it.",
"Otherwise, save up and get a sure thing."
] |
2 | No, no, NO! BAD producer! | I'll get this bit out of the way first: If you just heard about Bond from a friend or you stumbled across them, look at their first album 'Born'.I'll admit, when I first listened to 'Born', I didn't dig the classical sound too much. The intros are slow-paced like real classical music, and the first really good song is on Track 5. But having listened to 'Shine' and now this album, I have to say I liked their original sound much better.There's so much processing applied to these tracks that the ladies have taken a backseat to a SYNTHESIZER BEATBOX. It's obscene, and totally incorrect to boot, for the real musicians to get tossed in the background while some skinny, pasty recording engineer gets to pile layer after layer of samples and synth and...whatever else they use, ultimately smothering both the ladies' skill and the classical songs they're playing.Don't buy this CD. Maybe you could go to their website www.bond-music.com and tell them to get their priorities in line. | 984 | [
"I'll get this bit out of the way first: If you just heard about Bond from a friend or you stumbled across them, look at their first album 'Born'.I'll admit, when I first listened to 'Born', I didn't dig the classical sound too much.",
"The intros are slow-paced like real classical music, and the first really good song is on Track 5.",
"But having listened to 'Shine' and now this album, I have to say I liked their original sound much better.There's so much processing applied to these tracks that the ladies have taken a backseat to a SYNTHESIZER BEATBOX.",
"It's obscene, and totally incorrect to boot, for the real musicians to get tossed in the background while some skinny, pasty recording engineer gets to pile layer after layer of samples and synth and...whatever else they use, ultimately smothering both the ladies' skill and the classical songs they're playing.Don't buy this CD.",
"Maybe you could go to their website www.bond-music.com and tell them to get their priorities in line."
] |
2 | Tres Dissapointing | Did Rebecca Wells just take the chapters she had cut from her previous books and use them to paste together this travesty? I am giving this book 2 stars because I adored the other two so much that it was worth sitting through this boring, melodramatic, and poorly edited Lifetime Movie to be able to revisit the other characters, but it really and truly sucked.Why did she pretty up all of the characters? Wasn't Vivi molesting Little Shep in "Little Alters"? Were we supposed to forget about it (and her many other flaws) with this newer, gentler and kinder Vivi Abbot? Could the story of how the YaYa's met have been any less magical?Oh, I am bitterly sad. "What becomes a legend most", Ms. Wells? Respecting the world you created through writing and the readers who were so transfixed and loyal to this world, andwriting a sequel that shows this. Not churning out this jagged, spiritless, clap-trap jumble of reheated crap you foisted on us. I feel betrayed and I am not impressed. | 984 | [
"Did Rebecca Wells just take the chapters she had cut from her previous books and use them to paste together this travesty?",
"I am giving this book 2 stars because I adored the other two so much that it was worth sitting through this boring, melodramatic, and poorly edited Lifetime Movie to be able to revisit the other characters, but it really and truly sucked.Why did she pretty up all of the characters?",
"Wasn't Vivi molesting Little Shep in \"Little Alters\"?",
"Were we supposed to forget about it (and her many other flaws) with this newer, gentler and kinder Vivi Abbot?",
"Could the story of how the YaYa's met have been any less magical?",
"Oh, I am bitterly sad.",
"\"What becomes a legend most\", Ms.",
"Wells?",
"Respecting the world you created through writing and the readers who were so transfixed and loyal to this world, andwriting a sequel that shows this.",
"Not churning out this jagged, spiritless, clap-trap jumble of reheated crap you foisted on us.",
"I feel betrayed and I am not impressed."
] |
2 | Stevie Makes Me Wonder | First and foremost, I have been a Stevie Wonder fan for over thirty-five years and I mean a big fan. If someone had asked me in the late Eighties or early Nineties who my all-around favorite musican was, I'd have said Stevie Wonder. Today, Stevie is still fabulous in concert, but over the last 15 years, I find that his studio material has been sliding deeper and deeper into the abyss. I can't say that there were more than one or two cuts on A Time to Love that made me want to listen again. For some musicians, this level of songwriting and performance would be fairly well-received, but for Wonder, it's a sign that his best music may be behind him. It just doesn't move me and if this album took ten years to produce, something is not right in the House of Wonder. Having said all that, Stevie is still one of the greatest musicans of all time and even if he never writes another song, his place in history is guaranteed. He will always symbolize the true spirit of Innervision. | 984 | [
"First and foremost, I have been a Stevie Wonder fan for over thirty-five years and I mean a big fan.",
"If someone had asked me in the late Eighties or early Nineties who my all-around favorite musican was, I'd have said Stevie Wonder.",
"Today, Stevie is still fabulous in concert, but over the last 15 years, I find that his studio material has been sliding deeper and deeper into the abyss.",
"I can't say that there were more than one or two cuts on A Time to Love that made me want to listen again.",
"For some musicians, this level of songwriting and performance would be fairly well-received, but for Wonder, it's a sign that his best music may be behind him.",
"It just doesn't move me and if this album took ten years to produce, something is not right in the House of Wonder.",
"Having said all that, Stevie is still one of the greatest musicans of all time and even if he never writes another song, his place in history is guaranteed.",
"He will always symbolize the true spirit of Innervision."
] |
2 | Just OK | I purchased this video because my son LOVES the Eebee Adventures sample video made by Parents Magazine. My 10 month old has been watching the sample Eebee video while I shower since he was 8 months old. He loves Eebee (I think because he has a fun voice is and very colorful). He lights up when we sing the theme song or when he sees Eebee on the DVD. The music in the Parents video is fun and upbeat. This video, however, is only so-so. It has cute moments and a few good songs, but they are no where are catchy or up beat as the Parents Eebee video. Had this been the first Eebee video we bought, I would not have purchased any more in the series. My son will watch this video, but does not stop in his tracks or get excited when it comes on like he does with the original video we have. Where as the Parents video keeps my son's attention for a good 30 minutes, he is easliy distracted while watching this one! I wish I had purchased one of the other videos in this series instead. | 984 | [
"I purchased this video because my son LOVES the Eebee Adventures sample video made by Parents Magazine.",
"My 10 month old has been watching the sample Eebee video while I shower since he was 8 months old.",
"He loves Eebee (I think because he has a fun voice is and very colorful).",
"He lights up when we sing the theme song or when he sees Eebee on the DVD.",
"The music in the Parents video is fun and upbeat.",
"This video, however, is only so-so.",
"It has cute moments and a few good songs, but they are no where are catchy or up beat as the Parents Eebee video.",
"Had this been the first Eebee video we bought, I would not have purchased any more in the series.",
"My son will watch this video, but does not stop in his tracks or get excited when it comes on like he does with the original video we have.",
"Where as the Parents video keeps my son's attention for a good 30 minutes, he is easliy distracted while watching this one!",
"I wish I had purchased one of the other videos in this series instead."
] |
2 | Serious disappointment | It's doubtful that a large voice capable of singing fiorature with strict 'a tempo' technical fireworks --- albeit with contrasting slower, 'expressive' sections --- is sufficient in itself to create a convincing Norma. With 111 performances under her belt, at least this performance of Sutherland fails to convince me that she understands Norma's predicament and can relay in 'musical' (dare I say, 'artistic')terms. Lurching between the turgid and rather graceless 'Casta Diva' to the bullet-like precision of "Bella a me ritorna" is not very eloquent (Bartoli does this sort of thing with greater flair). With a conventionally 'uglier' voice, Callas is still to be preferred. Perhaps Sills as well (haven't heard her, but she consistently understands what she's singing)...Deutekom in Vienna was more vital, while Caballe comes closest to the ideal combination of feeling, technique, and 'bella voce'. All-in-all, uninteresting as art, except perhaps to fanciers of large canaries. | 984 | [
"It's doubtful that a large voice capable of singing fiorature with strict 'a tempo' technical fireworks --- albeit with contrasting slower, 'expressive' sections --- is sufficient in itself to create a convincing Norma.",
"With 111 performances under her belt, at least this performance of Sutherland fails to convince me that she understands Norma's predicament and can relay in 'musical' (dare I say, 'artistic')terms.",
"Lurching between the turgid and rather graceless 'Casta Diva' to the bullet-like precision of \"Bella a me ritorna\" is not very eloquent (Bartoli does this sort of thing with greater flair).",
"With a conventionally 'uglier' voice, Callas is still to be preferred.",
"Perhaps Sills as well (haven't heard her, but she consistently understands what she's singing)...Deutekom in Vienna was more vital, while Caballe comes closest to the ideal combination of feeling, technique, and 'bella voce'.",
"All-in-all, uninteresting as art, except perhaps to fanciers of large canaries."
] |
2 | Strictly for the kiddies | I went to see this one in the cinemas, haven't seen the DVD/video so these comments relate only to the movie itself. And also I should mention that I haven't seen the whole thing -- my wife and I walked out of the theater after about a 1/2 hour. Obviously it wasn't meant to be War and Peace or other high-brow theatrics, but I've seen some great movies oriented towards the younger audience, most recently Spy Kids which is a classic in my book (if you haven't already seen this one I strongly recommend it). I actually had rather high hopes for Cats & Dogs, it seemed so cute in the previews. But it's just too juvenile, not particularly great special effects for the pets, certainly not good acting (esp. not from Goldblum). Anyway, what more can I add to the fact we walked out of the theater. I think younger set, probably 8-10 and under, might like it, but if you're an adult who often likes the innocence and fun of Disney/Spy Kids/et. al. I'd say this one isn't worth the try. | 984 | [
"I went to see this one in the cinemas, haven't seen the DVD/video so these comments relate only to the movie itself.",
"And also I should mention that I haven't seen the whole thing -- my wife and I walked out of the theater after about a 1/2 hour.",
"Obviously it wasn't meant to be War and Peace or other high-brow theatrics, but I've seen some great movies oriented towards the younger audience, most recently Spy Kids which is a classic in my book (if you haven't already seen this one I strongly recommend it).",
"I actually had rather high hopes for Cats & Dogs, it seemed so cute in the previews.",
"But it's just too juvenile, not particularly great special effects for the pets, certainly not good acting (esp.",
"not from Goldblum).",
"Anyway, what more can I add to the fact we walked out of the theater.",
"I think younger set, probably 8-10 and under, might like it, but if you're an adult who often likes the innocence and fun of Disney/Spy Kids/et.",
"al.",
"I'd say this one isn't worth the try."
] |
2 | Disappointed | My main purchase was to have middle ranged binoculars for astronomy. Most amateur astronomers raved about Nikon binos, and I figured that I was in for a treat. When I received the pair, I looked outside during the day and was impressed with the views I experienced and was excited to see what they offered at night. Hate to say it, but the view was equal to my much cheaper 10x50 Bushnell binoculars. I was barely able to view Jupiter's Galilean moons, Pleiades was sharper with Bushnell than with the Nikons and the moon, while beautiful, was not impressive in comparison with my cheaper binocs. I tried to like them, and at first was going to keep them for daytime viewings, but, my main purpose for binoculars is for my astronomy hobby. Returned them the next day after 3 hours of frustrating and disappointing night viewing of the skies.I must say, however, that Amazon was phenomenal...my refund was provided on a timely basis. They may work for others, but, I was not impressed. | 984 | [
"My main purchase was to have middle ranged binoculars for astronomy.",
"Most amateur astronomers raved about Nikon binos, and I figured that I was in for a treat.",
"When I received the pair, I looked outside during the day and was impressed with the views I experienced and was excited to see what they offered at night.",
"Hate to say it, but the view was equal to my much cheaper 10x50 Bushnell binoculars.",
"I was barely able to view Jupiter's Galilean moons, Pleiades was sharper with Bushnell than with the Nikons and the moon, while beautiful, was not impressive in comparison with my cheaper binocs.",
"I tried to like them, and at first was going to keep them for daytime viewings, but, my main purpose for binoculars is for my astronomy hobby.",
"Returned them the next day after 3 hours of frustrating and disappointing night viewing of the skies.I must say, however, that Amazon was phenomenal...my refund was provided on a timely basis.",
"They may work for others, but, I was not impressed."
] |
2 | Tick Tock | I am generally a King fan, but I was in the bookstore one day and picked up "Tick Tock". I bought it because I thought the storyline sounded very interesting. The start of the book was very enjoyable and suspenseful. As the book progressed I was getting tired with the way Koontz portrayed Del's mysteriousness and the way Del talked to Tommy. I found some of that unrealistic. And then at the end of the book I was disappointed. The way Koontz decided to explain the origin of the doll was a pitiful one, simply seeing as there was potential for a much greater ending. And the origin of the doll just wouldn't happen in my mind from a nice person whose intents were innocent. And my final criticism is the origin of Del and her dog. If this was meant to be a horror book, leave it at that. Don't attempt to mash in fantasy and science fiction at the very end to tie off loose ends. But otherwise the book was somewhat fun and some parts were suspenseful--though only two by my count. | 984 | [
"I am generally a King fan, but I was in the bookstore one day and picked up \"Tick Tock\".",
"I bought it because I thought the storyline sounded very interesting.",
"The start of the book was very enjoyable and suspenseful.",
"As the book progressed I was getting tired with the way Koontz portrayed Del's mysteriousness and the way Del talked to Tommy.",
"I found some of that unrealistic.",
"And then at the end of the book I was disappointed.",
"The way Koontz decided to explain the origin of the doll was a pitiful one, simply seeing as there was potential for a much greater ending.",
"And the origin of the doll just wouldn't happen in my mind from a nice person whose intents were innocent.",
"And my final criticism is the origin of Del and her dog.",
"If this was meant to be a horror book, leave it at that.",
"Don't attempt to mash in fantasy and science fiction at the very end to tie off loose ends.",
"But otherwise the book was somewhat fun and some parts were suspenseful--though only two by my count."
] |
2 | Awesome idea, but ... | The idea of Buddy Guy exploring the raw roots of the north Mississippi artists in Fat Possum's stable - seven of the nine songs are by Fat Possum artists - is an outstanding one. I couldn't wait to hear how Guy approached it. Alas, Guy injects all of the excesses fans have moaned about on this, a disc which is certainly not outright bad (two and a half stars would be right) but must qualify as disappointing. The acoustic opener is quite fine, but after that comes pseudo-blues amped up to 11, like music of rumblings and squallings echoing to our ears out of some tunnel that goes straight to hell. The vicious sound is at times alarming. Buddy Guy tries too hard to peel the wallpaper, engages in too much rock-oriented guitar histrionics, and, rather than keeping it simple and raw, like country blues, he tries to be ultra modern, ultra cool, super nasty, with vocal effects and colossal guitar sounds all over the place. Hey, just play the blues. Remember "Slippin' In"? I do. | 984 | [
"The idea of Buddy Guy exploring the raw roots of the north Mississippi artists in Fat Possum's stable - seven of the nine songs are by Fat Possum artists - is an outstanding one.",
"I couldn't wait to hear how Guy approached it.",
"Alas, Guy injects all of the excesses fans have moaned about on this, a disc which is certainly not outright bad (two and a half stars would be right) but must qualify as disappointing.",
"The acoustic opener is quite fine, but after that comes pseudo-blues amped up to 11, like music of rumblings and squallings echoing to our ears out of some tunnel that goes straight to hell.",
"The vicious sound is at times alarming.",
"Buddy Guy tries too hard to peel the wallpaper, engages in too much rock-oriented guitar histrionics, and, rather than keeping it simple and raw, like country blues, he tries to be ultra modern, ultra cool, super nasty, with vocal effects and colossal guitar sounds all over the place.",
"Hey, just play the blues.",
"Remember \"Slippin' In\"?",
"I do."
] |
2 | Cheap imitation of Esbit | I bought this as an experiment to see how it performed against the Esbit stove.Initial impression was that the metal used is much thinner and more flexible than the Esbit. I also don't understand why it was painted. Solid fuel will blacken the stove anyway, maybe they thought it would be more attractive. However, the paint bubbled immediately, and it seemed pointless to have it painted.Next, I put in the fuel, and opened the stove to the narrower of two positions to accommodate a camp pot. About 5 seconds later, one side of the stove collapsed, spilling water all over the place.I tried again, and it collapsed again, so I opened it full sized, and delicately balanced the pot.At this point, the stove worked as designed, and boiled my water in a reasonable fashion. However, I would not be able to use this stove with several of my other camp mess equipment.The price is OK, and the fuel tablets are much less expensive than Esbit - but the stove is built a little too cheaply. | 984 | [
"I bought this as an experiment to see how it performed against the Esbit stove.Initial impression was that the metal used is much thinner and more flexible than the Esbit.",
"I also don't understand why it was painted.",
"Solid fuel will blacken the stove anyway, maybe they thought it would be more attractive.",
"However, the paint bubbled immediately, and it seemed pointless to have it painted.Next, I put in the fuel, and opened the stove to the narrower of two positions to accommodate a camp pot.",
"About 5 seconds later, one side of the stove collapsed, spilling water all over the place.I tried again, and it collapsed again, so I opened it full sized, and delicately balanced the pot.At this point, the stove worked as designed, and boiled my water in a reasonable fashion.",
"However, I would not be able to use this stove with several of my other camp mess equipment.The price is OK, and the fuel tablets are much less expensive than Esbit - but the stove is built a little too cheaply."
] |
2 | It's interesting. | I am not a Christian and my friend lent me this book to read. 3 months later I was able to finish it. For me the book was not the kind that I couldn't put down but I would read it on the subway or in the bathroom. So whenever I was bored I would read it.The first chapters were very interesting when the disappearances began and all the commotion was going on. I thought the book was thought provoking. It made me think about what all those hardcore christians were going through thinking that the end of the world is coming.It hasn't converted me to Christianity but it had certainly enlightened me on "Rapture." As I read the past reviews, I would agree that this book is on a 6th grade reading level. I would not recommend buying this book but I would recommend that you check it out from your library.I enjoyed the book but would not shell out money for it. I might check out the video out of curiosity and if my friend has the rest of the series then I will borrow them from him. | 984 | [
"I am not a Christian and my friend lent me this book to read.",
"3 months later I was able to finish it.",
"For me the book was not the kind that I couldn't put down but I would read it on the subway or in the bathroom.",
"So whenever I was bored I would read it.The first chapters were very interesting when the disappearances began and all the commotion was going on.",
"I thought the book was thought provoking.",
"It made me think about what all those hardcore christians were going through thinking that the end of the world is coming.It hasn't converted me to Christianity but it had certainly enlightened me on \"Rapture.\" As I read the past reviews, I would agree that this book is on a 6th grade reading level.",
"I would not recommend buying this book but I would recommend that you check it out from your library.I enjoyed the book but would not shell out money for it.",
"I might check out the video out of curiosity and if my friend has the rest of the series then I will borrow them from him."
] |
2 | BUYER BEWARE!!! | I loved the Kaplan book and CD-Rom until I started having BIG problems with the CD-Rom. The book has helpful hints and the CD is also incredibly helpful. However, Kaplan's helpfulness becomes severly reduced when you are unlucky enough to become a victim to the CAT error. In my case my first CD-Rom from Kaplan broke two thirds of the way through the math section, forcing me to void all of my hard work and also lose valuable study time. However I called customer service and they gladly sent me out another CD. The big problem came when this CAT error came up as I was using the replacement CD. The tech support guy informed me that all I could do was send back the CD to get a refund. However I would like to know who is going to refund my money for the GRE when I score poorly due to these circumstances. Kaplan is a good product but just be warned that you risk my situation when you use their CD. If I could do it over I would definately purchase another less fallible product. | 984 | [
"I loved the Kaplan book and CD-Rom until I started having BIG problems with the CD-Rom.",
"The book has helpful hints and the CD is also incredibly helpful.",
"However, Kaplan's helpfulness becomes severly reduced when you are unlucky enough to become a victim to the CAT error.",
"In my case my first CD-Rom from Kaplan broke two thirds of the way through the math section, forcing me to void all of my hard work and also lose valuable study time.",
"However I called customer service and they gladly sent me out another CD.",
"The big problem came when this CAT error came up as I was using the replacement CD.",
"The tech support guy informed me that all I could do was send back the CD to get a refund.",
"However I would like to know who is going to refund my money for the GRE when I score poorly due to these circumstances.",
"Kaplan is a good product but just be warned that you risk my situation when you use their CD.",
"If I could do it over I would definately purchase another less fallible product."
] |
2 | Wasted Weekend | First of all, I am not an engineer but am pretty savvy with instructions and installations. I have purchased several other gates and never had a problem.1. This gate is made of quality material but the hardware sent with it is crap.2. If you buy this, throw out the directions. They are COMPLETELY worthless.3. The gate latching system isn't easy to use and honestly hurts my finger as the day wears on. When my small baby arrives, I will have a hard time juggling him and my toddler while trying to open this gate. Not good.4. Your stair configuration must be PERFECT or this gate will not work. We were one of the lucky people that this DIDN'T work for. I opted to install it in our hallway versus sending the gate back. Honestly, I wish I had sent it back. It really doesn't serve my needs like I wanted since the stair option was out.5. If I could do this again, I would buy something else and forget about blocking my stairs (pressure mounted gate with foot pedal or something!). | 984 | [
"First of all, I am not an engineer but am pretty savvy with instructions and installations.",
"I have purchased several other gates and never had a problem.1. This gate is made of quality material but the hardware sent with it is crap.2. If you buy this, throw out the directions.",
"They are COMPLETELY worthless.3. The gate latching system isn't easy to use and honestly hurts my finger as the day wears on.",
"When my small baby arrives, I will have a hard time juggling him and my toddler while trying to open this gate.",
"Not good.4. Your stair configuration must be PERFECT or this gate will not work.",
"We were one of the lucky people that this DIDN'T work for.",
"I opted to install it in our hallway versus sending the gate back.",
"Honestly, I wish I had sent it back.",
"It really doesn't serve my needs like I wanted since the stair option was out.5. If I could do this again, I would buy something else and forget about blocking my stairs (pressure mounted gate with foot pedal or something!",
")."
] |
2 | Mediocre at best | I bought this album the day it came out and was thuroughly disappointed. I wanted to write a bad review then, but decided to wait a few months and give the album a chance to redeam itself. Well, it's been a few months and I've listened to the album a few more times. If this was the first Tool album, then I think I would give it some praise because Tool's sound is just so unique. However, after listening to Lateralus (a masterpiece), Undertow, Aenima, and Opiate, this album simply doesn't measure up. It sounds like the Lateralus B-sides that never made the cut. Some of the songs have huge potential, but never turn into anything worth remembering. I would expect more from this great band. I don't understand how Tool fans can like this album. Is the "happy smoke" clouding your judgement? It is such a let down. Tool are still one of my favorite bands, and Lateralus is still one of the best albums in my collection. if you are still curious about this album, then buy it used. | 984 | [
"I bought this album the day it came out and was thuroughly disappointed.",
"I wanted to write a bad review then, but decided to wait a few months and give the album a chance to redeam itself.",
"Well, it's been a few months and I've listened to the album a few more times.",
"If this was the first Tool album, then I think I would give it some praise because Tool's sound is just so unique.",
"However, after listening to Lateralus (a masterpiece), Undertow, Aenima, and Opiate, this album simply doesn't measure up.",
"It sounds like the Lateralus B-sides that never made the cut.",
"Some of the songs have huge potential, but never turn into anything worth remembering.",
"I would expect more from this great band.",
"I don't understand how Tool fans can like this album.",
"Is the \"happy smoke\" clouding your judgement?",
"It is such a let down.",
"Tool are still one of my favorite bands, and Lateralus is still one of the best albums in my collection.",
"if you are still curious about this album, then buy it used."
] |
2 | got worse | The book was intriguing at the beginning. I got hooked with the historical prologues and even the beginning events of the story. But starting with the New York plane chase it went downhill rapidly. The whole Cerberus plot to monopolize oil seemed to appear out of nowhere and then ended just as quickly. Dirk Pitt's constant hero acts became less and less plausible as he and NUMA basically take over the jobs of the FBI, police, Coast Guard, Special Forces, and Justice Department. And the dialogue at some points is just horrible. Authors should know by now to write dialogue that is more conversational. Very little of Cussler's dialogue in this book is conversational.Overall I found the book a huge disappointment and found myself skimming entire pages toward the end just to get it overwith. I don't think Cussler is a bad author, I just think he needs to cut the cheesy lines and also come up with a plot that doesn't make Dirt Pitt seem like the second coming of Jesus Christ. | 984 | [
"The book was intriguing at the beginning.",
"I got hooked with the historical prologues and even the beginning events of the story.",
"But starting with the New York plane chase it went downhill rapidly.",
"The whole Cerberus plot to monopolize oil seemed to appear out of nowhere and then ended just as quickly.",
"Dirk Pitt's constant hero acts became less and less plausible as he and NUMA basically take over the jobs of the FBI, police, Coast Guard, Special Forces, and Justice Department.",
"And the dialogue at some points is just horrible.",
"Authors should know by now to write dialogue that is more conversational.",
"Very little of Cussler's dialogue in this book is conversational.Overall I found the book a huge disappointment and found myself skimming entire pages toward the end just to get it overwith.",
"I don't think Cussler is a bad author, I just think he needs to cut the cheesy lines and also come up with a plot that doesn't make Dirt Pitt seem like the second coming of Jesus Christ."
] |
2 | Erratic Readings | The scale looks great! But if you are looking for consistent readings, look elsewhere. It will read within a couple of pound of your weight, but for most people such accuracy is inadequate. Their spec is .2 pounds. Their quality control was sleeping at the wheels when they shipped my unit out. Also, I would not recommend you weigh anything less than 20 pounds. The inconsistency goes off the scale!The position of the feet on the scale appears to make a difference in reading. The scale was supposedly designed to correct for such imbalance, but I sure did not notice it.All their printed material comes in every language in the world except ENGLISH! I guess they assumed that all English readers intuitively know how to use the scale.One of the reasons I purchased this scale was to weigh my luggage for airline checkin. Positioning the bags on the scale is cumbersome and again the reading was unreliable. After you pay your $75.00 penalty you will understand my review very well! | 984 | [
"The scale looks great!",
"But if you are looking for consistent readings, look elsewhere.",
"It will read within a couple of pound of your weight, but for most people such accuracy is inadequate.",
"Their spec is .2 pounds.",
"Their quality control was sleeping at the wheels when they shipped my unit out.",
"Also, I would not recommend you weigh anything less than 20 pounds.",
"The inconsistency goes off the scale!",
"The position of the feet on the scale appears to make a difference in reading.",
"The scale was supposedly designed to correct for such imbalance, but I sure did not notice it.All their printed material comes in every language in the world except ENGLISH!",
"I guess they assumed that all English readers intuitively know how to use the scale.One of the reasons I purchased this scale was to weigh my luggage for airline checkin.",
"Positioning the bags on the scale is cumbersome and again the reading was unreliable.",
"After you pay your $75.00 penalty you will understand my review very well!"
] |
2 | Olympics of beer drinking? | Here is a party movie that focuses on all aspects of drinking beer. It is a spectacle of drinking games, drinking contests, getting drunk and staying drunk. Of course, all of this is not exactly what I would call "impressive." Therein lies the weakness of this movie.There are a few funny parts in this film, to be sure, but it's just not what I would call a "well done" movie, even though it is a party movie. There is very little nudity and there is some "dark" humor that just doesn't seem to fit with a party film.There's also the obvious point: films that repeatedly glorify getting drunk are not the best influence for people in their late teens & early 20s. I'm old enough to know that the "have fun & be happy" stuff associated in this movie with getting drunk is all nonsense. I was in the Navy & knew a great many alcoholics who were miserable. Am just saying that this movie is a lot like professional wrestling. It's OK to watch, SO LONG AS you realize that it's all fake. | 984 | [
"Here is a party movie that focuses on all aspects of drinking beer.",
"It is a spectacle of drinking games, drinking contests, getting drunk and staying drunk.",
"Of course, all of this is not exactly what I would call \"impressive.\" Therein lies the weakness of this movie.There are a few funny parts in this film, to be sure, but it's just not what I would call a \"well done\" movie, even though it is a party movie.",
"There is very little nudity and there is some \"dark\" humor that just doesn't seem to fit with a party film.There's also the obvious point: films that repeatedly glorify getting drunk are not the best influence for people in their late teens & early 20s.",
"I'm old enough to know that the \"have fun & be happy\" stuff associated in this movie with getting drunk is all nonsense.",
"I was in the Navy & knew a great many alcoholics who were miserable.",
"Am just saying that this movie is a lot like professional wrestling.",
"It's OK to watch, SO LONG AS you realize that it's all fake."
] |
2 | A Sham | I liked this book for the first three-quarters, but watch out, the last step is a lulu. "The Last Templar" starts out promisingly enough, with lots of action and an interesting historical backstory. The prose, while wooden, is not as pulpy as "The DaVinci Code," and the characters are a bit more full-fleshed and sympathetic. Unfortunately, the story becomes more "Perils of Pauline" than engrossing historical thriller, and I realized that Mr. Khoury had bitten off more than he could chew. There was no way that he could end the book in a satisfying manner, and he didn't, but the finale was so crass and repugnant that I wanted to slap the man. I consider this book the Anti-DaVinci Code, because though the DVC had many flaws, it opened people's minds to new ideas, and made them reconsider old beliefs. "The Last Templar" dabbles in this, but its conclusion betrays the very readers that the title and opening premise lured in. To pardon the pun, the ending is a real "cop-out." | 984 | [
"I liked this book for the first three-quarters, but watch out, the last step is a lulu.",
"\"The Last Templar\" starts out promisingly enough, with lots of action and an interesting historical backstory.",
"The prose, while wooden, is not as pulpy as \"The DaVinci Code,\" and the characters are a bit more full-fleshed and sympathetic.",
"Unfortunately, the story becomes more \"Perils of Pauline\" than engrossing historical thriller, and I realized that Mr.",
"Khoury had bitten off more than he could chew.",
"There was no way that he could end the book in a satisfying manner, and he didn't, but the finale was so crass and repugnant that I wanted to slap the man.",
"I consider this book the Anti-DaVinci Code, because though the DVC had many flaws, it opened people's minds to new ideas, and made them reconsider old beliefs.",
"\"The Last Templar\" dabbles in this, but its conclusion betrays the very readers that the title and opening premise lured in.",
"To pardon the pun, the ending is a real \"cop-out.\""
] |
2 | Good sound with bad usability | I really wanted to like this phone. It has wall mount, digital spread spectrum, excellent sound quality, a comfortable handset, and a good feature list. After two days, I can't stand using it anymore.- You can't dial the phone from the base if you are using the handset - defeats the whole purpose of multiple keypads.- The caller ID won't stop blinking without picking up the handset and going through multiple menu items.- The phone won't let you step through the names in the stored directory any faster than one per second.- Speed dial only works on the base, not the handset.- Speed dial and the stored directory don't work together.- Transferring calls between the speaker phone and the handset is a tedious, noisy operation.- No mute button.- Too much loud beeping that you can't turn off.In short - if you aren't a phone power user, don't pay for the extra features on this phone. If you are a power user, find a phone designed by someone with common sense. I'm still looking. | 984 | [
"I really wanted to like this phone.",
"It has wall mount, digital spread spectrum, excellent sound quality, a comfortable handset, and a good feature list.",
"After two days, I can't stand using it anymore.- You can't dial the phone from the base if you are using the handset - defeats the whole purpose of multiple keypads.- The caller ID won't stop blinking without picking up the handset and going through multiple menu items.- The phone won't let you step through the names in the stored directory any faster than one per second.- Speed dial only works on the base, not the handset.- Speed dial and the stored directory don't work together.- Transferring calls between the speaker phone and the handset is a tedious, noisy operation.- No mute button.- Too much loud beeping that you can't turn off.In short - if you aren't a phone power user, don't pay for the extra features on this phone.",
"If you are a power user, find a phone designed by someone with common sense.",
"I'm still looking."
] |
2 | No depth to this book | I can quickly summarize this book for you:<ul><li>Warren Buffett is a very intelligent man</li><li>Coca-cola Washington Post, Wells Fargo are all exemplar companies</li><li>Buy good value companies with good management</li></ul>This book does not go beyond repeating these points. It does not answer the mechanics of valuing companies or Warren Buffet's methodology of determining good companies. It merely looks at companies who have done "well" and provides historical data on what "well" means. The author does not even attempt to explain the companies' success by analyzing management's decisions or otherwise.This book is a good start for somebody who has never seen an investment book, but provides no real information to help with evaluating businesses. The information presented in this book can be summarized in 3 chapters -- Chapter 1 for Warren Buffets biography, chapter 2 for investment philosophies. Chapter 3 for historical data for Warren Buffet's favourite companies. | 984 | [
"I can quickly summarize this book for you:<ul><li>Warren Buffett is a very intelligent man</li><li>Coca-cola Washington Post, Wells Fargo are all exemplar companies</li><li>Buy good value companies with good management</li></ul>This book does not go beyond repeating these points.",
"It does not answer the mechanics of valuing companies or Warren Buffet's methodology of determining good companies.",
"It merely looks at companies who have done \"well\" and provides historical data on what \"well\" means.",
"The author does not even attempt to explain the companies' success by analyzing management's decisions or otherwise.This book is a good start for somebody who has never seen an investment book, but provides no real information to help with evaluating businesses.",
"The information presented in this book can be summarized in 3 chapters -- Chapter 1 for Warren Buffets biography, chapter 2 for investment philosophies.",
"Chapter 3 for historical data for Warren Buffet's favourite companies."
] |
2 | Commercialism at its worst | About half the songs on this album are okay ("Clubbed To Death", before it suffered the fate in its title from being used in every ad and movie trailer this side of Hell.) The other half are the typical abysmal crap that fill "soundtracks" like this. The original score is nothing next to, say, Bernard Hermann (composer for, among many others, "Psycho" and "Taxi Driver") or John Barry (the Bond theme, but also "The Ipcress File", "Out Of Africa", and other haunting stuff), in fact it's pretty close to a mindless Strauss ripoff, but it's still better than suffering through the techno/industrial/metal dross that pollutes this CD.Don't buy this album; they're already out there like toadstools, pop compilations that hope to cruise on a movie's success and make the conglomerate even richer. If you really want techno, industrial and rock rolled all into one, try "Eeviac" and "A Spectrum of Infinite Scale", both by Man Or Astroman? Don't waste your money on something like this. | 984 | [
"About half the songs on this album are okay (\"Clubbed To Death\", before it suffered the fate in its title from being used in every ad and movie trailer this side of Hell.) The other half are the typical abysmal crap that fill \"soundtracks\" like this.",
"The original score is nothing next to, say, Bernard Hermann (composer for, among many others, \"Psycho\" and \"Taxi Driver\") or John Barry (the Bond theme, but also \"The Ipcress File\", \"Out Of Africa\", and other haunting stuff), in fact it's pretty close to a mindless Strauss ripoff, but it's still better than suffering through the techno/industrial/metal dross that pollutes this CD.Don't buy this album; they're already out there like toadstools, pop compilations that hope to cruise on a movie's success and make the conglomerate even richer.",
"If you really want techno, industrial and rock rolled all into one, try \"Eeviac\" and \"A Spectrum of Infinite Scale\", both by Man Or Astroman?",
"Don't waste your money on something like this."
] |
2 | Their Fault.. Your Problem | Having come from a dysfunctional family with a controlling mother and escapist father (I will spare the details)this book really hit home for me. Like many people, I didn't even realize our family had serious problems until I was in my late twenties. It has been and still is very painful. I confronted my parents by letter many years ago and got just the disappointing results this book warns of. I was considering doing it again and hoped this book would have helpful advice, but it proposed exactly what I had already tried. She says not to expect your parents to change, but that the process of confrontation will be liberating. Then goes through the pros and cons of confrontation and admits that it may not be worthwhile to actually confront your parents and that role playing with others may be more helpful. Okay... My thinking is that people that don't know they have problems aren't likely to be reading this. People that know, shouldn't expect to find their answers here... | 984 | [
"Having come from a dysfunctional family with a controlling mother and escapist father (I will spare the details)this book really hit home for me.",
"Like many people, I didn't even realize our family had serious problems until I was in my late twenties.",
"It has been and still is very painful.",
"I confronted my parents by letter many years ago and got just the disappointing results this book warns of.",
"I was considering doing it again and hoped this book would have helpful advice, but it proposed exactly what I had already tried.",
"She says not to expect your parents to change, but that the process of confrontation will be liberating.",
"Then goes through the pros and cons of confrontation and admits that it may not be worthwhile to actually confront your parents and that role playing with others may be more helpful.",
"Okay... My thinking is that people that don't know they have problems aren't likely to be reading this.",
"People that know, shouldn't expect to find their answers here..."
] |
2 | My View of Tuck Everlasting | Winnie Foster was just a little child who lived in a touch-me-not-cottage near a wood that her family owned. One day Winnie One day Winnie ventured into the woods, coming upon a little clearing she had never seen before, with a boy sitting on the ground drinking from a spring arching up out of the ground. The boy and his family kidnaps her, and the Tucks tell her that they can live forever. First Winnie thinks that these people were crazy kidnappers, but gradually realized that they were telling the truth. A man that always wore a yellow suit figured out the Tuck's secret, and he wanted to sell the spring water for profit. The Tuck's ended up getting away, but Mae had to club the man in the yellow msuit in the head.This book was an ok book, but i'm not a big fan of it. Natalie Babbit did a great job at describing places like Winnie's house, the wood, and the Tuck's house. The story itself was kind of corny. I didn't like how Winnie gave the toad the spring water either. | 984 | [
"Winnie Foster was just a little child who lived in a touch-me-not-cottage near a wood that her family owned.",
"One day Winnie One day Winnie ventured into the woods, coming upon a little clearing she had never seen before, with a boy sitting on the ground drinking from a spring arching up out of the ground.",
"The boy and his family kidnaps her, and the Tucks tell her that they can live forever.",
"First Winnie thinks that these people were crazy kidnappers, but gradually realized that they were telling the truth.",
"A man that always wore a yellow suit figured out the Tuck's secret, and he wanted to sell the spring water for profit.",
"The Tuck's ended up getting away, but Mae had to club the man in the yellow msuit in the head.This book was an ok book, but i'm not a big fan of it.",
"Natalie Babbit did a great job at describing places like Winnie's house, the wood, and the Tuck's house.",
"The story itself was kind of corny.",
"I didn't like how Winnie gave the toad the spring water either."
] |
2 | Dangerous Initiative? | Broder presents the origins and history of Initiative and lays out many negative aspects pertaining to its modern practice, based on his own perceptions and conclusions. He apparently does not see any good aspects, now or in the future. A dim view indeed, as if it were not possible to improve the process at all.The most galling point taken by this reviewer is that Broder does not acknowledge that the people are sovereign and have the right to legislate directly, even if they do not always have the means or process in place to do so.This type of one-sided presentation could serve as a catalog of wrongs to be fixed and might be useful in that respect. However, the shortcomings of the Initiative process have already been addressed in the Direct Democracy Initiative proposal by former Senator Mike Gravel and the Philadelphia II organization. Broder mentions this effort but dismisses it based, apparently, on his foregone conclusion that Initiative is dangerous at all levels. | 984 | [
"Broder presents the origins and history of Initiative and lays out many negative aspects pertaining to its modern practice, based on his own perceptions and conclusions.",
"He apparently does not see any good aspects, now or in the future.",
"A dim view indeed, as if it were not possible to improve the process at all.The most galling point taken by this reviewer is that Broder does not acknowledge that the people are sovereign and have the right to legislate directly, even if they do not always have the means or process in place to do so.This type of one-sided presentation could serve as a catalog of wrongs to be fixed and might be useful in that respect.",
"However, the shortcomings of the Initiative process have already been addressed in the Direct Democracy Initiative proposal by former Senator Mike Gravel and the Philadelphia II organization.",
"Broder mentions this effort but dismisses it based, apparently, on his foregone conclusion that Initiative is dangerous at all levels."
] |
2 | Okay book -- | I found this book to be merely ok.... I think Cate was a snob (she even says how in her past life she would have looked down on people who did menial labor). I did not have a clear picture of Mister Harris - he seemed so uninspired (grease/dirt stained clothes, shaggy hair) - he mumbled, blushed, ducked his head.... hard to picture him turning into a super-charged hero. I also find it hard to belive that Cate suddenly starts to notice him and within 2 days is in love with him. I really think the whole hiking incident was far-fetched and just added to the book so Cate and Cal can have sex with each other-- it did not seem to really fit into the book at all. they hike all the way up there and then have to turn back?? I did find the eyeball part at the end funny - I wonder if the woman Goss slept with was the eyeball killer - and if they will run into each other again.Generally I love to read LH books and think she is a GREAT author- - but this book is NOT one of her best. | 984 | [
"I found this book to be merely ok.... I think Cate was a snob (she even says how in her past life she would have looked down on people who did menial labor).",
"I did not have a clear picture of Mister Harris - he seemed so uninspired (grease/dirt stained clothes, shaggy hair) - he mumbled, blushed, ducked his head.... hard to picture him turning into a super-charged hero.",
"I also find it hard to belive that Cate suddenly starts to notice him and within 2 days is in love with him.",
"I really think the whole hiking incident was far-fetched and just added to the book so Cate and Cal can have sex with each other-- it did not seem to really fit into the book at all.",
"they hike all the way up there and then have to turn back??",
"I did find the eyeball part at the end funny - I wonder if the woman Goss slept with was the eyeball killer - and if they will run into each other again.Generally I love to read LH books and think she is a GREAT author- - but this book is NOT one of her best."
] |
2 | Bedtime Stories for Adults | One of the charms of the "No 1 Ladies Detective Agency" books is that they have a gentle feeling not normally associated with mysteries. That mood is very compatible with the traditional African society Mma Ramotswe is part of. That same pacing and charm is used to advantage in "44 Scotland Street" as well. It's engaging to have a Bridget Jones-like character's tale told in such a detached, avuncular way.McCall Smith brings that gentility to these short stories about three German professors. The professors live an insular, old-fashioned existence and these stories describe their awkward encounter with the world. Although the professors experience physical injury (for example, in a duel where the unfortunate bookish student has never held a sword before) we aren't asked to empathize, but merely to feel bemused.If you don't expect too much from these stories, you can enjoy them one by one before nodding off. But they are light, and didn't really leave me craving for more. | 984 | [
"One of the charms of the \"No 1 Ladies Detective Agency\" books is that they have a gentle feeling not normally associated with mysteries.",
"That mood is very compatible with the traditional African society Mma Ramotswe is part of.",
"That same pacing and charm is used to advantage in \"44 Scotland Street\" as well.",
"It's engaging to have a Bridget Jones-like character's tale told in such a detached, avuncular way.McCall Smith brings that gentility to these short stories about three German professors.",
"The professors live an insular, old-fashioned existence and these stories describe their awkward encounter with the world.",
"Although the professors experience physical injury (for example, in a duel where the unfortunate bookish student has never held a sword before) we aren't asked to empathize, but merely to feel bemused.If you don't expect too much from these stories, you can enjoy them one by one before nodding off.",
"But they are light, and didn't really leave me craving for more."
] |
2 | Highly overrated | I had heard nothing but rave reviews about the Horrorist, and had heard his über-hit "One Night in NYC", so I decided to check out the rest of his album. There were only about five songs that I could stand listening to more than once. Most of the beats are alright, and if this was a strictly instrumental album, I'd give it an extra two stars. What I think ruins it is Oliver's "singing". It is either a shrill screaming, à la Atari Teenage Riot, or it is in his storytelling style. The screaming songs are without a doubt terrible; "Ich habe die Macht" is by far the worst. His storytelling songs are much better, but lack replayability. Once you've heard "One Night in NYC" several times, I found it getting old.The best tracks on here are "It Goes Like This", "One Night in NYC" and "Mission Extasy". Absolute worst, hands down, is "Ich habe die Macht". All in all, I was disappointed in Manic Panic, especially since it seems to be very highly regarded in many reviews I've read. | 984 | [
"I had heard nothing but rave reviews about the Horrorist, and had heard his über-hit \"One Night in NYC\", so I decided to check out the rest of his album.",
"There were only about five songs that I could stand listening to more than once.",
"Most of the beats are alright, and if this was a strictly instrumental album, I'd give it an extra two stars.",
"What I think ruins it is Oliver's \"singing\".",
"It is either a shrill screaming, à la Atari Teenage Riot, or it is in his storytelling style.",
"The screaming songs are without a doubt terrible; \"Ich habe die Macht\" is by far the worst.",
"His storytelling songs are much better, but lack replayability.",
"Once you've heard \"One Night in NYC\" several times, I found it getting old.The best tracks on here are \"It Goes Like This\", \"One Night in NYC\" and \"Mission Extasy\".",
"Absolute worst, hands down, is \"Ich habe die Macht\".",
"All in all, I was disappointed in Manic Panic, especially since it seems to be very highly regarded in many reviews I've read."
] |
2 | My least favorite book | I generally love romances and can usually suspend belief in order to get into a book with an unrealistic storyline, but this one just didn't work for me. The star crossed lovers are described as being perfect and brave and so on, but I just thought they were plain dumb. The heroine gets into all kinds of trouble just because she is ridiculously careless. I cringed when Scarlet was sneaking into the underground city all by herself instead of going to get her sheriff father to help, and the dumb stunts just go on and on. The dialogue was the worst I've come across in years and that's saying something because I usually read at least four books a week from different genres. The plot devices were just too convenient, the characters did not ring "true", and even the love scenes were a bore.I picked this book up hoping to enjoy a mildly steamy historical romance, but was sorely disappointed. The only redeeming characteristic was that there was no half-naked woman on the cover. | 984 | [
"I generally love romances and can usually suspend belief in order to get into a book with an unrealistic storyline, but this one just didn't work for me.",
"The star crossed lovers are described as being perfect and brave and so on, but I just thought they were plain dumb.",
"The heroine gets into all kinds of trouble just because she is ridiculously careless.",
"I cringed when Scarlet was sneaking into the underground city all by herself instead of going to get her sheriff father to help, and the dumb stunts just go on and on.",
"The dialogue was the worst I've come across in years and that's saying something because I usually read at least four books a week from different genres.",
"The plot devices were just too convenient, the characters did not ring \"true\", and even the love scenes were a bore.I picked this book up hoping to enjoy a mildly steamy historical romance, but was sorely disappointed.",
"The only redeeming characteristic was that there was no half-naked woman on the cover."
] |
2 | Salmon gone off | Basically this is a movie for those that like the genre of comedy, with physical and sexual and bathroom humor. It has everything, bad language and back stabbing as the wait staff tries to win a prize in Slammin' Cleon Salmon's (Michael Clarke Duncan of `The Green Mile' fame) restaurant...so the evening is shown with the customers and staff; with some guest spots by people such as Morgan Fairchild, eating their meals and the wait staff trying to make a huge amount of money.The DVD has English subtitles for hard of hearing and Spanish subtitles. There are outtakes of goofed lines over the end credits. There are two audio commentaries from the writer/director/actors and an extra of the movie trailer and one called 'Hellish Kitchens: Art Imitates Life' but the sound on that part was so bad, since it was recorded as they were riding in a van, I could barely under stand them.All total not a complete waste of time, but just not a great use unless you like this type of comedy. | 984 | [
"Basically this is a movie for those that like the genre of comedy, with physical and sexual and bathroom humor.",
"It has everything, bad language and back stabbing as the wait staff tries to win a prize in Slammin' Cleon Salmon's (Michael Clarke Duncan of `The Green Mile' fame) restaurant...so the evening is shown with the customers and staff; with some guest spots by people such as Morgan Fairchild, eating their meals and the wait staff trying to make a huge amount of money.The DVD has English subtitles for hard of hearing and Spanish subtitles.",
"There are outtakes of goofed lines over the end credits.",
"There are two audio commentaries from the writer/director/actors and an extra of the movie trailer and one called 'Hellish Kitchens: Art Imitates Life' but the sound on that part was so bad, since it was recorded as they were riding in a van, I could barely under stand them.All total not a complete waste of time, but just not a great use unless you like this type of comedy."
] |
2 | Bad Movie | I thought this movie was everything that the critics said. It was bad. I thought Colin Farrell was totally miscast, as was Angelina Jolie as his MOTHER? Val Kilmer was pretty bad too. All that said, I think that the story of Alexander was or is just too vast and it seemed like they were trying to throw all his story into one movie and it was like trying to cram 50 pounds of gay love into a 5 pound reel of film. I guess that Alexanders sexuality might be bi/homosexual/insestuous with his mother or whatever but really, who cares? With all the magnificent things he did in his short life Oliver Stone seems to want to concentrate on his sexuality more than putting time into making a good movie. Jared Letos part as Colin Farrells boytoy was nauseating not because they were lovers but because his character was underdeveloped and basically consisted of he and Farrell making goo goo eyes at each other every time they were in each others site.This is simply just not a good movie. | 984 | [
"I thought this movie was everything that the critics said.",
"It was bad.",
"I thought Colin Farrell was totally miscast, as was Angelina Jolie as his MOTHER?",
"Val Kilmer was pretty bad too.",
"All that said, I think that the story of Alexander was or is just too vast and it seemed like they were trying to throw all his story into one movie and it was like trying to cram 50 pounds of gay love into a 5 pound reel of film.",
"I guess that Alexanders sexuality might be bi/homosexual/insestuous with his mother or whatever but really, who cares?",
"With all the magnificent things he did in his short life Oliver Stone seems to want to concentrate on his sexuality more than putting time into making a good movie.",
"Jared Letos part as Colin Farrells boytoy was nauseating not because they were lovers but because his character was underdeveloped and basically consisted of he and Farrell making goo goo eyes at each other every time they were in each others site.This is simply just not a good movie."
] |
2 | Don't Do it! | This Product line has always gotten 5 stars from me, but not wih this item. It's a WASTE! You're better off just warming up water and letting the bottle sit in it for a minute or two. And least you won't be outed twenty or thirty some odd bucks. This can be very dangerous to baby if you are not careful. I purchase one for myself and one for my cousin since our babies are one month apart. I used mine a few and it over heated the bottle and I followed the directions and everything. At first it feels warm but when you shake the bottle sometimes you feel the temp of the bottle getting warmer and that tends to happen because the center of the bottle gets the hottest. It has NO timer or on/off button so you have to babysit the thing. BE CAREFUL you may scortch babys mouth with the hot milk. Lord forbid if you forget that it has to be unplug it will overheat and konk out like the one I purchased for my cousin. After that she cursed me out and went to warming milk on the stove. | 984 | [
"This Product line has always gotten 5 stars from me, but not wih this item.",
"It's a WASTE!",
"You're better off just warming up water and letting the bottle sit in it for a minute or two.",
"And least you won't be outed twenty or thirty some odd bucks.",
"This can be very dangerous to baby if you are not careful.",
"I purchase one for myself and one for my cousin since our babies are one month apart.",
"I used mine a few and it over heated the bottle and I followed the directions and everything.",
"At first it feels warm but when you shake the bottle sometimes you feel the temp of the bottle getting warmer and that tends to happen because the center of the bottle gets the hottest.",
"It has NO timer or on/off button so you have to babysit the thing.",
"BE CAREFUL you may scortch babys mouth with the hot milk.",
"Lord forbid if you forget that it has to be unplug it will overheat and konk out like the one I purchased for my cousin.",
"After that she cursed me out and went to warming milk on the stove."
] |
2 | shockingly horrible | don't get me wrong, I long Avalon, they're one of my favorite groups, and I love a great beat but the sounds coming from this cd didn't go well with Avalon. It's all techno which isn't bad, I like techno, but all the songs sound the same. And the same sound doesn't sound good for every song they've decided to remix. About all the songs are over 6 minutes and in most of them they hardly sing at all. It sounds like thery're just playing around with the intraments in the recording studio. When I heard that this cd came out I just went and bought it because I've loved all of Avalon's stuff so far but next year I think I'll have to preview the cd before i buy it. This cd is only for those who love a monotonous techno sound. There's a warning label on this cd and rightfully so. Note: Make it last forever- is a shocker. It's all rap. Be sure you preiview this cd before you buy. On christianbook.com you can preview all the songs which is what I should've done before I got this. | 984 | [
"don't get me wrong, I long Avalon, they're one of my favorite groups, and I love a great beat but the sounds coming from this cd didn't go well with Avalon.",
"It's all techno which isn't bad, I like techno, but all the songs sound the same.",
"And the same sound doesn't sound good for every song they've decided to remix.",
"About all the songs are over 6 minutes and in most of them they hardly sing at all.",
"It sounds like thery're just playing around with the intraments in the recording studio.",
"When I heard that this cd came out I just went and bought it because I've loved all of Avalon's stuff so far but next year I think I'll have to preview the cd before i buy it.",
"This cd is only for those who love a monotonous techno sound.",
"There's a warning label on this cd and rightfully so.",
"Note: Make it last forever- is a shocker.",
"It's all rap.",
"Be sure you preiview this cd before you buy.",
"On christianbook.com you can preview all the songs which is what I should've done before I got this."
] |
2 | Magicolor 2400W - Disaster | Having owned and operated a Konica-Minolta Magicolor 2400W for the last year and a half I am not surprised this item has been discontinued by the manufacturer. I purchased a brand new unit which promptly broke down in days of installation. Minolta did replace it with a REFURBISHED unit. Strange, I bought new and they replaced it with a used unit.The printer is incredibly noisy and dirty - it spills a lot of toner inside the printer so you get to clean it frequently if you want clean printing. The toner is outrageously expensive. Replacing all four toner cartridges is more expensive than buying a new printer.Break downs and error messages are a fact of life with this printer. Konica Minolta's web page help site is of no help what so ever. Unless you somehow forgot to remove the packing tape when you first installed the unit, all help does in recommend you call customer service.After 18 months of repeated frustration I pulled the plug and went with HP color laser printer. | 984 | [
"Having owned and operated a Konica-Minolta Magicolor 2400W for the last year and a half I am not surprised this item has been discontinued by the manufacturer.",
"I purchased a brand new unit which promptly broke down in days of installation.",
"Minolta did replace it with a REFURBISHED unit.",
"Strange, I bought new and they replaced it with a used unit.The printer is incredibly noisy and dirty - it spills a lot of toner inside the printer so you get to clean it frequently if you want clean printing.",
"The toner is outrageously expensive.",
"Replacing all four toner cartridges is more expensive than buying a new printer.Break downs and error messages are a fact of life with this printer.",
"Konica Minolta's web page help site is of no help what so ever.",
"Unless you somehow forgot to remove the packing tape when you first installed the unit, all help does in recommend you call customer service.After 18 months of repeated frustration I pulled the plug and went with HP color laser printer."
] |
2 | Some nice ideas, but ... | Easy: good. Simple: good. So far, so good. But Eaton dispenses with too many really basic techniques -- for simplicity, I suppose -- for reliably good results. For example: you simply MUST use a smaller needle for a rib edging; otherwise it flares. And although three-needle bindoffs are neat and stylish, most adult sizes need a little shoulder shaping to look anything but terribly bulky and boxy. Finally, IMO no design calling for 60% seed stitch quit qualifies as a "quick knit," even in a largish gauge.The photographs don't really display the designs well; the garments of the grownups squatting behind children are really hard to evaluate. Intentionally obscured? Maybe because the patterns are really too squared-off to look good on anyone over age six...?I got partway through one little sweater and stopped to regroup with a different pattern from another source.I wanted to like this book, but won't trust my investments of time and yarn to such oversimplified directions. | 984 | [
"Easy: good.",
"Simple: good.",
"So far, so good.",
"But Eaton dispenses with too many really basic techniques -- for simplicity, I suppose -- for reliably good results.",
"For example: you simply MUST use a smaller needle for a rib edging; otherwise it flares.",
"And although three-needle bindoffs are neat and stylish, most adult sizes need a little shoulder shaping to look anything but terribly bulky and boxy.",
"Finally, IMO no design calling for 60% seed stitch quit qualifies as a \"quick knit,\" even in a largish gauge.The photographs don't really display the designs well; the garments of the grownups squatting behind children are really hard to evaluate.",
"Intentionally obscured?",
"Maybe because the patterns are really too squared-off to look good on anyone over age six...?I got partway through one little sweater and stopped to regroup with a different pattern from another source.I wanted to like this book, but won't trust my investments of time and yarn to such oversimplified directions."
] |
2 | broken reality | Fiction is a remarkable phenomenon. It begins as anunread sequence of words, the whimsical constructionof the author's mind. But as the pages pass, the realitygels, the events become meaningful, the author disappears.But sometimes work strains the suspension of disbelief to thebreaking point. The veil of reality disappears, and one isagain left with words... words of the author's design,the events they describe without importance or causal connection.This is what happens with Plum Island.It isn't a total loss. Some of the character interactions,through most of the book, are compelling, and the descriptionof the local culture sustains interest. But the end-gameis where it falters. Drama surrenders to silliness. The readeris betrayed.I haven't ready anything else from Demille, and probablywon't. I instead recommend Robert E. Parker's Spenser series(I recommend starting from the beginning) as superiorin virtually all aspects -- it's a far better executionof the same style. | 984 | [
"Fiction is a remarkable phenomenon.",
"It begins as anunread sequence of words, the whimsical constructionof the author's mind.",
"But as the pages pass, the realitygels, the events become meaningful, the author disappears.But sometimes work strains the suspension of disbelief to thebreaking point.",
"The veil of reality disappears, and one isagain left with words... words of the author's design,the events they describe without importance or causal connection.This is what happens with Plum Island.It isn't a total loss.",
"Some of the character interactions,through most of the book, are compelling, and the descriptionof the local culture sustains interest.",
"But the end-gameis where it falters.",
"Drama surrenders to silliness.",
"The readeris betrayed.I haven't ready anything else from Demille, and probablywon't.",
"I instead recommend Robert E.",
"Parker's Spenser series(I recommend starting from the beginning) as superiorin virtually all aspects -- it's a far better executionof the same style."
] |
2 | From Decent to Bad | I found the first half of Grave's book enjoying and convincing in using scientific analysis to make his point that race doesn't really exist in humans. He then takes that premise and goes nowhere with it while describing the ills of the myth. The scientific part of his reasoning wanes as he goes more and more into the socio-political aspects of our society.Credibility turned to incredibility as his pick and choose logic and statistics became more prevalent. He complains that before present day affirmative action, whites had it, but it was called something else and criticizes it. Fine, but he then goes on to support affirmative action. After convincing me that race is a myth, he himself subsequently claims that churches are "racially segregated". I would have appreciated more on solutions than beratement of well known inequalities.But who is to say, it may be that the 4 enlightning statements that I got out of the entire last half of the book may end up being worthwhile. | 984 | [
"I found the first half of Grave's book enjoying and convincing in using scientific analysis to make his point that race doesn't really exist in humans.",
"He then takes that premise and goes nowhere with it while describing the ills of the myth.",
"The scientific part of his reasoning wanes as he goes more and more into the socio-political aspects of our society.Credibility turned to incredibility as his pick and choose logic and statistics became more prevalent.",
"He complains that before present day affirmative action, whites had it, but it was called something else and criticizes it.",
"Fine, but he then goes on to support affirmative action.",
"After convincing me that race is a myth, he himself subsequently claims that churches are \"racially segregated\".",
"I would have appreciated more on solutions than beratement of well known inequalities.But who is to say, it may be that the 4 enlightning statements that I got out of the entire last half of the book may end up being worthwhile."
] |
2 | Disappointing | After reading this book, the question looms large as to why Dr. Kissinger bothered to "write" it. It is essentially a selected collection of phone logs between Dr. Kissinger and his cohorts during the Yom Kippur War and the last days of the Vietnam War. If you are halfway interested in politics and history, there is nothing in this book that you don't already know, other than being able to glean through the actual words spoken by the policy makers of the time - what was "behind the scenes" was not startlingly different than what was on the TV screen.I am disappointed with this book, not least because I am much impressed by Dr. Kissinger's other work, especially his defining tome: Diplomacy.I am thankful for the tip given by the previous reviewer from Amsterdam, pointing out where to get the declassified information from the NSA. He was right. The account (of the Yom Kippur War) from the declassified NSA documents was more succinct, balanced and overall more informative. | 984 | [
"After reading this book, the question looms large as to why Dr.",
"Kissinger bothered to \"write\" it.",
"It is essentially a selected collection of phone logs between Dr.",
"Kissinger and his cohorts during the Yom Kippur War and the last days of the Vietnam War.",
"If you are halfway interested in politics and history, there is nothing in this book that you don't already know, other than being able to glean through the actual words spoken by the policy makers of the time - what was \"behind the scenes\" was not startlingly different than what was on the TV screen.I am disappointed with this book, not least because I am much impressed by Dr.",
"Kissinger's other work, especially his defining tome: Diplomacy.I am thankful for the tip given by the previous reviewer from Amsterdam, pointing out where to get the declassified information from the NSA.",
"He was right.",
"The account (of the Yom Kippur War) from the declassified NSA documents was more succinct, balanced and overall more informative."
] |
2 | ok book but very outdated | As the author of 3 mass market books on cancer and health, I can say that Fink's 1997 book was very useful up until about 3 years ago. However, the information contained in it is now very outdated, due in part, to the rapidly changing landscape of alternative cancer treatments and practitioners in the US and abroad. Also, a number of so called 'alternative health-practitioners' do operate at less-than scrupulous levels, and tend to pack up and leave town for greener pastures from time to time. [By the way, anyone considering an alternative therapy should always ask the therapist for records and clinical data in support of their therapy; the one's who don't provide such should be suspect, and often, it's these folks who don't seem to be in business for very long durations.] Overall, Fink's book is a fairly decent introduction to alternative therapies---however overly optimistic the tone is from time to time. However, don't blindly accept the information for its accuracy. | 984 | [
"As the author of 3 mass market books on cancer and health, I can say that Fink's 1997 book was very useful up until about 3 years ago.",
"However, the information contained in it is now very outdated, due in part, to the rapidly changing landscape of alternative cancer treatments and practitioners in the US and abroad.",
"Also, a number of so called 'alternative health-practitioners' do operate at less-than scrupulous levels, and tend to pack up and leave town for greener pastures from time to time.",
"[By the way, anyone considering an alternative therapy should always ask the therapist for records and clinical data in support of their therapy; the one's who don't provide such should be suspect, and often, it's these folks who don't seem to be in business for very long durations.] Overall, Fink's book is a fairly decent introduction to alternative therapies---however overly optimistic the tone is from time to time.",
"However, don't blindly accept the information for its accuracy."
] |
2 | Not Inspirational | Ever since I first heard Sonny Sharrock play on Albert Ayler's "The Last Album" I have wanted to hear more of this mad man genius guitarist. Although I only have a few of his albums so far, this one again comes up short for me. Sonny seems to have many sides though and I give him credit for his attempts at a variety of ideas and sounds. I am not at all familiar with Skopelitis but I have to say I can't often tell which is which on this unaccompanied duet effort. Some tunes, like the first one, really strike me as pretty mundane efforts. Other tunes have a fairly nice feel to them but it is mostly very simple ramblings relying heavily on the electronics for that Bill Connors / Return to Forever effect. It just doesn't generally come off as powerfully as Bill & Chick pulled off and it lacks all the other instrumentation that made RTF pretty inspiring for it's day. This is OK but it doesn't seem worthy of what Sonny is capable of from what I have heard of his earlier work. | 984 | [
"Ever since I first heard Sonny Sharrock play on Albert Ayler's \"The Last Album\" I have wanted to hear more of this mad man genius guitarist.",
"Although I only have a few of his albums so far, this one again comes up short for me.",
"Sonny seems to have many sides though and I give him credit for his attempts at a variety of ideas and sounds.",
"I am not at all familiar with Skopelitis but I have to say I can't often tell which is which on this unaccompanied duet effort.",
"Some tunes, like the first one, really strike me as pretty mundane efforts.",
"Other tunes have a fairly nice feel to them but it is mostly very simple ramblings relying heavily on the electronics for that Bill Connors / Return to Forever effect.",
"It just doesn't generally come off as powerfully as Bill & Chick pulled off and it lacks all the other instrumentation that made RTF pretty inspiring for it's day.",
"This is OK but it doesn't seem worthy of what Sonny is capable of from what I have heard of his earlier work."
] |
2 | Very Upset! | I did receive my KJV Bible on CD. I gave it to my dad and I should have waited until Christmas but I decided to go ahead and give it to him anyway. Needless to say if you knew my father he waits for nothing.Later that night he came over and showed me the very 1st CD in the case. It was not only cracked but it was scratched in HALF. Out of all of the CD's this was the only one that was damaged.Well, we returned this product and got a new one within 3 days. I just want to let anyone know if they decided to buy this product rip off the plastic and open it before you give it to anyone to make sure ALL OF THE CDS ARE INTACT!The product itself is wonderful and it is beyond my comprehension that one of the CDS could have been damaged in this way. It was not damaged during shipping as I have said that every other CDS was completely fine.The damage that occurred look purposeful as it was not just a crack in the CD but long scratches that were in so deep it cause the CD to crack! | 984 | [
"I did receive my KJV Bible on CD.",
"I gave it to my dad and I should have waited until Christmas but I decided to go ahead and give it to him anyway.",
"Needless to say if you knew my father he waits for nothing.Later that night he came over and showed me the very 1st CD in the case.",
"It was not only cracked but it was scratched in HALF.",
"Out of all of the CD's this was the only one that was damaged.Well, we returned this product and got a new one within 3 days.",
"I just want to let anyone know if they decided to buy this product rip off the plastic and open it before you give it to anyone to make sure ALL OF THE CDS ARE INTACT!",
"The product itself is wonderful and it is beyond my comprehension that one of the CDS could have been damaged in this way.",
"It was not damaged during shipping as I have said that every other CDS was completely fine.The damage that occurred look purposeful as it was not just a crack in the CD but long scratches that were in so deep it cause the CD to crack!"
] |
2 | Not a good product | I own the SkyFi, SkyFi2 and the SkyFi3... the first two where great, the SkyFI3 is an unreliable piece of junk.The features are great, such as the backlight auto turn off, the recording time, the ablilty to record songs for later.... BUT, since I have owned it (about 1 1/2 years), I have had it lock up countless times. Each time you have to reset it which will cause you to have to reconfigure it. What is worse is if you have any songs saved and you have to reset it, well, kiss those goodbye. They will show up still, but they won't play.In addition to the above, it will sometimes just erase all of your pre-sets. What is really bad, is when the pre-sets get erased, then the unit will not save new ones you try to set. You can reset the unit, and it will still do the same thing. What is really strange, is after a while, it will save the presets... but good luck guessing when that will happen.Do yourself a favor; avoid the SkyFi3, get the SkyFi2 or look for another receiver. | 984 | [
"I own the SkyFi, SkyFi2 and the SkyFi3... the first two where great, the SkyFI3 is an unreliable piece of junk.The features are great, such as the backlight auto turn off, the recording time, the ablilty to record songs for later.... BUT, since I have owned it (about 1 1/2 years), I have had it lock up countless times.",
"Each time you have to reset it which will cause you to have to reconfigure it.",
"What is worse is if you have any songs saved and you have to reset it, well, kiss those goodbye.",
"They will show up still, but they won't play.In addition to the above, it will sometimes just erase all of your pre-sets.",
"What is really bad, is when the pre-sets get erased, then the unit will not save new ones you try to set.",
"You can reset the unit, and it will still do the same thing.",
"What is really strange, is after a while, it will save the presets... but good luck guessing when that will happen.Do yourself a favor; avoid the SkyFi3, get the SkyFi2 or look for another receiver."
] |
2 | A disappointment | I thought all dvd/vcr combos were probably pretty much the same. I had a Sharp which I liked but needed to get another for my the teens' tv room. The Zenith was on sale. I don't use it much but here's what I don't like about it so far: programming is a pain. You can't use the number pad, and unlike even my 5-year-old VCR, you have to use up and down keys for the hour&minutes combined (that is, you push the up arrow and it goes from 12:00 to 12:01, up and it goes 12:01 to 12:02, etc. you can't separate the hour from the minutes for faster programming). On my Sharp, I can use either the number pad (with hour & minute separated) or the up & down arrows. In addition, it seems to have little versatility on rewind or FF. The same DVD which I can rewind in tiny segments on my Sharp can only be rewound (or fast forward) in big chunks on the Zenith. I have a feeling that Zenith is using the oldest available technology. The pathetic thing is that it cost just as much as my Sharp. | 984 | [
"I thought all dvd/vcr combos were probably pretty much the same.",
"I had a Sharp which I liked but needed to get another for my the teens' tv room.",
"The Zenith was on sale.",
"I don't use it much but here's what I don't like about it so far: programming is a pain.",
"You can't use the number pad, and unlike even my 5-year-old VCR, you have to use up and down keys for the hour&minutes combined (that is, you push the up arrow and it goes from 12:00 to 12:01, up and it goes 12:01 to 12:02, etc.",
"you can't separate the hour from the minutes for faster programming).",
"On my Sharp, I can use either the number pad (with hour & minute separated) or the up & down arrows.",
"In addition, it seems to have little versatility on rewind or FF.",
"The same DVD which I can rewind in tiny segments on my Sharp can only be rewound (or fast forward) in big chunks on the Zenith.",
"I have a feeling that Zenith is using the oldest available technology.",
"The pathetic thing is that it cost just as much as my Sharp."
] |
2 | Chaotic | This is a semi-autobiographical movie directed by Italian film starlet, Asia Argento. The movie is rather chaotic, which may fit with the life being portrayed, but does not make for a very good movie. The lead character, played by Asia herself, flits around from one strange incident to another - partially out of loneliness, partially out of looking for love and companionship, and partially trying to find her niche in life. It's a sad story filled with drugs and wrong choices - or at least what appear to the viewer as wrong choices. Unfortunately, disconnected from any explanation of the significance of the movie, it leaves one feeling like they wasted a few hours of time watching something rather pointless.The interview on the DVD of Asia Argento sheds some real light on the meaning behind the movie and had I watched that first I might have interacted with the story differently. Even with the interview as background I don't consider this to be a particularly good movie. | 984 | [
"This is a semi-autobiographical movie directed by Italian film starlet, Asia Argento.",
"The movie is rather chaotic, which may fit with the life being portrayed, but does not make for a very good movie.",
"The lead character, played by Asia herself, flits around from one strange incident to another - partially out of loneliness, partially out of looking for love and companionship, and partially trying to find her niche in life.",
"It's a sad story filled with drugs and wrong choices - or at least what appear to the viewer as wrong choices.",
"Unfortunately, disconnected from any explanation of the significance of the movie, it leaves one feeling like they wasted a few hours of time watching something rather pointless.The interview on the DVD of Asia Argento sheds some real light on the meaning behind the movie and had I watched that first I might have interacted with the story differently.",
"Even with the interview as background I don't consider this to be a particularly good movie."
] |
2 | Disappointing | I can't believe this book was the "United We Read" selection for this year in Kansas City MO. (I don't know if this is part of a national program, or just KC.) I was very disappointed with this book. Expecting to read some real "stuff" about black nuns in the rural south, I ended up skimming much of the going-nowhere story looking for those parts. They were almost not there. The last 20 pages redeemed the story to a very slight degree but overall, this book was a waste of time. Lots of character development -- no real story, no plot, no antagonist, no protagonist. As another reviewer stated, the thoughts and dialog of main character, 10-year-old Vivien Leigh does not ring true to her age (even if she is "wise beyond her years"). I also felt the story itself did not ring true to the period, or place. At times I wasn't sure if they were in present day or the 50's; California, or Louisiana or somewhere else altogether. The many incongruities were annoying to say the least. | 984 | [
"I can't believe this book was the \"United We Read\" selection for this year in Kansas City MO.",
"(I don't know if this is part of a national program, or just KC.) I was very disappointed with this book.",
"Expecting to read some real \"stuff\" about black nuns in the rural south, I ended up skimming much of the going-nowhere story looking for those parts.",
"They were almost not there.",
"The last 20 pages redeemed the story to a very slight degree but overall, this book was a waste of time.",
"Lots of character development -- no real story, no plot, no antagonist, no protagonist.",
"As another reviewer stated, the thoughts and dialog of main character, 10-year-old Vivien Leigh does not ring true to her age (even if she is \"wise beyond her years\").",
"I also felt the story itself did not ring true to the period, or place.",
"At times I wasn't sure if they were in present day or the 50's; California, or Louisiana or somewhere else altogether.",
"The many incongruities were annoying to say the least."
] |
2 | Disappointing | I found that the title was a little bit misleading as well. The word "workbook" led me to believe that there would be examples, exercises and forms to work from. Instead, the entire book is broken down into tiny sections that only DESCRIBE how or why a particular analysis or technique should be performed.Some of the information is purely common sense, and yet you are forced to read through a dry, overanalyzed, high-level description of it. For example, under the Project Documentation section, an explanation reads: "Communication. With the documentation, all those who were involved with the project can be informed about the development of the project from beginning to end." (Do you really need a book to tell you this?)Some good suggestions and a few good examples do exist, but you must wade through time-wasting, frustrating, non-informative text before getting to them.I think this book was nothing more than an ego booster and moneymaking scheme for a few E&Y consultants. | 984 | [
"I found that the title was a little bit misleading as well.",
"The word \"workbook\" led me to believe that there would be examples, exercises and forms to work from.",
"Instead, the entire book is broken down into tiny sections that only DESCRIBE how or why a particular analysis or technique should be performed.Some of the information is purely common sense, and yet you are forced to read through a dry, overanalyzed, high-level description of it.",
"For example, under the Project Documentation section, an explanation reads: \"Communication.",
"With the documentation, all those who were involved with the project can be informed about the development of the project from beginning to end.\" (Do you really need a book to tell you this?",
")Some good suggestions and a few good examples do exist, but you must wade through time-wasting, frustrating, non-informative text before getting to them.I think this book was nothing more than an ego booster and moneymaking scheme for a few E&Y consultants."
] |
2 | Toothless... | Yes, Alyssa Milano exhibits her usual abilities and nakedness. Yes, she is a hottie. However, she is far better in POISON IVY 2 (the weakest of the Ivy trilogy). Of course, as a story, EMBRACE OF THE VAMPIRE is a swirling toilet-yacht. This is an imbecilic romance novel (w/ extra cheeeeze) disguised as a vampire story. The love-sick vampire is a lame, whimpy dink of a fella. I especially enjoyed his pouty face and Wal-mart manicure! Oh, how I longed for his impalement! Alyssa herself is gorgeous, and does have one decent, semi-exciting scene w/ a wanton photographer of the female persuasion. The rest is pure, languid hell! If you want sizzle in your vampire epics, I recommend HABIT for pure animalistic sensuality... P.S.- Jennifer Tilly (Bound) is in EotV for about 5 minutes, and manages to be more alluring in her fully-clothed role than anything else in the movie! Just the sound of her voice reduces me to her potential slave! Has it suddenly gotten hot in here? Whew... | 984 | [
"Yes, Alyssa Milano exhibits her usual abilities and nakedness.",
"Yes, she is a hottie.",
"However, she is far better in POISON IVY 2 (the weakest of the Ivy trilogy).",
"Of course, as a story, EMBRACE OF THE VAMPIRE is a swirling toilet-yacht.",
"This is an imbecilic romance novel (w/ extra cheeeeze) disguised as a vampire story.",
"The love-sick vampire is a lame, whimpy dink of a fella.",
"I especially enjoyed his pouty face and Wal-mart manicure!",
"Oh, how I longed for his impalement!",
"Alyssa herself is gorgeous, and does have one decent, semi-exciting scene w/ a wanton photographer of the female persuasion.",
"The rest is pure, languid hell!",
"If you want sizzle in your vampire epics, I recommend HABIT for pure animalistic sensuality... P.S.- Jennifer Tilly (Bound) is in EotV for about 5 minutes, and manages to be more alluring in her fully-clothed role than anything else in the movie!",
"Just the sound of her voice reduces me to her potential slave!",
"Has it suddenly gotten hot in here?",
"Whew..."
] |
2 | The Empress Has No Clothes | Why have so many luminaries and reviewers jumped on this bandwagon? I just finished reading this novel (though I almost abandoned it several times), and find it one big missed opportunity. Great concept: murdered girl narrating from heaven the evolution of her surviving family and friends. But amateurish execution: (1) much of the book is underwritten, in that the characters are mostly cardboard cutouts draped with pathos, and (worst of all) Sebold dangles an intriguing version of heaven and then virtually ignores it for the rest of the book; (2) numerous passages are painfully overwritten; and (3) the story moves forward only with the help of cliche contrivances (e.g. mom comes back after 8 years because dad has had a heart attack? why? we don't know, because Sebold has barely mentioned mom since she left). Only in the talk-show age could this book garner this degree of favorable notice. If you want to read something compelling and really ravishing, try "East of Eden." | 984 | [
"Why have so many luminaries and reviewers jumped on this bandwagon?",
"I just finished reading this novel (though I almost abandoned it several times), and find it one big missed opportunity.",
"Great concept: murdered girl narrating from heaven the evolution of her surviving family and friends.",
"But amateurish execution: (1) much of the book is underwritten, in that the characters are mostly cardboard cutouts draped with pathos, and (worst of all) Sebold dangles an intriguing version of heaven and then virtually ignores it for the rest of the book; (2) numerous passages are painfully overwritten; and (3) the story moves forward only with the help of cliche contrivances (e.g. mom comes back after 8 years because dad has had a heart attack?",
"why?",
"we don't know, because Sebold has barely mentioned mom since she left).",
"Only in the talk-show age could this book garner this degree of favorable notice.",
"If you want to read something compelling and really ravishing, try \"East of Eden.\""
] |
2 | Historical Pop for the TV era | Follet is a competent storyteller but he is betrayed by his compulsive pandering to the lowest-common denominator. This has the feel, the texture, the depth and the authenticity of those old 70's TV mini-series, full of romance, betrayal and as predictable as the four seasons. It has some merit, as pop pulp, coarsely written and very much aimed at the middle of the bell curve, but it is disturbing seeing so many people labelling it as "the best book ever". What books are this people reading? I don't mean to be disrespectful, and I am sure their devotion is sincere. What's more, I think that Follet is due some credit for telling a story that uses all the possible archetypes in fiction and manages to pull through a ton of pages, but... Even for popular fiction, this is simple-minded, digested and very much low-aiming stuff. It is puzzling to me that so many readers find this "the book of their lives". It makes me wonder about our lives, what we read and what we aspire to. | 984 | [
"Follet is a competent storyteller but he is betrayed by his compulsive pandering to the lowest-common denominator.",
"This has the feel, the texture, the depth and the authenticity of those old 70's TV mini-series, full of romance, betrayal and as predictable as the four seasons.",
"It has some merit, as pop pulp, coarsely written and very much aimed at the middle of the bell curve, but it is disturbing seeing so many people labelling it as \"the best book ever\".",
"What books are this people reading?",
"I don't mean to be disrespectful, and I am sure their devotion is sincere.",
"What's more, I think that Follet is due some credit for telling a story that uses all the possible archetypes in fiction and manages to pull through a ton of pages, but... Even for popular fiction, this is simple-minded, digested and very much low-aiming stuff.",
"It is puzzling to me that so many readers find this \"the book of their lives\".",
"It makes me wonder about our lives, what we read and what we aspire to."
] |
2 | 100% plastic safe | i purchased this safe at lowes. the same price as here on amazon. i made a terrible assumption. i assumed that somewhere within the pretty plastic exterior a steel box existed. i was wrong. after drilling a hole in the back of the safe (so i could bolt it to a wall), my cheap drill bit went through the entire safe in less than 5 seconds.the packaging describes the safe as to be protective against fire, theft and water....maybe fire and water, but i would not put anything in here that you don't want stolen as it would only take a few minutes to drill or cut through this "safe's" exterior.would be good for an episode of david letterman's "will it float" but not for protecting valuables.just wanted to add 1 thing. if you do buy this safe, do not use the roller accessory attached (like a suitcase roller) to move the safe across your hardwood floors. if you do, you will get a pair of permanent thin tracks across your floor to forever remind you of the safe that really isn't. | 984 | [
"i purchased this safe at lowes.",
"the same price as here on amazon.",
"i made a terrible assumption.",
"i assumed that somewhere within the pretty plastic exterior a steel box existed.",
"i was wrong.",
"after drilling a hole in the back of the safe (so i could bolt it to a wall), my cheap drill bit went through the entire safe in less than 5 seconds.the packaging describes the safe as to be protective against fire, theft and water....maybe fire and water, but i would not put anything in here that you don't want stolen as it would only take a few minutes to drill or cut through this \"safe's\" exterior.would be good for an episode of david letterman's \"will it float\" but not for protecting valuables.just wanted to add 1 thing.",
"if you do buy this safe, do not use the roller accessory attached (like a suitcase roller) to move the safe across your hardwood floors.",
"if you do, you will get a pair of permanent thin tracks across your floor to forever remind you of the safe that really isn't."
] |
2 | Starts strong but ends weak. | I'm not a big fan of commercial rap (nelly, chingy, j-kon?)But anyway I heard 50 back in the winter of '02 with wanksta. It was good i was thinking this guy got potential and i thought his debut was crazy. Then i heard g-unit is getting a cd in winter of '03. I got it the first week cause i heard Banks' freestyles and they just unbelievable.Thats when i got disappointed. I think the first 3 songs are really the only good songs on this album (G-unit, Poppin them thangs, My Buddy) after that it was all garbage. Not realy garbage more of a huge disappointment especially from banks, cause ya know the fame got to 50 and buck is just there he's reminds me of the new camron with crap lyrics.Really G-unit is very overrated all they got is banks and game though he got kicked out. Yayo isn't in much and i just mentioned the other 2. IF I HAD to reccomend a g- unit cd it would be 50's first album or game's documentary.If you want some good rap group albums buy some wu-tang or nwa. | 984 | [
"I'm not a big fan of commercial rap (nelly, chingy, j-kon?",
")But anyway I heard 50 back in the winter of '02 with wanksta.",
"It was good i was thinking this guy got potential and i thought his debut was crazy.",
"Then i heard g-unit is getting a cd in winter of '03.",
"I got it the first week cause i heard Banks' freestyles and they just unbelievable.Thats when i got disappointed.",
"I think the first 3 songs are really the only good songs on this album (G-unit, Poppin them thangs, My Buddy) after that it was all garbage.",
"Not realy garbage more of a huge disappointment especially from banks, cause ya know the fame got to 50 and buck is just there he's reminds me of the new camron with crap lyrics.Really G-unit is very overrated all they got is banks and game though he got kicked out.",
"Yayo isn't in much and i just mentioned the other 2.",
"IF I HAD to reccomend a g- unit cd it would be 50's first album or game's documentary.If you want some good rap group albums buy some wu-tang or nwa."
] |
2 | Warning for Nikon owners | I received this lens recently and tested it in the back yard and found it to be acceptably sharp in all corners. What I find unacceptable is that there is no MF/AF switch on the lens. According to the manual this is only for the Nikon-mount version of this lens. The manual suggests that you use the AF/MF switch on your camera body to turn the lens to manual focus, but at least some (possibly all) of the more recent Nikon APS-C cameras (including mine, a D3100) do not have this switch. This makes the lens almost unusable for someone who wants to set the focus, reframe the camera on a tripod, and take a photo. It also prevents me from shooting more than one photo at a time without loosening my ball head, autofocusing again, holding down the shutter while repositioning my camera again and then shooting another frame. Needless to say this makes shooting with this lens very impractical. It does look like the Sigma 10-20 3.5 has the switch, so that may be the direction to go. | 984 | [
"I received this lens recently and tested it in the back yard and found it to be acceptably sharp in all corners.",
"What I find unacceptable is that there is no MF/AF switch on the lens.",
"According to the manual this is only for the Nikon-mount version of this lens.",
"The manual suggests that you use the AF/MF switch on your camera body to turn the lens to manual focus, but at least some (possibly all) of the more recent Nikon APS-C cameras (including mine, a D3100) do not have this switch.",
"This makes the lens almost unusable for someone who wants to set the focus, reframe the camera on a tripod, and take a photo.",
"It also prevents me from shooting more than one photo at a time without loosening my ball head, autofocusing again, holding down the shutter while repositioning my camera again and then shooting another frame.",
"Needless to say this makes shooting with this lens very impractical.",
"It does look like the Sigma 10-20 3.5 has the switch, so that may be the direction to go."
] |
2 | Poor color rendering | There are a few things that make me eat shipping costs and return it:* The biggest problems is poor color rendering. Everything is (signigicantly) shifted towards red-yellow. My old $10-after-rebate scanned performed so much better. Please note same complaint in other reviews.* Any slight bends in the scanned item result in lots of color distortion in this area in the scan. Must be due to use of LED technology.* Once it overdrawn power so Windows had to temporarily shutdown the USB port. It's great it doesn't need the power cord - only if technology was more refined.* Drivers - there are two, one can be used with in-the-box software, and one with Windows scanning software. Here is the kicker - you'll have to choose one of the two, both cannot be installed at the same time.* As many have noted it's slow an anything above standard 150dpi (this is not a USB 2.0 device, the scanner description is a bit deceptive, not everyone knows that USB 2.0 "full speed" = USB 1.1 speed) | 984 | [
"There are a few things that make me eat shipping costs and return it:* The biggest problems is poor color rendering.",
"Everything is (signigicantly) shifted towards red-yellow.",
"My old $10-after-rebate scanned performed so much better.",
"Please note same complaint in other reviews.* Any slight bends in the scanned item result in lots of color distortion in this area in the scan.",
"Must be due to use of LED technology.* Once it overdrawn power so Windows had to temporarily shutdown the USB port.",
"It's great it doesn't need the power cord - only if technology was more refined.* Drivers - there are two, one can be used with in-the-box software, and one with Windows scanning software.",
"Here is the kicker - you'll have to choose one of the two, both cannot be installed at the same time.* As many have noted it's slow an anything above standard 150dpi (this is not a USB 2.0 device, the scanner description is a bit deceptive, not everyone knows that USB 2.0 \"full speed\" = USB 1.1 speed)"
] |
2 | Subtle as a Neon Sign | I don't think Kathleen Morgan gave her readers credit for much intelligence at all. We weren't allowed to draw any conclusions, but were beat over the head with everything. Including the heavy-handed religious messages. She even had to add an epilogue with the main character writing to a friend about how she had learned and changed over the course of the book. Uhh...we got it already. Several times.I agree with other reviewers that sometimes characters did things quite out of character. I cringed when (brave, strong, manly) Connor sent his farmhands into the burning building to rescue Abby's stuff, instead of going in himself. And poor Beth just disappeared from the story as soon as she abruptly stopped resisting Abbey.Many of the plot elements seemed contrived.And it was very preachy.The premise was interesting, and some of the scenes were quite good. I like the historical details.If you want more subtle Christian historical frontier reading, I'd recommend Janette Oke. | 984 | [
"I don't think Kathleen Morgan gave her readers credit for much intelligence at all.",
"We weren't allowed to draw any conclusions, but were beat over the head with everything.",
"Including the heavy-handed religious messages.",
"She even had to add an epilogue with the main character writing to a friend about how she had learned and changed over the course of the book.",
"Uhh...we got it already.",
"Several times.I agree with other reviewers that sometimes characters did things quite out of character.",
"I cringed when (brave, strong, manly) Connor sent his farmhands into the burning building to rescue Abby's stuff, instead of going in himself.",
"And poor Beth just disappeared from the story as soon as she abruptly stopped resisting Abbey.Many of the plot elements seemed contrived.And it was very preachy.The premise was interesting, and some of the scenes were quite good.",
"I like the historical details.If you want more subtle Christian historical frontier reading, I'd recommend Janette Oke."
] |
2 | DVD+R No longer works | I have mixed reviews on the RCA DRC8000N. After about two weeks, it completely stopped recording DVD+R discs, though it would play back ones I previously recorded. I used Memorex and Sony. I tried a DVD lens cleaner with no effect. Because I bought the unit refurbished, RCA won't support it. The on-screen also doesn't work with a Dish DVR receiver, but that's minor. Fortunately it does still record on DVD+RW media and I can still get a 25 DVD spindle of them for under $10.00, so it's not a killer. On the bright side, I've recorded a ton of movies from the satellite and even in Normal Mode(4hr) it blows away VHS. Mostly I record in either 2hr or 3hr depending on the length of the movie. I can live with the fan noise. Also I only paid $128 for it and have gotten my money's worth out of it already. If anyone knows how to get this player to record in DVD+R mode again, I'd love to hear from you. It's because of this problem that I have to knock this rating down to a 2 stars. | 984 | [
"I have mixed reviews on the RCA DRC8000N.",
"After about two weeks, it completely stopped recording DVD+R discs, though it would play back ones I previously recorded.",
"I used Memorex and Sony.",
"I tried a DVD lens cleaner with no effect.",
"Because I bought the unit refurbished, RCA won't support it.",
"The on-screen also doesn't work with a Dish DVR receiver, but that's minor.",
"Fortunately it does still record on DVD+RW media and I can still get a 25 DVD spindle of them for under $10.00, so it's not a killer.",
"On the bright side, I've recorded a ton of movies from the satellite and even in Normal Mode(4hr) it blows away VHS.",
"Mostly I record in either 2hr or 3hr depending on the length of the movie.",
"I can live with the fan noise.",
"Also I only paid $128 for it and have gotten my money's worth out of it already.",
"If anyone knows how to get this player to record in DVD+R mode again, I'd love to hear from you.",
"It's because of this problem that I have to knock this rating down to a 2 stars."
] |
2 | Bad audio quality | We purchased this for a long road trip in the car so we could listen to The Hobbit. The story is an amazing story and this review is NOT about Tokien's writing...it is simply about the recording/audio quality.I am a fan of the concept of AUDIBLE.COM, but I avoided one of the options here on Amazon b/c of their (in my opinion) poor audio quality. Well, this one was worse than my past audible.com experiences. The volume and the clarity was inconsistent (at best) and at times, depending on the chapter and the character, it was very hard to hear their dialogue. We constantly had to change the volume to either hear the character or to turn it down so we didn't blow our ears out. AND the voices/characters were...cheesy, to say the least. I know there are 14 main characters and then tons of ancillary voices, but some of them just sounded like they were the other characters only whining. It was quite annoying.So - buy an audio version of this book - just not THIS audio version! | 984 | [
"We purchased this for a long road trip in the car so we could listen to The Hobbit.",
"The story is an amazing story and this review is NOT about Tokien's writing...it is simply about the recording/audio quality.I am a fan of the concept of AUDIBLE.COM, but I avoided one of the options here on Amazon b/c of their (in my opinion) poor audio quality.",
"Well, this one was worse than my past audible.com experiences.",
"The volume and the clarity was inconsistent (at best) and at times, depending on the chapter and the character, it was very hard to hear their dialogue.",
"We constantly had to change the volume to either hear the character or to turn it down so we didn't blow our ears out.",
"AND the voices/characters were...cheesy, to say the least.",
"I know there are 14 main characters and then tons of ancillary voices, but some of them just sounded like they were the other characters only whining.",
"It was quite annoying.So - buy an audio version of this book - just not THIS audio version!"
] |
2 | Mediocre at best. | Needing only a few bucks more to complete a free shipping order, I tacked this on. Normally I read some reviews of a product before I decide to get it, but I skipped it this time. It came back to bite me in the butt. After watching the first of 2 parts I started to get the impression that this was a little different than the war I had had an interest about for 40 some years. Lo and behold the credits revealed it written by a revisionist named David Irving. Had I read a few of the reviews by some of the other very observant participants who purchased this item, I would have skipped it.There may be some good footage as well as a general overview of the course of the war, but it interjects some subtle "poor Germany" and "vicious Allies". into the narrative. I won't go into much more other than to say save your money and put it towards something like BBC's "The World At War" or Millcreek Entertainment's "War In Europe". Don't let this one come back and bite you in the butt. | 984 | [
"Needing only a few bucks more to complete a free shipping order, I tacked this on.",
"Normally I read some reviews of a product before I decide to get it, but I skipped it this time.",
"It came back to bite me in the butt.",
"After watching the first of 2 parts I started to get the impression that this was a little different than the war I had had an interest about for 40 some years.",
"Lo and behold the credits revealed it written by a revisionist named David Irving.",
"Had I read a few of the reviews by some of the other very observant participants who purchased this item, I would have skipped it.There may be some good footage as well as a general overview of the course of the war, but it interjects some subtle \"poor Germany\" and \"vicious Allies\".",
"into the narrative.",
"I won't go into much more other than to say save your money and put it towards something like BBC's \"The World At War\" or Millcreek Entertainment's \"War In Europe\".",
"Don't let this one come back and bite you in the butt."
] |
2 | Extremely Strong Odor | I ordered this Bible case from ebay (same Embassy brand). I expected it to be on the cheap side, for the price (I only paid $5.95), and was prepared for that. I had also read reviews about the odor, but I figured things usually air out. BUT...when it arrived in the mail and my son brought it up to me, when he walked in the room, the musty odor was very strong, and I hadn't even opened the package yet! It was a little too thin and small for my Bible, but I would have kept it accept for the smell. I put my Bible in it for less than a minute, and it now smells..a day later! I had to go straight to the post office and return it, since our house smelled musty with it in it. It is not a leather smell...it is a strong musty odor. The color is very shiny plastic looking red/burgundy, which makes all of the trim look brown. Not a big deal..It also has two sleeves inside the case for papers (not mentioned in the description). It would have served its function except for the odor. | 984 | [
"I ordered this Bible case from ebay (same Embassy brand).",
"I expected it to be on the cheap side, for the price (I only paid $5.95), and was prepared for that.",
"I had also read reviews about the odor, but I figured things usually air out.",
"BUT...when it arrived in the mail and my son brought it up to me, when he walked in the room, the musty odor was very strong, and I hadn't even opened the package yet!",
"It was a little too thin and small for my Bible, but I would have kept it accept for the smell.",
"I put my Bible in it for less than a minute, and it now smells..a day later!",
"I had to go straight to the post office and return it, since our house smelled musty with it in it.",
"It is not a leather smell...it is a strong musty odor.",
"The color is very shiny plastic looking red/burgundy, which makes all of the trim look brown.",
"Not a big deal..It also has two sleeves inside the case for papers (not mentioned in the description).",
"It would have served its function except for the odor."
] |
2 | Columbia blows it | Columbia blew it last year by releasing that 1964 Philharmonic Hall Concert as Volume 6 in The Bootleg Series when the success of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ would have made it an ideal time to release something truly rare, like Dylan's outstanding Toronto show from 1980 when he was absolutely on fire, praising the Lord in explosive live versions of the songs from "Slow Train Coming" and "Saved," as well as some never recorded material.I was really hoping they'd put THAT out this year. Instead we get this "soundtrack" to the Martin Scorsese documentary. I'm sure that will be good, even great, but this CD, though filled with excellent music, doesn't offer much of anything new. There's nothing here that's going to startle the ear unless you've never heard Dylan before. Like another reviewer said, this set seems recycled. With so music that's never been heard still gathering dust in the vaults, does anyone really need yet another version of "Mr. Tambourine Man"? | 984 | [
"Columbia blew it last year by releasing that 1964 Philharmonic Hall Concert as Volume 6 in The Bootleg Series when the success of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ would have made it an ideal time to release something truly rare, like Dylan's outstanding Toronto show from 1980 when he was absolutely on fire, praising the Lord in explosive live versions of the songs from \"Slow Train Coming\" and \"Saved,\" as well as some never recorded material.I was really hoping they'd put THAT out this year.",
"Instead we get this \"soundtrack\" to the Martin Scorsese documentary.",
"I'm sure that will be good, even great, but this CD, though filled with excellent music, doesn't offer much of anything new.",
"There's nothing here that's going to startle the ear unless you've never heard Dylan before.",
"Like another reviewer said, this set seems recycled.",
"With so music that's never been heard still gathering dust in the vaults, does anyone really need yet another version of \"Mr.",
"Tambourine Man\"?"
] |
2 | Overrated | A surprise smash hit when first released, the first installment in Wes Craven's Scream series is overrated to this very day. It's not scary one bit, and some of the characters are so annoying you'll actually be cheering for them to meet their bloody demises. All that aside though, Craven does manage to put some ingenuity into the film by attempting to deconstruct the teen-horror genre outline and instilling some of the main characters with actual intelligence, something in the later installments of film series' like Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th was lacking. Scream has a few quick moments of brilliance here and there, but all together it's pretty much predictable mainstream shlock horror. The second film managed to be better than the first, but the third and final (?) film was the worst of the series. The cast features Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Drew Barrymore, Jamie Kennedy, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, and Henry Winkler. | 984 | [
"A surprise smash hit when first released, the first installment in Wes Craven's Scream series is overrated to this very day.",
"It's not scary one bit, and some of the characters are so annoying you'll actually be cheering for them to meet their bloody demises.",
"All that aside though, Craven does manage to put some ingenuity into the film by attempting to deconstruct the teen-horror genre outline and instilling some of the main characters with actual intelligence, something in the later installments of film series' like Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th was lacking.",
"Scream has a few quick moments of brilliance here and there, but all together it's pretty much predictable mainstream shlock horror.",
"The second film managed to be better than the first, but the third and final (?",
") film was the worst of the series.",
"The cast features Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Drew Barrymore, Jamie Kennedy, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, and Henry Winkler."
] |
2 | Poor quality, but works | I bought this as a motorcycle helmet lock, for which it works great except the lock itself is is totally cheap. I don't even care so much about the level of security, as this is just a deterrent so somebody can't easily walk off with my helmet; but locking it and unlocking it takes forever. To unlock, when you turn the key it doesn't just release or even disengage so you can pull the pin out, you have to wiggle the key to get it to disengage, and at the same time wiggle the pin while tugging. Then to lock it, it's just as difficult. You don't need the key, but the pin doesn't fit well and has to be wiggled and forced. Like I mentioned, this type of lock with this length of cable is perfect to use as a motorcycle helmet lock,but I would shop around for one with a better lock. The only thing I would add is both the lock and cable are wrapped in a rubber casing and shouldn't scratch your motorcycle, which is why I chose this model. However, for $5 you get what you pay for. | 984 | [
"I bought this as a motorcycle helmet lock, for which it works great except the lock itself is is totally cheap.",
"I don't even care so much about the level of security, as this is just a deterrent so somebody can't easily walk off with my helmet; but locking it and unlocking it takes forever.",
"To unlock, when you turn the key it doesn't just release or even disengage so you can pull the pin out, you have to wiggle the key to get it to disengage, and at the same time wiggle the pin while tugging.",
"Then to lock it, it's just as difficult.",
"You don't need the key, but the pin doesn't fit well and has to be wiggled and forced.",
"Like I mentioned, this type of lock with this length of cable is perfect to use as a motorcycle helmet lock,but I would shop around for one with a better lock.",
"The only thing I would add is both the lock and cable are wrapped in a rubber casing and shouldn't scratch your motorcycle, which is why I chose this model.",
"However, for $5 you get what you pay for."
] |
2 | Crazy Again | Throwing Muses shares more than a title with their eponymous debut. It's just as scattershot and disjointed as that overrated classic. I enjoyed Kristen Hersh's commercial struggle on House Tornado and The Real Ramona: she wanted the pop market to kowtow to her freaky fragmentation. The fight ended a thrilling draw. Before that, she didn't seem merely unhinged or abrasively inspired: she sounded crazy. There are times when the thrashing time changes and trilling rants work: "Civil Disobedience" creates meaning from its abrupt rhythms since the song's about defiance. "Pandora's Box" strums its seductive melody into a neo-blues once the evil box is opened. They make sense. Otherwise, the tracks - though well played - feel arbitrary; a ... band playing with intricate tempos because they can. The best thing I can say about Throwing Muses is that it gets better the more you play it. The worst it that, now that I've written this review, I'm not going to play it all that much. | 984 | [
"Throwing Muses shares more than a title with their eponymous debut.",
"It's just as scattershot and disjointed as that overrated classic.",
"I enjoyed Kristen Hersh's commercial struggle on House Tornado and The Real Ramona: she wanted the pop market to kowtow to her freaky fragmentation.",
"The fight ended a thrilling draw.",
"Before that, she didn't seem merely unhinged or abrasively inspired: she sounded crazy.",
"There are times when the thrashing time changes and trilling rants work: \"Civil Disobedience\" creates meaning from its abrupt rhythms since the song's about defiance.",
"\"Pandora's Box\" strums its seductive melody into a neo-blues once the evil box is opened.",
"They make sense.",
"Otherwise, the tracks - though well played - feel arbitrary; a ... band playing with intricate tempos because they can.",
"The best thing I can say about Throwing Muses is that it gets better the more you play it.",
"The worst it that, now that I've written this review, I'm not going to play it all that much."
] |
2 | I'm letting it go. | Something came over me. Forget Hitler, Forget communism and forget the childish bickering. I look at our back and forth reviews and I think to myself, what am I doing? Hitler was a murderer and a thug and a coward. Lenin wasn't to much different. Both were revolutionaries and both failed. I'm just letting it go. And since I was the one that attacked you first socialist Metal Head, I apologize, i'm sorry. And you're right, I should just write reviews on the damn product, lol. I just want to say that I accept your beliefs socialist metal head, and I accept you. Forgive me. I'm done of this bullSh&t. I have a new look on life now and fighting over the past isn't worth it. You may still bash me on reviews but that is ok, I deserve it. That is what I get for starting stupid fights. Hating people just isn't worth it, might as well see everyone as human beings no matter what race or belief system. I'm sorry once again socialist metal head, forgive a stupid man like me. I'm out | 984 | [
"Something came over me.",
"Forget Hitler, Forget communism and forget the childish bickering.",
"I look at our back and forth reviews and I think to myself, what am I doing?",
"Hitler was a murderer and a thug and a coward.",
"Lenin wasn't to much different.",
"Both were revolutionaries and both failed.",
"I'm just letting it go.",
"And since I was the one that attacked you first socialist Metal Head, I apologize, i'm sorry.",
"And you're right, I should just write reviews on the damn product, lol.",
"I just want to say that I accept your beliefs socialist metal head, and I accept you.",
"Forgive me.",
"I'm done of this bullSh&t.",
"I have a new look on life now and fighting over the past isn't worth it.",
"You may still bash me on reviews but that is ok, I deserve it.",
"That is what I get for starting stupid fights.",
"Hating people just isn't worth it, might as well see everyone as human beings no matter what race or belief system.",
"I'm sorry once again socialist metal head, forgive a stupid man like me.",
"I'm out"
] |
2 | A major letdown. | I've now read 3 books by Caitlin. The first, Silk, was a blurry, scattered mess. It was also her first book, and read like it. The one I had recommended to me was Daughter of the Hounds. I read that, and it was so good, I even thought about giving Silk a little more leeway. Then I read Threshold.It starts out favorably enough. It keeps on going steadily, sometimes more interesting, sometimes less, but mostly building up tension towards what seems more and more like a good payoff.Then, in either a lack of ideas on how to end the story, or in a desire to be really ambiguous (I would vote the first one), it descends into surrealist nonsense. Some of the earlier story makes little sense, and some of it is actually cringe inducing. Then, it ends. Just like that. No explanations. No resolution. Just a vague attempt at implying that something important happened. I felt cheated. I spent my time, and invested my interest, in a book that ended up going nowhere and wasting my time | 984 | [
"I've now read 3 books by Caitlin.",
"The first, Silk, was a blurry, scattered mess.",
"It was also her first book, and read like it.",
"The one I had recommended to me was Daughter of the Hounds.",
"I read that, and it was so good, I even thought about giving Silk a little more leeway.",
"Then I read Threshold.It starts out favorably enough.",
"It keeps on going steadily, sometimes more interesting, sometimes less, but mostly building up tension towards what seems more and more like a good payoff.Then, in either a lack of ideas on how to end the story, or in a desire to be really ambiguous (I would vote the first one), it descends into surrealist nonsense.",
"Some of the earlier story makes little sense, and some of it is actually cringe inducing.",
"Then, it ends.",
"Just like that.",
"No explanations.",
"No resolution.",
"Just a vague attempt at implying that something important happened.",
"I felt cheated.",
"I spent my time, and invested my interest, in a book that ended up going nowhere and wasting my time"
] |
2 | Not that helpful | It's kind of a pain to empty used cooking oil, so I was excited to try this. The following aspects make it dissapointing:* The motor is underpowered. It empties the oil slowly, and sometimes you have to turn it off and on several times before it "catches" and actually starts to move the oil.* The food sediment in the oil sticks to and clogs the filter. To get it off you have to stop the motor, let the food bits fall off, and then start it again (which might or might not happen the first try). Maybe this happens with all oil filters, but no matter what it makes the experience with this one frustrating.* It requires three D sized batteries. You're not supposed to leave batteries in things that you don't use frequently, so depending on how often you fry you might end up putting in and taking out the batteries every time you use it.To be fair, even though it didn't live up to my expectations I still use this instead of just draining the oil through cheesecloth or something. | 984 | [
"It's kind of a pain to empty used cooking oil, so I was excited to try this.",
"The following aspects make it dissapointing:* The motor is underpowered.",
"It empties the oil slowly, and sometimes you have to turn it off and on several times before it \"catches\" and actually starts to move the oil.* The food sediment in the oil sticks to and clogs the filter.",
"To get it off you have to stop the motor, let the food bits fall off, and then start it again (which might or might not happen the first try).",
"Maybe this happens with all oil filters, but no matter what it makes the experience with this one frustrating.* It requires three D sized batteries.",
"You're not supposed to leave batteries in things that you don't use frequently, so depending on how often you fry you might end up putting in and taking out the batteries every time you use it.To be fair, even though it didn't live up to my expectations I still use this instead of just draining the oil through cheesecloth or something."
] |
2 | An Incrediwaste of money. | I don't usually buy expensive toys for my kids since they get bored with them after a while but read the great reviews for this one and thought I'd take a chance and do something unlike me for a change. I should have followed my rules. The spin thing was grinding on the first day and the blocks sometimes fall through the slotted side without the lever being pulled. My 3 yr old has more fun with it then my 11 month old as she can pretty much figure out how things work. But even she moves on to something else after a few minutes. My 11 month old finds pulling things out of our recycling bin more entertaining. The plastic that this is made out of also seems faulty. If your child slammed it with a heavy toy it could easily crack. Even if this toy worked as it was supposed to I would still think it is definitely overpriced. I am hoping that with time my 11 month old will play with it more.Now the LeapFrog Fridge Farm Magnetic Animal Set is great and less than half the price. | 984 | [
"I don't usually buy expensive toys for my kids since they get bored with them after a while but read the great reviews for this one and thought I'd take a chance and do something unlike me for a change.",
"I should have followed my rules.",
"The spin thing was grinding on the first day and the blocks sometimes fall through the slotted side without the lever being pulled.",
"My 3 yr old has more fun with it then my 11 month old as she can pretty much figure out how things work.",
"But even she moves on to something else after a few minutes.",
"My 11 month old finds pulling things out of our recycling bin more entertaining.",
"The plastic that this is made out of also seems faulty.",
"If your child slammed it with a heavy toy it could easily crack.",
"Even if this toy worked as it was supposed to I would still think it is definitely overpriced.",
"I am hoping that with time my 11 month old will play with it more.Now the LeapFrog Fridge Farm Magnetic Animal Set is great and less than half the price."
] |
2 | Not as Advertised | I bought this expecting a Tripp Lite Gold Plated SVGA cable. What I got was some other no name brand made in China with silver plated tips and a Tripp Lite sticker attached. This is kind of ironic in that the product ad states, "Accept no substitutes! To ensure that the Tripp Lite cable you purchase will deliver the superior performance you expect, purchase it directly through Amazon.com. Your cable will be shipped to you in its original Tripp Lite packaging (poly bag with Tripp Lite logo; see photo). This is your assurance that the cable you purchased is a genuine Tripp Lite product. And if you don't see this packaging, it's not a genuine Tripp Lite cable!" The cable was cheap enough and works OK for what I need so I will keep it. But you need to be careful if you are wanting the actual Tripp List P502-015 SVGA cable because you do not get it! By the way my cable came through MarginMart, Inc. Guess I should have followed the quoted text and bought directly from Amazon. | 984 | [
"I bought this expecting a Tripp Lite Gold Plated SVGA cable.",
"What I got was some other no name brand made in China with silver plated tips and a Tripp Lite sticker attached.",
"This is kind of ironic in that the product ad states, \"Accept no substitutes!",
"To ensure that the Tripp Lite cable you purchase will deliver the superior performance you expect, purchase it directly through Amazon.com.",
"Your cable will be shipped to you in its original Tripp Lite packaging (poly bag with Tripp Lite logo; see photo).",
"This is your assurance that the cable you purchased is a genuine Tripp Lite product.",
"And if you don't see this packaging, it's not a genuine Tripp Lite cable!",
"\" The cable was cheap enough and works OK for what I need so I will keep it.",
"But you need to be careful if you are wanting the actual Tripp List P502-015 SVGA cable because you do not get it!",
"By the way my cable came through MarginMart, Inc.",
"Guess I should have followed the quoted text and bought directly from Amazon."
] |
2 | A wasted opportunity | OK folks, big diehard fans of Negima like myself were expecting big things from the OVAs and not like the DBZ movies were its in an alternate universe from the show but thats exactly what we get. First off its short, REAL short. You could have stretched both into 3 episode OVAs on 2-discs making the experience more enjoyable. Instead we have every character smashed in for cameos with no partciular roles except for the ones we're accustomed to: Negi, Asuna, Ayaka, Konoka, Setsuna, Yue and Nodoka. That's right only 7 out of 31 characters were actually used properly. The biggest problem is the 2 episodes clearly took turns bashing and favoring both Asuna and Nodoka which is fine for some but for me it was a wasted opportunity to progress the relationships with some of the characters, finalize a romance with Negi and Asuna/Nodoka or bridge a gap into the second season. If you like more of the same go buy it, but for others go watch on YouTube but not a recommended purchase. | 984 | [
"OK folks, big diehard fans of Negima like myself were expecting big things from the OVAs and not like the DBZ movies were its in an alternate universe from the show but thats exactly what we get.",
"First off its short, REAL short.",
"You could have stretched both into 3 episode OVAs on 2-discs making the experience more enjoyable.",
"Instead we have every character smashed in for cameos with no partciular roles except for the ones we're accustomed to: Negi, Asuna, Ayaka, Konoka, Setsuna, Yue and Nodoka.",
"That's right only 7 out of 31 characters were actually used properly.",
"The biggest problem is the 2 episodes clearly took turns bashing and favoring both Asuna and Nodoka which is fine for some but for me it was a wasted opportunity to progress the relationships with some of the characters, finalize a romance with Negi and Asuna/Nodoka or bridge a gap into the second season.",
"If you like more of the same go buy it, but for others go watch on YouTube but not a recommended purchase."
] |
2 | A disappointment at best. | I'm disappointed. It took me months to buy this book, because I thought Snow Falling on Cedars was a little too soft for me, but then I saw this over and over on the bestseller list, and decided it must be good. Wrong! What IS the author's point? I couldn't feel sorry for Ben, I think I would have respected and liked him more if he had gone on with his plan. Ben is not even developed to the point where one could identify with him, instead he is written about as though he was never really supposed to exist anyway. The beginning of the story holds a little, but begins to fade in the middle, when Ben's exploits and adventures (if you can call them that) are being described, and the ending is really stupid. I'm horrified that the hardcover edition of this book costs $17.50! It isn't worth $2.00 at a bargain basement. Still, I gave it two stars instead of zero because it filled a few hours of my time, and anyone interested in a mindless trek into nothing might just enjoy it. | 984 | [
"I'm disappointed.",
"It took me months to buy this book, because I thought Snow Falling on Cedars was a little too soft for me, but then I saw this over and over on the bestseller list, and decided it must be good.",
"Wrong!",
"What IS the author's point?",
"I couldn't feel sorry for Ben, I think I would have respected and liked him more if he had gone on with his plan.",
"Ben is not even developed to the point where one could identify with him, instead he is written about as though he was never really supposed to exist anyway.",
"The beginning of the story holds a little, but begins to fade in the middle, when Ben's exploits and adventures (if you can call them that) are being described, and the ending is really stupid.",
"I'm horrified that the hardcover edition of this book costs $17.50!",
"It isn't worth $2.00 at a bargain basement.",
"Still, I gave it two stars instead of zero because it filled a few hours of my time, and anyone interested in a mindless trek into nothing might just enjoy it."
] |
2 | It Didn't Move | I'm finally done with it. I started to read it years ago but got bored with it and put it down. Now that I've made it thru it, I can see why I put it down in the first place. Wow. I may not be a qualified critic, but I rate this book poorly for the convoluted style the author uses. That is, cramming so much into a single sentence. Even when she mentions a BLT, she spells it out in total. The conversation doesnt flow. I don't even find the sex scenes/references stimulating. (It didnt move) If you're in need of more negativity in your life, if you'd like someone to widen the rift between males and females, then this book is for you. This book, in a way, combines the schizophrenic plot of On The Road and the sexual jadedness of The Bell Jar. Actually, I think On The Road was better written. The high point was the bit about John Wayne Gacy, the murdering clown guy. That was funny, but sick as well. Also, pinning a murder on a detective--that's cold.Okayyy, I think I'm done. | 984 | [
"I'm finally done with it.",
"I started to read it years ago but got bored with it and put it down.",
"Now that I've made it thru it, I can see why I put it down in the first place.",
"Wow.",
"I may not be a qualified critic, but I rate this book poorly for the convoluted style the author uses.",
"That is, cramming so much into a single sentence.",
"Even when she mentions a BLT, she spells it out in total.",
"The conversation doesnt flow.",
"I don't even find the sex scenes/references stimulating.",
"(It didnt move) If you're in need of more negativity in your life, if you'd like someone to widen the rift between males and females, then this book is for you.",
"This book, in a way, combines the schizophrenic plot of On The Road and the sexual jadedness of The Bell Jar.",
"Actually, I think On The Road was better written.",
"The high point was the bit about John Wayne Gacy, the murdering clown guy.",
"That was funny, but sick as well.",
"Also, pinning a murder on a detective--that's cold.Okayyy, I think I'm done."
] |
2 | Very little about VS 2005! | I downloaded the eBook and within a couple of minutes realised that it only had one Chapter specifically abour VS 2005. As the first para in Chapter 1 point out:"When you installed Visual Studio .NET 2005, you might have been surprised to find a bonus-VisualWeb Developer. This new product fills a gap in the Visual Studio product line and is Microsoft's recognitionthat Web development has become a major part of the application market." So the book is about Visual Web Developer and should have been entitled as such.There is a chapter later in the book about migrating your VS 2003 projects and the final chapter ( Chapter 25! ) has the following "This chapter addresses the code movement process from a little project to big project perspective.It assumes that you've experimented with Visual Web Developer Express and now need the full capabilitiesthat Visual Studio can provide." Too little too late... Unless you want to find out about Visual Web Developer, buy something else. | 984 | [
"I downloaded the eBook and within a couple of minutes realised that it only had one Chapter specifically abour VS 2005.",
"As the first para in Chapter 1 point out:\"When you installed Visual Studio .NET 2005, you might have been surprised to find a bonus-VisualWeb Developer.",
"This new product fills a gap in the Visual Studio product line and is Microsoft's recognitionthat Web development has become a major part of the application market.\" So the book is about Visual Web Developer and should have been entitled as such.There is a chapter later in the book about migrating your VS 2003 projects and the final chapter ( Chapter 25!",
") has the following \"This chapter addresses the code movement process from a little project to big project perspective.It assumes that you've experimented with Visual Web Developer Express and now need the full capabilitiesthat Visual Studio can provide.\" Too little too late... Unless you want to find out about Visual Web Developer, buy something else."
] |
2 | Not the best jigsaw | I picked up this jigsaw because of the relatively low price and because my father has a B&D jigsaw that has never given him any problems. I also liked the quick clamp blade system.For light work around my house the saw does an adequate job. However, as soon as I cut anything tougher than 3/4 inch particle board I notice the blade wandering. At first, I thought I was feeding the saw too fast but even when creeping through the material (pine 1x6 as well as a 1 3/8 inch solid core door) the blade still wanders.Additionally, the dust blower/extractor doesn't work very well.Finally, this little saw really gives you a workout from all of the vibration that it produces.If you only need a light duty jigsaw and don't want to spend a bunch of money, this saw will work for you. If you will be cutting tougher stock, I would recommend spending the extra money and going with a higher end saw (personally, I have my eye on the new Bosch jigsaw, as 6.4 amps should cut through anything). | 984 | [
"I picked up this jigsaw because of the relatively low price and because my father has a B&D jigsaw that has never given him any problems.",
"I also liked the quick clamp blade system.For light work around my house the saw does an adequate job.",
"However, as soon as I cut anything tougher than 3/4 inch particle board I notice the blade wandering.",
"At first, I thought I was feeding the saw too fast but even when creeping through the material (pine 1x6 as well as a 1 3/8 inch solid core door) the blade still wanders.Additionally, the dust blower/extractor doesn't work very well.Finally, this little saw really gives you a workout from all of the vibration that it produces.If you only need a light duty jigsaw and don't want to spend a bunch of money, this saw will work for you.",
"If you will be cutting tougher stock, I would recommend spending the extra money and going with a higher end saw (personally, I have my eye on the new Bosch jigsaw, as 6.4 amps should cut through anything)."
] |
2 | What happened to this series? | As a fan of the TOCA Pro Race Driver series, I had to pick up this new installment. And, I'm terribly disappointed. The graphics have been improved over TOCA PRD 2---You can finally use anti-aliasing without any problems. The physics seem to be decent---they feel less arcarde-like than PRD 2. But, the driver AI is absolutely dire. It is impossible race a clean line...the AI will knock you off the road without a second thought. In fact, if the AI was better, I'd give this game a much higher rating.Also, this game has limited support for the Logitech G25 racing wheel. It does support the clutch, but there is no support for the 6-speed shifter. I haven't seen a patch that adds support, either. If Codemasters patched in G25 support and fixed the driver AI, this could be a fun little game. Instead, it's just sitting on the shelf collecting dust.If you like racing games, pass on this one. If you're a hardcore TOCA fan, you are not missing anything by not purchasing this game. | 984 | [
"As a fan of the TOCA Pro Race Driver series, I had to pick up this new installment.",
"And, I'm terribly disappointed.",
"The graphics have been improved over TOCA PRD 2---You can finally use anti-aliasing without any problems.",
"The physics seem to be decent---they feel less arcarde-like than PRD 2.",
"But, the driver AI is absolutely dire.",
"It is impossible race a clean line...the AI will knock you off the road without a second thought.",
"In fact, if the AI was better, I'd give this game a much higher rating.Also, this game has limited support for the Logitech G25 racing wheel.",
"It does support the clutch, but there is no support for the 6-speed shifter.",
"I haven't seen a patch that adds support, either.",
"If Codemasters patched in G25 support and fixed the driver AI, this could be a fun little game.",
"Instead, it's just sitting on the shelf collecting dust.If you like racing games, pass on this one.",
"If you're a hardcore TOCA fan, you are not missing anything by not purchasing this game."
] |
2 | Not impressed | I bought my iPod mini over Christmas in 2004. My headphones broke after just a few months, and right around the one year mark, my iPod stopped working completely. I took it to the Apple store and they gave me a new one, after I bought an extended warranty for $75. I've had my new one for almost a year and for the last month or so, the fully charged battery will not last for even one full song.iTunes is seriously disappointing as well. It is completely incompatible with any other media or mp3 players. Also, any songs downloaded from the iTunes store can only be burned onto a CD 6 times.Apple sucks people in with the iPod's cute appearance and user-friendlyness, but I have not been impressed. I have spent way too much money on accessories (which have also been unreliable and I've replaced chargers, headphones, cases, etc.). I have spent the past 2 years building up a library on iTunes that I will not be able to use with the next mp3 player I buy which will not be an iPod. | 984 | [
"I bought my iPod mini over Christmas in 2004.",
"My headphones broke after just a few months, and right around the one year mark, my iPod stopped working completely.",
"I took it to the Apple store and they gave me a new one, after I bought an extended warranty for $75.",
"I've had my new one for almost a year and for the last month or so, the fully charged battery will not last for even one full song.iTunes is seriously disappointing as well.",
"It is completely incompatible with any other media or mp3 players.",
"Also, any songs downloaded from the iTunes store can only be burned onto a CD 6 times.Apple sucks people in with the iPod's cute appearance and user-friendlyness, but I have not been impressed.",
"I have spent way too much money on accessories (which have also been unreliable and I've replaced chargers, headphones, cases, etc.).",
"I have spent the past 2 years building up a library on iTunes that I will not be able to use with the next mp3 player I buy which will not be an iPod."
] |
2 | My Humble Opinion | The reader(s) who express their admiration for this novel seem to focus their reviews on attacking those who dislike it. There are many intelligently considered negative reviews on this page of which I agree, specifically as they register astonishment at the bad writing and lack of character development. On the basis of this being a flimsy thriller, I believe a rating of four is generous. As to the "great book" status, I can only express incredulity. The positive reviews seem very extreme in their praise, some slightly delusional. This is only a thriller, people. Good or bad, it's hardly deserving of such emotional notice. The idea that only one reader has written negatively concerning the novel is particularly ridiculous as at least three other members of our reader's circle have submitted some thoughtful criticism here and encouraged me to do so as well. It appears a one person campaign in support of the book is more is more in evidence and disturbingly odd if actual. | 984 | [
"The reader(s) who express their admiration for this novel seem to focus their reviews on attacking those who dislike it.",
"There are many intelligently considered negative reviews on this page of which I agree, specifically as they register astonishment at the bad writing and lack of character development.",
"On the basis of this being a flimsy thriller, I believe a rating of four is generous.",
"As to the \"great book\" status, I can only express incredulity.",
"The positive reviews seem very extreme in their praise, some slightly delusional.",
"This is only a thriller, people.",
"Good or bad, it's hardly deserving of such emotional notice.",
"The idea that only one reader has written negatively concerning the novel is particularly ridiculous as at least three other members of our reader's circle have submitted some thoughtful criticism here and encouraged me to do so as well.",
"It appears a one person campaign in support of the book is more is more in evidence and disturbingly odd if actual."
] |
2 | Oops | I did not like this book as much as I expected to. I admit to having been *really* looking forward to reading it. But I ended up not caring much for what I read.It's hard to say specifically why I disliked it. It may be that (like "The Vagina Monologues"), this material works much better in performance. But I think it alse had to do with the odd confluence of academic writing with prose that was clearly intended to be something else entirely. I kept wanting to think that these dissonances I was experiencing were intentional and that they had some kind of meaning. But in the end, I couldn't find one.Another issue I had was that the book seemed really deeply rooted in heterosexuality. Which is fine, except that it seemed like the author was trying to be more universal.Finally, I lost interest. This is one of the few books I have failed to finish reading. And I don't expect to return to it later. In fact, I have already given it away to someone else who said she wanted it. | 984 | [
"I did not like this book as much as I expected to.",
"I admit to having been *really* looking forward to reading it.",
"But I ended up not caring much for what I read.It's hard to say specifically why I disliked it.",
"It may be that (like \"The Vagina Monologues\"), this material works much better in performance.",
"But I think it alse had to do with the odd confluence of academic writing with prose that was clearly intended to be something else entirely.",
"I kept wanting to think that these dissonances I was experiencing were intentional and that they had some kind of meaning.",
"But in the end, I couldn't find one.Another issue I had was that the book seemed really deeply rooted in heterosexuality.",
"Which is fine, except that it seemed like the author was trying to be more universal.Finally, I lost interest.",
"This is one of the few books I have failed to finish reading.",
"And I don't expect to return to it later.",
"In fact, I have already given it away to someone else who said she wanted it."
] |
2 | Disappointing | I am a shampoo fanatic, and I love natural products, so I was excited to give this a try. I really wanted to love it.This shampoo does have a wonderful texture. It's thick and lathers beautifully. It cleans well, but maybe a little too well for my thick, wavy hair. My hair was so tangled after I used this shampoo that I couldn't comb through it even after conditioning.I bought this partially based on the reviews that say it smells nice, but to me it smells like flea treatment. I actually had to double-check the label after I used it to make sure I hadn't accidentally bought a pet product. The fragrance lingered after my hair dried and even through my next wash with a different shampoo.I hear the other formulations are better, so I won't give up on this company. However, I've used and loved other Nature's Gate products (theC for Yourself facial serumis wonderful!), so I think this one just didn't suit me. On the bright side, I bet this would make a wonderful pet shampoo. | 984 | [
"I am a shampoo fanatic, and I love natural products, so I was excited to give this a try.",
"I really wanted to love it.This shampoo does have a wonderful texture.",
"It's thick and lathers beautifully.",
"It cleans well, but maybe a little too well for my thick, wavy hair.",
"My hair was so tangled after I used this shampoo that I couldn't comb through it even after conditioning.I bought this partially based on the reviews that say it smells nice, but to me it smells like flea treatment.",
"I actually had to double-check the label after I used it to make sure I hadn't accidentally bought a pet product.",
"The fragrance lingered after my hair dried and even through my next wash with a different shampoo.I hear the other formulations are better, so I won't give up on this company.",
"However, I've used and loved other Nature's Gate products (theC for Yourself facial serumis wonderful!",
"), so I think this one just didn't suit me.",
"On the bright side, I bet this would make a wonderful pet shampoo."
] |
2 | What a disappointment! | I love Idea Index. You can flip to any random page and get some creative solutions that hadn't occurred to you. Layout Index, however, is not nearly as useful, innovative or even interesting, unless vintage 1994 design is your idea of "cutting edge". I think the author had these ideas sitting in his desk drawer a little too long.Unlike Idea Index, which is a hodgepodge of design ideas that are far from finished, Layout Index walks the reader through some solutions. Instead of ideas, you get second-rate finished pieces that won't spark your own ideas. The beauty of the nonlinear index is lost.I guess this book might be useful for those who need help with their church newsletter or flyers for the kids' birthday party. Will professionals get any use out of this? Nope. I'll give it two stars just because it might come in handy for the soccer moms.I hate to dog the book... his first one was so good, but I guess that's why this one is such a dud. My expectations were not met. | 984 | [
"I love Idea Index.",
"You can flip to any random page and get some creative solutions that hadn't occurred to you.",
"Layout Index, however, is not nearly as useful, innovative or even interesting, unless vintage 1994 design is your idea of \"cutting edge\".",
"I think the author had these ideas sitting in his desk drawer a little too long.Unlike Idea Index, which is a hodgepodge of design ideas that are far from finished, Layout Index walks the reader through some solutions.",
"Instead of ideas, you get second-rate finished pieces that won't spark your own ideas.",
"The beauty of the nonlinear index is lost.I guess this book might be useful for those who need help with their church newsletter or flyers for the kids' birthday party.",
"Will professionals get any use out of this?",
"Nope.",
"I'll give it two stars just because it might come in handy for the soccer moms.I hate to dog the book... his first one was so good, but I guess that's why this one is such a dud.",
"My expectations were not met."
] |
2 | Disappointing | This disjointed and floundering remake of the Tobe Hooper directed ratings hit hardly follows Stephen King's novel, and considering all the hype TNT built around the new Salem's Lot upon it's premiere this mini-series is a big disappointment. Rob Lowe is miscast as our hero who returns to his childhood town where vampires are running rampant, while Homicide: Life on the Street vet Andre Braugher is wasted in his role as well. However, old pros James Cromwell and especially Donald Sutherland both shine as they ham it up, and casting Rutger Hauer as Barlow works out extremely well. However, this mini-series never seems to get off the ground when it has an original idea floating around, and by the time it reaches it's drawn out conclusion and a punked out cover of the Rolling Stones' classic tune "Paint it Black" kicks in, you'll realize that this movie and the aforementioned cover have something very much in common: they are both pale imitations of the superior originals. | 984 | [
"This disjointed and floundering remake of the Tobe Hooper directed ratings hit hardly follows Stephen King's novel, and considering all the hype TNT built around the new Salem's Lot upon it's premiere this mini-series is a big disappointment.",
"Rob Lowe is miscast as our hero who returns to his childhood town where vampires are running rampant, while Homicide: Life on the Street vet Andre Braugher is wasted in his role as well.",
"However, old pros James Cromwell and especially Donald Sutherland both shine as they ham it up, and casting Rutger Hauer as Barlow works out extremely well.",
"However, this mini-series never seems to get off the ground when it has an original idea floating around, and by the time it reaches it's drawn out conclusion and a punked out cover of the Rolling Stones' classic tune \"Paint it Black\" kicks in, you'll realize that this movie and the aforementioned cover have something very much in common: they are both pale imitations of the superior originals."
] |
2 | utterly unreadable | To say I'm disappointed would be an understatement. This pretentious and overblown work aspires to be philosophical and grand-scale (a modern day Ulysses perhaps, but I shudder to compare this work to Ulysses which is one of my all time favorites) but is almost totally unreadable. Sure there are great snippets and some great writing, but unless you're planning on taking weeks out of your schedule, you simply will not be able to follow the threads. I'm happy to admit any shortcomings on my part as a reader for those inclined to criticize my lack of apprehension, but this work of genius really eluded me. I'll even say it went over my head. Having just finished Stendhal's The Red and the Black which was an enjoyable experience, I found reading this one a chore that I barely made it through.As I said, I did enjoy specific passages and some of the sub plots, but the pretentions to greatness and the obtuseness of the narrative wore me down. Good luck trying to get through it. | 984 | [
"To say I'm disappointed would be an understatement.",
"This pretentious and overblown work aspires to be philosophical and grand-scale (a modern day Ulysses perhaps, but I shudder to compare this work to Ulysses which is one of my all time favorites) but is almost totally unreadable.",
"Sure there are great snippets and some great writing, but unless you're planning on taking weeks out of your schedule, you simply will not be able to follow the threads.",
"I'm happy to admit any shortcomings on my part as a reader for those inclined to criticize my lack of apprehension, but this work of genius really eluded me.",
"I'll even say it went over my head.",
"Having just finished Stendhal's The Red and the Black which was an enjoyable experience, I found reading this one a chore that I barely made it through.As I said, I did enjoy specific passages and some of the sub plots, but the pretentions to greatness and the obtuseness of the narrative wore me down.",
"Good luck trying to get through it."
] |
2 | A Disappointment | No matter what the series, it has always been a disappointment when Lucy hobknobs with and fawns over guest stars. With the exception of the Hollywood episodes, even "I Love Lucy" had a few clinkers like these on the "Here's Lucy" set.The packaging and quality of this set are great. Care was definitely given on every aspect of production.The was the first-run Lucy program with which I gew up and I certainly remember having a good time watching it. My disappointment only grew as each episode on this set unspooled. Surely there are 24 other episodes in the remaining 120 that would actuallly meet the "best of" criteria. I don't know that I will keep this set - earning back some of my money would be better than letting it sit unseen.The "I Love Lucy" disks are worth the expense and let's hope "The Lucy Show" is released season by season so those of us who wish to can limit ourselves to the "Viv" episodes- the ones before that series degraded into a "Who's Who" of Hollywood. | 984 | [
"No matter what the series, it has always been a disappointment when Lucy hobknobs with and fawns over guest stars.",
"With the exception of the Hollywood episodes, even \"I Love Lucy\" had a few clinkers like these on the \"Here's Lucy\" set.The packaging and quality of this set are great.",
"Care was definitely given on every aspect of production.The was the first-run Lucy program with which I gew up and I certainly remember having a good time watching it.",
"My disappointment only grew as each episode on this set unspooled.",
"Surely there are 24 other episodes in the remaining 120 that would actuallly meet the \"best of\" criteria.",
"I don't know that I will keep this set - earning back some of my money would be better than letting it sit unseen.The \"I Love Lucy\" disks are worth the expense and let's hope \"The Lucy Show\" is released season by season so those of us who wish to can limit ourselves to the \"Viv\" episodes- the ones before that series degraded into a \"Who's Who\" of Hollywood."
] |
2 | The Voyage to Nowhere | Beginning as a promising voyage into the land of Hasidism, The Romance Reader fails to make good on its promises. Told in a writing style that is reminiscient of popular women's fiction, the first person narrator gives the reader glimpses of a world filled with two dimensional characters lacking any depth.The Romance Reader does, however, entertain its audience members even if it fails to move them to any specific emotional responses. Simply put, it tells the story of Rachel, a young girl struggling to break free of the ties that bind her (similar to Naomi Ragen's Jephte's Daughter but without Ms. Ragen's depth of character). Just when the reader reaches the pinnacle point in Rachel's life, hoping against hope for catharsis, he is again disappointed.If you are looking for easy, leisurely reading on the plane or bus, then you may want to pick up a copy of this novel at the library. However, if you seek fiction in the truest sense of the word, you need to search elsewhere | 984 | [
"Beginning as a promising voyage into the land of Hasidism, The Romance Reader fails to make good on its promises.",
"Told in a writing style that is reminiscient of popular women's fiction, the first person narrator gives the reader glimpses of a world filled with two dimensional characters lacking any depth.The Romance Reader does, however, entertain its audience members even if it fails to move them to any specific emotional responses.",
"Simply put, it tells the story of Rachel, a young girl struggling to break free of the ties that bind her (similar to Naomi Ragen's Jephte's Daughter but without Ms.",
"Ragen's depth of character).",
"Just when the reader reaches the pinnacle point in Rachel's life, hoping against hope for catharsis, he is again disappointed.If you are looking for easy, leisurely reading on the plane or bus, then you may want to pick up a copy of this novel at the library.",
"However, if you seek fiction in the truest sense of the word, you need to search elsewhere"
] |
2 | Not a 24/7 flag! | I purchased this 3x5 American flag in December '10 from B.C. Novelties. I received it without any problems or delay. It looked nice, had embroidered stars and sewn stripes and seemed to be of an adequate material weight. I began flying it sometime in Jan. of '11 on a 20' flag pole in front of my house in East Texas. I fly it 24/7 taking it down before storms and high winds when possible. The flag is now faded and began tearing and shredding about 2-3 weeks ago. Today, being a windy day, I took it down to find the stripes end of the flag torn and shredded for about a foot into the flag. Approximately 8 months of use is all that I received from this flag. If you are looking for a flag to fly most days of the year at your home or business, and will retain its deep color (the blue seemed to fade less than the red), this is NOT the flag for you. If you are looking for a flag to fly on holidays only and store it inside, then this flag you should be proud of for several years. | 984 | [
"I purchased this 3x5 American flag in December '10 from B.C. Novelties.",
"I received it without any problems or delay.",
"It looked nice, had embroidered stars and sewn stripes and seemed to be of an adequate material weight.",
"I began flying it sometime in Jan.",
"of '11 on a 20' flag pole in front of my house in East Texas.",
"I fly it 24/7 taking it down before storms and high winds when possible.",
"The flag is now faded and began tearing and shredding about 2-3 weeks ago.",
"Today, being a windy day, I took it down to find the stripes end of the flag torn and shredded for about a foot into the flag.",
"Approximately 8 months of use is all that I received from this flag.",
"If you are looking for a flag to fly most days of the year at your home or business, and will retain its deep color (the blue seemed to fade less than the red), this is NOT the flag for you.",
"If you are looking for a flag to fly on holidays only and store it inside, then this flag you should be proud of for several years."
] |
2 | Not For Me | Bought this pan a few yrs ago and have been using it for our Thanksgiving turkey-attempting to give it a fair shake. It is now the night before Thanksgiving and I have hauled out my old inexpensive roaster, the one which looks like the Granite Ware roaster listed on Amazon(like my mom's old roaster but not has heavy). Using the All-Clad seemed to produce less juice for the all critical gravy making, and the gravy making was far more difficult in the All Clad. Been roasting turkeys for over 25 yrs and here I am pulling out the inexpensive one & feeling as tho I had wasted almost $300.This All Clad roaster's quality is not like my other All-Clad's pots & pans-not nearly as heavy or even "cooking"(when I fought with it during gravy making on top of the burners). The only thing positive I can say about is, the handle placement ( french roaster design) is excellent. Save your money and get a better pan- until All Clad can come up with a better roaster(heavy bottom).Happy TG! | 984 | [
"Bought this pan a few yrs ago and have been using it for our Thanksgiving turkey-attempting to give it a fair shake.",
"It is now the night before Thanksgiving and I have hauled out my old inexpensive roaster, the one which looks like the Granite Ware roaster listed on Amazon(like my mom's old roaster but not has heavy).",
"Using the All-Clad seemed to produce less juice for the all critical gravy making, and the gravy making was far more difficult in the All Clad.",
"Been roasting turkeys for over 25 yrs and here I am pulling out the inexpensive one & feeling as tho I had wasted almost $300.This All Clad roaster's quality is not like my other All-Clad's pots & pans-not nearly as heavy or even \"cooking\"(when I fought with it during gravy making on top of the burners).",
"The only thing positive I can say about is, the handle placement ( french roaster design) is excellent.",
"Save your money and get a better pan- until All Clad can come up with a better roaster(heavy bottom).Happy TG!"
] |
2 | Ive lost hope.... | I listened to Modest Mouse when "Building something out of nothing" came out. that was a pretty good album. some nice tracks. I then moved to "This is a long drive..." not but a few weeks later, and this was even better. I loved them. The last Cd of theirs i got was Moon and Antartica. Let me say, this is my favorite album ever. Moon and antartica is better than pink floyd, radiohead, anything else. it was a masterpiece. I heard theyd had a new album coming out, so i looed into it. I was taken aback when hearing them on the radio. Not too much later, i was soon feeling weary. Modest Mouse made its way to TRL. not only did their new cd suck, but their single they promoted sucked too. Please, anyone from thirteen year old girls, to 90 year old men, buy mon and antartica or this is a long drive! This cd was mch too mainstream. to me, modest mouse had meant inie rock at itsbest. you guys dissapoint me. these tracks are catchy and crap. Moon and antartica! ok, thank you all. | 984 | [
"I listened to Modest Mouse when \"Building something out of nothing\" came out.",
"that was a pretty good album.",
"some nice tracks.",
"I then moved to \"This is a long drive...\" not but a few weeks later, and this was even better.",
"I loved them.",
"The last Cd of theirs i got was Moon and Antartica.",
"Let me say, this is my favorite album ever.",
"Moon and antartica is better than pink floyd, radiohead, anything else.",
"it was a masterpiece.",
"I heard theyd had a new album coming out, so i looed into it.",
"I was taken aback when hearing them on the radio.",
"Not too much later, i was soon feeling weary.",
"Modest Mouse made its way to TRL.",
"not only did their new cd suck, but their single they promoted sucked too.",
"Please, anyone from thirteen year old girls, to 90 year old men, buy mon and antartica or this is a long drive!",
"This cd was mch too mainstream.",
"to me, modest mouse had meant inie rock at itsbest.",
"you guys dissapoint me.",
"these tracks are catchy and crap.",
"Moon and antartica!",
"ok, thank you all."
] |
2 | Not that impressed... | I have tried so many different self tanners and I was hoping that this product would be the one that I stuck with. Not so!! I will admit the product has a great scent, but that's about all it has. I followed the directions and I still don't know why this product has such high rating. I exfoliated, moisturized and then waited about two hours to let that set. I decided to use the product before I went to bed. I used gloves, started at my feet, and worked upwards. I let it dry for about two hours before putting on loose clothing. When I showered in the morning ALL the color went down the drain. I was as pale as I was before I used this product. I tried using this again the following night and in the morning after showering I was very spotty. I had to use an exfoliator to get rid of the spots. I must stress that this product is NOT good for the FACE and NECK !!! SPOTS...SPOTS...SPOTS !! Not only does the product go down the drain when showering, but so does the money spent. | 984 | [
"I have tried so many different self tanners and I was hoping that this product would be the one that I stuck with.",
"Not so!!",
"I will admit the product has a great scent, but that's about all it has.",
"I followed the directions and I still don't know why this product has such high rating.",
"I exfoliated, moisturized and then waited about two hours to let that set.",
"I decided to use the product before I went to bed.",
"I used gloves, started at my feet, and worked upwards.",
"I let it dry for about two hours before putting on loose clothing.",
"When I showered in the morning ALL the color went down the drain.",
"I was as pale as I was before I used this product.",
"I tried using this again the following night and in the morning after showering I was very spotty.",
"I had to use an exfoliator to get rid of the spots.",
"I must stress that this product is NOT good for the FACE and NECK!!!",
"SPOTS...SPOTS...SPOTS!!",
"Not only does the product go down the drain when showering, but so does the money spent."
] |
2 | Hid the symptoms for a day | I'm sure that many people have had success with this product, but I just wasen't one of them. Perhaps if you caught an infection early and tried it, but mine had gone on about a week before I was SURE it was a UTI. The day I received my bottle in the mail I ripped open the package and began my doses. I took 1 heaping teaspoon every 2-3 hours, and for that day I did start to feel better. But the next morning when I woke up my symptoms were raging! So basically it hid the symptoms the previous day, but did nothing to help the infection. I'm now I antibiotics which I was trying to avoid. Wish I would have saved the money on this. Maybe it works for some, but not for all.Update: I didn't have a uti in fact. The doctors were not sure what I had actually and it just went away on it's own. I don't want to sway others with my review if in fact I had no bacteria in my bladder. For the price just try it for yourself and see if it works. So many people love it, it must work great! | 984 | [
"I'm sure that many people have had success with this product, but I just wasen't one of them.",
"Perhaps if you caught an infection early and tried it, but mine had gone on about a week before I was SURE it was a UTI.",
"The day I received my bottle in the mail I ripped open the package and began my doses.",
"I took 1 heaping teaspoon every 2-3 hours, and for that day I did start to feel better.",
"But the next morning when I woke up my symptoms were raging!",
"So basically it hid the symptoms the previous day, but did nothing to help the infection.",
"I'm now I antibiotics which I was trying to avoid.",
"Wish I would have saved the money on this.",
"Maybe it works for some, but not for all.Update: I didn't have a uti in fact.",
"The doctors were not sure what I had actually and it just went away on it's own.",
"I don't want to sway others with my review if in fact I had no bacteria in my bladder.",
"For the price just try it for yourself and see if it works.",
"So many people love it, it must work great!"
] |
2 | I love the Velvets... | But this would have worked so much better as a Lou Reed solo album. After 3 masterful albums, including one that could make a serious claim as the best of all time, with another as the most inifluential, they put out this poppy rock album that was so loaded with pop tunes it largely overshadows whatever merits it has. As far as being avante-garde, it doesn't compare to their first two albums at all. As far as stripped down rock songs go, their third album destroys "Loaded." The actual sounds remind me mmore of Lou Reed's solo stuff, like "New York" or "Transformer," only I think those albums had more passion and guts than this one. But, still, it has it's merits. The songs aren't terrible, though none are great. The real problem I have with the album is the name. As a Lou Reed solo album I wouldn't be so harsh. As a Velvet Underground album, it fails miserably. I wouldn't trade a single "Venus in Furs" or "Sister Ray" for this entire album, and that should never happen. | 984 | [
"But this would have worked so much better as a Lou Reed solo album.",
"After 3 masterful albums, including one that could make a serious claim as the best of all time, with another as the most inifluential, they put out this poppy rock album that was so loaded with pop tunes it largely overshadows whatever merits it has.",
"As far as being avante-garde, it doesn't compare to their first two albums at all.",
"As far as stripped down rock songs go, their third album destroys \"Loaded.\" The actual sounds remind me mmore of Lou Reed's solo stuff, like \"New York\" or \"Transformer,\" only I think those albums had more passion and guts than this one.",
"But, still, it has it's merits.",
"The songs aren't terrible, though none are great.",
"The real problem I have with the album is the name.",
"As a Lou Reed solo album I wouldn't be so harsh.",
"As a Velvet Underground album, it fails miserably.",
"I wouldn't trade a single \"Venus in Furs\" or \"Sister Ray\" for this entire album, and that should never happen."
] |
2 | Masterpiece of lies | At the beginning all seem perfect, so perfect. The cast, the music the story, but later all become the brick of a wall of contradictions.I like the work of Spielberg, but if there is something I hate it's when someone try to make me believe in something with a bunch of bad facts.Taken its a miniseries about to stories: The first one: the tragedy of the people who were abducted, and the hunt of the alines who maken it. The second (and the worst): The kindness of the aliens agains't the evil forces of the agency who are hunting them.But what it's worst of these show: in the end the story tell nothing new about the abductions (except of course the chance of the aliens after all what they did, they could be a good race). There's no new and good theory about these theme, just an story were the good people are almost saints and the bad people seems to be sons of the devil, and in a show who try to be something serious about a theme like this, this is a big and unforgiven sin. | 984 | [
"At the beginning all seem perfect, so perfect.",
"The cast, the music the story, but later all become the brick of a wall of contradictions.I like the work of Spielberg, but if there is something I hate it's when someone try to make me believe in something with a bunch of bad facts.Taken its a miniseries about to stories: The first one: the tragedy of the people who were abducted, and the hunt of the alines who maken it.",
"The second (and the worst): The kindness of the aliens agains't the evil forces of the agency who are hunting them.But what it's worst of these show: in the end the story tell nothing new about the abductions (except of course the chance of the aliens after all what they did, they could be a good race).",
"There's no new and good theory about these theme, just an story were the good people are almost saints and the bad people seems to be sons of the devil, and in a show who try to be something serious about a theme like this, this is a big and unforgiven sin."
] |
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