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3 | Not an easy book to read | This was a fascinating story that felt a bit overdone. There were many times when the narration launched into a literary-style rambling sidepoint. This was often philosophical in nature, and extremely distracting.I was amazed at how quickly kindness, politeness, and basic civilization disintegrated into animal-like survival. Some of the actions and events that happened were horrible and disturbing.This is not an easy book to read. I almost stopped at one point because the scenes are depicted in stark, graphic and very detailed descriptions. Including a horrific rape and murder scene. Definitely not for the faint of heart. This was made into a movie in 2008, which was rated R. If books were rated, this would be an R as well.That being said, the story was intriguing and compelling. As the story progressed, I wasn't sure if I wanted it to end in a happy ending, or if it should keep up the dark feel and end tragically. I was satisfied with the ending, but not blown away. | 981 | [
"This was a fascinating story that felt a bit overdone.",
"There were many times when the narration launched into a literary-style rambling sidepoint.",
"This was often philosophical in nature, and extremely distracting.I was amazed at how quickly kindness, politeness, and basic civilization disintegrated into animal-like survival.",
"Some of the actions and events that happened were horrible and disturbing.This is not an easy book to read.",
"I almost stopped at one point because the scenes are depicted in stark, graphic and very detailed descriptions.",
"Including a horrific rape and murder scene.",
"Definitely not for the faint of heart.",
"This was made into a movie in 2008, which was rated R.",
"If books were rated, this would be an R as well.That being said, the story was intriguing and compelling.",
"As the story progressed, I wasn't sure if I wanted it to end in a happy ending, or if it should keep up the dark feel and end tragically.",
"I was satisfied with the ending, but not blown away."
] |
3 | Something was "off" | The author has all the talent a reader could want - she can create a good plot - but these characters! I thought the vulgarity & cruelty of the husband "Ben" was written in a very heavy-handed way, and the heroine, Sara, was a little too goody-goody for my taste (the way she let herself be taken advantage of by that Tasha character, geez! Too much a doormat.)The romance kind of got taken over by melodrama at the end. After a strong start, I lost interest about 1/2 through the book; ironically, right around the time that the hero & heroine confessed their love for each other. A reader shouldn't experience that loss of interest just at the most interesting point in any romance novel, yet that's what happened to me. I just couldn't care about these characters.Not a keeper by any means, but 3 stars for a strong first half, and for the fact that the character of the heroine's little son was written in a realistic way (he's not cutesy; not overly talkative beyond his age). | 981 | [
"The author has all the talent a reader could want - she can create a good plot - but these characters!",
"I thought the vulgarity & cruelty of the husband \"Ben\" was written in a very heavy-handed way, and the heroine, Sara, was a little too goody-goody for my taste (the way she let herself be taken advantage of by that Tasha character, geez!",
"Too much a doormat.)The romance kind of got taken over by melodrama at the end.",
"After a strong start, I lost interest about 1/2 through the book; ironically, right around the time that the hero & heroine confessed their love for each other.",
"A reader shouldn't experience that loss of interest just at the most interesting point in any romance novel, yet that's what happened to me.",
"I just couldn't care about these characters.Not a keeper by any means, but 3 stars for a strong first half, and for the fact that the character of the heroine's little son was written in a realistic way (he's not cutesy; not overly talkative beyond his age)."
] |
3 | a curse or blessing? | Several months ago i was planning a trip to Montana, i heard the ladies up there are into some wild stuff so i decided to get some cologne to give that musk i hear they're into. Little did i know that the only ladies that find this scent attractive have more facial hair than i do and are named Russell. Also wherever i went there were dogs who seemed terrified of me, no clue why. At one point i took notice that wherever i went there was a breathing sound. Eventually i woke up to find that my face smelled horrible and felt really sticky, had a bit of a rancid after taste too. When i came back home i still had on the cologne my neighbor's rottweilers couldn't decide on eating my face or having sex with various parts of my body....they did both. I am now very displeased with the side effects it seems to attract. I brought all the wrong kind of attention. Although as of late i find myself going to the park late at night drenched in this and i lie in the grass waiting..... | 981 | [
"Several months ago i was planning a trip to Montana, i heard the ladies up there are into some wild stuff so i decided to get some cologne to give that musk i hear they're into.",
"Little did i know that the only ladies that find this scent attractive have more facial hair than i do and are named Russell.",
"Also wherever i went there were dogs who seemed terrified of me, no clue why.",
"At one point i took notice that wherever i went there was a breathing sound.",
"Eventually i woke up to find that my face smelled horrible and felt really sticky, had a bit of a rancid after taste too.",
"When i came back home i still had on the cologne my neighbor's rottweilers couldn't decide on eating my face or having sex with various parts of my body....they did both.",
"I am now very displeased with the side effects it seems to attract.",
"I brought all the wrong kind of attention.",
"Although as of late i find myself going to the park late at night drenched in this and i lie in the grass waiting....."
] |
3 | I'd Reccomend CD2! | Who listens to those big old long boring remixes? Who cares anyway? It's just boom ba da boom the whole song with the artist's voice (in this case, Kylie, whos awesome!) just repeating the first setence of the song over and over and over. 1) COME INTO MY WORLD(3.5/5) It's a good song but I really prefer Love At First Sight other than it. 2) COME INTO MY WORLD ASHTRAX MIX (4/5) It's better than the original, and it's not the repeating stuff. Its almost like a radio mix except a minute longer. 3) COME INTO MY WORLD ROBBIE RIVERA'S HARD & SEXY MIX (2/5) This is a great example of what i was talking about. Repeating and boring. 4) COME INTO MY WORLD ENHANCED TRACK (2.5/5) I have to say, this video is pretty boring. Its just Kylie walking around an intersection and shopping center and everything doubling when she goes for the next lap. Well, CD2's better with live versions of Love At First Sight & Fever but some people might like this, this was just from my point of view. | 981 | [
"Who listens to those big old long boring remixes?",
"Who cares anyway?",
"It's just boom ba da boom the whole song with the artist's voice (in this case, Kylie, whos awesome!",
") just repeating the first setence of the song over and over and over.",
"1) COME INTO MY WORLD(3.5/5) It's a good song but I really prefer Love At First Sight other than it.",
"2) COME INTO MY WORLD ASHTRAX MIX (4/5) It's better than the original, and it's not the repeating stuff.",
"Its almost like a radio mix except a minute longer.",
"3) COME INTO MY WORLD ROBBIE RIVERA'S HARD & SEXY MIX (2/5) This is a great example of what i was talking about.",
"Repeating and boring.",
"4) COME INTO MY WORLD ENHANCED TRACK (2.5/5) I have to say, this video is pretty boring.",
"Its just Kylie walking around an intersection and shopping center and everything doubling when she goes for the next lap.",
"Well, CD2's better with live versions of Love At First Sight & Fever but some people might like this, this was just from my point of view."
] |
3 | Due South - Seasons 1 to 3 | I was excited to hear that I could purchase the Due South TV Series on DVD through Amazon since it was unavailable here in Australia (& since my VHS tapes were showing disintegration from the many times I was watching them!)For Seasons 1-2, I was disappointed to find the packaging format was quite poor and there wasn't anything by way of DVD extras (not even out-takes). I also had problems with reading a couple of episodes even after attempting to clean the DVD disc surface.When I purchased Season 3, I was also disappointed to find that it really only had half the number of episodes that make up a normal season, thereby forcing viewers to have to purchase the second half (and given the AUD$ exchange rate, does end up being quite expensive).The only redeeming feature for the Season 3 release was that the episodes were not double sided this time around and they were properly labelled.Overall, I'm just happy to have my own copies of the TV series that I enjoy immensely. | 981 | [
"I was excited to hear that I could purchase the Due South TV Series on DVD through Amazon since it was unavailable here in Australia (& since my VHS tapes were showing disintegration from the many times I was watching them!",
")For Seasons 1-2, I was disappointed to find the packaging format was quite poor and there wasn't anything by way of DVD extras (not even out-takes).",
"I also had problems with reading a couple of episodes even after attempting to clean the DVD disc surface.When I purchased Season 3, I was also disappointed to find that it really only had half the number of episodes that make up a normal season, thereby forcing viewers to have to purchase the second half (and given the AUD$ exchange rate, does end up being quite expensive).The only redeeming feature for the Season 3 release was that the episodes were not double sided this time around and they were properly labelled.Overall, I'm just happy to have my own copies of the TV series that I enjoy immensely."
] |
3 | Not quite what I expected | I bought this book based upon a review I heard from Chuck Colson of Prison Fellowship. I was excited about the idea that someone had finally captured the essence of why young adults are yearning for something deeper than the typical "seeker services" so prevalent in The Church today. As an Evangelical Christian, however, I was disappointed that so much of the book is focused on Orthodox Catholics. As a professing Catholic herself, Ms. Carroll outlines her research with story upon story about the plight of young Catholics from post-Vatican II teaching. While I wish her research would have covered more Evangelical opinions, her writings have taught me more about Catholicism than I previously knew. I now have a fuller understanding, respect, and appreciation for conservative Catholicism. I just wish the reviews I had read had been more forthright about the content. I would highly recommend this book to my Gen X/Y Catholic friends, but probably not for the Evangelical's. | 981 | [
"I bought this book based upon a review I heard from Chuck Colson of Prison Fellowship.",
"I was excited about the idea that someone had finally captured the essence of why young adults are yearning for something deeper than the typical \"seeker services\" so prevalent in The Church today.",
"As an Evangelical Christian, however, I was disappointed that so much of the book is focused on Orthodox Catholics.",
"As a professing Catholic herself, Ms.",
"Carroll outlines her research with story upon story about the plight of young Catholics from post-Vatican II teaching.",
"While I wish her research would have covered more Evangelical opinions, her writings have taught me more about Catholicism than I previously knew.",
"I now have a fuller understanding, respect, and appreciation for conservative Catholicism.",
"I just wish the reviews I had read had been more forthright about the content.",
"I would highly recommend this book to my Gen X/Y Catholic friends, but probably not for the Evangelical's."
] |
3 | A note on the translation | I don't want to summarize the content here. I only want to talk about Michael Grant's translation.Let's admit one fact: Grant's translation is not that good. I suggest you to check out Cicero's works published by OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSCIS: P.G.Walsh and D.H.Berry are more competent than Grant, and they are fascinating indeed. Grant often unnecessarily chops up a sentence, rendering it ends up with a whole lot of commas, and this utterly destroy the fluency and lucidity of Cicero. In my opinion, D.H.Berry (who published Cicero's DEFENCE SPEECHES) is thus far the best Ciceronian translator.So why is it still worth 3 stars? It is mainly because of the contents, such as AGAINST VERRES, THE SECOND PHILIPIC, and ON OLD AGE, which are still not translated by OXFORD. Therefore, we have no choice but to stick with Grant's translation (unless you want to buy the expensive Loeb edition). If OXFORD will release more of Cicero's titles, I will definitely throw away Michael Grant's. | 981 | [
"I don't want to summarize the content here.",
"I only want to talk about Michael Grant's translation.Let's admit one fact: Grant's translation is not that good.",
"I suggest you to check out Cicero's works published by OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSCIS: P.G.Walsh and D.H.Berry are more competent than Grant, and they are fascinating indeed.",
"Grant often unnecessarily chops up a sentence, rendering it ends up with a whole lot of commas, and this utterly destroy the fluency and lucidity of Cicero.",
"In my opinion, D.H.Berry (who published Cicero's DEFENCE SPEECHES) is thus far the best Ciceronian translator.So why is it still worth 3 stars?",
"It is mainly because of the contents, such as AGAINST VERRES, THE SECOND PHILIPIC, and ON OLD AGE, which are still not translated by OXFORD.",
"Therefore, we have no choice but to stick with Grant's translation (unless you want to buy the expensive Loeb edition).",
"If OXFORD will release more of Cicero's titles, I will definitely throw away Michael Grant's."
] |
3 | Filled with UPS and Downs! | I bought this DVD player last Christmas from a department store. I always liked RCA. I had no problems with the DVD for a few months and I liked it, it had good features but missed zoom, and the menu screens were easy to get around and the glossry was a nice touch. But then it started making a high pitch noise that sometimes became louder than the movie I was plaing on my Dolby Digital theather system I used. Then the Disk Tray would not come out the whole way and would get stuck. It made noise from the beggining but this noise was crazy. The manufcr. would not do anything for me. I would have to pay for the shipping to get it fixed and for labor. I did not get it fixed and am currently shopping for a new one with a better Rep. I don't recommend shopping for the lowest price. Because the most important thing is not features, but if it works and if the thing breaks, is the warranty going to help you if it is not just a 90 day or one year parts. Look around, Buy smart! | 981 | [
"I bought this DVD player last Christmas from a department store.",
"I always liked RCA.",
"I had no problems with the DVD for a few months and I liked it, it had good features but missed zoom, and the menu screens were easy to get around and the glossry was a nice touch.",
"But then it started making a high pitch noise that sometimes became louder than the movie I was plaing on my Dolby Digital theather system I used.",
"Then the Disk Tray would not come out the whole way and would get stuck.",
"It made noise from the beggining but this noise was crazy.",
"The manufcr.",
"would not do anything for me.",
"I would have to pay for the shipping to get it fixed and for labor.",
"I did not get it fixed and am currently shopping for a new one with a better Rep.",
"I don't recommend shopping for the lowest price.",
"Because the most important thing is not features, but if it works and if the thing breaks, is the warranty going to help you if it is not just a 90 day or one year parts.",
"Look around, Buy smart!"
] |
3 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | The character of Holly Golightly is well known to many from Audrey Hepburn's portrayal of her on film. (I have not seen the movie, but I suspect from what I know of it that its tone and storyline differ markedly from that of the novella.) Holly, a "lopsided romantic" in the author's words, is a charming but self-involved, irresponsible, and sometimes mean-spirited young woman with a murkily unpleasant past. She attracts wealthy men to her easily and, in some vague way, makes her living from them. Among those who fall in love with her is the narrator of the book, a neighbor whom she calls "Fred"--her brother's name. "Fred," prompted by the report that she may be in Africa, writes about Holly years after his acquaintance with her has ended. His story suggests that she has managed to charm a new continent-load of men and to land on her feet again, cat-like.Reviewed by Debra Hamel, author of Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece | 981 | [
"The character of Holly Golightly is well known to many from Audrey Hepburn's portrayal of her on film.",
"(I have not seen the movie, but I suspect from what I know of it that its tone and storyline differ markedly from that of the novella.) Holly, a \"lopsided romantic\" in the author's words, is a charming but self-involved, irresponsible, and sometimes mean-spirited young woman with a murkily unpleasant past.",
"She attracts wealthy men to her easily and, in some vague way, makes her living from them.",
"Among those who fall in love with her is the narrator of the book, a neighbor whom she calls \"Fred\"--her brother's name.",
"\"Fred,\" prompted by the report that she may be in Africa, writes about Holly years after his acquaintance with her has ended.",
"His story suggests that she has managed to charm a new continent-load of men and to land on her feet again, cat-like.Reviewed by Debra Hamel, author of Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece"
] |
3 | Pretty good recording | To summarize my view, this is a pretty good recording. If you're a stereophile, check this CD out as it is technically one of the best studio recordings I've heard, with great detail and beautiful rendition of the individual instruments.The performers take a stately approach to one of Dvorak's most exciting works, the Quintet Op. 81. They are excellent technically - but the performance didn't stir me. I compared it directly to the old recording by Clifford Curzon and the Budapest Quartet. The Budapest Qt is not really my favorites but, what can you say, these guys bring it when they play the Op. 81. The recording here is not as passionate and drags a bit. The same criticism can be applied to their interpretation of the the Op. 97 Quintet. A solid performance is delivered, but it could be more lively and impassioned. I will note that I prefer the 0p. 97 recording to the one on the Philips double set done by the Berlin Philharmonic players.A middling but solid release. | 981 | [
"To summarize my view, this is a pretty good recording.",
"If you're a stereophile, check this CD out as it is technically one of the best studio recordings I've heard, with great detail and beautiful rendition of the individual instruments.The performers take a stately approach to one of Dvorak's most exciting works, the Quintet Op.",
"81.",
"They are excellent technically - but the performance didn't stir me.",
"I compared it directly to the old recording by Clifford Curzon and the Budapest Quartet.",
"The Budapest Qt is not really my favorites but, what can you say, these guys bring it when they play the Op.",
"81.",
"The recording here is not as passionate and drags a bit.",
"The same criticism can be applied to their interpretation of the the Op.",
"97 Quintet.",
"A solid performance is delivered, but it could be more lively and impassioned.",
"I will note that I prefer the 0p.",
"97 recording to the one on the Philips double set done by the Berlin Philharmonic players.A middling but solid release."
] |
3 | Bee Movie - Blu-ray Info | Version: U.S.A / DreamWorks / Region A, B, CAspect ratio: 1.85:1MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / AACS / High Profile 4.1Running time: 1:30:40Movie size: 28,30 GBDisc size: 49,85 GBTotal bit rate: 41.62 MbpsAverage video bit rate: 27.94 MbpsDolby TrueHD Audio English 3196 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 3196kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps)Dolby Digital Audio French 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbpsDolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbpsDolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbpsSubtitles: English / English SDH / French / SpanishNumber of chapters: 16#Audio commentary#The Animator's Corner#Three deleted scenes (HD - 5m)#Six alternate endings (HD - 14m:40s)#Inside the Hive: The Cast of Bee Movie (HD - 14m:40s)#Jerry's Flight Over Cannes (HD - 3m:03s)#Tech of Bee Movie (HD - 7m:33s)#We Got the Bee (HD - 2m:13s)#DreamWorks Kids featurettes--Build-A-Bee - The Buzz About Bees (HD - 7m:08s)--The Ow! Meter (HD - 33m:46s)#That's Un-Bee-Lievable#Trailers (HD) | 981 | [
"Version: U.S.A / DreamWorks / Region A, B, CAspect ratio: 1.85:1MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / AACS / High Profile 4.1Running time: 1:30:40Movie size: 28,30 GBDisc size: 49,85 GBTotal bit rate: 41.62 MbpsAverage video bit rate: 27.94 MbpsDolby TrueHD Audio English 3196 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 3196kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps)Dolby Digital Audio French 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbpsDolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbpsDolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbpsSubtitles: English / English SDH / French / SpanishNumber of chapters: 16#Audio commentary#The Animator's Corner#Three deleted scenes (HD - 5m)#Six alternate endings (HD - 14m:40s)#Inside the Hive: The Cast of Bee Movie (HD - 14m:40s)#Jerry's Flight Over Cannes (HD - 3m:03s)#Tech of Bee Movie (HD - 7m:33s)#We Got the Bee (HD - 2m:13s)#DreamWorks Kids featurettes--Build-A-Bee - The Buzz About Bees (HD - 7m:08s)--The Ow!",
"Meter (HD - 33m:46s)#That's Un-Bee-Lievable#Trailers (HD)"
] |
3 | Light Work Shoe | Casual looking, fairly lightweight steel toe shoe. Many of the places I've worked over the years required steel toe shoes though I could only find fairly heavy out of place looking boots. Once I discovered a number of companies offering steel toe sneakers I haven't looked back.This shoe has fairly good traction though If I had to pick again I would get a different brand as this shoe just doesnt hold snugly as my others have. It is sized correctly and I've given it three weeks to break in.Update:Three other employees where I work also had this same shoe and one other had the same issue I did. Within weeks of light use the soles started separating from both shoes. I couldn't even make it through a whole year with these. While light, these are easily the worst steel toes I've ever had. Most other brands I've had last easily 2-4 years and by then its something else wrong with the shoe, not the whole bottom part falling off. I don't think I'll be going with converse again | 981 | [
"Casual looking, fairly lightweight steel toe shoe.",
"Many of the places I've worked over the years required steel toe shoes though I could only find fairly heavy out of place looking boots.",
"Once I discovered a number of companies offering steel toe sneakers I haven't looked back.This shoe has fairly good traction though If I had to pick again I would get a different brand as this shoe just doesnt hold snugly as my others have.",
"It is sized correctly and I've given it three weeks to break in.Update:Three other employees where I work also had this same shoe and one other had the same issue I did.",
"Within weeks of light use the soles started separating from both shoes.",
"I couldn't even make it through a whole year with these.",
"While light, these are easily the worst steel toes I've ever had.",
"Most other brands I've had last easily 2-4 years and by then its something else wrong with the shoe, not the whole bottom part falling off.",
"I don't think I'll be going with converse again"
] |
3 | Pretty Good Album. | This CD of Yngwie's versions of different songs that have inspired him is not bad. Of the ten songs on this album, I only like three of them though. Those three would be "Carry On Wayward Son," "In the Dead of Night," and to a smaller degree, "Anthem." The others aren't my taste really. "Child in Time" is very drawn out and long. It's interesting getting to hear Yngwie sing lead vocals on the Jimi Hendrix tune "Manic Depression." I actually like his version of "Carry On Wayward Son" better than the Kansas version. Yngwie did a great job with his version; he put more aggression in it. "In the Dead of Night" is also one of my favorites on here--very well done indeed. His guitar playing along with the keyboards makes for a very good song, along with Mark Boals good leading vocals. Don't remember if I've heard UK's original version of this song. The cover of the Rush song is also good. The rest of the songs aren't very interesting. This album does have some good moments. | 981 | [
"This CD of Yngwie's versions of different songs that have inspired him is not bad.",
"Of the ten songs on this album, I only like three of them though.",
"Those three would be \"Carry On Wayward Son,\" \"In the Dead of Night,\" and to a smaller degree, \"Anthem.\" The others aren't my taste really.",
"\"Child in Time\" is very drawn out and long.",
"It's interesting getting to hear Yngwie sing lead vocals on the Jimi Hendrix tune \"Manic Depression.\" I actually like his version of \"Carry On Wayward Son\" better than the Kansas version.",
"Yngwie did a great job with his version; he put more aggression in it.",
"\"In the Dead of Night\" is also one of my favorites on here--very well done indeed.",
"His guitar playing along with the keyboards makes for a very good song, along with Mark Boals good leading vocals.",
"Don't remember if I've heard UK's original version of this song.",
"The cover of the Rush song is also good.",
"The rest of the songs aren't very interesting.",
"This album does have some good moments."
] |
3 | Good, but a bit unsteady | I bought this due to other reviews, and wanted a "in line" tuner, with a needle, or pointer meter..not just LED lit.The meter is far better when setting harmonics, intonation. It has a handy fold out stand, for the money decent. But on the con side, it is unsteady, the needle on certain harmonics and notes will not stop and "lock" on the note, it will dance above and below what you seek, so you may have to "ballpark it" so to speak, which is okay, but again when setting intonation I don't want to "ballpark" anything. I have a cheap Quick Tune that does better in this regard, I ping a string, fretted or open and the needle goes to the pitch and holds steady, way better than this unit. Still, one must look at how much they didn't spend and factor that in. It's a decent tuner, for the money, and it has the output jack so the unit can be placed inline....I will keep it for that reason and upgrade for more steady accurate adjustments in terms of harmonics, and intonation. | 981 | [
"I bought this due to other reviews, and wanted a \"in line\" tuner, with a needle, or pointer meter..not just LED lit.The meter is far better when setting harmonics, intonation.",
"It has a handy fold out stand, for the money decent.",
"But on the con side, it is unsteady, the needle on certain harmonics and notes will not stop and \"lock\" on the note, it will dance above and below what you seek, so you may have to \"ballpark it\" so to speak, which is okay, but again when setting intonation I don't want to \"ballpark\" anything.",
"I have a cheap Quick Tune that does better in this regard, I ping a string, fretted or open and the needle goes to the pitch and holds steady, way better than this unit.",
"Still, one must look at how much they didn't spend and factor that in.",
"It's a decent tuner, for the money, and it has the output jack so the unit can be placed inline....I will keep it for that reason and upgrade for more steady accurate adjustments in terms of harmonics, and intonation."
] |
3 | The Gwynneth Factor | Not to be rude to Mr. Martin, but a band's raison d'etre changes when what was attained becomes reality. Coldplay produced a great sustaiable album (no mean feat) when they released AROBTTH, but this new album faces challenges that the casual Cldplay fan might expect, and more. Firstly, you are expected to live up to - not alone surpass - your last album; secondly, Martin is supposed to keep his "music for the massses" sensibility after his marriage and fatherhood.The songs are elegant and climactic, yet without soul. Many of us had heard of the tortured songs they'd disregarded - two album's worth - before coming up with X&Y; . I only hope that they're worthier and surface later.I felt that the band was in trouble when "Speed of Sound" was released. While by no means the weakest song on the album, it was a strong portent of an album that could have been better.Overall, Coldplay's X&Y; is still a well-crafted album, but very forgettable compared to its predescessors. | 981 | [
"Not to be rude to Mr.",
"Martin, but a band's raison d'etre changes when what was attained becomes reality.",
"Coldplay produced a great sustaiable album (no mean feat) when they released AROBTTH, but this new album faces challenges that the casual Cldplay fan might expect, and more.",
"Firstly, you are expected to live up to - not alone surpass - your last album; secondly, Martin is supposed to keep his \"music for the massses\" sensibility after his marriage and fatherhood.The songs are elegant and climactic, yet without soul.",
"Many of us had heard of the tortured songs they'd disregarded - two album's worth - before coming up with X&Y;.",
"I only hope that they're worthier and surface later.I felt that the band was in trouble when \"Speed of Sound\" was released.",
"While by no means the weakest song on the album, it was a strong portent of an album that could have been better.Overall, Coldplay's X&Y; is still a well-crafted album, but very forgettable compared to its predescessors."
] |
3 | A nice thought, but unrealistic | Now, I already don't view the Gossip Girl series as being a great series.. the books are basically soap operas, but no matter how mind-wasting they are, I can't stop reading them.The school year is coming to an end, and Blair is still waiting for her response from Yale. Her relationship with Nate isn't doing so well (AGAIN), and Serena is back to being the carefree one who floats through the scenes. However, both Serena and Nate are both beginning to realize that they would rather end their partying ways to hang out with the ones they love.While both Jenny and Blair are focusing on what they COULD have, Nate and Serena want to return to what they already have. Jenny and Blair both achieve in the end, but the misfits Serena & Nate blow everything up.. once again. The drama never ends, does it?"Nobody Does it Better" shows a more loving side as the characters DO realize, in their final moments together in High School, that nobody does it better than the ones they love. | 981 | [
"Now, I already don't view the Gossip Girl series as being a great series..",
"the books are basically soap operas, but no matter how mind-wasting they are, I can't stop reading them.The school year is coming to an end, and Blair is still waiting for her response from Yale.",
"Her relationship with Nate isn't doing so well (AGAIN), and Serena is back to being the carefree one who floats through the scenes.",
"However, both Serena and Nate are both beginning to realize that they would rather end their partying ways to hang out with the ones they love.While both Jenny and Blair are focusing on what they COULD have, Nate and Serena want to return to what they already have.",
"Jenny and Blair both achieve in the end, but the misfits Serena & Nate blow everything up..",
"once again.",
"The drama never ends, does it?",
"\"Nobody Does it Better\" shows a more loving side as the characters DO realize, in their final moments together in High School, that nobody does it better than the ones they love."
] |
3 | Who's Looking Out For You | Who's Looking Out For YouWell I hate to say it, but what Bill O'Reilly writes about in his book is what every one of us already knew or should have known. Nothing new in what he is writing about, if you didn't know the best person to watch out for you is yourself then maybe you do need to read Mr. O'Reilly's book. You should also know the people that you can trust to help out should be the people that are the closest to you, but then again sometimes even close people will turn their back on you if you your not watching out for number one. Like Mr. O'Reilly's TV show Mr. O'Reilly has set himself up as a know it all, on just about everything. I do agree with Mr. O'Reilly on most of what he says and writes about but do like to hear both sides and not just Bill O'Reilly one sided way of doing his business. I think for most people the book is a good read and the rest should already know who's looking out for you with out reading. Larry Hobson- Author "The Day Of The Rose" | 981 | [
"Who's Looking Out For YouWell I hate to say it, but what Bill O'Reilly writes about in his book is what every one of us already knew or should have known.",
"Nothing new in what he is writing about, if you didn't know the best person to watch out for you is yourself then maybe you do need to read Mr.",
"O'Reilly's book.",
"You should also know the people that you can trust to help out should be the people that are the closest to you, but then again sometimes even close people will turn their back on you if you your not watching out for number one.",
"Like Mr.",
"O'Reilly's TV show Mr.",
"O'Reilly has set himself up as a know it all, on just about everything.",
"I do agree with Mr.",
"O'Reilly on most of what he says and writes about but do like to hear both sides and not just Bill O'Reilly one sided way of doing his business.",
"I think for most people the book is a good read and the rest should already know who's looking out for you with out reading.",
"Larry Hobson- Author \"The Day Of The Rose\""
] |
3 | Good, but SALTY!! | After having some awesome black forest ham in Europe, we came back and began a quest to find some in the US. In case you're not aware, the German/European variety of this ham is completely different than the American counterpart - see here: [...] for a full description.This ham looked like it was going to be the closest bet, so we bought it assuming we'd still eat it even if it wasn't exactly what we were looking for.It arrived very quickly and packaged in ice - that was nice.The flavor was smoky and good, but man, it's some salty salty stuff. We almost didn't think we'd be able to eat it, but we made it through it, and our arteries are only slightly the harder for it. I don't know if we got a bad ham of if it's always this salty, but we won't be ordering it again. (We have a friend who's a salt fiend - he adds tons of salt to everything, and even he said it's overly salty).Maybe it'd be okay to cook with, but in such large quantities it doesn't really seem feasible. | 981 | [
"After having some awesome black forest ham in Europe, we came back and began a quest to find some in the US.",
"In case you're not aware, the German/European variety of this ham is completely different than the American counterpart - see here: [...] for a full description.This ham looked like it was going to be the closest bet, so we bought it assuming we'd still eat it even if it wasn't exactly what we were looking for.It arrived very quickly and packaged in ice - that was nice.The flavor was smoky and good, but man, it's some salty salty stuff.",
"We almost didn't think we'd be able to eat it, but we made it through it, and our arteries are only slightly the harder for it.",
"I don't know if we got a bad ham of if it's always this salty, but we won't be ordering it again.",
"(We have a friend who's a salt fiend - he adds tons of salt to everything, and even he said it's overly salty).Maybe it'd be okay to cook with, but in such large quantities it doesn't really seem feasible."
] |
3 | Interesting! (up to a point) | I have been reading Classen out of academic interest. Mostly because her books deal with areas very few other people seem to touch. I can highly recommend 'Worlds of sense' and `Aroma'. Very, very good books about things you've never thought of.Color of Angels also is one such book. It deals with 'worldviews' on perceptions of the divine. Especially the first half is very readable, highly enjoyable and refreshing. However, at a certain moment I happened to be sitting in Cambridge, on the shores of the Cam, thinking: Yeah, this is all nice and interesting, but so what? In other words, at a certain moment the book lost its fascination. For me that point was the mediaeval details, however interesting, yet less stimulating.Please understand me well. This is not a bad book. I think for those interested in the topic it might be an exceptionally well crafted, highly readable, well constructed and substantiated book. For me it was a very enjoyable distraction. Up to a point. | 981 | [
"I have been reading Classen out of academic interest.",
"Mostly because her books deal with areas very few other people seem to touch.",
"I can highly recommend 'Worlds of sense' and `Aroma'.",
"Very, very good books about things you've never thought of.Color of Angels also is one such book.",
"It deals with 'worldviews' on perceptions of the divine.",
"Especially the first half is very readable, highly enjoyable and refreshing.",
"However, at a certain moment I happened to be sitting in Cambridge, on the shores of the Cam, thinking: Yeah, this is all nice and interesting, but so what?",
"In other words, at a certain moment the book lost its fascination.",
"For me that point was the mediaeval details, however interesting, yet less stimulating.Please understand me well.",
"This is not a bad book.",
"I think for those interested in the topic it might be an exceptionally well crafted, highly readable, well constructed and substantiated book.",
"For me it was a very enjoyable distraction.",
"Up to a point."
] |
3 | Almost a four star | Fire, Burn! is definitely a unique story. As usually, Ms Hart writes beautifully and her plot is well thought out. The hero and heroine were charming and believable. However, compared to Jasmine on the Wind (a masterpiece), I'd have to give Fire, Burn! almost four stars only. And the reason is: I wished the romance between the two characters was more in the forefront. Don't get me wrong, when they were together there were definitely sparks flying. But I would have loved to see a little more interaction btwn the two. I just felt as if their romance was secondary to the plot, which should have been there to aid the romance btwn the leading characters, not overshawdow it.Because Jasime on the Wind was such a wonderful story (one of my favorites of all time), I am still a huge fan of MDH. She has a natural and flowing way of writing and her books are never your typical everyday sappy romance stories. I look forward to her next novel, and hope that it compares to Jasmine. | 981 | [
"Fire, Burn!",
"is definitely a unique story.",
"As usually, Ms Hart writes beautifully and her plot is well thought out.",
"The hero and heroine were charming and believable.",
"However, compared to Jasmine on the Wind (a masterpiece), I'd have to give Fire, Burn!",
"almost four stars only.",
"And the reason is: I wished the romance between the two characters was more in the forefront.",
"Don't get me wrong, when they were together there were definitely sparks flying.",
"But I would have loved to see a little more interaction btwn the two.",
"I just felt as if their romance was secondary to the plot, which should have been there to aid the romance btwn the leading characters, not overshawdow it.Because Jasime on the Wind was such a wonderful story (one of my favorites of all time), I am still a huge fan of MDH.",
"She has a natural and flowing way of writing and her books are never your typical everyday sappy romance stories.",
"I look forward to her next novel, and hope that it compares to Jasmine."
] |
3 | poorly cast | I have read most of the james lee burke novels and obviously a fan. I am somewhat disappointed with the movie version of electric mist because it came off as a highly condenced poorly connected verson of the original story. It did hit the high points but did not develop the underlying structure that the book reveals. One of the repeat characters in burke's books is clete purcell. Clete is a loose cannon and is always the center of some sort of mayhem when he appears in the book. If he had been given the time instead of what appeared to be a fifteen second "spot" john goodman would be perfect for the character.Although I like tommy lee, he does not convey the robicheaux persona that exists in burke's books. Dave is like a pot about to boil most of the time and although there is violence generated by tlj he does not convey the physical intimidation factor that is always there with robicheaux. Bruce willis carries this persona.Levon helm does a great job as the general. | 981 | [
"I have read most of the james lee burke novels and obviously a fan.",
"I am somewhat disappointed with the movie version of electric mist because it came off as a highly condenced poorly connected verson of the original story.",
"It did hit the high points but did not develop the underlying structure that the book reveals.",
"One of the repeat characters in burke's books is clete purcell.",
"Clete is a loose cannon and is always the center of some sort of mayhem when he appears in the book.",
"If he had been given the time instead of what appeared to be a fifteen second \"spot\" john goodman would be perfect for the character.Although I like tommy lee, he does not convey the robicheaux persona that exists in burke's books.",
"Dave is like a pot about to boil most of the time and although there is violence generated by tlj he does not convey the physical intimidation factor that is always there with robicheaux.",
"Bruce willis carries this persona.Levon helm does a great job as the general."
] |
3 | Funny, kind of heartwarming | The DVD is exactly what it looks like - a DVD of the movie. No digital copy, minimal other special features (director's commentary, outtakes, and a "making of") - just the film.The movie itself is entertaining enough - it's a story about three sisters and their idiot brother. It opens with the Paul Rudd as the brother, getting busted doing something really stupid - it's just that he meant well and he was trying to help a "friend". He ends up in jail, and upon his release has to depend on his sisters to put him up while he's on parole. Obviously, he exposes that they're more effed up than he is, but they're also so caught up they don't see it and - surprise - they each end up learning a life lesson from him. Oh, and there's the thing with his ex and his dog.I enjoyed the movie, but mostly for Rudd, who is pretty much perfect for the role. The plot is thin and obvious, but it moves along and there are some good jokes about how "trusting" is often mistaken for "stupid". | 981 | [
"The DVD is exactly what it looks like - a DVD of the movie.",
"No digital copy, minimal other special features (director's commentary, outtakes, and a \"making of\") - just the film.The movie itself is entertaining enough - it's a story about three sisters and their idiot brother.",
"It opens with the Paul Rudd as the brother, getting busted doing something really stupid - it's just that he meant well and he was trying to help a \"friend\".",
"He ends up in jail, and upon his release has to depend on his sisters to put him up while he's on parole.",
"Obviously, he exposes that they're more effed up than he is, but they're also so caught up they don't see it and - surprise - they each end up learning a life lesson from him.",
"Oh, and there's the thing with his ex and his dog.I enjoyed the movie, but mostly for Rudd, who is pretty much perfect for the role.",
"The plot is thin and obvious, but it moves along and there are some good jokes about how \"trusting\" is often mistaken for \"stupid\"."
] |
3 | Not for Repeated Exposure | Rock music at its most experimental has the potential to be thrilling. Think Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets; the first time you heard the romantic mumble of R.E.M.'s Murmur; Laurie Anderson's minimalist explorations of post-modern life on Big Science. These were artists that found structures to communicate their needs: Eno's dense glam-metal; Michael Stipe's open-souled mumble; Anderson's reductive dissonance and humor. Animal Collective, which is comprised of Panda Bear and Avey Tare, are looking for their structure on their second release Sung Tongs. It begins thrillingly with "Leaf House" and "Who Could Win a Rabbit" - songs that might have been written by Philip Glass on acid. After that it's folksy weirdness and sound collages and tape manipulations that sound like a baby singing through a mouth-tube. Depending on your taste for strangeness you might just love it. I have my reservations, and love it after a lot of exposure to the mainstream. But not all the time. | 981 | [
"Rock music at its most experimental has the potential to be thrilling.",
"Think Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets; the first time you heard the romantic mumble of R.E.M.'s Murmur; Laurie Anderson's minimalist explorations of post-modern life on Big Science.",
"These were artists that found structures to communicate their needs: Eno's dense glam-metal; Michael Stipe's open-souled mumble; Anderson's reductive dissonance and humor.",
"Animal Collective, which is comprised of Panda Bear and Avey Tare, are looking for their structure on their second release Sung Tongs.",
"It begins thrillingly with \"Leaf House\" and \"Who Could Win a Rabbit\" - songs that might have been written by Philip Glass on acid.",
"After that it's folksy weirdness and sound collages and tape manipulations that sound like a baby singing through a mouth-tube.",
"Depending on your taste for strangeness you might just love it.",
"I have my reservations, and love it after a lot of exposure to the mainstream.",
"But not all the time."
] |
3 | This edition is a bit too small | I'm not writing this review to talk about the content, which is first-rate and wonderfully crafted. The 2007 edition advertised here, however, leaves something to be desired. Metheun in Great Britain and Little, Brown & Co. in America first released 3-in-1 volumes in the early '90s that were great editions of this classic and beautifully drawn adventure series; they made the pages smaller than the individually published adventures, but kept the readability by making the font somewhat bold.Now, in the 2007 editions, they've made the pages even smaller (8.5 x 6 inches) and the font thinner, so it's harder to keep reading at the same pace as the drawings, whose dynamism should let the reader whizz through the cartoons like in an animated film. Although the cover design is well done and attractive, and the hardcovers help preserve the books better, I think the publishers should go back to the earlier 3-in-1 volume size (or even bigger) to really have a top-notch edition. | 981 | [
"I'm not writing this review to talk about the content, which is first-rate and wonderfully crafted.",
"The 2007 edition advertised here, however, leaves something to be desired.",
"Metheun in Great Britain and Little, Brown & Co.",
"in America first released 3-in-1 volumes in the early '90s that were great editions of this classic and beautifully drawn adventure series; they made the pages smaller than the individually published adventures, but kept the readability by making the font somewhat bold.Now, in the 2007 editions, they've made the pages even smaller (8.5 x 6 inches) and the font thinner, so it's harder to keep reading at the same pace as the drawings, whose dynamism should let the reader whizz through the cartoons like in an animated film.",
"Although the cover design is well done and attractive, and the hardcovers help preserve the books better, I think the publishers should go back to the earlier 3-in-1 volume size (or even bigger) to really have a top-notch edition."
] |
3 | Twin Switch - By: Carol Stanley | Twins Alix ans Stacy Wyatt couldn't be more alike, yet are very different. Alix is an excelent violin player, and a very shy, unnoticed girl in Chicago. Almost two thousand miles away in California, Stacy is a popular, athletic, and well known person.Alix lives with her father and his girlfriend, Martine. She is a little unhappy with her life because of Martine. Stacy was unhappy with her life too with her mother, because she flunks geometry.Well, at a joint vacation to their grandmother's house, will change everything. The girls get a crazy idea to switch lives and fix what is wrong. While being the other person, Alix discovers she's a flirt, jock, and musician. Stacy falls in love with a guy her sister is afraid to talk to.They fooled everyone for now, but can they keep it up? They learned alot "walking in the other persons shoes", but at the end of the summer, will they go back home?This is a good book to read to relax. Not too much excitement, but not too boring. | 981 | [
"Twins Alix ans Stacy Wyatt couldn't be more alike, yet are very different.",
"Alix is an excelent violin player, and a very shy, unnoticed girl in Chicago.",
"Almost two thousand miles away in California, Stacy is a popular, athletic, and well known person.Alix lives with her father and his girlfriend, Martine.",
"She is a little unhappy with her life because of Martine.",
"Stacy was unhappy with her life too with her mother, because she flunks geometry.Well, at a joint vacation to their grandmother's house, will change everything.",
"The girls get a crazy idea to switch lives and fix what is wrong.",
"While being the other person, Alix discovers she's a flirt, jock, and musician.",
"Stacy falls in love with a guy her sister is afraid to talk to.They fooled everyone for now, but can they keep it up?",
"They learned alot \"walking in the other persons shoes\", but at the end of the summer, will they go back home?",
"This is a good book to read to relax.",
"Not too much excitement, but not too boring."
] |
3 | Let's Kill 'Em review | Jon Leizmans book Let's Kill 'Em: understanding and Controlling violence in sports is a book that addresses the issues of violence within sports in the western culture. This is a book for the well educated and who want to learn something about the issue of violence in sports. There has been many instances in the past where sports have been know for violent behavior and in this book Leizman goes over issues that shows the origins of violence in sports. He writes as far back as the Olympics and progresses to the present day. This book was written to further prevention of sport violence and Leizman gives us different ideas on how we can stop this problem. Leizmans talk about how we can use martial arts to learn how we can control our tempers and for those who are unable he talks about bringing up stiffer fines and penalties to reduce the occurences. The book as a whole was very interesting and enlightening, but younger readers beware this book can be confusing at parts. | 981 | [
"Jon Leizmans book Let's Kill 'Em: understanding and Controlling violence in sports is a book that addresses the issues of violence within sports in the western culture.",
"This is a book for the well educated and who want to learn something about the issue of violence in sports.",
"There has been many instances in the past where sports have been know for violent behavior and in this book Leizman goes over issues that shows the origins of violence in sports.",
"He writes as far back as the Olympics and progresses to the present day.",
"This book was written to further prevention of sport violence and Leizman gives us different ideas on how we can stop this problem.",
"Leizmans talk about how we can use martial arts to learn how we can control our tempers and for those who are unable he talks about bringing up stiffer fines and penalties to reduce the occurences.",
"The book as a whole was very interesting and enlightening, but younger readers beware this book can be confusing at parts."
] |
3 | Agreement | I don't wish to submit a full review of this, other than to say that because of who Horowitz was, this is a valuable document.I did want to agree with A. Ainley's assessment of the playing. The Scherzo was a shock -- this was a piece that Horowitz ate for breakfast in his prime. His playing here is a pale imitation of his great days; feeble was the first word that came to mind as I listened to this. Sviatoslav Richter noted how bad this performance was in the "Richter the Enigma" video. I am guessing that this was more due to lack of practice, rather than the permanent effects of his age, because the subsequent concert in Moscow was much more like the Horowitz we once knew.This video also illustrates how even a pianist as great as Horowitz (and perhaps as crazy) could delude himself into thinking he could play Mozart. I suspect that his mentor, Rachmaninoff, would have had some words with him about his work in K.330. It's just not playing that can be taken seriously. | 981 | [
"I don't wish to submit a full review of this, other than to say that because of who Horowitz was, this is a valuable document.I did want to agree with A.",
"Ainley's assessment of the playing.",
"The Scherzo was a shock -- this was a piece that Horowitz ate for breakfast in his prime.",
"His playing here is a pale imitation of his great days; feeble was the first word that came to mind as I listened to this.",
"Sviatoslav Richter noted how bad this performance was in the \"Richter the Enigma\" video.",
"I am guessing that this was more due to lack of practice, rather than the permanent effects of his age, because the subsequent concert in Moscow was much more like the Horowitz we once knew.This video also illustrates how even a pianist as great as Horowitz (and perhaps as crazy) could delude himself into thinking he could play Mozart.",
"I suspect that his mentor, Rachmaninoff, would have had some words with him about his work in K.330.",
"It's just not playing that can be taken seriously."
] |
3 | Nice | It's interesting to find an Icelandic band who doesn't sound like Sigur Ros or The Sugarcubes---in other words, cliche. However, as good the songs are--and the band itself isn't that bad either--- it sounds soooo sooo very similar to Coldplay, Radiohead, and other popular British bands. So much that this record feels more like a collection of songs that could have been songs sung by Coldplay and Radiohead, but instead were taken by a group of Icelanders from Reykjavik. It makes me wonder what this band's motives are: to sound like these bands because they admire them? Is it supposed to be a tribute to the style of today's British pop-rock sound? Are they trying to find who they are as a band? Whatever it is, i just don't get it. As for the Icelandic touch, I didn't hear or see that either. Nice band from Iceland, but they sound so similar to other bands that it's just creepy and highly distracting. Why listen to this band when I could listen to Radiohead or Coldplay? | 981 | [
"It's interesting to find an Icelandic band who doesn't sound like Sigur Ros or The Sugarcubes---in other words, cliche.",
"However, as good the songs are--and the band itself isn't that bad either--- it sounds soooo sooo very similar to Coldplay, Radiohead, and other popular British bands.",
"So much that this record feels more like a collection of songs that could have been songs sung by Coldplay and Radiohead, but instead were taken by a group of Icelanders from Reykjavik.",
"It makes me wonder what this band's motives are: to sound like these bands because they admire them?",
"Is it supposed to be a tribute to the style of today's British pop-rock sound?",
"Are they trying to find who they are as a band?",
"Whatever it is, i just don't get it.",
"As for the Icelandic touch, I didn't hear or see that either.",
"Nice band from Iceland, but they sound so similar to other bands that it's just creepy and highly distracting.",
"Why listen to this band when I could listen to Radiohead or Coldplay?"
] |
3 | Decent, but not great | I bought this book after reading the first chapter online. In it, he describes the Marine Corps' Officer Candidates' School with unerring accuracy. I've been there, and his descriptions of it are dead-on and bring back many memories. However, I can't remember any of the book past that.For a memoir, I didn't learn much about the author. He went to Dartmouth. Then he went to war. Then he came home. Finally he wrote a book. And what a book it was: it's average. There are books that stand up head-and-shoulders above the rest, like "Generation Kill" and "Jarhead"Say what you will about "Jarhead", but the story was compelling and the narrative engrossing. Jarhead's like a secret dish: some like it, some think it's too spicy, etc. "One Bullet Away" is more like vanilla ice cream. Filling and good-testing, but it won't stick in your mind. It takes a middle-of-the-road position on just about everything, and the author doesn't seem to have very many opinions about what he did. | 981 | [
"I bought this book after reading the first chapter online.",
"In it, he describes the Marine Corps' Officer Candidates' School with unerring accuracy.",
"I've been there, and his descriptions of it are dead-on and bring back many memories.",
"However, I can't remember any of the book past that.For a memoir, I didn't learn much about the author.",
"He went to Dartmouth.",
"Then he went to war.",
"Then he came home.",
"Finally he wrote a book.",
"And what a book it was: it's average.",
"There are books that stand up head-and-shoulders above the rest, like \"Generation Kill\" and \"Jarhead\"Say what you will about \"Jarhead\", but the story was compelling and the narrative engrossing.",
"Jarhead's like a secret dish: some like it, some think it's too spicy, etc.",
"\"One Bullet Away\" is more like vanilla ice cream.",
"Filling and good-testing, but it won't stick in your mind.",
"It takes a middle-of-the-road position on just about everything, and the author doesn't seem to have very many opinions about what he did."
] |
3 | Good story, poor video quality | First off, the story is pretty good. Shows soldiers in a wide range of emotions and puts a face to those fighting the war. I would recommend watching this documentary.However the bluray is bad 1080i quality. When you mix fast movements/action, and hand camcorders with interlaced video it looks choppy. Obviously bluray is not designed to play on anything other than LCD, Plasma, DLP, pretty much everything that doesn't use a tube. Interlaced video is deisgned for tube TV's do why 1080i is even around, I dont know. The producers of the bluray should have deinterlaced it to 1080p. There is a large amount of noise in the video, especially in low light scenes which is expected since you don't want to be using an additional light where this is being shot at. If I was the videographer I would be also been cleaning that lens constantly considering in that environment. The dirty lens is a distraction to me. This is noticable even in the planned shots that aren't during action. | 981 | [
"First off, the story is pretty good.",
"Shows soldiers in a wide range of emotions and puts a face to those fighting the war.",
"I would recommend watching this documentary.However the bluray is bad 1080i quality.",
"When you mix fast movements/action, and hand camcorders with interlaced video it looks choppy.",
"Obviously bluray is not designed to play on anything other than LCD, Plasma, DLP, pretty much everything that doesn't use a tube.",
"Interlaced video is deisgned for tube TV's do why 1080i is even around, I dont know.",
"The producers of the bluray should have deinterlaced it to 1080p.",
"There is a large amount of noise in the video, especially in low light scenes which is expected since you don't want to be using an additional light where this is being shot at.",
"If I was the videographer I would be also been cleaning that lens constantly considering in that environment.",
"The dirty lens is a distraction to me.",
"This is noticable even in the planned shots that aren't during action."
] |
3 | Gollob and Shakespeare | On the whole, I found this book an enjoyable and interesting read. As another reviewer said, you will enjoy it more if you're sixty plus, fond of Shakespeare, and Jewish. I qualify on two out of three. The Jewish references were beyond my ken.For a person nearing retirement, it's fascinating to see what some people do with their lives after full-time paid employment ends. After I retire, I plan to read all the great works of literature I've missed so far, and Shakespeare is on my list.Gollob (he must hate it that so many people can't bother to spell his name correctly) took "Shakespeare in Love" far too seriously. After all, it was a romantic comedy. It was supposed to be fun! His criticism of its historical inaccuracies is like criticizing Shakespeare for his witches and fairies.Gollob is a little too full of himself at times, but he must have loved writing this book and gently bragging about his achievements and the famous people he's bumped against over the years. | 981 | [
"On the whole, I found this book an enjoyable and interesting read.",
"As another reviewer said, you will enjoy it more if you're sixty plus, fond of Shakespeare, and Jewish.",
"I qualify on two out of three.",
"The Jewish references were beyond my ken.For a person nearing retirement, it's fascinating to see what some people do with their lives after full-time paid employment ends.",
"After I retire, I plan to read all the great works of literature I've missed so far, and Shakespeare is on my list.Gollob (he must hate it that so many people can't bother to spell his name correctly) took \"Shakespeare in Love\" far too seriously.",
"After all, it was a romantic comedy.",
"It was supposed to be fun!",
"His criticism of its historical inaccuracies is like criticizing Shakespeare for his witches and fairies.Gollob is a little too full of himself at times, but he must have loved writing this book and gently bragging about his achievements and the famous people he's bumped against over the years."
] |
3 | A Different Color of Carly | This is an interesting album. It shows an artist trying new things. She fails miserably on a couple of counts and scores very high on a couple of others. The mis-steps are listenable because it's funny how far a person will go to be in with the times ("Spy", the title track is as Disco as disco gets) and how far they will go to break out of their own molds ("Coming to Get You" is just plain awful as Ms. Simon attempts to conceal her identity as a passionate singer by screaming and affecting a southern accent.)On the other hand, she scores with the lovely "Just Like You Do" and the hauntingly beautiful "We're So Close" is about as sad as a song can get. The catchy "Vengeance" works well on most levels and, lastly, "Memorial Day" boasts several solos, most notably David Sanborn.This was a middle of the road album for Ms. Simon, whose work has been much stronger since but this is fun to listen to, especially since it is the last of her albums to be made available on CD. | 981 | [
"This is an interesting album.",
"It shows an artist trying new things.",
"She fails miserably on a couple of counts and scores very high on a couple of others.",
"The mis-steps are listenable because it's funny how far a person will go to be in with the times (\"Spy\", the title track is as Disco as disco gets) and how far they will go to break out of their own molds (\"Coming to Get You\" is just plain awful as Ms.",
"Simon attempts to conceal her identity as a passionate singer by screaming and affecting a southern accent.)On the other hand, she scores with the lovely \"Just Like You Do\" and the hauntingly beautiful \"We're So Close\" is about as sad as a song can get.",
"The catchy \"Vengeance\" works well on most levels and, lastly, \"Memorial Day\" boasts several solos, most notably David Sanborn.This was a middle of the road album for Ms.",
"Simon, whose work has been much stronger since but this is fun to listen to, especially since it is the last of her albums to be made available on CD."
] |
3 | How to destroy a franchise | 1) Take out everything that made the first two games cool2) Add new crap that doesn't work and makes you want to punch the developer in the face.3) Come up with the most god awful plot and unbelievable events to ever grace the 360 to date.Controls are a nightmare. I could go in the bathroom with a notebook and take a crap and come out with a better control scheme than this. I also now have the god-like ability of making a door swing open to hit my opponent by merely making a gesture with my hand. This is crap. But worst of all, AND I MEAN WORST OF ALL, is that the cool finishing/blazing moves that I loved from the first two are nowhere to be found.I guess it wouldn't be THAT bad of a game if I wasn't comparing it to the first two but this is retarded when a franchise of this calibur switches to better graphics on a next-gen system and comes out being not even close to the equivalent of the other two. I can smell Electronic Arts from here. And they smell like garbage. | 981 | [
"1) Take out everything that made the first two games cool2) Add new crap that doesn't work and makes you want to punch the developer in the face.3) Come up with the most god awful plot and unbelievable events to ever grace the 360 to date.Controls are a nightmare.",
"I could go in the bathroom with a notebook and take a crap and come out with a better control scheme than this.",
"I also now have the god-like ability of making a door swing open to hit my opponent by merely making a gesture with my hand.",
"This is crap.",
"But worst of all, AND I MEAN WORST OF ALL, is that the cool finishing/blazing moves that I loved from the first two are nowhere to be found.I guess it wouldn't be THAT bad of a game if I wasn't comparing it to the first two but this is retarded when a franchise of this calibur switches to better graphics on a next-gen system and comes out being not even close to the equivalent of the other two.",
"I can smell Electronic Arts from here.",
"And they smell like garbage."
] |
3 | Not complete | This quartet is absolutely amazing. A little more abstract then it's other formation C2B3 (with Les Claypool replacing Bill Laswell on bass), but it certainly does take the listener on a ride.My biggest problem with this recording is that the show I saw at Bonnaroo in 2004 was certainly more than 58 minutes long. And with any jamband, you can't just edit out the long parts. That's what makes the song. These guys started playing at midnight and went on for over three discs worth of music. This version cuts out songs like Maggot Brain and the Seven Laws of Woo, and though she is found at certain parts of the show, Lili Haydn's violin work is not given justice on this version. It's just too bad to see what was on of the best performances of the weekend hacked to bits so it could be packaged and more quickly digestible. For the full show, search livedownloads and get the entire show for eleven bucks or so. If you've read this much, then you owe it to yourself to do that. | 981 | [
"This quartet is absolutely amazing.",
"A little more abstract then it's other formation C2B3 (with Les Claypool replacing Bill Laswell on bass), but it certainly does take the listener on a ride.My biggest problem with this recording is that the show I saw at Bonnaroo in 2004 was certainly more than 58 minutes long.",
"And with any jamband, you can't just edit out the long parts.",
"That's what makes the song.",
"These guys started playing at midnight and went on for over three discs worth of music.",
"This version cuts out songs like Maggot Brain and the Seven Laws of Woo, and though she is found at certain parts of the show, Lili Haydn's violin work is not given justice on this version.",
"It's just too bad to see what was on of the best performances of the weekend hacked to bits so it could be packaged and more quickly digestible.",
"For the full show, search livedownloads and get the entire show for eleven bucks or so.",
"If you've read this much, then you owe it to yourself to do that."
] |
3 | not the batman I enjoy | Maybe it's just the more recent Batman comics, but it seems like any Batman volume I pick up is depressing. This book is especially dark and depressing. I can handle a dark, brooding, crime-fighting Batman, but the Batman in this volume is just obsessed to the point of danger. He refuses to see anything but his own point of view. He won't even consider another point of view, because he believes that his view of the world is less biased than anyone else's. He is not an enjoyable character.In this book, he is hunting a woman who, as part of a protest against Wayne Enterprises, set off a bomb several years before that killed a lot of people. Batman turns hunting her into his own crusade, partially because of the deaths and partially because, it seems, his ego is continually hurt by the fact that she eludes him for so long. The artwork looks lovely, but I just can't like the story. I haven't read a lot of Batman comics, but this doesn't seem like a prime example of them. | 981 | [
"Maybe it's just the more recent Batman comics, but it seems like any Batman volume I pick up is depressing.",
"This book is especially dark and depressing.",
"I can handle a dark, brooding, crime-fighting Batman, but the Batman in this volume is just obsessed to the point of danger.",
"He refuses to see anything but his own point of view.",
"He won't even consider another point of view, because he believes that his view of the world is less biased than anyone else's.",
"He is not an enjoyable character.In this book, he is hunting a woman who, as part of a protest against Wayne Enterprises, set off a bomb several years before that killed a lot of people.",
"Batman turns hunting her into his own crusade, partially because of the deaths and partially because, it seems, his ego is continually hurt by the fact that she eludes him for so long.",
"The artwork looks lovely, but I just can't like the story.",
"I haven't read a lot of Batman comics, but this doesn't seem like a prime example of them."
] |
3 | From the back cover: | Spirited Filly. Born and raised in the backwoods of Virginia, Tawny Blair knew that her dream of being swept off her feet by a handsome nobleman would never come true. But when she met Lord Bart Montgomery, Tawny saw at once that reality could far surpass her fantasies. And when he took her in his strong arms, she thrilled to the desire in his searing caresses, knowing that she would soon surrender to his manly embrace, no matter what the price of passion would be.Seductive Stallion. The dashing British Lord had voyaged to America for only one reason; to acquire Diablo, the magnificent black stallion, for his famous Montgomery Stables in England. But from the moment he feasted his eyes on the bewitching barefoot beauty leaning on the paddock fence, he vowed to tame and comquer the high-spirited Tawny! He would woo and win this velvet-skinned enchantress until, burning with a rapture only he could satisfy, she would willingly bestow upon him her ultimate kiss of fire. | 981 | [
"Spirited Filly.",
"Born and raised in the backwoods of Virginia, Tawny Blair knew that her dream of being swept off her feet by a handsome nobleman would never come true.",
"But when she met Lord Bart Montgomery, Tawny saw at once that reality could far surpass her fantasies.",
"And when he took her in his strong arms, she thrilled to the desire in his searing caresses, knowing that she would soon surrender to his manly embrace, no matter what the price of passion would be.Seductive Stallion.",
"The dashing British Lord had voyaged to America for only one reason; to acquire Diablo, the magnificent black stallion, for his famous Montgomery Stables in England.",
"But from the moment he feasted his eyes on the bewitching barefoot beauty leaning on the paddock fence, he vowed to tame and comquer the high-spirited Tawny!",
"He would woo and win this velvet-skinned enchantress until, burning with a rapture only he could satisfy, she would willingly bestow upon him her ultimate kiss of fire."
] |
3 | Just Average Accept | 'Metal Heart' and 'Balls to the Wall' were the first hit albums that brought this German hybrid version of Judas Priest and AC/DC into the spotlight and this is the album that followed the two. I listened to this album a lot when it came out and I still like Accept but this is really not their best stuff. Like a lot of other metal from the mid-80s, it has just passed its expiration date.Udo Dirkschneider is a reasonably good singer to the likes of Brian Johnson and Wolf Hoffmann is a good lead guitarist which keeps Accept in the above average level of otherwise forgettable '80s bands like Armored Saint or Grim Reaper. The title track is pretty good along with 'Aiming High' and 'Heaven is Hell' but the rest is pretty forgettable.This is not the album you want to start with if you're going to listen to Accept though. 'Balls to the Wall' and 'Metal Heart' are better albums but 'Restless and Wild' and 'Breaker' are their best albums in my book: heavier and more original. | 981 | [
"'Metal Heart' and 'Balls to the Wall' were the first hit albums that brought this German hybrid version of Judas Priest and AC/DC into the spotlight and this is the album that followed the two.",
"I listened to this album a lot when it came out and I still like Accept but this is really not their best stuff.",
"Like a lot of other metal from the mid-80s, it has just passed its expiration date.Udo Dirkschneider is a reasonably good singer to the likes of Brian Johnson and Wolf Hoffmann is a good lead guitarist which keeps Accept in the above average level of otherwise forgettable '80s bands like Armored Saint or Grim Reaper.",
"The title track is pretty good along with 'Aiming High' and 'Heaven is Hell' but the rest is pretty forgettable.This is not the album you want to start with if you're going to listen to Accept though.",
"'Balls to the Wall' and 'Metal Heart' are better albums but 'Restless and Wild' and 'Breaker' are their best albums in my book: heavier and more original."
] |
3 | Yuck | Mindscape (they made this, Ubi Soft made Petz 5) made some real mistakes.Bugs, bugs, bugs. This game is full of them. The food dish bounces around and your catz never get a chance to eat. Toys permanently disappear from the playscenes. For example, the cannon ball disappears from the Circus Playscene. The game may crash every so often and you lose everything you did.Where did BUNNIES come from? Hello? This is Catz 4; bunnies aren't cats. It probably wouldn't be so bad if you could breed them, but you can't. Big bummer. As for talking to your catz, I couldn't get them to understand me properly, so I just forgot about it.The game is almost like a bug-filled dull Catz 3. Why bother expanding, then? They are almost the same, except for new clothes that barely even have complete outfits, new scenes that lose their unique toys in a day, and bunnies that can't even breed. The only reason I gave it three stars and not one or two is because it does at least have new features. | 981 | [
"Mindscape (they made this, Ubi Soft made Petz 5) made some real mistakes.Bugs, bugs, bugs.",
"This game is full of them.",
"The food dish bounces around and your catz never get a chance to eat.",
"Toys permanently disappear from the playscenes.",
"For example, the cannon ball disappears from the Circus Playscene.",
"The game may crash every so often and you lose everything you did.Where did BUNNIES come from?",
"Hello?",
"This is Catz 4; bunnies aren't cats.",
"It probably wouldn't be so bad if you could breed them, but you can't.",
"Big bummer.",
"As for talking to your catz, I couldn't get them to understand me properly, so I just forgot about it.The game is almost like a bug-filled dull Catz 3.",
"Why bother expanding, then?",
"They are almost the same, except for new clothes that barely even have complete outfits, new scenes that lose their unique toys in a day, and bunnies that can't even breed.",
"The only reason I gave it three stars and not one or two is because it does at least have new features."
] |
3 | Licensing | Im somewhat disappointed in this product, not in the actual product itself but the licensing terms behind it are too constricting. Once you install this version of windows on your computer you cannot install it again on another computer. It costs $50 to buy an extra license and for families it gets quiet expensive. All I wanted to to is put vista on my main computer and laptop and to charge an extra $50 just so I can use a product I already bought on 2 computers seems outrageous. Also the upgrade version involves you having a previous version of windows on your computer before installation which also seems idiotic considering installing a new OS is better with a clean install so it will run smoother. If I were windows I would have given 3 serials per box just so people with multiple computers can install, if Microsoft still thinks each household only has one computer theyre sadly mistaken and im sure not going to buy extra licenses for a product I should already own. | 981 | [
"Im somewhat disappointed in this product, not in the actual product itself but the licensing terms behind it are too constricting.",
"Once you install this version of windows on your computer you cannot install it again on another computer.",
"It costs $50 to buy an extra license and for families it gets quiet expensive.",
"All I wanted to to is put vista on my main computer and laptop and to charge an extra $50 just so I can use a product I already bought on 2 computers seems outrageous.",
"Also the upgrade version involves you having a previous version of windows on your computer before installation which also seems idiotic considering installing a new OS is better with a clean install so it will run smoother.",
"If I were windows I would have given 3 serials per box just so people with multiple computers can install, if Microsoft still thinks each household only has one computer theyre sadly mistaken and im sure not going to buy extra licenses for a product I should already own."
] |
3 | Clever historical mystery | A TWIST AT THE END blends history and fiction together, using "O. Henry" as a character during a series of murders in Austin, TX. Saylor excels as a writer in bringing places to life (though I haven't gotten in to his Rome books), and historical figures pepper the story. His crisp, descriptive prose makes something completely ridiculous - like a hailstorm that chills a river in seconds - seem like a believable occurrence. The opening is a clever twist, in true O. Henry fashion, and a sense of solemn sadness (if you know anything about O. Henry's life) pervades the events. This fits the grim murder mystery tenor of the main plot. I won't spoil the whodunit, but as other readers have commented, the answer is disappointingly simple and the longer the characters couldn't figure out the "unsolvable" murders, the more unbelievable it became. Hopefully Saylor will continue to mine Texan history for other real-life mysteries he can resurrect and reimagine for modern readers. | 981 | [
"A TWIST AT THE END blends history and fiction together, using \"O.",
"Henry\" as a character during a series of murders in Austin, TX.",
"Saylor excels as a writer in bringing places to life (though I haven't gotten in to his Rome books), and historical figures pepper the story.",
"His crisp, descriptive prose makes something completely ridiculous - like a hailstorm that chills a river in seconds - seem like a believable occurrence.",
"The opening is a clever twist, in true O.",
"Henry fashion, and a sense of solemn sadness (if you know anything about O.",
"Henry's life) pervades the events.",
"This fits the grim murder mystery tenor of the main plot.",
"I won't spoil the whodunit, but as other readers have commented, the answer is disappointingly simple and the longer the characters couldn't figure out the \"unsolvable\" murders, the more unbelievable it became.",
"Hopefully Saylor will continue to mine Texan history for other real-life mysteries he can resurrect and reimagine for modern readers."
] |
3 | Anolon honored warranty | I love these knives and have been very happy with their performance over the past year we've owned them. They look and handle great, and sharpen up wonderfully. The price is also reasonable. We read a lot of reviews and did a lot of comparison shopping before deciding on these. My only complaint before today is that they tend to get some surface rust that needs to be scrubbed off, but that is not a big deal.However, today I noticed a large crack in the santoku blade near the handle. I checked Anolon's webpage and it appears that I can send it back for replacement. I inspected all the other knives and noticed that two steak knives are also cracked in the blade near the handle. If anolon replaces them and I don't have more problems I will be very happy. I still love these knives and hope that this was an isolated problem.UPDATE: Anolon did send replacement knives- no questions asked. It just took several weeks for them to arrive. I am pleased with the warranty service. | 981 | [
"I love these knives and have been very happy with their performance over the past year we've owned them.",
"They look and handle great, and sharpen up wonderfully.",
"The price is also reasonable.",
"We read a lot of reviews and did a lot of comparison shopping before deciding on these.",
"My only complaint before today is that they tend to get some surface rust that needs to be scrubbed off, but that is not a big deal.However, today I noticed a large crack in the santoku blade near the handle.",
"I checked Anolon's webpage and it appears that I can send it back for replacement.",
"I inspected all the other knives and noticed that two steak knives are also cracked in the blade near the handle.",
"If anolon replaces them and I don't have more problems I will be very happy.",
"I still love these knives and hope that this was an isolated problem.UPDATE: Anolon did send replacement knives- no questions asked.",
"It just took several weeks for them to arrive.",
"I am pleased with the warranty service."
] |
3 | Dissapointed | A solo album from David Gilmour should be the perfect add on to anyone's album collection right? Well, judging by many of the songs on this self titled album the answer to that question may be a resounding hell no!. Dissapointing i know, especially considering Gilmour's incredible contributions to Pink Floyd: it was his visceral guitar tone and blistering riffs, not to mention his highly orgasmic solos that brought commercial interest to the bands eclectic sound. Unfortunately on David Gilmour most of the songs suffer from an utter lack of melody, "Theres no way out of Here" has a plethora of riffs but no personality, the same goes from "Cry from the Street", "So far away", and "No Way". Stick to the instrumentals, "Mihalis" brims with laser beams of pure tone and "Raise my Rent" is brooding and wonderful, another classic David Gilmour solo that that brims with urgency, intensity and an incredibly clear sense of the real building blocks of crafting a musical release. | 981 | [
"A solo album from David Gilmour should be the perfect add on to anyone's album collection right?",
"Well, judging by many of the songs on this self titled album the answer to that question may be a resounding hell no!",
".",
"Dissapointing i know, especially considering Gilmour's incredible contributions to Pink Floyd: it was his visceral guitar tone and blistering riffs, not to mention his highly orgasmic solos that brought commercial interest to the bands eclectic sound.",
"Unfortunately on David Gilmour most of the songs suffer from an utter lack of melody, \"Theres no way out of Here\" has a plethora of riffs but no personality, the same goes from \"Cry from the Street\", \"So far away\", and \"No Way\".",
"Stick to the instrumentals, \"Mihalis\" brims with laser beams of pure tone and \"Raise my Rent\" is brooding and wonderful, another classic David Gilmour solo that that brims with urgency, intensity and an incredibly clear sense of the real building blocks of crafting a musical release."
] |
3 | Brings Back High School Memories | BOC was eleventh grade for me. I hooked up with my first band and we played these guys, Black Sabbath, and Rush to death. The live version of "Astronomy" really did it for me. In retrospect though this isn't Cult's best live album. For one it's so short, and it was only made after they had done just two more studio albums since the double live On Your Feet Or On Your Knees (their best live album). It does have other high moments; "ETI" smokes, we get the only Cult live versions of "We Gotta Get Outta This Place" and "Kick Out The Jams"(but give me the MC5's original any day over this one). "Don't Fear The Reaper" sounds weak in the vocal department here."RU Ready To Rock" was a silly throwaway from their worst record up to this point, so why include it here? I get the feeling that this was probably a contract filler album while they were in a little bit of a transition;manager/producer/ guru Sandy Pearlman got the axe before they went in the studio to record Mirrors. | 981 | [
"BOC was eleventh grade for me.",
"I hooked up with my first band and we played these guys, Black Sabbath, and Rush to death.",
"The live version of \"Astronomy\" really did it for me.",
"In retrospect though this isn't Cult's best live album.",
"For one it's so short, and it was only made after they had done just two more studio albums since the double live On Your Feet Or On Your Knees (their best live album).",
"It does have other high moments; \"ETI\" smokes, we get the only Cult live versions of \"We Gotta Get Outta This Place\" and \"Kick Out The Jams\"(but give me the MC5's original any day over this one).",
"\"Don't Fear The Reaper\" sounds weak in the vocal department here.\"RU Ready To Rock\" was a silly throwaway from their worst record up to this point, so why include it here?",
"I get the feeling that this was probably a contract filler album while they were in a little bit of a transition;manager/producer/ guru Sandy Pearlman got the axe before they went in the studio to record Mirrors."
] |
3 | It's okay, but... | I got this CD as a donation gift for supporting my local public radio station (KUHF 88.7), and it was a worthwhile recompense for my donation dollars. I like it well enough--it's notbad, by any measure. Other reviewers have pointed out that it's not "true" Flamenco. I don't especially care...it sounds nice, I like it, nuff said. But to be completely honest, I would more quickly reach for 1) The Gypsy Kings 2) Jessie Cook 3) Willy and Lobo (not necessarily in that order) if I was suddenly moved to want to hear some "Latin" sounds. I used to put HEAT in the CD player when I wanted some nice background/mood music get me in the mood to do my Spanish homework. (Even though Jessie Cook is a total gringo [hey, so am i], the man can work a guitar pretty darn good!)...but to be fair if someone asked me to go to see Oscar Lopez perform live somewhere, I'd go along.HEAT makes a good first CD if you are just getting in to the various kinds of music of the Spanish-speaking world. | 981 | [
"I got this CD as a donation gift for supporting my local public radio station (KUHF 88.7), and it was a worthwhile recompense for my donation dollars.",
"I like it well enough--it's notbad, by any measure.",
"Other reviewers have pointed out that it's not \"true\" Flamenco.",
"I don't especially care...it sounds nice, I like it, nuff said.",
"But to be completely honest, I would more quickly reach for 1) The Gypsy Kings 2) Jessie Cook 3) Willy and Lobo (not necessarily in that order) if I was suddenly moved to want to hear some \"Latin\" sounds.",
"I used to put HEAT in the CD player when I wanted some nice background/mood music get me in the mood to do my Spanish homework.",
"(Even though Jessie Cook is a total gringo [hey, so am i], the man can work a guitar pretty darn good!",
")...but to be fair if someone asked me to go to see Oscar Lopez perform live somewhere, I'd go along.HEAT makes a good first CD if you are just getting in to the various kinds of music of the Spanish-speaking world."
] |
3 | Good, but not the best... | Since my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, I have bought every book I could find about the subject. After devouring each book myself, I pass it along to my mother and siblings to read. I enjoyed <Where's my Shoes> because it gives a truthful and heart-felt account of one woman's situation with her father's Alzheimer's, and shows how the disease not only affects her relationship with her father but also her relationships with her siblings, husband, friends and even her clients. Praise to Avadian for writing about her experiences.That being said (typed), I did not think this was the best account that I have read of the subject. Davidson's book <Alzheimer's: A Love Story> describes the author's experience with her husband's Alzheimers, and is much better written. It gave a much more clear description of the slow decent into Alzheimers, and is a beautiful, almost lyrical book. By all means do buy <Where's my Shoes,> but please consider reading Davidson's book first. | 981 | [
"Since my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, I have bought every book I could find about the subject.",
"After devouring each book myself, I pass it along to my mother and siblings to read.",
"I enjoyed <Where's my Shoes> because it gives a truthful and heart-felt account of one woman's situation with her father's Alzheimer's, and shows how the disease not only affects her relationship with her father but also her relationships with her siblings, husband, friends and even her clients.",
"Praise to Avadian for writing about her experiences.That being said (typed), I did not think this was the best account that I have read of the subject.",
"Davidson's book <Alzheimer's: A Love Story> describes the author's experience with her husband's Alzheimers, and is much better written.",
"It gave a much more clear description of the slow decent into Alzheimers, and is a beautiful, almost lyrical book.",
"By all means do buy <Where's my Shoes,> but please consider reading Davidson's book first."
] |
3 | Nixon fan, but . . . . | I used to read every Nixon book I could get my hands on at the library a long time ago. I still read YA books from time to time (esp as I'd like to write them), and was pleased to see there were some newer ones than those I remembered. I picked this up to give it a shot. The writing is fine, as I did want to keep reading it. But it started better than it ended. There were moments in the beginning that I laughed out loud at. I would have liked her to explore Emily's relationship with her friends more though and I felt the climax was seriously rushed. I also would have liked to see Emily's family's reactions to everything that happened. It was enjoyable, but the realtionships could have been worked through better. I'm a hopeless romantic, so I wish they'd done a bit more with Maxwell, but the promising start kind of tapered off by the end. Maybe it could have just used an extra chapter. I'd recommend some of Nixon's older mysteries before this one. But this wasn't bad. | 981 | [
"I used to read every Nixon book I could get my hands on at the library a long time ago.",
"I still read YA books from time to time (esp as I'd like to write them), and was pleased to see there were some newer ones than those I remembered.",
"I picked this up to give it a shot.",
"The writing is fine, as I did want to keep reading it.",
"But it started better than it ended.",
"There were moments in the beginning that I laughed out loud at.",
"I would have liked her to explore Emily's relationship with her friends more though and I felt the climax was seriously rushed.",
"I also would have liked to see Emily's family's reactions to everything that happened.",
"It was enjoyable, but the realtionships could have been worked through better.",
"I'm a hopeless romantic, so I wish they'd done a bit more with Maxwell, but the promising start kind of tapered off by the end.",
"Maybe it could have just used an extra chapter.",
"I'd recommend some of Nixon's older mysteries before this one.",
"But this wasn't bad."
] |
3 | Something I Longed for | Something I long for in WHAT WE ALL LONG FOR is the passionate engagement with a love of solitude and the genius with language that you find in so many of Brand's other books, for instance this inspired description of when she's living alone in her little house far out in the country in THE MAP TO THE DOOR OF NO RETURN, where she lives among neighbours who love "country music's lonesome and outlaw tenors" and where she scrutinizes "each window's drama of trees and sky", and on summer nights lies "in the very, very dark of the country, the smell of pine and cedar around me, the very quiet of the bush pressing in, and I listen till I fall asleep."Or when she meditates on the relevance and nature of identity, on her Caribbean childhood, on flame trees that are "at their torrid best in the dry season."But in WHAT WE ALL LONG FOR I found the novel's landscape (cityscape) too noisy, too populated, too busy for the arid world she ordinarily gives such a depth of emotion to. | 981 | [
"Something I long for in WHAT WE ALL LONG FOR is the passionate engagement with a love of solitude and the genius with language that you find in so many of Brand's other books, for instance this inspired description of when she's living alone in her little house far out in the country in THE MAP TO THE DOOR OF NO RETURN, where she lives among neighbours who love \"country music's lonesome and outlaw tenors\" and where she scrutinizes \"each window's drama of trees and sky\", and on summer nights lies \"in the very, very dark of the country, the smell of pine and cedar around me, the very quiet of the bush pressing in, and I listen till I fall asleep.\"Or when she meditates on the relevance and nature of identity, on her Caribbean childhood, on flame trees that are \"at their torrid best in the dry season.\"But in WHAT WE ALL LONG FOR I found the novel's landscape (cityscape) too noisy, too populated, too busy for the arid world she ordinarily gives such a depth of emotion to."
] |
3 | An Uncomfortable Feeling | At the time of this writing I see that most everyone has rated this with 5 stars, but I do not agree. When this version once again became available I was so excited to see it. I absolutely love this story and I love old movies, but for me this was just an OK film and the weak link is Lon Chaney. I know I'm going to take a hit for this from fans of Mr. Chaney, but he does a caricature of the dim-witted Lenny, without depth, portraying Lenny in an unflattering, stereotypical way that is degrading to mentally challenged individuals. Obviously I do not feel that this was deliberate, but if I had seen this performance is a school yard, I would have thought it was a bully making fun of a special needs child.Now if you have seen the John Malkovich version, THERE is an actor who knows how to play Lenny with depth, compassion and truth. When watching this version I believe that Mr. Malkovich is mentally challenged. While watching the Chaney version, I just felt uncomfortable. | 981 | [
"At the time of this writing I see that most everyone has rated this with 5 stars, but I do not agree.",
"When this version once again became available I was so excited to see it.",
"I absolutely love this story and I love old movies, but for me this was just an OK film and the weak link is Lon Chaney.",
"I know I'm going to take a hit for this from fans of Mr.",
"Chaney, but he does a caricature of the dim-witted Lenny, without depth, portraying Lenny in an unflattering, stereotypical way that is degrading to mentally challenged individuals.",
"Obviously I do not feel that this was deliberate, but if I had seen this performance is a school yard, I would have thought it was a bully making fun of a special needs child.Now if you have seen the John Malkovich version, THERE is an actor who knows how to play Lenny with depth, compassion and truth.",
"When watching this version I believe that Mr.",
"Malkovich is mentally challenged.",
"While watching the Chaney version, I just felt uncomfortable."
] |
3 | Not really HDTV | I was so hopeful to have the 2 devices I need (DVD player, HDTV tuner) in a single device, but it wasn't to be. As is the case with the DMR-EZ17 (no HDMI) and a recent LG recorder, this unit only outputs TV at 480p even though it has a digital tuner. This is a huge disappointment, and I'll definitely be returning it. Also, you can't play 4:3 content in 4:3 mode, unless you go into the setup and change the TV type to 4:3. Many recent DVD players seem to be like this, and it's stupid. There is a lot of 4:3 content available that I don't want stretched to 16:9. All players should have a zoom function that let's you increase the viewing area a small bit at a time. The Oppo 981 lets you. Then again, it costs about 2x what most players do.As for the recording capability, I haven't tried it since I already decided I would not keep it. However, I have read that it records multi-channel audio in stereo only, another limitation. Why do they do this? Is there some legal reason? | 981 | [
"I was so hopeful to have the 2 devices I need (DVD player, HDTV tuner) in a single device, but it wasn't to be.",
"As is the case with the DMR-EZ17 (no HDMI) and a recent LG recorder, this unit only outputs TV at 480p even though it has a digital tuner.",
"This is a huge disappointment, and I'll definitely be returning it.",
"Also, you can't play 4:3 content in 4:3 mode, unless you go into the setup and change the TV type to 4:3.",
"Many recent DVD players seem to be like this, and it's stupid.",
"There is a lot of 4:3 content available that I don't want stretched to 16:9.",
"All players should have a zoom function that let's you increase the viewing area a small bit at a time.",
"The Oppo 981 lets you.",
"Then again, it costs about 2x what most players do.As for the recording capability, I haven't tried it since I already decided I would not keep it.",
"However, I have read that it records multi-channel audio in stereo only, another limitation.",
"Why do they do this?",
"Is there some legal reason?"
] |
3 | Mmmmmm.... no. | It's hard to explain why exactly, but this book didn't catch the attention of anybody in my household. The tiny vocabulary and phrases section at the beginning of each chapter is kind of handy, containing words and phrases like please, thank you, pass me, spicy, oven, etc., mostly keeping in the spirit of the kitchen theme. The included cassette tape is good for ear and pronunciation training. But the activities -- which range from gathering dry alphabet letters from alphabet soup to sticking stickers on loosely sketched pictures of bowls, trays, etc., to actually doing a little cooking -- just didn't strike a chord with us.Is it right for your family? If your kids like hanging around in the kitchen with you and you have time to sit down with them and go through the drills and activities (and seek out things like dry alphabet noodles and cookie ingredients), then quite possibly it is. All I can tell you is, it just didn't catch on in my house... and we live in Italy. | 981 | [
"It's hard to explain why exactly, but this book didn't catch the attention of anybody in my household.",
"The tiny vocabulary and phrases section at the beginning of each chapter is kind of handy, containing words and phrases like please, thank you, pass me, spicy, oven, etc., mostly keeping in the spirit of the kitchen theme.",
"The included cassette tape is good for ear and pronunciation training.",
"But the activities -- which range from gathering dry alphabet letters from alphabet soup to sticking stickers on loosely sketched pictures of bowls, trays, etc., to actually doing a little cooking -- just didn't strike a chord with us.Is it right for your family?",
"If your kids like hanging around in the kitchen with you and you have time to sit down with them and go through the drills and activities (and seek out things like dry alphabet noodles and cookie ingredients), then quite possibly it is.",
"All I can tell you is, it just didn't catch on in my house... and we live in Italy."
] |
3 | It's Alright | The product works well for the purpose I use it for. I needed a 90 degree angle tire gauge for my motorcycle, and it fits in there well. The entire gauge is plastic, which I wish it had some metal to make it more durable, but consider the price, I suppose. The screen locked out after a couple uses and it wasn't able to read pressure, but I took out the battery and put it back in, and the gauge seems to be working again. The gauge talks- it tells you the pressure out loud; there is no option to change the volume level or mute it. This can be good or annoying, depending on your point of view. I like that the battery is replaceable, which other tire gauges similar to this one do not have that option, so once the battery dies on those, you have to buy a new gauge. At least with this one, you can just change the battery instead of having to buy a new gauge. Overall it works well, but I am still considering getting a different one that is metal for durablity purposes only. | 981 | [
"The product works well for the purpose I use it for.",
"I needed a 90 degree angle tire gauge for my motorcycle, and it fits in there well.",
"The entire gauge is plastic, which I wish it had some metal to make it more durable, but consider the price, I suppose.",
"The screen locked out after a couple uses and it wasn't able to read pressure, but I took out the battery and put it back in, and the gauge seems to be working again.",
"The gauge talks- it tells you the pressure out loud; there is no option to change the volume level or mute it.",
"This can be good or annoying, depending on your point of view.",
"I like that the battery is replaceable, which other tire gauges similar to this one do not have that option, so once the battery dies on those, you have to buy a new gauge.",
"At least with this one, you can just change the battery instead of having to buy a new gauge.",
"Overall it works well, but I am still considering getting a different one that is metal for durablity purposes only."
] |
3 | more than enough Travis | I really can't imagine how anyone is passionate about having all of this band's albums. It's not so much that they're bad, just kind of forgettable. The songs tend to drag along at the same mellow mid-tempo and there aren't too many memorable hooks. Realistically, all I or any other casual listener needs is a CD with "Sing" and "Why Does it Always Rain on Me?" with a a few random highlights. All of that is on this collection... and then some. Eighteen tracks is just too much when all of the songs have the same kind of adult contemporary, ready-for-VH1 feel to them. And there are other songs on here other than the aforementioned two that are pretty good. The problem is that there is just too much unnecessary stuff on here. At least Coldplay had one decent album; I can't imagine listening to a whole Travis album in one sitting. It's OK though; I think a lot of listeners will upload the two or three songs they like to the mp3 player and take this one to the retail shop. | 981 | [
"I really can't imagine how anyone is passionate about having all of this band's albums.",
"It's not so much that they're bad, just kind of forgettable.",
"The songs tend to drag along at the same mellow mid-tempo and there aren't too many memorable hooks.",
"Realistically, all I or any other casual listener needs is a CD with \"Sing\" and \"Why Does it Always Rain on Me?",
"\" with a a few random highlights.",
"All of that is on this collection... and then some.",
"Eighteen tracks is just too much when all of the songs have the same kind of adult contemporary, ready-for-VH1 feel to them.",
"And there are other songs on here other than the aforementioned two that are pretty good.",
"The problem is that there is just too much unnecessary stuff on here.",
"At least Coldplay had one decent album; I can't imagine listening to a whole Travis album in one sitting.",
"It's OK though; I think a lot of listeners will upload the two or three songs they like to the mp3 player and take this one to the retail shop."
] |
3 | Good, but not the best | First, let me give you my credentials. I have EXTREMELY fine hairs that grow on my lower eyelids and curl into my eyes! (I know, weird, huh.) Anyway, these things bothered me for years until i finally found a way to get them: a small, 15x concav....conve...curved mirror suction-cupped to my bathroom mirror, a small LED flashlight, and some top-of-the-line tweezers. The absolute best tweezers I've found so far are the Tweezerman Slant tip. They grabbed those little hairs and removed them with ease. However, I dropped them and they were history! Ruined! I thought, well to heck with them if they're that fragile; I'll go with these Rubis I've read so much about.I wish now I had just swallowed my anger and bought another pair of Tweezerman. Don't get me wrong, this pair of Rubis are good tweezers and will work nicely for most people. However, they will NOT grab the finest hairs and did not work for me. sigh Now I have to spend another 30 or 40 bucks and get the good ones. | 981 | [
"First, let me give you my credentials.",
"I have EXTREMELY fine hairs that grow on my lower eyelids and curl into my eyes!",
"(I know, weird, huh.) Anyway, these things bothered me for years until i finally found a way to get them: a small, 15x concav....conve...curved mirror suction-cupped to my bathroom mirror, a small LED flashlight, and some top-of-the-line tweezers.",
"The absolute best tweezers I've found so far are the Tweezerman Slant tip.",
"They grabbed those little hairs and removed them with ease.",
"However, I dropped them and they were history!",
"Ruined!",
"I thought, well to heck with them if they're that fragile; I'll go with these Rubis I've read so much about.I wish now I had just swallowed my anger and bought another pair of Tweezerman.",
"Don't get me wrong, this pair of Rubis are good tweezers and will work nicely for most people.",
"However, they will NOT grab the finest hairs and did not work for me.",
"sigh Now I have to spend another 30 or 40 bucks and get the good ones."
] |
3 | Whispering Waters | If you like waterfalls,streams,mountains and Yosimite National park this is the dvd for you.This dvd features waterfalls that start falling off the top of a mountain and your taking down the mountain with streams and other waterfalls.The video is crisp however there is a problem with this disc.It says on the back that you can choose between music and nature sounds or just the nature sounds.You only get music blended with nature sounds no nature sounds only version.They shouldn't put that on the back if it's not true.This was a major dissapointment for me thus the 3 stars as I have the natural sounds only version on vhs.Still this video is a must buy if love waterfalls.The music is newage piano.I also recommend the following titles that will will soon be available from the waves virtual vacations series.Best Caribbean BeachesBest Bahama BeachesBest Virgin Island BeachesCaribbean DaydreamsThese will just have nature sounds [online] for more details on the release date. | 981 | [
"If you like waterfalls,streams,mountains and Yosimite National park this is the dvd for you.This dvd features waterfalls that start falling off the top of a mountain and your taking down the mountain with streams and other waterfalls.The video is crisp however there is a problem with this disc.It says on the back that you can choose between music and nature sounds or just the nature sounds.You only get music blended with nature sounds no nature sounds only version.They shouldn't put that on the back if it's not true.This was a major dissapointment for me thus the 3 stars as I have the natural sounds only version on vhs.Still this video is a must buy if love waterfalls.The music is newage piano.I also recommend the following titles that will will soon be available from the waves virtual vacations series.Best Caribbean BeachesBest Bahama BeachesBest Virgin Island BeachesCaribbean DaydreamsThese will just have nature sounds [online] for more details on the release date."
] |
3 | Ok... | There are some romances that I've read and have fallen in love with the heroine/hero. Hmm, not so in this case. The first couple chapters showed real potential. I LOVE books that reveal the characters when they were younger. I thought to myself, this is pretty good.Then I learn more about the grown-up Julie. When she's at home, she irritates me beyond belief. She's a school teacher who teaches handicapped children. On the sidelines, she teaches illiterate women how to read. The whole town absolutely loves her, doing whatever possible, to please her. The children are always at her house playing, or doing some sort of activity. I don't know but personally, she's just way too goodie-too-shoes for my taste. I groan aloud at certain points in the book as a result of this.I understand that she's changed herself because of her past, and to please her family, but does she really have to be so 'perfect'? This is just my own taste but I perfer my heroines with way more faults. | 981 | [
"There are some romances that I've read and have fallen in love with the heroine/hero.",
"Hmm, not so in this case.",
"The first couple chapters showed real potential.",
"I LOVE books that reveal the characters when they were younger.",
"I thought to myself, this is pretty good.Then I learn more about the grown-up Julie.",
"When she's at home, she irritates me beyond belief.",
"She's a school teacher who teaches handicapped children.",
"On the sidelines, she teaches illiterate women how to read.",
"The whole town absolutely loves her, doing whatever possible, to please her.",
"The children are always at her house playing, or doing some sort of activity.",
"I don't know but personally, she's just way too goodie-too-shoes for my taste.",
"I groan aloud at certain points in the book as a result of this.I understand that she's changed herself because of her past, and to please her family, but does she really have to be so 'perfect'?",
"This is just my own taste but I perfer my heroines with way more faults."
] |
3 | Partners with the Sun | This is a fairly extensive study of photographers working in the State of South Carolina during the period 1840-1940. The work will appeal to readers interested in the local history of South Carolina and the early history of photography in the South. It will also appeal to those studying the role of southern photography during the Civil War. The book is illustrated with numerous photographs taken from the collection of the author and other sources. These include carte de visites, cabinet cards, and stereo views. Unfortunately, the photographs are not full-page and the print quality is somewhat limited. As such, it may not satisfy readers who are looking for a "fine-art" monograph. In addition, although the work is well-documented, organized, and concise, it reads more like an academic thesis rather than a work of non-fiction. Partners with the Sun is not light reading. It is, however, an essential source of material for serious students of the history of photography. | 981 | [
"This is a fairly extensive study of photographers working in the State of South Carolina during the period 1840-1940.",
"The work will appeal to readers interested in the local history of South Carolina and the early history of photography in the South.",
"It will also appeal to those studying the role of southern photography during the Civil War.",
"The book is illustrated with numerous photographs taken from the collection of the author and other sources.",
"These include carte de visites, cabinet cards, and stereo views.",
"Unfortunately, the photographs are not full-page and the print quality is somewhat limited.",
"As such, it may not satisfy readers who are looking for a \"fine-art\" monograph.",
"In addition, although the work is well-documented, organized, and concise, it reads more like an academic thesis rather than a work of non-fiction.",
"Partners with the Sun is not light reading.",
"It is, however, an essential source of material for serious students of the history of photography."
] |
3 | Unusual science fiction | This is an expanded edition of a short-story collection by the late Roger Zelazny (1937-95), a science fiction writer noted for his imaginative, often philosophical ideas. The best-known story here are A Rose for Ecclesiastes, which begins as a meditation on religion and ends with the protagonist saving a race that was thought doomed to extinction by sterility. There are several other good stories. This Mortal Mountain uses the metaphor of scaling mountains on alien worlds to explore ideas about death and the resilience of life in the face of ordeals. This Moment of the Storm is an allegory on chaos and inner turbulence, set in a frontier world in the distant future. Perhaps the most unusual is Keys to December, in which a genetically-engineered species sets out to create a new world for themselves, only to discover that they will be committing genocide against a new race that is still evolving. While not always consistent, Zelazny's stories were definitely original. | 981 | [
"This is an expanded edition of a short-story collection by the late Roger Zelazny (1937-95), a science fiction writer noted for his imaginative, often philosophical ideas.",
"The best-known story here are A Rose for Ecclesiastes, which begins as a meditation on religion and ends with the protagonist saving a race that was thought doomed to extinction by sterility.",
"There are several other good stories.",
"This Mortal Mountain uses the metaphor of scaling mountains on alien worlds to explore ideas about death and the resilience of life in the face of ordeals.",
"This Moment of the Storm is an allegory on chaos and inner turbulence, set in a frontier world in the distant future.",
"Perhaps the most unusual is Keys to December, in which a genetically-engineered species sets out to create a new world for themselves, only to discover that they will be committing genocide against a new race that is still evolving.",
"While not always consistent, Zelazny's stories were definitely original."
] |
3 | "Oh call back yesterday..." | Inevitably based on the play / film "Berkeley Square" and select episodes of "The Twilight Zone", this is a lovingly researched novel and an enjoyable tale. Simon Morley is plucked from his uninspiring job as an advertising agency artist by a mysterious government official with an offer not to be refused...to travel by act of will into another time. To succeed, Morley must create the very essence of 1882 New York in his mind; the texture and colour of a past age. I welcome the news that this book is to be brought to the screen. So long as it is sensitively handled, it will benefit from a large Hollywood budget; with the Statue of Liberty making it's biggest cinematic impact since "Planet of the Apes". This book lacks the emotional core of the later novel "Bid Time Return" by Richard Matheson (who wrote for "The Twilight Zone") and the exploration of inescapable fate and paradox theory. To thoroughly explore this theme I would recommend for anyone to read both titles. | 981 | [
"Inevitably based on the play / film \"Berkeley Square\" and select episodes of \"The Twilight Zone\", this is a lovingly researched novel and an enjoyable tale.",
"Simon Morley is plucked from his uninspiring job as an advertising agency artist by a mysterious government official with an offer not to be refused...to travel by act of will into another time.",
"To succeed, Morley must create the very essence of 1882 New York in his mind; the texture and colour of a past age.",
"I welcome the news that this book is to be brought to the screen.",
"So long as it is sensitively handled, it will benefit from a large Hollywood budget; with the Statue of Liberty making it's biggest cinematic impact since \"Planet of the Apes\".",
"This book lacks the emotional core of the later novel \"Bid Time Return\" by Richard Matheson (who wrote for \"The Twilight Zone\") and the exploration of inescapable fate and paradox theory.",
"To thoroughly explore this theme I would recommend for anyone to read both titles."
] |
3 | Great for a Beginner | I bought this machine about two years ago because it was cute and in my price range. After two years of regular to heavy use, the machine stopped working. Apparently the timing mechanism went out, which I was told would happen again. At $80 for a repair, I decided it wasn't worth it, and bought a better machine instead.Even though the machine stopped working, I still loved it. It looked nice sitting on my table, and was pretty intuitive and easy to use. The threading was simple, although the automatic threader isn't too helpful. The knobs are all easy to access, and the built in storage is great. The thread cutter can be hard to find, and doesn't cut too well, though.I would recommend this machine to anyone who is just starting out with light to moderate sewing projects. It wasn't until I started working on the machine fairly regularly that it stopped working. If you're looking for an attractive machine for mending and small projects, I definitely recommend this one. | 981 | [
"I bought this machine about two years ago because it was cute and in my price range.",
"After two years of regular to heavy use, the machine stopped working.",
"Apparently the timing mechanism went out, which I was told would happen again.",
"At $80 for a repair, I decided it wasn't worth it, and bought a better machine instead.Even though the machine stopped working, I still loved it.",
"It looked nice sitting on my table, and was pretty intuitive and easy to use.",
"The threading was simple, although the automatic threader isn't too helpful.",
"The knobs are all easy to access, and the built in storage is great.",
"The thread cutter can be hard to find, and doesn't cut too well, though.I would recommend this machine to anyone who is just starting out with light to moderate sewing projects.",
"It wasn't until I started working on the machine fairly regularly that it stopped working.",
"If you're looking for an attractive machine for mending and small projects, I definitely recommend this one."
] |
3 | There are many option | Not Bad.. but you have many options.Before you go off start coding a solution, I suggest you look into what might already be available.Checkout out WapScrape at:http://wap.webdos.comThanks.Details from their site:NOW YOU CAN READ ANY WEBSITE FROM YOUR CELL PHONEIntroducing WapScrape Services - Opening the full internet to your cell phone browserThe internet is rich with dynamic information, but unfortunetly the vast majority of web sites are not available for WAP (Wireless Access Protocol) Browsers and cell phones..To bridge the WAP gap we've developed an HTML to WAP portal that allows you to pull the exact web site data you are looking for via your cell phone.Simply store our WapScrape site with the pre-set search range variables you define on your phone's favorites sites list and gain instant mobile access to previously unavailable WAP data.html2waphtml2wmlhtml to wap portalhtml sites on your cell phone browserhtml sites on waphtml sites in wmlhttp://wap.webdos.com | 981 | [
"Not Bad..",
"but you have many options.Before you go off start coding a solution, I suggest you look into what might already be available.Checkout out WapScrape at:http://wap.webdos.comThanks.Details from their site:NOW YOU CAN READ ANY WEBSITE FROM YOUR CELL PHONEIntroducing WapScrape Services - Opening the full internet to your cell phone browserThe internet is rich with dynamic information, but unfortunetly the vast majority of web sites are not available for WAP (Wireless Access Protocol) Browsers and cell phones..To bridge the WAP gap we've developed an HTML to WAP portal that allows you to pull the exact web site data you are looking for via your cell phone.Simply store our WapScrape site with the pre-set search range variables you define on your phone's favorites sites list and gain instant mobile access to previously unavailable WAP data.html2waphtml2wmlhtml to wap portalhtml sites on your cell phone browserhtml sites on waphtml sites in wmlhttp://wap.webdos.com"
] |
3 | Sorta ergonomic | Due to noticeable wrist pain from mouse useage I started using ergonomic mice a few years ago. I recently tried theEvoluent VM3R2-RSB Vertical Mouse 3. It looks pretty decent, the quality is good, but the ergonomics leave some to be desired.. The design of is causes you to wrest the carpals on the right side of your wrist onto your desk or mousepad. If you try to keep the bottom of your wrist off of your desk this instead causes hand strain in the top of your wrist (for me at least). Unfortunately I am going to end up returning this mouse, I have used the Zero Tension mouse in the past (which is what I would recommend), and I think I will end up ordering another one. I had excellent results with it, and wanted to try another brand (to see if I was missing out on anything). TheZero Tension Mouse, Large Blackhas a small tray to prevent you from dragging your wrist on the desk, and it seems to be a more ergonomic position (similar to that of holding a coke bottle, etc.) | 981 | [
"Due to noticeable wrist pain from mouse useage I started using ergonomic mice a few years ago.",
"I recently tried theEvoluent VM3R2-RSB Vertical Mouse 3.",
"It looks pretty decent, the quality is good, but the ergonomics leave some to be desired..",
"The design of is causes you to wrest the carpals on the right side of your wrist onto your desk or mousepad.",
"If you try to keep the bottom of your wrist off of your desk this instead causes hand strain in the top of your wrist (for me at least).",
"Unfortunately I am going to end up returning this mouse, I have used the Zero Tension mouse in the past (which is what I would recommend), and I think I will end up ordering another one.",
"I had excellent results with it, and wanted to try another brand (to see if I was missing out on anything).",
"TheZero Tension Mouse, Large Blackhas a small tray to prevent you from dragging your wrist on the desk, and it seems to be a more ergonomic position (similar to that of holding a coke bottle, etc.)"
] |
3 | Coming apart at the seams | Conventional wisdom among many fans of Project Runway is that the show has declined, in just about every way, since its move to Lifetime. Blame the producers, blame the participants, or blame the simple fact that after ten seasons the formula is growing stale. Unfortunately, Season 10 confirms this decline. I'm no longer sure what the focus of this show is. The creative process is given short shrift in nearly every episode, and while that used to be excusable if a contestant had a compelling personal narrative, this season feels spectacularly void of real drama, insight, or thrills. I'm bored! Bored of the same "twists", the same types of challenges season after season and the same faux camaraderie. When Nina Garcia is the one wearing the most interesting and innovative clothing (she kills in Marni), you know it's time to mix things up or exit gracefully. I gave it an extra star for Tim Gunn, who is cashing his check weekly but clearly knows the gig is getting stale. | 981 | [
"Conventional wisdom among many fans of Project Runway is that the show has declined, in just about every way, since its move to Lifetime.",
"Blame the producers, blame the participants, or blame the simple fact that after ten seasons the formula is growing stale.",
"Unfortunately, Season 10 confirms this decline.",
"I'm no longer sure what the focus of this show is.",
"The creative process is given short shrift in nearly every episode, and while that used to be excusable if a contestant had a compelling personal narrative, this season feels spectacularly void of real drama, insight, or thrills.",
"I'm bored!",
"Bored of the same \"twists\", the same types of challenges season after season and the same faux camaraderie.",
"When Nina Garcia is the one wearing the most interesting and innovative clothing (she kills in Marni), you know it's time to mix things up or exit gracefully.",
"I gave it an extra star for Tim Gunn, who is cashing his check weekly but clearly knows the gig is getting stale."
] |
3 | Useful but short-lived | I have to echo the many reviews that are satisfied with this sensor when it works, but that find it doesn't last as long as one might expect. This my third. According to my Amazon records I purchased the last on September 22, 2009, so this one lasted about 15 months. I still give it three stars, though, because the replacement cost at less than $12 (today at least) is not all that much.I live in Southern California so the sensor, which is shaded under a patio, is not exposed to extreme weather. I don't care if it is off by a degree or two (others claim that it is).I should add that the La Crosse digital clock (and calendar, moon phase, and interior and exterior temperature) to which this sensor sends signals, and which is mounted in my working office, is an extremely reliable, attractive, durable, and very accurate timepiece (it connects by radio to the Denver so-called "atomic clock"). I have no complaints about it and would rank it at 6 stars if that were possible. | 981 | [
"I have to echo the many reviews that are satisfied with this sensor when it works, but that find it doesn't last as long as one might expect.",
"This my third.",
"According to my Amazon records I purchased the last on September 22, 2009, so this one lasted about 15 months.",
"I still give it three stars, though, because the replacement cost at less than $12 (today at least) is not all that much.I live in Southern California so the sensor, which is shaded under a patio, is not exposed to extreme weather.",
"I don't care if it is off by a degree or two (others claim that it is).I should add that the La Crosse digital clock (and calendar, moon phase, and interior and exterior temperature) to which this sensor sends signals, and which is mounted in my working office, is an extremely reliable, attractive, durable, and very accurate timepiece (it connects by radio to the Denver so-called \"atomic clock\").",
"I have no complaints about it and would rank it at 6 stars if that were possible."
] |
3 | very slow developing story | I found myself flipping through many pages of, to me, unnecessary descriptions, plot lines, dialogue, etc. Auron is a dragon who has no qualms about killing and eating "hominids", including humans, although that may change in future books. He does change from a young, self absorbed dragon into a more mature and thoughtful entity as he becomes an adult. I'm not sure if I will buy the next book, still thinking it over.Actually, he did "adopt" an orphan human girl, whom he took care of for many years and loved. He meets her again many years later, along with a dwarf whom he also befriended, and even managed to make life a lot better for the "blighters", a sort of ape like hominid. He also manages to avert a disastrous war of extermination by a human who wants the earth to be populated only by humans. In doing so, he also manages to free captive dragons used in the war and rescue females and their egg clutches. All in all - a fair story if you are really a dragon person. | 981 | [
"I found myself flipping through many pages of, to me, unnecessary descriptions, plot lines, dialogue, etc.",
"Auron is a dragon who has no qualms about killing and eating \"hominids\", including humans, although that may change in future books.",
"He does change from a young, self absorbed dragon into a more mature and thoughtful entity as he becomes an adult.",
"I'm not sure if I will buy the next book, still thinking it over.Actually, he did \"adopt\" an orphan human girl, whom he took care of for many years and loved.",
"He meets her again many years later, along with a dwarf whom he also befriended, and even managed to make life a lot better for the \"blighters\", a sort of ape like hominid.",
"He also manages to avert a disastrous war of extermination by a human who wants the earth to be populated only by humans.",
"In doing so, he also manages to free captive dragons used in the war and rescue females and their egg clutches.",
"All in all - a fair story if you are really a dragon person."
] |
3 | Can't Not Have This | This is a required book for anyone in Interior Design for a good reason: it has about everything, including the (many kinds) of kitchen sink. What I really can't stand about using it is the seemingly arbitrary indexing, scattered locations for information and nearly impossible to decipher graphics on some pages. I do not agree that it has much useful information on furniture styles: you'd be better off to shell out for Aronson's "Encyclopedia of Furniture" or Miller's "Furniture" and get right to what you need. The standard dimensions are useful, though, especially for space planning purposes. Don't be surprised if there is information missing in some cases, or it is outright incorrect. Be sure to cross-reference and here's another tip: make a cheat sheet for yourself for the pages you use most, tape it to the inside cover and go from there. The Index is a goose-chase. Why three stars? Because I think they can do better. It is time for a rehaul of the Silver Monster. | 981 | [
"This is a required book for anyone in Interior Design for a good reason: it has about everything, including the (many kinds) of kitchen sink.",
"What I really can't stand about using it is the seemingly arbitrary indexing, scattered locations for information and nearly impossible to decipher graphics on some pages.",
"I do not agree that it has much useful information on furniture styles: you'd be better off to shell out for Aronson's \"Encyclopedia of Furniture\" or Miller's \"Furniture\" and get right to what you need.",
"The standard dimensions are useful, though, especially for space planning purposes.",
"Don't be surprised if there is information missing in some cases, or it is outright incorrect.",
"Be sure to cross-reference and here's another tip: make a cheat sheet for yourself for the pages you use most, tape it to the inside cover and go from there.",
"The Index is a goose-chase.",
"Why three stars?",
"Because I think they can do better.",
"It is time for a rehaul of the Silver Monster."
] |
3 | Disappointed | I was pleased to see a book that didn't feature a cowboy or a millionaire executive. I'm not a NASCAR fan personally, but several of my family members are.My disappointment was in Rick Castles. He was just too childish and petulant about having a woman in the pit. Even after he knew how good she was at her PR job, he was still trying to undermine her. Good grief! Just because he had one girlfriend who was scared to death of the races. Gimme a break!Liz Mallory was a delight and far too good for this schmuck. I was glad to see that she could be atracted to Rick and still function well in her job. Although I'm not sure how she could make him look good to the public and keep her self-respect. <G> And that she was willing to learn about the racing circuit in order to make her job go more smoothly was a definite plus.I gave the book 3 stars because of the NASCAR theme and because of the strong heroine. Took away 2 because the hero is such an idiot. Not on my keeper shelf. | 981 | [
"I was pleased to see a book that didn't feature a cowboy or a millionaire executive.",
"I'm not a NASCAR fan personally, but several of my family members are.My disappointment was in Rick Castles.",
"He was just too childish and petulant about having a woman in the pit.",
"Even after he knew how good she was at her PR job, he was still trying to undermine her.",
"Good grief!",
"Just because he had one girlfriend who was scared to death of the races.",
"Gimme a break!",
"Liz Mallory was a delight and far too good for this schmuck.",
"I was glad to see that she could be atracted to Rick and still function well in her job.",
"Although I'm not sure how she could make him look good to the public and keep her self-respect.",
"<G> And that she was willing to learn about the racing circuit in order to make her job go more smoothly was a definite plus.I gave the book 3 stars because of the NASCAR theme and because of the strong heroine.",
"Took away 2 because the hero is such an idiot.",
"Not on my keeper shelf."
] |
3 | Ok, but have found better | I have taught guitar for 12 years and was looking for a simpler book for the youngest beginners. This book has a decent concept in that it gets small kids playing 3 string chords right away, however it really suffers in that it does not include a sing along cd. The cd is instrumental only. Also, it prints words for singing the first songs in the text without notes for the teacher, so unless you have a kid who will practice every time with the cd, and can listen to the melody instrument to know what to sing, these songs just arent going to get into the kids heads enough to really learn to play. The end gets much better and introduces single note reading pretty well. I definately prefer the Hal Leonard guitar for kids book which is just as simple, less visually distracting, has better songs with vocals added to the recording which just seems to get kids more into the music. I am going to use this book as supplemental material if I need it in addition to the other book. | 981 | [
"I have taught guitar for 12 years and was looking for a simpler book for the youngest beginners.",
"This book has a decent concept in that it gets small kids playing 3 string chords right away, however it really suffers in that it does not include a sing along cd.",
"The cd is instrumental only.",
"Also, it prints words for singing the first songs in the text without notes for the teacher, so unless you have a kid who will practice every time with the cd, and can listen to the melody instrument to know what to sing, these songs just arent going to get into the kids heads enough to really learn to play.",
"The end gets much better and introduces single note reading pretty well.",
"I definately prefer the Hal Leonard guitar for kids book which is just as simple, less visually distracting, has better songs with vocals added to the recording which just seems to get kids more into the music.",
"I am going to use this book as supplemental material if I need it in addition to the other book."
] |
3 | GOOD BUT NOT GREAT | I ENJOYED READING ABOUT A SUBJECT THAT I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD ENJOY READING ABOUT.THERE WERE SOME PARTS OF THE STORY WHERE I THOUGHT THAT THE AUTHOR WAS STRETCHING. (IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I THOUGHT SOME THINGS WERE A LITTLE RIDICULOUS.) EXAMPLE, I CAN'T IMAGE TWO PEOPLE MEETING AND BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP FROM AN HALF HOUR CAB RIDE. IT SEEMED A LITTLE FAR FETCHED.THE WAY THAT JORDAN RESPONDED TO J'NETTE'S CONFESSION WAS NOT REALISTIC. I DIDN'T FIND KIMBERELY'S SECRET BELIEVEABLE EITHER. IT SEEM LIKE SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST MADE UP TO GIVE THE BOOK A TWIST. IF THE MESSAGE WAS INTERRACIAL DATING THEN WHY ADD THIS DRAMA? IT CHANGES THE ENTIRE PREMISE OF THE STORY.THE FOCUS OF THE BOOK WAS LOST ABOUT TWO THIRDS THE WAY THROUGH. I COULDN'T CONNECT JORDAN'S FAMILY SITUATION AND SOLOMON'S DRASTIC CHANGE TO THE POINTS THAT THE AUTHOR WAS TRYING TO MAKE ON INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS.MANY REVIEWS SAY THAT THIS IS DICKEY'S BEST WORK YET, IT WAS RATHER MEDIOCRE IN MY OPINION. | 981 | [
"I ENJOYED READING ABOUT A SUBJECT THAT I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD ENJOY READING ABOUT.THERE WERE SOME PARTS OF THE STORY WHERE I THOUGHT THAT THE AUTHOR WAS STRETCHING.",
"(IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I THOUGHT SOME THINGS WERE A LITTLE RIDICULOUS.) EXAMPLE, I CAN'T IMAGE TWO PEOPLE MEETING AND BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP FROM AN HALF HOUR CAB RIDE.",
"IT SEEMED A LITTLE FAR FETCHED.THE WAY THAT JORDAN RESPONDED TO J'NETTE'S CONFESSION WAS NOT REALISTIC.",
"I DIDN'T FIND KIMBERELY'S SECRET BELIEVEABLE EITHER.",
"IT SEEM LIKE SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST MADE UP TO GIVE THE BOOK A TWIST.",
"IF THE MESSAGE WAS INTERRACIAL DATING THEN WHY ADD THIS DRAMA?",
"IT CHANGES THE ENTIRE PREMISE OF THE STORY.THE FOCUS OF THE BOOK WAS LOST ABOUT TWO THIRDS THE WAY THROUGH.",
"I COULDN'T CONNECT JORDAN'S FAMILY SITUATION AND SOLOMON'S DRASTIC CHANGE TO THE POINTS THAT THE AUTHOR WAS TRYING TO MAKE ON INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS.MANY REVIEWS SAY THAT THIS IS DICKEY'S BEST WORK YET, IT WAS RATHER MEDIOCRE IN MY OPINION."
] |
3 | Science Gossip Galore | This book is not about science, but science gossip. As a purveyor of gossip it does a marvelous job. It tells you more than you ever want to know about the background of some discoveries and the human side of some of the big names in science and technology.Bryson sourced his materials from an impressive array of books and other publications and weaved them into a readable, almost connected, set of essays. As we all know, just because something appears in print does not mean it is true, and just because something is true does not mean it is the whole story, much less an objective one. I don't know how much of the material has been independently confirmed.Unlike most other books of this genre, which focus on informing the lay reader on the science and the scientists, and add some gossip to liven things up, this book is full of gossip and has scant retainable information.It is not a bad book to kill time on a plane and be entertained; it is just not particularly useful. | 981 | [
"This book is not about science, but science gossip.",
"As a purveyor of gossip it does a marvelous job.",
"It tells you more than you ever want to know about the background of some discoveries and the human side of some of the big names in science and technology.Bryson sourced his materials from an impressive array of books and other publications and weaved them into a readable, almost connected, set of essays.",
"As we all know, just because something appears in print does not mean it is true, and just because something is true does not mean it is the whole story, much less an objective one.",
"I don't know how much of the material has been independently confirmed.Unlike most other books of this genre, which focus on informing the lay reader on the science and the scientists, and add some gossip to liven things up, this book is full of gossip and has scant retainable information.It is not a bad book to kill time on a plane and be entertained; it is just not particularly useful."
] |
3 | Same Soup different Crackers | Most popular Black fiction revolves around relationships and the their inherent drama. I complained about having to read this book the moment it was chosen but I confess it was better than I anticipated.The book unfolds in an alternate narrative between the Husband and the wife, who open the book physically separated and growing further apart by the word. I will spare you the gory details of their relationship and its dilemmas, but I will say that I found the characters rather predictable and shallow. It is obvious that the authors are quite in tune with the emotional turmoil of a dissolving marriage. It would be remarkable if one author could expose the inner workings of both the male and female mind, but considering this is a book written by a married couple, it is merely acceptable. I believe it will be entertaining and even a bit informative to those struggling in dysfunctional marriages, considering they are honest enough to accept both sides of a complex story. | 981 | [
"Most popular Black fiction revolves around relationships and the their inherent drama.",
"I complained about having to read this book the moment it was chosen but I confess it was better than I anticipated.The book unfolds in an alternate narrative between the Husband and the wife, who open the book physically separated and growing further apart by the word.",
"I will spare you the gory details of their relationship and its dilemmas, but I will say that I found the characters rather predictable and shallow.",
"It is obvious that the authors are quite in tune with the emotional turmoil of a dissolving marriage.",
"It would be remarkable if one author could expose the inner workings of both the male and female mind, but considering this is a book written by a married couple, it is merely acceptable.",
"I believe it will be entertaining and even a bit informative to those struggling in dysfunctional marriages, considering they are honest enough to accept both sides of a complex story."
] |
3 | Better Sausage Than Some | I love breakfast sausage, but have had difficulty in finding sausage that is just right. I tried Esposito's Finest Quality, even though it is expensive and was a large amount for a trial, in hopes it would be excellent. I am disappointed with the result. Overall the sausage is of high quality, but contains a lot of fat and its flavor comes mostly from salt. I would prefer less fat, but more importantly, better flavor- less salt, but more sage and other sausage seasonings. There is no accounting for taste and many people raved about this sausage so it is obviously right for many if not most people. Maybe that's why I can't find sausage I like, because my taste is not main stream. I will not purchase this product again, but have nothing against Esposito. In fact they sent a package of their Italian sausage as a sample and we loved it! I will look at the other items they offer and may purchase some of those, but I am still in the search for my kind of breakfast sausage! | 981 | [
"I love breakfast sausage, but have had difficulty in finding sausage that is just right.",
"I tried Esposito's Finest Quality, even though it is expensive and was a large amount for a trial, in hopes it would be excellent.",
"I am disappointed with the result.",
"Overall the sausage is of high quality, but contains a lot of fat and its flavor comes mostly from salt.",
"I would prefer less fat, but more importantly, better flavor- less salt, but more sage and other sausage seasonings.",
"There is no accounting for taste and many people raved about this sausage so it is obviously right for many if not most people.",
"Maybe that's why I can't find sausage I like, because my taste is not main stream.",
"I will not purchase this product again, but have nothing against Esposito.",
"In fact they sent a package of their Italian sausage as a sample and we loved it!",
"I will look at the other items they offer and may purchase some of those, but I am still in the search for my kind of breakfast sausage!"
] |
3 | One Mean Goalie... | The third installment is the one "Friday" fans remember the most, because this is where Jason gets his trademark hockey mask. a group of teenagers decide to spend the weekend at one of there parents' summer cabin, that is right adjacent to... yup, you guessed it, Crystal Lake Campgrounds. This is the first "Friday" film that I saw (in 1984...on VHS...as a new release...I feel soooo old, right now) & its still one of my favorites.Dana Kimmell, who plays Chris, is married w/ kids & has a strong Mormon background. She hasn't done any sort of acting since 1990 but, she might return to acting in the future. Paul Kratka, who plays Rick, practices Chiropratics in California (source - www.fridaythe13thfilms.com).As for the DVD, there isn't much hope. 2.0 Dolby Digital with no special features ("Paramount Home Video" knows its going make money off the strong fan base to these films, so, the studio threw the films out to the public for a quick buck. Thanks for almost nothing). | 981 | [
"The third installment is the one \"Friday\" fans remember the most, because this is where Jason gets his trademark hockey mask.",
"a group of teenagers decide to spend the weekend at one of there parents' summer cabin, that is right adjacent to... yup, you guessed it, Crystal Lake Campgrounds.",
"This is the first \"Friday\" film that I saw (in 1984...on VHS...as a new release...I feel soooo old, right now) & its still one of my favorites.Dana Kimmell, who plays Chris, is married w/ kids & has a strong Mormon background.",
"She hasn't done any sort of acting since 1990 but, she might return to acting in the future.",
"Paul Kratka, who plays Rick, practices Chiropratics in California (source - www.fridaythe13thfilms.com).As for the DVD, there isn't much hope.",
"2.0 Dolby Digital with no special features (\"Paramount Home Video\" knows its going make money off the strong fan base to these films, so, the studio threw the films out to the public for a quick buck.",
"Thanks for almost nothing)."
] |
3 | Fine but far from a favorite | This one will not go down as a favorite in this series for sure. Didn't care for the heroine. Destiny was abducted and horribly tortured as a child. She lives seeing herself as a horrible monster because of what she turned into. Her only salvation was the voice of Nicolae that encouraged, comforted and kept her sane. When Nicholae finally finds her, however, she treats him atrociously! While one understands her fears, as the book progresses, her actions read more like a spoiled child's tantrums than a mature woman's insecurities.Nicholae is a stand out among the Carpathians of other books. He actually chooses to give her the choice in all things. He never forces his will on her, even to his detriment (unlike the other heros here-to-fore.) He has the patience of Job with a woman who, even the reader wants to shake at times.The storyline is average, not particularly exciting and a little confusing but a good who's-doing-it type. Three stars pretty much explains it all. | 981 | [
"This one will not go down as a favorite in this series for sure.",
"Didn't care for the heroine.",
"Destiny was abducted and horribly tortured as a child.",
"She lives seeing herself as a horrible monster because of what she turned into.",
"Her only salvation was the voice of Nicolae that encouraged, comforted and kept her sane.",
"When Nicholae finally finds her, however, she treats him atrociously!",
"While one understands her fears, as the book progresses, her actions read more like a spoiled child's tantrums than a mature woman's insecurities.Nicholae is a stand out among the Carpathians of other books.",
"He actually chooses to give her the choice in all things.",
"He never forces his will on her, even to his detriment (unlike the other heros here-to-fore.) He has the patience of Job with a woman who, even the reader wants to shake at times.The storyline is average, not particularly exciting and a little confusing but a good who's-doing-it type.",
"Three stars pretty much explains it all."
] |
3 | Un Disco Mediocre | Como fan de Alejandro Fernandez lamento mucho que este disco se haya quedado en el camino. Pareciera como si este disco lo hubieran hecho a lo loco al ahi se va solo por contratos que se establecen con una casa disquera y las reglas que se toman. Este disco es a lo que yo llamo un disco relampago. En ciertas canciones los arreglos musicales sobresalen y es por eso que las letras son opacadas. Alejandro sigue teniendo una voz privilegiada de las mejores que ay en estos momentos en America Latina pero este disco no ofrece nada nuevo. Sin duda su disco anterior 'Origenes' se lleva por mucho esta nueva produccion de 'El Potrillo'. Alejandro siempre ah sido un cantante que evoluciona y se arriesga en sus producciones discograficas pero esta vez se quedo en el camino. Creo que es hora de darle oportunidad a los jovenes compositores que estan afuera esperando a quien alguien les abra la puerta y no necesariamente tienen que ser Mexicanos porque la musica no tiene fronteras. | 981 | [
"Como fan de Alejandro Fernandez lamento mucho que este disco se haya quedado en el camino.",
"Pareciera como si este disco lo hubieran hecho a lo loco al ahi se va solo por contratos que se establecen con una casa disquera y las reglas que se toman.",
"Este disco es a lo que yo llamo un disco relampago.",
"En ciertas canciones los arreglos musicales sobresalen y es por eso que las letras son opacadas.",
"Alejandro sigue teniendo una voz privilegiada de las mejores que ay en estos momentos en America Latina pero este disco no ofrece nada nuevo.",
"Sin duda su disco anterior 'Origenes' se lleva por mucho esta nueva produccion de 'El Potrillo'.",
"Alejandro siempre ah sido un cantante que evoluciona y se arriesga en sus producciones discograficas pero esta vez se quedo en el camino.",
"Creo que es hora de darle oportunidad a los jovenes compositores que estan afuera esperando a quien alguien les abra la puerta y no necesariamente tienen que ser Mexicanos porque la musica no tiene fronteras."
] |
3 | Macross II the Movie | Though this is not on the same level as the original Robotech, Macross II, the Movie has all the elements and excitement of the original with attack of a new type of Zentradi,(the Meltron,) and a little more with information on the background of UN Spacey as well as the world at large since the destruction of Earth's surface. With the subsequent melding of the Zentadi and Earth residents, it also sews up a few loose ends from the Robotech series. Its not very long and focuses on a young reporter named, Hibiki, and follows his exploits in the attempt to expose UN Spacey and prove they are withholding vital info from the general public and is replacing same with propaganda. All the while he is trying to hide his association with a young girl he befriends after finding her abandoned during a Zentradi attack. You still get the military action and excitement while a bit of suspense is peppered in with an ending that will please even the most die hard Robotech fans. Enjoy! | 981 | [
"Though this is not on the same level as the original Robotech, Macross II, the Movie has all the elements and excitement of the original with attack of a new type of Zentradi,(the Meltron,) and a little more with information on the background of UN Spacey as well as the world at large since the destruction of Earth's surface.",
"With the subsequent melding of the Zentadi and Earth residents, it also sews up a few loose ends from the Robotech series.",
"Its not very long and focuses on a young reporter named, Hibiki, and follows his exploits in the attempt to expose UN Spacey and prove they are withholding vital info from the general public and is replacing same with propaganda.",
"All the while he is trying to hide his association with a young girl he befriends after finding her abandoned during a Zentradi attack.",
"You still get the military action and excitement while a bit of suspense is peppered in with an ending that will please even the most die hard Robotech fans.",
"Enjoy!"
] |
3 | Touches the surface... | This book is a great source of information for life in ancient Egypt. Hieroglyphic explanations are offered (from a mundane point of view), clothing and hairstyles are explained, food and artistic cultures are discussed. All of these are explored within sexuality and its expression through Egypt's creation/origination stories. I learned very much about Egypt's pantheon and many questions were answered which I haven't found in other works on Egypt. My only complaint with this beautiful book is the lack of spiritual application. Sexual energy is a necessary part of awakening and enlightenment, and the ancient Egyptians were fully aware of this. The practice, study and employment of sacred sex was a vital piece of their esoteric learning. I was disappointed to find the authors ignoring this aspect completely. After reading the book, the title is misleading. It is "sacred" sexuality only in the sense that the practices studied were originated in the religion of that era. | 981 | [
"This book is a great source of information for life in ancient Egypt.",
"Hieroglyphic explanations are offered (from a mundane point of view), clothing and hairstyles are explained, food and artistic cultures are discussed.",
"All of these are explored within sexuality and its expression through Egypt's creation/origination stories.",
"I learned very much about Egypt's pantheon and many questions were answered which I haven't found in other works on Egypt.",
"My only complaint with this beautiful book is the lack of spiritual application.",
"Sexual energy is a necessary part of awakening and enlightenment, and the ancient Egyptians were fully aware of this.",
"The practice, study and employment of sacred sex was a vital piece of their esoteric learning.",
"I was disappointed to find the authors ignoring this aspect completely.",
"After reading the book, the title is misleading.",
"It is \"sacred\" sexuality only in the sense that the practices studied were originated in the religion of that era."
] |
3 | definitely worth the money | i bought this because i was bored...what a good thing...i spend hours on it...ive been djing trance for years but never got into production...obviously, this isnt any subsitute for a real studio, but before i buy all the hardware, i figured id use this thing to understand the basics of trance progression...before i blew the cash...more than anything, it fills the time and introduces you to the art...the instructions are terrible though...i admit, theres no way to cram a real instruction manual into the packaging, but a free download somewhere would be nice...they tell you to look on the internet for furthur instructions, but dont tell you where...geez...its like, here you go, hope you werent serious...if you guys find one somewhere, post it cause id love to have it...anyone tried sample editing yet?...good luck, its not that hard...but basically your on your own, because the manual is, once again, terrible...also, why do people refer to this as a game?...go figure... | 981 | [
"i bought this because i was bored...what a good thing...i spend hours on it...ive been djing trance for years but never got into production...obviously, this isnt any subsitute for a real studio, but before i buy all the hardware, i figured id use this thing to understand the basics of trance progression...before i blew the cash...more than anything, it fills the time and introduces you to the art...the instructions are terrible though...i admit, theres no way to cram a real instruction manual into the packaging, but a free download somewhere would be nice...they tell you to look on the internet for furthur instructions, but dont tell you where...geez...its like, here you go, hope you werent serious...if you guys find one somewhere, post it cause id love to have it...anyone tried sample editing yet?",
"...good luck, its not that hard...but basically your on your own, because the manual is, once again, terrible...also, why do people refer to this as a game?",
"...go figure..."
] |
3 | Good and bad | We received this as a gift for our daughter as we are attempting to do infant potty training. The potty works well enough. It's deep enough, the size is right, and the color is cute. A couple of downsides, though.One is that the shine dies really quickly if you use anything even semi-rough to clean it. (This really bothered my wife when I cleaned it with a rough sponge and the shine was gone.)The other major downside is the design in regards to cleanup. You dump all the waste in the toilet, but the curvy edges and shape of the potty make for drips everywhere. When you dump out the waste, it immediately runs down the side of the potty and then start running to the underside edge a bit. I know that it's nice for the potty to have curved and soft edges everywhere for when it comes time for our daughter to actually sit on hit herself, but it sure makes for messy cleanup, unfortunately.Overall, we're glad to have the potty, but those are the downsides we've seen thus far. | 981 | [
"We received this as a gift for our daughter as we are attempting to do infant potty training.",
"The potty works well enough.",
"It's deep enough, the size is right, and the color is cute.",
"A couple of downsides, though.One is that the shine dies really quickly if you use anything even semi-rough to clean it.",
"(This really bothered my wife when I cleaned it with a rough sponge and the shine was gone.)The other major downside is the design in regards to cleanup.",
"You dump all the waste in the toilet, but the curvy edges and shape of the potty make for drips everywhere.",
"When you dump out the waste, it immediately runs down the side of the potty and then start running to the underside edge a bit.",
"I know that it's nice for the potty to have curved and soft edges everywhere for when it comes time for our daughter to actually sit on hit herself, but it sure makes for messy cleanup, unfortunately.Overall, we're glad to have the potty, but those are the downsides we've seen thus far."
] |
3 | Works for 2 out of 3 | I feel as though I have my own focus group in my house. Two cats and a chihuahua. One cat and the dog loved to be brushed by anything from the furminator to a regular comb. The second cat is another story. He hates to be brushed with anything. I thought perhaps the furminator was too rough for him so I bought this product. Unfortunately, he hates it as well. Note that this cat also is very particular about the way he is pet as well. He prefers feet to hands - I suspect he was abused by a former owner. He is 20 lbs and 13 years old so he's set in his way. It seems he just likes to keep his fur to himself.As for this product, the other animals love this brush, but it doesn't remove much of their fur. That being said, I am used to the furminator. This brush is definitely more calming so I will switch off when I start to see bald spots from the furminator!Overall for the low price, I think this product is worth it. Easy to hold, 2 out of 3 animals enjoy it and it's cute. | 981 | [
"I feel as though I have my own focus group in my house.",
"Two cats and a chihuahua.",
"One cat and the dog loved to be brushed by anything from the furminator to a regular comb.",
"The second cat is another story.",
"He hates to be brushed with anything.",
"I thought perhaps the furminator was too rough for him so I bought this product.",
"Unfortunately, he hates it as well.",
"Note that this cat also is very particular about the way he is pet as well.",
"He prefers feet to hands - I suspect he was abused by a former owner.",
"He is 20 lbs and 13 years old so he's set in his way.",
"It seems he just likes to keep his fur to himself.As for this product, the other animals love this brush, but it doesn't remove much of their fur.",
"That being said, I am used to the furminator.",
"This brush is definitely more calming so I will switch off when I start to see bald spots from the furminator!",
"Overall for the low price, I think this product is worth it.",
"Easy to hold, 2 out of 3 animals enjoy it and it's cute."
] |
3 | Unconventional thriller | The premise behind this book is very good. Capture a Cuban terrorist who arrives in the US, but make it look like something else. The "something else" becomes a hotel robbery that goes bad and the Cuban winds up being taken as a hostage. However, the hotel heist really does go bad and the Cuban escapes, along with ten million dollars in diamonds. Teddy Tedesco, ex-New York cop, must find the terrorist before he releases a deadly air-borne virus at a political convention in New York City.As I said, the premise and the plot are quite good and convoluted. Just when you think you have the whole thing figured out Mr. Patrick throws another monkey wrench into the deal and you're off in another direction. However, I had a hard time finishing this book. Mr.Patrick is a very low-key writer and at times the writing fails to generate the excitement the plot calls for. It's not a bad book, far from it, but it didn't grip me with the same intensity of say a James Lee Burke novel. | 981 | [
"The premise behind this book is very good.",
"Capture a Cuban terrorist who arrives in the US, but make it look like something else.",
"The \"something else\" becomes a hotel robbery that goes bad and the Cuban winds up being taken as a hostage.",
"However, the hotel heist really does go bad and the Cuban escapes, along with ten million dollars in diamonds.",
"Teddy Tedesco, ex-New York cop, must find the terrorist before he releases a deadly air-borne virus at a political convention in New York City.As I said, the premise and the plot are quite good and convoluted.",
"Just when you think you have the whole thing figured out Mr.",
"Patrick throws another monkey wrench into the deal and you're off in another direction.",
"However, I had a hard time finishing this book.",
"Mr.Patrick is a very low-key writer and at times the writing fails to generate the excitement the plot calls for.",
"It's not a bad book, far from it, but it didn't grip me with the same intensity of say a James Lee Burke novel."
] |
3 | Best Chest Laying Abreast | The plot is the title here as the dialogue requires a French nationality to believe in. That doesn't mean there aren't some good discussions here. It's just not ever the intended meat of the show. Worldly life philosophies don't put me off but I know they put some people to sleep. The cure is- turn volume down.Starring Mimi Rogers (see my review title) & Bryan Brown from Gorillas in the Mist & F/X, Mimi puts her full body in Full Body Massage & Bryan Brown is one Lucky S. O. B. that gets points for being able to read his lines ( I doubt he could remember them). The cutting room floor was a good reason for this DVD to of had an outtake disk. We unfortunately didn't get one.If you rent or buy this you already know why you did it. Please leave all Playboy & Penthouse excuses at the door. 90 min's of rub a dub-dub. Hubba, hubba. I do wish this had been a screen film. The cutting room would have gotten less.3 1/2 stars for the movie. 5 stars for the bodacious Mimi Rogers. | 981 | [
"The plot is the title here as the dialogue requires a French nationality to believe in.",
"That doesn't mean there aren't some good discussions here.",
"It's just not ever the intended meat of the show.",
"Worldly life philosophies don't put me off but I know they put some people to sleep.",
"The cure is- turn volume down.Starring Mimi Rogers (see my review title) & Bryan Brown from Gorillas in the Mist & F/X, Mimi puts her full body in Full Body Massage & Bryan Brown is one Lucky S.",
"O.",
"B.",
"that gets points for being able to read his lines ( I doubt he could remember them).",
"The cutting room floor was a good reason for this DVD to of had an outtake disk.",
"We unfortunately didn't get one.If you rent or buy this you already know why you did it.",
"Please leave all Playboy & Penthouse excuses at the door.",
"90 min's of rub a dub-dub.",
"Hubba, hubba.",
"I do wish this had been a screen film.",
"The cutting room would have gotten less.3 1/2 stars for the movie.",
"5 stars for the bodacious Mimi Rogers."
] |
3 | Uneven start to a series | Amanda is a spoiled girl forced to flee town under the cover of night with her father, who has borrowed too much money with no ability to repay. Under protest, she leaves all her possessions and a dashing beau. But Amanda is intent to get back to Boston, even after her father tells her that they're joining other settlers on the Oregon Trail. She holds out hope that her beau will turn up in Independence, Missouri and take her back to her creature comforts. But trail life toughens her up and she finds herself gradually forgetting him when the son of the trail boss catches her eyes.Amanda's a fickle creature, bratty, and unlikeable. Her behavior in real life would have found her getting kicked out of the wagon train, but she eventually has an epiphany of how to be an adult after several severe hardships.A rocky start to the Sunfire series, but the descriptions of trail life were quite interesting. I have yet to read a Sunfire that has absolutely nothing to recommend it. | 981 | [
"Amanda is a spoiled girl forced to flee town under the cover of night with her father, who has borrowed too much money with no ability to repay.",
"Under protest, she leaves all her possessions and a dashing beau.",
"But Amanda is intent to get back to Boston, even after her father tells her that they're joining other settlers on the Oregon Trail.",
"She holds out hope that her beau will turn up in Independence, Missouri and take her back to her creature comforts.",
"But trail life toughens her up and she finds herself gradually forgetting him when the son of the trail boss catches her eyes.Amanda's a fickle creature, bratty, and unlikeable.",
"Her behavior in real life would have found her getting kicked out of the wagon train, but she eventually has an epiphany of how to be an adult after several severe hardships.A rocky start to the Sunfire series, but the descriptions of trail life were quite interesting.",
"I have yet to read a Sunfire that has absolutely nothing to recommend it."
] |
3 | Rocky Deserved better than this | The Movies are Immortal ok save for Rocky V Rocky V was a mess and Rocky IV as much as we all love it...is a joke. But Hey Rocky I-IV Immortal tales of rising up digging deep and while you get beat down...keep getting up and never give in!MGM never got the memo and thus when the movies were transferred to HD they suffered more grain than a Cambodian rice patty. While there is an extras disc alot of DVD extras didn't make the way over.But this is as good as the immortal movies are going to look unless MGM takes time to clean up the originals and do a remaster for a future anniversary.If you want rocky looking the best he ever has...wait. But if you need your Rocky Fix or want to teach you children how to step it up and never back down. Well no brainier buy this set.Rocky deserved better than this. A remaster of Rocky I-IV and Balboa no Rocky V (NOBODY wants Rocky V) with commentaries for each film would be perfect but for now, if this is all we get I'm semi satisfied. | 981 | [
"The Movies are Immortal ok save for Rocky V Rocky V was a mess and Rocky IV as much as we all love it...is a joke.",
"But Hey Rocky I-IV Immortal tales of rising up digging deep and while you get beat down...keep getting up and never give in!",
"MGM never got the memo and thus when the movies were transferred to HD they suffered more grain than a Cambodian rice patty.",
"While there is an extras disc alot of DVD extras didn't make the way over.But this is as good as the immortal movies are going to look unless MGM takes time to clean up the originals and do a remaster for a future anniversary.If you want rocky looking the best he ever has...wait.",
"But if you need your Rocky Fix or want to teach you children how to step it up and never back down.",
"Well no brainier buy this set.Rocky deserved better than this.",
"A remaster of Rocky I-IV and Balboa no Rocky V (NOBODY wants Rocky V) with commentaries for each film would be perfect but for now, if this is all we get I'm semi satisfied."
] |
3 | Disappointing | As other reviews make very clear, this is a novel about cultural displacement, not knowing where one fits in. The premise is interesting and I think the novel is culturally instructive. While I felt excited at the opening of the novel, my enthusiasm waned about halfway through, due to the wooden characterization. I very much wanted to feel sympathy, or liking for the characters, but I could not. It isn't that I wanted them to be "nice", but that I wanted them to be fuller, more psychologically real. The internal plight of the main character, Tara, simply did not come through. In the end, the cultural instruction for me failed somewhat as a result. If you are looking for cultural analysis, a sketch of the Indian community in America, you may enjoy this. If you are looking to gain deeper psychological insights about cultural displacement, alienation etc., I would suggest looking elsewhere.While I admire the work, I was not moved by it, and I found it a chore to finish. | 981 | [
"As other reviews make very clear, this is a novel about cultural displacement, not knowing where one fits in.",
"The premise is interesting and I think the novel is culturally instructive.",
"While I felt excited at the opening of the novel, my enthusiasm waned about halfway through, due to the wooden characterization.",
"I very much wanted to feel sympathy, or liking for the characters, but I could not.",
"It isn't that I wanted them to be \"nice\", but that I wanted them to be fuller, more psychologically real.",
"The internal plight of the main character, Tara, simply did not come through.",
"In the end, the cultural instruction for me failed somewhat as a result.",
"If you are looking for cultural analysis, a sketch of the Indian community in America, you may enjoy this.",
"If you are looking to gain deeper psychological insights about cultural displacement, alienation etc., I would suggest looking elsewhere.While I admire the work, I was not moved by it, and I found it a chore to finish."
] |
3 | Nostalgia in tune! | My selection of this DVD was a result of my affection for the songs of Stephen Foster. It is a "curio" in many respects, with some appearances by actors familiarin other roles - especially William Frawley who went on to star on TV in the USA -and Montgomery himself who starred in "The Way To The Stars", one of the moresuccessful fims about WW2 (and a favourite of my late sister who married a US officer and lived there for the rest of her life). But back to "Harmony Lane".It is entertaining enough in its way and manages to include some notable Fostersongs but isn't the proper "bio" that his short but influential life deserves.The print is passable for its age except for a few fleeting glitches in themotion during one or two scenes. If you have an interest in the man and his musicor the Hollywood of a past age, then this would appeal for its curiosity valuealone and I for one am grateful that it has been made available by its specialist publisher for the public to buy. | 981 | [
"My selection of this DVD was a result of my affection for the songs of Stephen Foster.",
"It is a \"curio\" in many respects, with some appearances by actors familiarin other roles - especially William Frawley who went on to star on TV in the USA -and Montgomery himself who starred in \"The Way To The Stars\", one of the moresuccessful fims about WW2 (and a favourite of my late sister who married a US officer and lived there for the rest of her life).",
"But back to \"Harmony Lane\".It is entertaining enough in its way and manages to include some notable Fostersongs but isn't the proper \"bio\" that his short but influential life deserves.The print is passable for its age except for a few fleeting glitches in themotion during one or two scenes.",
"If you have an interest in the man and his musicor the Hollywood of a past age, then this would appeal for its curiosity valuealone and I for one am grateful that it has been made available by its specialist publisher for the public to buy."
] |
3 | Problems out of the box | This review is based upon my own experience - which is rather limited as the product was defective out of the box. Only one of the stakes (out of three that came with the set) worked whatsoever. The other two were dead on arrival. Based upon the quality concerns, I would rate this as a "warning" to others. The one stake that did work is quite safe, the description is accurate, it is a low level shock and nothing like an electric fence. Gentle but annoying. Overall, there seems to be a quality concern with this product. Since this was reviewed via the Vine program it isn't worth the time/effort to pursue but suffice to say, if I had purchased the product, it would be returned immediately. Overall, I would hesitate to suggest this to others based upon the erratic quality of the items. On the other hand, it is a safe and very easy to use product at a fraction of the time, effort and cost associated with other options which is why I gave it 3 out of 5 stars for a review. | 981 | [
"This review is based upon my own experience - which is rather limited as the product was defective out of the box.",
"Only one of the stakes (out of three that came with the set) worked whatsoever.",
"The other two were dead on arrival.",
"Based upon the quality concerns, I would rate this as a \"warning\" to others.",
"The one stake that did work is quite safe, the description is accurate, it is a low level shock and nothing like an electric fence.",
"Gentle but annoying.",
"Overall, there seems to be a quality concern with this product.",
"Since this was reviewed via the Vine program it isn't worth the time/effort to pursue but suffice to say, if I had purchased the product, it would be returned immediately.",
"Overall, I would hesitate to suggest this to others based upon the erratic quality of the items.",
"On the other hand, it is a safe and very easy to use product at a fraction of the time, effort and cost associated with other options which is why I gave it 3 out of 5 stars for a review."
] |
3 | Where's Choco? | When I first bought this album I thought I was gonna go crazy it was so dope. Excellent lyricist and good Wu-Tang style beats. Everything was pretty much on point. There's a few songs that I don't like, but he has a good balance of spittin hard and songs with messages without being preachy.But the one unforgivable sin of this CD is the poor sound quality. The beats would be really great if there wasn't distortion when I put the volume up loud. Especially on the beats with horns. I have a good quality amp, stereo and speakers, so I know its not my equipment. I've also listened to it in headphones and that makes the poor sound even worst. Besides the Wu-Tang meet Indie Culture, this is the only Bronze Nazareth piece I have. I hope his future works have an actual engineer like the great Choco. If it were not for the poor sound, this CD would have easily been 4 stars. Its a great CD, but I hate listening to poor sound, it ruins the whole vibe of an otherwise great album. | 981 | [
"When I first bought this album I thought I was gonna go crazy it was so dope.",
"Excellent lyricist and good Wu-Tang style beats.",
"Everything was pretty much on point.",
"There's a few songs that I don't like, but he has a good balance of spittin hard and songs with messages without being preachy.But the one unforgivable sin of this CD is the poor sound quality.",
"The beats would be really great if there wasn't distortion when I put the volume up loud.",
"Especially on the beats with horns.",
"I have a good quality amp, stereo and speakers, so I know its not my equipment.",
"I've also listened to it in headphones and that makes the poor sound even worst.",
"Besides the Wu-Tang meet Indie Culture, this is the only Bronze Nazareth piece I have.",
"I hope his future works have an actual engineer like the great Choco.",
"If it were not for the poor sound, this CD would have easily been 4 stars.",
"Its a great CD, but I hate listening to poor sound, it ruins the whole vibe of an otherwise great album."
] |
3 | Dino World | Warning: this game is not for kids!Turok Evolution for the Xbox is a first person shooter game (FPS), where you hunt dinosaurs and lizard-like aliens. Your first weapon is a club, then you'll get pistols, shotgun, mini-gun, sniper rifle, and more. The weapons get better as you progress through the game. And the best part is that most of the weapons have a secondary fire mode! There are also a few original weapons never before seen in a FPS. I don't want to spoil the fun for you, just trust me when I say they are cool. The levles are also varied. There are a few levels where you fly around. Then there are levels where you use stealth. They even included some levels where allies fight along your side. The game has a lot of potential but feels kind of limited.Pros:+good controls+good graphics+secondary fire modes+lots of multiplayer modes+good music+lots of enemies+flying levels+stealth levels+bloodyCons:-linear gameplay-small maps-limited weapon availabilty-stupid A.I. | 981 | [
"Warning: this game is not for kids!",
"Turok Evolution for the Xbox is a first person shooter game (FPS), where you hunt dinosaurs and lizard-like aliens.",
"Your first weapon is a club, then you'll get pistols, shotgun, mini-gun, sniper rifle, and more.",
"The weapons get better as you progress through the game.",
"And the best part is that most of the weapons have a secondary fire mode!",
"There are also a few original weapons never before seen in a FPS.",
"I don't want to spoil the fun for you, just trust me when I say they are cool.",
"The levles are also varied.",
"There are a few levels where you fly around.",
"Then there are levels where you use stealth.",
"They even included some levels where allies fight along your side.",
"The game has a lot of potential but feels kind of limited.Pros:+good controls+good graphics+secondary fire modes+lots of multiplayer modes+good music+lots of enemies+flying levels+stealth levels+bloodyCons:-linear gameplay-small maps-limited weapon availabilty-stupid A.I."
] |
3 | Intriguing plot but wordy | This book reminds me of the BBC version of soap operas: well very conceived, but executed in a neurotic fashion that uses five words for every one that is needed. McDermid's writing has its moments of perceptive clarity which push it nearly to beauty, but the bulk of it is plodding descriptive text. Scenes are inefficient - this author should read more Tom Wolfe - and there's abundant energy wasted trying to sidetrack the audience from a conclusion they probably will not see. I don't know the UK, so I cannot comment on whether the assessment of Scardale is accurate or not, but I'll say that the plot of small, rural areas controlled by abusive people is so hackeneyed, overdone and beaten to death that it has been relegated to made-for-TV-movies in the USA. Overall, I liked this book as each page compelled me to read the next through plot and strength of characters, including likability of the major characters. I would recommend this book to other mystery book readers. | 981 | [
"This book reminds me of the BBC version of soap operas: well very conceived, but executed in a neurotic fashion that uses five words for every one that is needed.",
"McDermid's writing has its moments of perceptive clarity which push it nearly to beauty, but the bulk of it is plodding descriptive text.",
"Scenes are inefficient - this author should read more Tom Wolfe - and there's abundant energy wasted trying to sidetrack the audience from a conclusion they probably will not see.",
"I don't know the UK, so I cannot comment on whether the assessment of Scardale is accurate or not, but I'll say that the plot of small, rural areas controlled by abusive people is so hackeneyed, overdone and beaten to death that it has been relegated to made-for-TV-movies in the USA.",
"Overall, I liked this book as each page compelled me to read the next through plot and strength of characters, including likability of the major characters.",
"I would recommend this book to other mystery book readers."
] |
3 | "You're going to hold a dance?" | This Tom Baker adventure is an example of style over substance. The usual threat of alien invasion is dealt with in a more original way than usual, with a cosmic entity known as the Mandragora Helix planning to destroy human learning and endeavour at the time of the Renaissance, thus plunging the world into superstition and intellectual decay. Strangely enough, however, for a story set in Renaissance Italy, there is too much technobabble, especially in the climax, which is insufficiently explained. The story just ends and we're left asking how. (With no answer!) However, the story is a triumph of design. It has brilliant period costumes, lush surroundings and exquisite dance scenes during the masque. There is also a brooding sense of underlying terror. (The Doctor trapped in the temple while it is recreating itself is one such example.) There is also wonderful acting from all involved. The deficiencies of "The Masque of Mandragora" are overwhelmed by its sheer style. | 981 | [
"This Tom Baker adventure is an example of style over substance.",
"The usual threat of alien invasion is dealt with in a more original way than usual, with a cosmic entity known as the Mandragora Helix planning to destroy human learning and endeavour at the time of the Renaissance, thus plunging the world into superstition and intellectual decay.",
"Strangely enough, however, for a story set in Renaissance Italy, there is too much technobabble, especially in the climax, which is insufficiently explained.",
"The story just ends and we're left asking how.",
"(With no answer!",
") However, the story is a triumph of design.",
"It has brilliant period costumes, lush surroundings and exquisite dance scenes during the masque.",
"There is also a brooding sense of underlying terror.",
"(The Doctor trapped in the temple while it is recreating itself is one such example.) There is also wonderful acting from all involved.",
"The deficiencies of \"The Masque of Mandragora\" are overwhelmed by its sheer style."
] |
3 | Hott but wanted more... | I chose this as one of my erotic reading choices and as I was super busy this week it took me a little longer to read it than usual. I loved the male character, Dillon. He is the most explored character and fascinating character in the book.The heroine, Jamie left a lot to be desired. The character is twenty-eight and yet she seems to have the comprehension and thought processes of a twelve-year old. Granted she was stunted by an incident that occurred when she was sixteen, however while this does explain her sexual naivete it does not explain the remaining immaturity of the character.The story itself is interesting, but unfortunately, it never ventures beyond the surface of events. It literally never goes past the basic blurb of the novel. The erotic scenes are not what I would say hot, and are barely sensual. The sexual tension is forced, where it should have been natural. The entire eroticism of the plot, in my opinion, stalled the story and didn't coherently fit. | 981 | [
"I chose this as one of my erotic reading choices and as I was super busy this week it took me a little longer to read it than usual.",
"I loved the male character, Dillon.",
"He is the most explored character and fascinating character in the book.The heroine, Jamie left a lot to be desired.",
"The character is twenty-eight and yet she seems to have the comprehension and thought processes of a twelve-year old.",
"Granted she was stunted by an incident that occurred when she was sixteen, however while this does explain her sexual naivete it does not explain the remaining immaturity of the character.The story itself is interesting, but unfortunately, it never ventures beyond the surface of events.",
"It literally never goes past the basic blurb of the novel.",
"The erotic scenes are not what I would say hot, and are barely sensual.",
"The sexual tension is forced, where it should have been natural.",
"The entire eroticism of the plot, in my opinion, stalled the story and didn't coherently fit."
] |
3 | Reissue | Spencer Wyatt's burning need in life is to fulfill her father's dream of finding the Hapzberg cross before he dies, thus redeeming him from being labeled a fool. As she sells off her family treasures, Spencer attracts the attention of Drew Haviland, the man she once loved and rejected. Neither has been able to forget the other, and Drew can help Spencer's dream come to pass, but will he? Will she let him share in the achievement? He believes terrible things about her, but nonetheless, can not allow the woman who captivates him to go off on an Indiana Jones adventure alone. So, though it's dangerous on multiple levels, Drew and Spencer team up to find the greatest treasure of all.Adventure and romance combine into a thrilling story that will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers. Ms. Hooper tells just enough, never getting too graphic, so even the most gently minded readers can enjoy this tale. At times, the angst gets heavy, but that's a minor quibble.Amanda Killgore | 981 | [
"Spencer Wyatt's burning need in life is to fulfill her father's dream of finding the Hapzberg cross before he dies, thus redeeming him from being labeled a fool.",
"As she sells off her family treasures, Spencer attracts the attention of Drew Haviland, the man she once loved and rejected.",
"Neither has been able to forget the other, and Drew can help Spencer's dream come to pass, but will he?",
"Will she let him share in the achievement?",
"He believes terrible things about her, but nonetheless, can not allow the woman who captivates him to go off on an Indiana Jones adventure alone.",
"So, though it's dangerous on multiple levels, Drew and Spencer team up to find the greatest treasure of all.Adventure and romance combine into a thrilling story that will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers.",
"Ms.",
"Hooper tells just enough, never getting too graphic, so even the most gently minded readers can enjoy this tale.",
"At times, the angst gets heavy, but that's a minor quibble.Amanda Killgore"
] |
3 | The title change is confusing... | I know they changed the title to "Hitmen Diaries: Charlie Valentine" before the DVD was released. Before it was shown at movie festivals as just "Charlie Valentine". I am guessing that there is supposed to be sequels coming up about 'Hitmen'??I wanted to own this DVD because of the co-star Michael Weatherly as Charlie Valentine's son Danny Valentine. He didn't seem to fit in to the storyline very well, since it was about old Chicago (white) gangsters. The scenes between Danny and his father were interesting where Danny was shaved with a straight razor by his Dad in order to make him "look sharp" - and dress sharp and drive a sharp car "'cuz that way they will respect ya". The ending was set up to redeem Charlie and have him save his son's life. Hence a sequel about Danny Valentine next? There was way too much emphasis on violence - car chases, gun play, beating up people, etc. That was pretty boring.Weatherly is a great talent (see NCIS) but was wasted in this flick. | 981 | [
"I know they changed the title to \"Hitmen Diaries: Charlie Valentine\" before the DVD was released.",
"Before it was shown at movie festivals as just \"Charlie Valentine\".",
"I am guessing that there is supposed to be sequels coming up about 'Hitmen'??",
"I wanted to own this DVD because of the co-star Michael Weatherly as Charlie Valentine's son Danny Valentine.",
"He didn't seem to fit in to the storyline very well, since it was about old Chicago (white) gangsters.",
"The scenes between Danny and his father were interesting where Danny was shaved with a straight razor by his Dad in order to make him \"look sharp\" - and dress sharp and drive a sharp car \"'cuz that way they will respect ya\".",
"The ending was set up to redeem Charlie and have him save his son's life.",
"Hence a sequel about Danny Valentine next?",
"There was way too much emphasis on violence - car chases, gun play, beating up people, etc.",
"That was pretty boring.Weatherly is a great talent (see NCIS) but was wasted in this flick."
] |
3 | it was alright | CORPSES ARE FOREVER wasn't so disastrously bad as everybody says it is. So what if our obviously faked kung fu hero doesn't look like fit enough to be doing those spinkicks? The plot starts out as a sort of film-noir David Lynch-esque style film meets cheesy zombie fare. Sure, it eventually falls down into muddled stupidity, but whatever it does that so near the end of the film that it doesn't absolutely kill it all and make you angry.There's no major zombie action, they're more of a setpiece to spinkick, but the story itself is a nice little mystery which as ridiculous as it gets is still okay.If you're used to movies having higher budgets or being more tongue-in-cheek to hide its flaws, then you won't like this movie. But if you're used to the lowest of the low, you'll realize this one isn't so bad really, especially in comparison with a lot of other movies out there.It's no classic in any way, but I still enjoyed seeing it, and that's all I really need in a movie. | 981 | [
"CORPSES ARE FOREVER wasn't so disastrously bad as everybody says it is.",
"So what if our obviously faked kung fu hero doesn't look like fit enough to be doing those spinkicks?",
"The plot starts out as a sort of film-noir David Lynch-esque style film meets cheesy zombie fare.",
"Sure, it eventually falls down into muddled stupidity, but whatever it does that so near the end of the film that it doesn't absolutely kill it all and make you angry.There's no major zombie action, they're more of a setpiece to spinkick, but the story itself is a nice little mystery which as ridiculous as it gets is still okay.If you're used to movies having higher budgets or being more tongue-in-cheek to hide its flaws, then you won't like this movie.",
"But if you're used to the lowest of the low, you'll realize this one isn't so bad really, especially in comparison with a lot of other movies out there.It's no classic in any way, but I still enjoyed seeing it, and that's all I really need in a movie."
] |
3 | OK - not essential | Down By Law & Pseudo Heroes. What these 2 bands share in common (besides that catchy poppy punk (but not "pop punk") sound) is Sam Williams, III - who plays guitar for Down By Law (and, other than leader Dave Smalley, is the longest-standing member of that band), and vocals & guitar (and bandleader) for Pseudo Heroes.The first 5 songs comprise the debut release for Pseudo Heroes - and their stuff on here definitely outshines the DBL stuff. I almost feel that DBL is only on here to sell the records so that people can hear the Pseudo Heroes stuff. The 5 songs from Pseudo Heroes are definitely DBL-influenced, so fans of DBL should definitely pick this up to see what Sam is doing in his spare time. My favorite song on here by them is definitely "Fickle Fate".The 5 DBL songs here are really for DBL diehards only. The songs are simply cover songs, recorded live on a European tour. Nothing special....DBL writes such good songs, I would rather have had 5 new songs than this. | 981 | [
"Down By Law & Pseudo Heroes.",
"What these 2 bands share in common (besides that catchy poppy punk (but not \"pop punk\") sound) is Sam Williams, III - who plays guitar for Down By Law (and, other than leader Dave Smalley, is the longest-standing member of that band), and vocals & guitar (and bandleader) for Pseudo Heroes.The first 5 songs comprise the debut release for Pseudo Heroes - and their stuff on here definitely outshines the DBL stuff.",
"I almost feel that DBL is only on here to sell the records so that people can hear the Pseudo Heroes stuff.",
"The 5 songs from Pseudo Heroes are definitely DBL-influenced, so fans of DBL should definitely pick this up to see what Sam is doing in his spare time.",
"My favorite song on here by them is definitely \"Fickle Fate\".The 5 DBL songs here are really for DBL diehards only.",
"The songs are simply cover songs, recorded live on a European tour.",
"Nothing special....DBL writes such good songs, I would rather have had 5 new songs than this."
] |
3 | Tries to please everyone | One of the neat things about the holiday of Halloween is that it is so versatile. Where Christmas has a very straightforward story (Santa or Jesus, take your pick), Halloween can be many things. Some people see it as a sort of Mardi Gras atmosphere, where any kind of costumed theme is suitable. Others see it as a dark holiday, only suited gothic castles, zombies, and monsters. Still others celebrate it in the style of gory slasher movies, complete with deranged serial killers and buckets of blood. And then there is the non-scary childrens Halloween, where the ghosts are cute and jack-o-lanterns all have goofy grins.This CD covers all these aspects of Halloween, which virtually garantees that no one will like every song. However, I would suggest that you pick and choose the tracks you like from the CD, as part of your overall Halloween soundtrack. You will probably find at least several tracks you like. And of you like Mannheim Steamroller, you will like most of them. | 981 | [
"One of the neat things about the holiday of Halloween is that it is so versatile.",
"Where Christmas has a very straightforward story (Santa or Jesus, take your pick), Halloween can be many things.",
"Some people see it as a sort of Mardi Gras atmosphere, where any kind of costumed theme is suitable.",
"Others see it as a dark holiday, only suited gothic castles, zombies, and monsters.",
"Still others celebrate it in the style of gory slasher movies, complete with deranged serial killers and buckets of blood.",
"And then there is the non-scary childrens Halloween, where the ghosts are cute and jack-o-lanterns all have goofy grins.This CD covers all these aspects of Halloween, which virtually garantees that no one will like every song.",
"However, I would suggest that you pick and choose the tracks you like from the CD, as part of your overall Halloween soundtrack.",
"You will probably find at least several tracks you like.",
"And of you like Mannheim Steamroller, you will like most of them."
] |
3 | So far, not so good | I have only seen disk 1 so far, but I can't exactly say I like what I see. Sure, there's lots of fan-service. Sure it's got some funny points. But the plot! I haven't enjoyed watching a giant mech show since I watched Voltron 20 years ago (ok that's dating me) and I was the target audience when I watched that; 7 year of boys. This show has all the cheesy things that I hate about the genre; combining robots, cheesy phrases, the main character calling out the name of each attack. Now, if you strip out the 5 minutes that they actually get into the Gravion, then you got a pretty good show. They didn't botch the American voice acting either. Only problem; I've never seen Gravion and this is Gravion Zwei (or 2 in German). So there is a lot I think I am missing as far as plot is concerned. Now, all things considered, was it worth the $25 I paid in the store? Yeah, it probably was. But I wouldn't want to force anyone this that has already gone through puberty to sit through. | 981 | [
"I have only seen disk 1 so far, but I can't exactly say I like what I see.",
"Sure, there's lots of fan-service.",
"Sure it's got some funny points.",
"But the plot!",
"I haven't enjoyed watching a giant mech show since I watched Voltron 20 years ago (ok that's dating me) and I was the target audience when I watched that; 7 year of boys.",
"This show has all the cheesy things that I hate about the genre; combining robots, cheesy phrases, the main character calling out the name of each attack.",
"Now, if you strip out the 5 minutes that they actually get into the Gravion, then you got a pretty good show.",
"They didn't botch the American voice acting either.",
"Only problem; I've never seen Gravion and this is Gravion Zwei (or 2 in German).",
"So there is a lot I think I am missing as far as plot is concerned.",
"Now, all things considered, was it worth the $25 I paid in the store?",
"Yeah, it probably was.",
"But I wouldn't want to force anyone this that has already gone through puberty to sit through."
] |
3 | impersonal and repetitive | I would say that Hope in Hell is a good read and an interesting book but I have to say that the style is very impersonal, very repetitive, very introductory and does not do justice to the many MSF volunteers who were interviewed for the book.It is impersonal because there is little more than a name and perhaps the country of origin given as the stories of volunteers are told. I read this book right after reading the Fast Food Nation in which the writer describes his interview subjects in a manner that enables the reader to have a mental picutre and develop a deep relationship with them.Hope in Hell reads as an introductory piece of writting. Half way through the book I still thought I was reading the introductory chapter.The sotries in this book were tragic and could've and should've been written in a heart wrenching style but the writer failed to write it so.I would recommend it as a book to skim through but not a book worth purchasing and adding to your collection. | 981 | [
"I would say that Hope in Hell is a good read and an interesting book but I have to say that the style is very impersonal, very repetitive, very introductory and does not do justice to the many MSF volunteers who were interviewed for the book.It is impersonal because there is little more than a name and perhaps the country of origin given as the stories of volunteers are told.",
"I read this book right after reading the Fast Food Nation in which the writer describes his interview subjects in a manner that enables the reader to have a mental picutre and develop a deep relationship with them.Hope in Hell reads as an introductory piece of writting.",
"Half way through the book I still thought I was reading the introductory chapter.The sotries in this book were tragic and could've and should've been written in a heart wrenching style but the writer failed to write it so.I would recommend it as a book to skim through but not a book worth purchasing and adding to your collection."
] |
3 | Solid Meter | Pros: The meter does what it's designed to do. Can't count how many times I've dropped this thing and it still works as good as the day I bought it. Pretty rugged casing. Big digital display. I like the little pop-out stand.Cons: Seems that it's a little susceptible to skewed readings if you're moving compared to some other meters that do the same thing. And as a paranormal investigator, I am often on the move while taking readings. Wish this thing had a faster sample rate, as it's only 1 update per second. No back-light is a downer.Overall, this was the first EMF meter I bought, and I still use it on all my paranormal investigations. It's a solid meter, just as the title states. The only downers are simply due to it being a basic, one-use meter. If you're in the need for an average priced EMF meter that's going to stand up to some abuse, I'd recommend this one. However, if you have a slightly larger budget, you might look into some other options with nicer features. | 981 | [
"Pros: The meter does what it's designed to do.",
"Can't count how many times I've dropped this thing and it still works as good as the day I bought it.",
"Pretty rugged casing.",
"Big digital display.",
"I like the little pop-out stand.Cons: Seems that it's a little susceptible to skewed readings if you're moving compared to some other meters that do the same thing.",
"And as a paranormal investigator, I am often on the move while taking readings.",
"Wish this thing had a faster sample rate, as it's only 1 update per second.",
"No back-light is a downer.Overall, this was the first EMF meter I bought, and I still use it on all my paranormal investigations.",
"It's a solid meter, just as the title states.",
"The only downers are simply due to it being a basic, one-use meter.",
"If you're in the need for an average priced EMF meter that's going to stand up to some abuse, I'd recommend this one.",
"However, if you have a slightly larger budget, you might look into some other options with nicer features."
] |
3 | More Like Publisher's Call | I got the impression that Mr. Riker has a committment to the publisher for "X" amount of books and this one was just a filler until he could write something else. As much as I admire what the SEALS did in Vietnam, enough already, this is getting repetitive. I'm sure that the SEAL teams have been involved in other actions since Vietnam, and I believe that now is the time to start to write about them.As far as the whole Tangretti/Richardson/Veronica thing, enough already! If I wanted to read a soap opera or bodic ripper, I would. I also find myself tired of the whole Steve Tangretti mental gymnastics that are used to "justify" his various daliances throughout the series. If I want to read about this sort of thing I'm sure there are several books available in the marraige section of Amazon. Stick to the main story, leave out the breast beating already.I await the next book in the series, if it looks to be more of the same, then so much for Mr. Riker and the SEAL series. | 981 | [
"I got the impression that Mr.",
"Riker has a committment to the publisher for \"X\" amount of books and this one was just a filler until he could write something else.",
"As much as I admire what the SEALS did in Vietnam, enough already, this is getting repetitive.",
"I'm sure that the SEAL teams have been involved in other actions since Vietnam, and I believe that now is the time to start to write about them.As far as the whole Tangretti/Richardson/Veronica thing, enough already!",
"If I wanted to read a soap opera or bodic ripper, I would.",
"I also find myself tired of the whole Steve Tangretti mental gymnastics that are used to \"justify\" his various daliances throughout the series.",
"If I want to read about this sort of thing I'm sure there are several books available in the marraige section of Amazon.",
"Stick to the main story, leave out the breast beating already.I await the next book in the series, if it looks to be more of the same, then so much for Mr.",
"Riker and the SEAL series."
] |
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