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Word! This shizzit be thuggin some PIMP 4-11, mofos!, November 29, 2003
Reviewer: Matt Atkinson from Oklahoma City, OK United States
Yo, G. "The Meaning of Everything" busts CAPS in the minds of those whack-a$$ pseudo-intellectuals whose bibliophilic sets be worth nothin' more than a spray tag on Draper's Corner Market in the crack ghetto. Me and my bizzitches be readin' out loud in 'tween the down-lows. Them ho's don't know junk about OG Winchester's MAD skills--they be spitting whack-a$$ lunacy about how the OED was started with "A." Man, any crip fool be knowin' they pimp-walked all the way to the "M"'s befo' stabling 450,000 words like fine ho's. Compare that to old-skool dictinary stylin' with only 40k small grand words, brother. Got to give peace and props to the O.G.'s in the Dictionary set, but Winchester's OED analysis sways the barrio with a whole new sound.

Homeboys in my hood be knockin' crack houses for bling-bling to buy this book. We be thuggin on corners and smacking our mommas just to sneak peeks at this phat lyric ISBN. Winchester be throwin' down like C-Murder in a cell, word! I pour 40's for my lost homies and bring home new words for my babies' mommas; they cheese for that cheddar like bibliophilic crack ho's.

I found Winchester's comparisons to Webster's whack-azz O.G. compilatin' to be MAD dogging. Simon's footnotes alone bust a cap on whack-minded fools like W.C. Minor (he a cracked-out skank anyway). This book be on hit, yo. Good to finally see a brother from the real inner concrete Oxfordshire 'hood representin' our set and turf with flow and finesse.

Keep it real, homies. RIP Tupac, and mad props to Simon Winchester. This cat's got it going ON, no diggity.

Catty (Catty), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 13:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't we just have a thread about this kind of thing?

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

seven months pass...
“Great but flawed - needs some editing. Few books try to answer all the big questions - the origin of the universe, the meaning of life, how one should act, forecast the future and also try to present a history of the Jewish people. However, the author(s) should have focused on a smaller number of main characters and should have tried to come up with a better ending. The middle portion of the book had some nice action and sexual scenes. There was too much legal detail in some of the chapters. With some editing (like in The Princess Bride), it could become a major work of fantasy.”

- Amazon review of the Bible

Girolamo Savonarola, Thursday, 29 July 2004 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)

***** Gripping Read!

The Bible, latest work to spring forth from the pen of award-winning author God, is a rollicking, non-stop, action-adventure which ends with a thrilling conclusion and a hearty "Amen".

This is God's best novel to date, incorporating elements of both Mesopatamian Myth and his earlier blockbuster, The Torah. Fans of the Torah will find the second half of this book a radical departure from God's normal writing style; for example, the story is much less centered around smiting and not eating pork.

The middle section tends to drap of this book, and the author, faultless in his reasearch, often lingers too long on lines of a "Zebbub begat Nebur" vein. However this is soon forgotten, and fans of action will truly enjoy the unpredictable stories between David and Goliath, Job and the Biting Flies, and Jonah and the Whale.

Although it can sometimes come off as a bit preachy, the Bible is a true semi-autobiographical masterpiece by the reclusive God, age 53 (to the infinte power), who resides lately in Indiana. One certainly hopes to hear more of this promising young writer in the days to come.

Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 29 July 2004 00:19 (twenty-one years ago)

three years pass...

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Sex Machine? What Would Jesus Think....., Oct 7 2003 By Dennis J. O'Boyle (Milwaukee, WI USA) - See all my reviews

The sexual lyrics and voodoo rhythm of James Brown's "Sex Machine" illustrate only one small aspect of how the United States has earned the well-deserved title of "The Great Satan".

Brown croons, "Get up, get on up, like a sex machine!"
His freedom of expression is a God-given right but with any right goes the equally important but rarely expressed specter of having a God-oriented RESPONSIBILITY to choose wisely in thought, word and deed. Woe to any who cause others to stumble.

Now, let's get this straight, is James Brown's singing about a "sex machine" the result of the Gospel upbringing that he had, or more of an influence from the "free love" era of the 1960s and Brown's own fleshly lusts and pride working in conjunction with the record-buying public's vices?

My friend, I assure you, freedom isn't free and never has been. To believe that the '60s and '70s brought in "free" love or anything better than camel spit is a lie straight out of the fire and brimstone pits of eternally burning Hell. Leftist liberals in politics, education, media and entertainment have long assaulted godly values. In their evil efforts to usher in the New World Order ("Novus Ordo Seclorum", see the back of any U.S. dollar bill), the liberals have trampled on the rights we all have for pure, clean, decency.

"Sex Machine" is a profound illustration of how Satan through his liberal henchmen attempts to enslave us to sin, diverting us from the truth and what is truly important while brainwashing us into a self-focus through diverse means of propaganda.

Examine the nine planks of the Humanist Manifesto, or the ten planks of Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto and see if these liberal precepts seem to be "present" in our society and government today. Notice how, over your lifetime, a socio-cultural sexual focus has been prevalent and increasing daily, courtesy of the leftists in politics, education, the media and entertainment.

John Dewey, father of modern education, in 1933 co-authored the Humanist Manifesto. It confidently asserts:
1. Man evolved by chance
2. Man created god
3. Man is his own authority
4. There are no absolutes (was he absolutely sure?)
5. All men should be exposed to diverse "realistic" viewpoints -including profanity, immorality and perversion
6. ALL forms of sexual expression are acceptable
7. Government must own or control of the entire economy
8. Global citizenship must replace self-determination and nationalism
9. There is no existence beyond the grave - no heaven or hell

Respective of how James Brown's "Sex Machine" plays into this vast left-wing conspiracy, Hilary, look at the fifth and sixth planks:
5. All men should be exposed to diverse "realistic" viewpoints -including profanity, immorality and perversion
6. ALL forms of sexual expression are acceptable

Do you see how these and the others have been brought to fruition through the type of manipulation practiced by the leftists in politics, education, media and entertainment? It is crystal clear and obvious.

Now, let's look at:
The Ten Planks of Communism
1. Abolition of private property
2. Heavy, progressive income tax
3. Abolition of rights of inheritance (e.g., a 51% inheritance tax)
4. Confiscation of property rights
5. Central bank
6. Government ownership of communication and transportation
7. Government ownership of factories and agriculture
8. Government control of labor
9. Corporate farms, regional planning
10. Government control of education

Through the demonic actions of the immoral evildoers and infidels in politics, who have been operating for a long time now beyond their Constitutional charter and also creating laws that they exempt themselves from while We, The People remain silent as lambs, we have become a nation adrift, lacking any moral mooring point.

Through the un-Constitutional yet nonetheless expensive failure of our national public school education system, dumbing everyone down and creating generations of unthinking automatons, puppets of the government, we have been duped, manipulated and brought to the brink of destruction. Imagine, a nation with the motto of In God We Trust going about throwing God and prayer out of the schools. Woe to you who turn your back on God and say that He does not exist. Woe to you.

Through the wiles of the immoral media, from books in print to newspapers, billboards, t.v., radio and more, we have been carefully fed a skewed, specially selected, pantheistic/atheistic viewpoint that is meant to take us away from God and throw us into our personal desires, making the self the ultimate idol of all time.

Through the entertainment industry churning out ever more horrific scenes of sex, violence and immorality, we have been turned into blind, ravening wolves howling for more of the evil that rots our souls from the inside out. What better example than that of the lyrics of James Brown's "Sex Machine".

Through these and more, we have all been denigrated, brainwashed by filth, marching to the Pied Piper of our own fleshly pride and lusts, heading toward The New World Order. We are being led like sheep to the slaughter.

Indeed, it is time to get up, get on up!
But not like a sex machine. For, we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against powers, principalities, and those in high places. We must return to our Godly roots, first by repenting from our sins, getting on our knees before the Lord Jesus Christ and asking His forgiveness. Then, powered by the Holy Spirit, we must rise, we must get on up, to serve our God.
May God bless you and through you, may God richly bless America.

(Also: See my other reviews: "Where The Boys Are" and "Sabrina")

abanana, Monday, 24 September 2007 19:33 (eighteen years ago)

lawlz

Just got offed, Monday, 24 September 2007 20:25 (eighteen years ago)

That is breathtaking.

HI DERE, Monday, 24 September 2007 20:26 (eighteen years ago)

"smacking our mommas just to sneak peeks at this phat lyric ISBN"

sunny successor, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 19:18 (eighteen years ago)

It's funny because it sounds like something a rapper would say

DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 19:37 (eighteen years ago)

wow. you're right.

sunny successor, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 19:38 (eighteen years ago)

four months pass...

Synopsis
TV's first Asian comedy, Goodness Gracious Me, amassed appeal across the audience spectrum. Beginning on BBC radio, together with Alan Partridge's inspired Knowing Me, Knowing You and the blacky comic League of Gentlemen, it showed that radio was still a fertile comedy breeding ground.

Noodle Vague, Friday, 8 February 2008 14:25 (eighteen years ago)

A review for this dress:
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars item, February 18, 2008
By The Deflowered Vestal Virgins Seeking Revenge... (Hellespont) - See all my reviews

In the case of f*tish-flirtation, there's no more glaring transgression than the section on body painting where an*rexic, fretfully skinny models Jessica Gomes, Quiana Grant, Marisa Miller, and Tori Prayer get swimsuits painted on by obviously screwed-up "artists," who are sexually frustrated that painting women's bodies is the closest they can get to actual sex!!!!

Abbott, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 00:13 (seventeen years ago)

five months pass...

i was just searching for LFO stuff (the warp band not the stupid boy band) and found this rather funny review of the boy band LFO biography book.

"I am a huge LFO fan and i have bought LFOs backstage pass, which i thought was good. This is a good book but its more for someone whos in to reading rather than just looking at pictures."

Ste, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 10:39 (seventeen years ago)

LFO vs. LFO

Jarlrmai, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 11:50 (seventeen years ago)

Indeed, it is time to get up, get on up!
But not like a sex machine.

this is fucking genius

J0hn D., Tuesday, 5 August 2008 13:46 (seventeen years ago)

its something i can loling imagine alan partridge saying.

Ste, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 13:49 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

Oh boy, here's a hidden gem for you guys:

2 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
Techno-Trash, May 2, 2000
By A Customer
This is one of the most irritating pieces of techno-trash I've ever heard. I made the mistake of reading reviews of obviously tone deaf people who are in love with the Human League before ordering this CD. I wanted their hit song "Don't You Want Me." That is the only decent song on the CD. I don't know how anyone in their right mind could stomach listening to the rest of the CD in one sitting. All of the songs sound alike and they become extremely irritating after a while and could make one agitated just by listening to the constant techno-synthesizers (no other instruments on this album, just synthesizers) and meaningless lyrics. It's monotony! These people are also obviously athiests, as well. One track has a lyric which reads, paraphrased and in part, "I know there is no Lord above..." He makes a reference to believing in love and in "you and me" but not believing there is a God. What delightful lyrics, huh? What a piece of trash! Save your money! Don't buy this ridiculous, outdated garbage.
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ilxor, Friday, 26 September 2008 13:40 (seventeen years ago)

oh please lol what did the 1 comment say?

Ste, Friday, 26 September 2008 14:22 (seventeen years ago)

M. R. Greenhead says:
It is a shame you don't like it, but many people do. Love Action monotonous? Er no. Spending the equivalent of 3 GB pounds is the same as a big mac meal, so just give it a try.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 26 September 2008 14:45 (seventeen years ago)

james brown post yoga flame for all days

J4gger Dynamic Pentangle (Just got offed), Friday, 26 September 2008 14:52 (seventeen years ago)

These people are also obviously athiests

BIG time lol here

Ste, Friday, 26 September 2008 14:53 (seventeen years ago)

three months pass...

This is amazing:

http://i40.tinypic.com/15wlz0n.jpg

zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Saturday, 24 January 2009 15:50 (seventeen years ago)

LOL! Who were the 21 assholes who did not recommend that review?!?!

youcangoyourownway, Saturday, 24 January 2009 16:51 (seventeen years ago)

Friends of Marcus, evidently!

I wonder if all copies of The Secret come with a toothbrush shiv? No wonder it's such a big seller!

http://philaletheia.thetruthtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/oprah.jpg

the maximum value that ZS obtains given its constraint is 8 (Z S), Saturday, 24 January 2009 17:17 (seventeen years ago)

Review was pulled by anti-fun Amazon mods.

May as well vote Nazi and have done with it.

zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Saturday, 24 January 2009 17:23 (seventeen years ago)

seven months pass...

one-star review of nuggets box

it said on the box that it was original punk rock...this is not punk it sounds like stuff my dad like. i know alot about punk and it wasn't in the 60's... it happened a few years ago when green day came out don't be fooled if you want to here real good punk, by the new blink 182 take off your pants and jacket cd or the mark tom and travis show cd by blink it really good and much better than this...

moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 00:34 (sixteen years ago)

punk . . . happened a few years ago when green day came out . . . if you want to here real good punk, by the new blink 182

Words fail.

Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 8 September 2009 00:38 (sixteen years ago)

lollll

harbl, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 00:40 (sixteen years ago)

that's so stupid it has to be real.

The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 01:00 (sixteen years ago)

DONT BE FOOLED BY THE STICKER ON THE BOX, ITS NOT PUNK!

James Mitchell, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 07:41 (sixteen years ago)

The huffy comments underneath are a spicy bonus as well

I am actually quite consumed with hatred. People like you give our generation a bad name (I'm fairly young and you seem to be to). Green Day isn't even punk, Blink 182 isn't even music. Have you heard of the Clash, or the Velvet Underground? VU invented more genres then you probably have heard of. Calling Green Day punk... ugh.

fingerNAGLs (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 09:07 (sixteen years ago)

Awesomeness.

Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 09:25 (sixteen years ago)

A strange game.

The only winning move is not to play.

ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 09:27 (sixteen years ago)

Only 12 people responded to that customer review, but everyone who did went out and listened to Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 16:31 (sixteen years ago)

Read that too fast and it's like the twelve people who responded got naked.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 16:33 (sixteen years ago)

Winner:

http://imagevat.com/uploads/982009/567838981.jpg

James Mitchell, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 07:44 (sixteen years ago)

I couldn't see this creepshow when it was first released. Being scared and sheltered in my early ears, i wasn't too fond of scary movies.

For some reason during my first pregnancy I couldn't get enough of scary movies and happened to catch this on cable. I was disgusted, shocked and oddly aroused at how creepy the stories became. I enjoyed myself immensely.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 11 September 2009 18:13 (sixteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

"Ultimate Muscle is filled with humor, many of it toilet related. One of the biggest running gags is Montaro's tendancy to wet himself when he gets scared! The wrestling itself is downright wacky as the wrestlers are able to pull off moves that are downright impossible in reality."

Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:22 (sixteen years ago)

This is crazy long, but it's LOL. Anne Rice had a major meltdown on Amazon in 2004 after everyone said her new book was a stinking turd.

this is what she wrote:

"Reviewer: Anne Obrien Rice (New Orleans, LA United States) - See all my reviews

Seldom do I really answer those who criticize my work. In fact, the entire development of my career has been fueled by my ability to ignore denigrating and trivializing criticism as I realize my dreams and my goals. However there is something compelling about Amazon's willingness to publish just about anything, and the sheer outrageous stupidity of many things you've said here that actually touches my proletarian and Democratic soul. Also I use and enjoy Amazon and I do read the reviews of other people's books in many fields. In sum, I believe in what happens here. And so, I speak. First off, let me say that this is addressed only to some of you, who have posted outrageously negative comments here, and not to all. You are interrogating this text from the wrong perspective. Indeed, you aren't even reading it. You are projecting your own limitations on it. And you are giving a whole new meaning to the words "wide readership." And you have strained my Dickensean principles to the max. I'm justifiably proud of being read by intellectual giants and waitresses in trailer parks,in fact, I love it, but who in the world are you? Now to the book. Allow me to point out: nowhere in this text are you told that this is the last of the chronicles, nowhere are you promised curtain calls or a finale, nowhere are you told there will be a wrap-up of all the earlier material. The text tells you exactly what to expect. And it warns you specifically that if you did not enjoy Memnoch the Devil, you may not enjoy this book. This book is by and about a hero whom many of you have already rejected. And he tells you that you are likely to reject him again. And this book is most certainly written -- every word of it -- by me. If and when I can't write a book on my own, you'll know about it. And no, I have no intention of allowing any editor ever to distort, cut, or otherwise mutilate sentences that I have edited and re-edited, and organized and polished myself. I fought a great battle to achieve a status where I did not have to put up with editors making demands on me, and I will never relinquish that status. For me, novel writing is a virtuoso performance. It is not a collaborative art. Back to the novel itself: the character who tells the tale is my Lestat. I was with him more closely than I have ever been in this novel; his voice was as powerful for me as I've ever heard it. I experienced break through after break through as I walked with him, moved with him, saw through his eyes. What I ask of Lestat, Lestat unfailingly gives. For me, three hunting scenes, two which take place in hotels -- the lone woman waiting for the hit man, the slaughter at the pimp's party -- and the late night foray into the slums --stand with any similar scenes in all of the chronicles. They can be read aloud without a single hitch. Every word is in perfect place. The short chapter in which Lestat describes his love for Rowan Mayfair was for me a totally realized poem. There are other such scenes in this book. You don't get all this? Fine. But I experienced an intimacy with the character in those scenes that shattered all prior restraints, and when one is writing one does have to continuously and courageously fight a destructive tendency to inhibition and restraint. Getting really close to the subject matter is the achievement of only great art. Now, if it doesn't appeal to you, fine. You don't enjoy it? Read somebody else. But your stupid arrogant assumptions about me and what I am doing are slander. And you have used this site as if it were a public urinal to publish falsehood and lies. I'll never challenge your democratic freedom to do so, and yes, I'm answering you, but for what it's worth, be assured of the utter contempt I feel for you, especially those of you who post anonymously (and perhaps repeatedly?) and how glad I am that this book is the last one in a series that has invited your hateful and ugly responses. Now, to return to the narrative in question: Lestat's wanting to be a saint is a vision larded through and through with his characteristic vanity. It connects perfectly with his earlier ambitions to be an actor in Paris, a rock star in the modern age. If you can't see that, you aren't reading my work. In his conversation with the Pope he makes observations on the times which are in continuity with his observations on the late twentieth century in The Vampire Lestat, and in continuity with Marius' observations in that book and later in Queen of the Damned. The state of the world has always been an important theme in the chronicles. Lestat's comments matter. Every word he speaks is part of the achievement of this book. That Lestat renounced this saintly ambition within a matter of pages is plain enough for you to see. That he reverts to his old self is obvious, and that he intends to complete the tale of Blackwood Farm is also quite clear. There are many other themes and patterns in this work that I might mention -- the interplay between St.Juan Diago and Lestat, the invisible creature who doesn't "exist" in the eyes of the world is a case in point. There is also the theme of the snare of Blackwood Farm, the place where a human existence becomes so beguiling that Lestat relinquishes his power as if to a spell. The entire relationship between Lestat and Uncle Julien is carefully worked out. But I leave it to readers to discover how this complex and intricate novel establishes itself within a unique, if not unrivalled series of book. There are things to be said. And there is pleasure to be had. And readers will say wonderful things about Blood Canticle and they already are. There are readers out there and plenty of them who cherish the individuality of each of the chronicles which you so flippantly condemn. They can and do talk circles around you. And I am warmed by their response. Their letters, the papers they write in school, our face to face exchanges on the road -- these things sustain me when I read the utter trash that you post. But I feel I have said enough. If this reaches one reader who is curious about my work and shocked by the ugly reviews here, I've served my goals. And Yo, you dude, the slang police! Lestat talks like I do. He always has and he always will. You really wouldn't much like being around either one of us. And you don't have to be. If any of you want to say anything about all this by all means Email me at Ann3obri3nric3.... And if you want your money back for the book, send it to [she posted her actual address]. I'm not a coward about my real name or where I live. And yes, the Chronicles are no more! Thank God! "

VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 22:00 (sixteen years ago)

lol at 'my proletarian and Democratic soul'

VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 22:00 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, that was a classic. I remember looking for it a while back, couldn't find it. Glad it hasn't totally gone off the net. Thanks!

challop of ghouls (CharlieS), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 03:41 (sixteen years ago)

But I guess I kinda feel bad for her. I wouldn't take bad reviews well if I got reviewed.

challop of ghouls (CharlieS), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 03:43 (sixteen years ago)

Apparentl she took down her review, which is why it took forever to find the damn thing...but some kind souls were benevolent enough to bump her original text in their own review, and so it's still there in a couple of places.

Hilariously, Anne added the following comment to the most recent bump (she just doesn't know when to stop):

" Posted on Feb 11, 2008 7:29 PM PST
Anne Rice says:
My response above should be taken down. It's been posted here under some one else's name. I took the post down myself some time ago, but I can't remove this copy because some one else has posted it. The text is obsolete. Amazon years ago removed the abusive and inappropriate "reviews" that prompted my response. As a consequence it is now completely out of context. To repeat, whoever put this up should remove it. --- FYI, email response to my comments was overwhelmingly positive and has been over the years. Every now and then there is a nasty email, usually from some one apparently very young who is still obsessed with this situation. But really, the matter ought to be closed. To repeat, Amazon long ago removed the attacks that prompted the comments. --- Whatever your thoughts, keep this in mind. Amazon will be as good as you make it. If you post foolishness on this site, if you "flame" because you're disappointed that you cannot write fanfiction, if you deliberately insult authors or belittle them for personal reasons or undisclosed reasons, Amazon will continue to be ineffective as a site for reviewing books. Amazon can be something very constructive and very worthwhile. But you have to support the quality yourself. As long as you post drivel, you will continue to erode the effectiveness of Amazon as a forum. Thank you for your many comments. Again, the above post is not under my name and should be removed. Anne Rice, Rancho Mirage, California."

VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 05:24 (sixteen years ago)

ANNE SEZ: POST NO MORE FOOLISHNESS IN YOUR AMAZON REVIEWS. STOP IT THIS INSTANT.

VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 05:25 (sixteen years ago)

also LOL at 'effectiveness of Amazon as a forum'. psst, no-one show her youtube or she'll flip her wig.

VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 05:26 (sixteen years ago)

haha yeah, I was just about to copy-paste that "As long as you post drivel..."line!

challop of ghouls (CharlieS), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 05:27 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3TZAFH01EZGSR/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm

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4.0 out of 5 stars

A much appreciated improvement over the standard method., September 14, 2009
By SCF "Software Developer"

Until I discovered this tool, I had to pound my meat by hand. When preparing your meat for a party, this easily leads to callouses. Thankfully, with the Norpro Meat Pounder, I can pound my meat all I want without undesired difficulties of the old school method. Ladies or those with small hands or arms may also appreciate the added weight and leverage this gives to increase the capacity of their meat pounding (not to mention, clean-up could not be easier).

I'm not sure if there is an automated solution available, but until I find an automated meat pounder, this simple product will definitely take care of all my pounding needs.

If you do a lot of meat pounding by hand, I would recommend the Norpro Meat Pounder without hesitation.

This would also make a great gift.

kingfish, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 05:29 (sixteen years ago)

LOL

Bring forth your drivel, drivellers! Bring on thine foolishness!!

VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 05:30 (sixteen years ago)

Wow, where has this thread been all my life?

Goethe*s Elective Affinities, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 05:35 (sixteen years ago)

four months pass...

Cloverfield [Blu-ray]
DVD ~ Mike Vogel
Price: $17.49

Availability: In Stock
49 used & new from $11.46


0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
The camera guy, November 10, 2009
my reviews is always short cuz i dont want it to be boring while reading it and cuz of my poor English.

first of all this movie would be a lot better if it is just viewed or let me say if we watch it just like

the other movies .. the standard camera p; .. not the camera guy :) .. so u can not see it clear

u miss something some times cuz of this Camera .

sounds are great in this movie ,, thanks for reading.

Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 07:41 (fifteen years ago)

Friday the 13th Uncut [Blu-ray]
DVD ~ Betsy Palmer
Price: $17.49

Availability: Usually ships in 11 to 14 days
35 used & new from $10.50


0 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
old movie, July 7, 2009
i didnt check this was old movie lol
i bought it fast fast... then i shocked
bad movie

Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 07:45 (fifteen years ago)

two months pass...

2 of 83 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars the standard test, May 14, 2010
By A. Apter "caro fan"
This review is from: Living in the End Times (Hardcover)
Whenever I come across one of these kinds of books from a European/Slavic philosopher I always perform what I call the "Israel Test." This test tells me whether or not the author is sane. Failing the test, the author can be counted on as either a lunatic with something of interest to say, or just another spiteful blowhard. At any rate, I performed the Israel Test on Living in the End Times and this is what I found. The author believes that the founding of Israel was a crime (his word) and that the Israelis believed they were engaged in a crime. Here you will find many such nuggets tucked and squirrelled away, as the author casually presents them. Personally, as a philosopher myself, I have little truck with such idiots.

Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 20:10 (fifteen years ago)

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
THE T.A.M.I. SHOW COLLECTORS EDITION, April 24, 2010
By H. Kent Pellegrino - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: The T.A.M.I. Show Collector's Edition (DVD)
DO NOT BUY! IT DOES NOT CHANGE TRACKS. TO MUCH HASSEL TO SEND BACK. KENT

by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 09:59 (fifteen years ago)

By Shirley M. Cooper - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)

I KNOW MR.BILL BEENY FROM ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1952 WHEN HE WAS A MINISTER ON RADIO AND MY MOTHER LISTEN TO HIM ALL THE TIME. MR.BILL BEENY HAD A CONTEST ON THE BIBLE AND MY MOTHER ENTERED THE CONTEST AND WON FIRST PRIZE WHICH WAS A SMALL HOLY BIBLE, A SCOFIELD REFERENCE EDITION. THE YEAR 1952 IN CHESTERFIELD MISSOURI WHERE WE LIVED AT THAT TIME AND I WAS THE ONE TO GIVE IT TO HER FROM THE MAILBOX. SHE WAS SO HAPPY THAT SHE HAD WON IT. THEN MOTHER AND DAD MOVED TO FORISTELL MISSOURI IN 1977 AND FOUND MR.BILL BEENY SELLING REAL ESTATE IN WRIGHT CITY MISSOURI AND THAN OPENING A BAR IN FORISTELL MISSOURI WHICH REALLY HURT MY MOTHER WHO WAS A BORNED AGAIN CHRISTIAN. HE HAD RESTAURANT WITH OLD PINK CADILAC PARK IN FRONT, AND AN ELVIS MUSEUM IN WRIGHT CITY MISSOURI ALSO. MY BROTHER-IN-LAW RAY FEGER AND HIS WIFE VELMA WEST VISITED HIS BAR IN FORISTELL ALOT. MY MOTHER WAS BORNED IN RULESVILLE MISSISSIPPI AND THAN RAISED JUST 10 MILES FROM WHERE ELVIS'S WAS BORNED. KNOWING ALL THIS AND WHAT GOD GAVE TO ME IN OCTOBER OF 1977 I JUST HAD TO BUY MR.BILL BEENY'S BOOK AND READ IT, AND READ I DID. IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT IF ELVIS IS DEAD, READ THE BOOK CALLED, "TOUCH BY TWO KINGS" BY RICK STANLEY ELVIS'S BROTHER AND YOU WILL KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT HOW GOD WORKS AND THAT ELVIS IS DEAD AND GOD KNOWS ELVIS IS AND SO DO I BY SOMETHING GOD GAVE TO ME IN OCTOBER OF 1977. I AM 69 AND I STILL LIVE IN FORISTELL, MISSOURI. MOM AND DAD HAVE GONE TO HEAVEN. THIS MY REVIEW. I WOULD NOT WASTE MY MONEY ON THAT BOOK AGAIN.
SHIRL DAFFRON COOPER

alimosina, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 14:39 (fifteen years ago)

two months pass...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I never stole this album, but the cops took my tape of it, January 5, 2004
By Jay DeKing (Tallahassee, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stupid People Shouldn't Breed (Audio CD)
The cleaned-up version of "Chemical Imbalance" used to play on our local college station during the early 90's. I taped it on a few mix tapes (couldn't get enough of it!) and finally bought the cassette of "Stupid People Shouldn't Breed."
Unfortunately, a few years later, my car was seized by the state cops for ... um ... some misbehavior on my part. I never got the car back, nor did I get any of my favorite tapes, which happened to be in the car at the time. Skatenigs were in my daily rotation at the time, so I was out one great tape (along with many others).

Fast forward to the year 2000 -> -> -> I've moved 1200 miles away; I'm back on my feet, I am a respectable citizen again; I'm also 38 years old. As soon as I had found the best music shops in town, I set about my search for "Stupid People Shouldn't Breed" on CD.

It turns out that I had to special order it; only the very best shop was able do it for me. (This is before I discovered Amazon, but the music shop had it to me in a week.)

Now, I have my Bach, I have my Beatles, I have my Johnny Cash, Hendrix, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Jane's Addiction, B.B. King, Plasmatics, Zappa, James Brown and the Barber of Seville. But I also have Skatenigs. That's what sets me apart, though I wish that everyone could hear them. (It's a mission!)

For Christmas I gave my 17 year old daughter a mix CD that included "Chemical Imbalance" (sans the long spoken intro - her mom wouldn't like it, I don't think). I may be 41, but that tune still puts me into a trance. My right eye nearly closes ... my left eye half closes ... my head moves back and forth ... and then the entire band comes in !! AAAAAHHH!!!!

The whole CD is great, though. A lot of interesting sound samples.

I like "Poundsauce," with the samples, "you take your chances with the law - justice is only a roll of the dice," and "like someone on a rampage." And of course the "what the f$*%!" sample that is used like a percussion intrument during the bridge. It's a repititious tune, but good background for a party or some kind of dancing - or just to jam along with.

"Fight Da Suckas" is an anti-racist tune. Even if you don't listen to the lyrics, it's a good tune.

"Loudspeaker" uses its title and the singer's (lack of?) dynamics (he shouts) as a metaphor for the radical right's oppressive attitude. Deceptively mild sound samples from right-wing speakers are interspersed, and repeated for emphasis, while the singer says absolutely nothing offensive other than "shut up and listen."

Other than that rather abrupt "request," which is repeated a few times, the singer says nothing offensive but rather describes a desire for understanding. The background music is raucous and disturbing, which coincidentally is just how the radical right appears to many freedom-loving patriotic Americans. Sometimes the rest of us do want to say, "shut up and listen" to the holier-than-thou sect, but we're too polite to do so.

The last tune on the CD, "Roadkill," is a great driving song. The whole CD is great for when you're on the road, but this one really is the best. "Backwoods motherf*@$#&%!" "Roadkill all over Texas!"

A driving beat. "I'm not coming back!" "I know what I'm getting and the getting is good!" "Roadkill all over Texas!" "Whaddyou think I am, some sort of a piece of s#*%, I'm a human being."

"I'd like to bite the hand that feeds me ... so ... feed ... me now!"

Truly, one of the great albums of all time. I have Mingus, I have Miles, I have the Beatles, I have Bela Fleck ... All great, but my collection would be seriously lacking without "Stupid People Shouldn't Breed."

Oh, I should mention "Horny For Evil." I can't describe how it starts. You'll either fall off your chair laughing or pop the CD out in disgust. Don't pop it out! It's a Biohazard-style thrash-fest.

Don't pass this one up if you like metal. I'm not even a serious metal fan - Metallica, sure, but I'm more grunge/punk/dirty blues. Not those nasty hair-metal bands from the early 80's. These guys, Skatenigs, grab you by the boo-boo and don't let go until they're ready to. I just wish I could have seen them live.

GAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!! "Stand Tall and Fight"!!!

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kkvgz, Monday, 19 July 2010 17:01 (fifteen years ago)

From "The Crow" graphic novel:

0 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
it is so much bull, July 29, 1999
By A Customer

This review is from: The Crow (Paperback)
i dont like it because it isnt true it is just a made up story

San Te, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:04 (fifteen years ago)

hahaha!

jed_, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:08 (fifteen years ago)

I love these

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:10 (fifteen years ago)

Oh man, that Crow review is golden. 0 of 36 people.

could be a bad day for (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:13 (fifteen years ago)

Netflix review of Brokeback:

Didnt watch this crap, mad gay son...how could you suggest such a thing? It doesnt even fit the genre pf movies I watch. Did I mention it was gay?
3 out of 25 members found this review helpful

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:13 (fifteen years ago)

3 out of 25 members found this review helpful

San Te, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:14 (fifteen years ago)

"You know I was planning on renting Brokeback Mountain today, then found out there was GAYNESS in it....Who knew?"

San Te, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:15 (fifteen years ago)

I'm gonna find that crow review and +1 it

dyao, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:17 (fifteen years ago)

from a review for coming to america

When "Clarence" says that Martin Luther King, Jr. ran up to him and hit him in the chest, I just crack up, cause Martin Luther King, Jr. was a prophet of non-violence.

mizzell, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:18 (fifteen years ago)

creepy, can only relate if I make it into a hetero. the one seen that broke my heart was the last when he smelled his lovers favorite shirt. done that for women
2 out of 30 members found this review helpful

Another review accuses the film of "blatant homosexuality". ummm

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:23 (fifteen years ago)

people!

could be a bad day for (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:26 (fifteen years ago)

This movie is DISGUSTING! If you don't mind watching someone suck their own cock and swallow their cum or hearing someone say they use menstrual blood as make-up, then you may enjoy this movie. Other-wise, stay away.
5 out of 22 members found this review helpful

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:27 (fifteen years ago)

was that about sideways

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:31 (fifteen years ago)

or sidesomething

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:31 (fifteen years ago)

pretend art of forgetfulling over here

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:31 (fifteen years ago)

Shortbus

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:32 (fifteen years ago)

Haha sideways

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:32 (fifteen years ago)

Would love to see Paul Giamatti do that

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:33 (fifteen years ago)

yeaaaaa, that movie had animal collective music in it

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:33 (fifteen years ago)

If you don't mind watching someone suck their own cock

nah, i don't mind.

jed_, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:33 (fifteen years ago)

haha

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:34 (fifteen years ago)

Wasn't an Amazon post, but an internet argument when I was in my early 20s where someone gave a really stupid synopsis of some album on this early precursor to social networking sites (I think campuskiss.com). I defended whatever album it was, so he went all ad hominem on me saying what would I know about music.

I gave a juvenile response about the size of my music collection (at the time like 500 cds, not exactly a large amount, or anywhere close to what I have now). Other guy replies "Pfft. IIIIIIIIIIIIIII work in a CD STORE, and I can TELL YOU that there aren't 500 cds in the world worth hearing."

San Te, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 17:57 (fifteen years ago)

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Not as informative as I had hoped, May 12, 2010
By J@mes B. S!mpk!ns - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bang! Pow! Boom! Nuclear Version (Audio CD)
I purchased this cd because it was my understanding that it would finally lay to rest some of the nagging questions that I had about magnets. Unfortunately, I feel like ICP gave this important topic short shift. I mean they didn't even bother to explain how magnets work. And really, why bring up the magnets if you don't have answers? On the other hand I do like that these artists are using their spotlight to raise some important questions about a scientific concept about which we have precious little information. Maybe this will put the question of how magnets work in front of someone who can finally tell us.

San Te, Friday, 23 July 2010 22:01 (fifteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/dp/B000I1X6PM

? (dyao), Friday, 20 August 2010 01:27 (fifteen years ago)

HAHAHAHA

michangelo wuz a party d00d (San Te), Friday, 20 August 2010 01:29 (fifteen years ago)

2 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
morals are a product of higher inteligence, May 31, 2010
By kim pieruccini - See all my reviews

Indulging in our own vices is the easiest thing to do. Living with morals is tougher but makes for a a meaningful life.
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8 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
Whatever, October 1, 2004
By robbie "robbie" (california) - See all my reviews

This is just like the regular bible. Full of crap and uneducaded. There is no god, no devil no nothing, just us so called "humans" floting around on a big ball of mud until we die inevidibly. Whatever. a big hunk of dull dimwitted thoughts. just like the christian bible.

its time to think for ourselvs.
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don't think I even need to tell you what book these reviews came from....

michangelo wuz a party d00d (San Te), Friday, 20 August 2010 01:36 (fifteen years ago)

Eat Pray Love?

lord goo goo (latebloomer), Friday, 20 August 2010 01:40 (fifteen years ago)

if you follow San Te's link PLEASE click on "see and rate all 22 attributes"

Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 20 August 2010 02:10 (fifteen years ago)

was actually dyao's link but LOL that is awesome

michangelo wuz a party d00d (San Te), Friday, 20 August 2010 02:12 (fifteen years ago)

well who knew, sometimes the internet pulls it out

acoleuthic, Friday, 20 August 2010 02:17 (fifteen years ago)

39 pages of those

so good

gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Friday, 20 August 2010 03:19 (fifteen years ago)

sorry dyao, the cables whisper to me as i type and i get confused

Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 20 August 2010 04:20 (fifteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

http://www.amazon.com/Selected-Nuclear-Materials-Engineering-Landolt-B%C3%B6rnstein/dp/3540484744/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284483024&sr=8-2

Selected Nuclear Materials and Engineering Systems (Landolt-Börnstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series / Physical Chemistry)

Price: $8,039.00 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping

52 of 62 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfying conclusion to a thrilling series, November 5, 2009
By Mark Alexander (Central Vermont) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Selected Nuclear Materials and Engineering Systems (Kindle Edition)
I had to sell my car and take out an equity loan on my house to buy this book, but it was worth every penny. The previous volumes built to almost unbearable tension, leaving many questions unanswered. Would breeder reactors survive competition from newer technology? Would the nuclear waste problem be solved in our lifetime? Would Iran's nuclear program be stopped before it could endanger the free world? Could Diablo Canyon ever be made safe from earthquakes? Would the beautiful but annoying anti-nuclear activist (played by Jane Fonda in the TV miniseries adaptation) come around to seeing the joys and wonders of nuclear power?

These questions and many others are resolved in a denouement that is both ingenious and satisfying. I won't give away the ending, but I can say with assurance that you won't be disappointed. Highly recommended!


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5.0 out of 5 stars Transcending Stereotypes, December 19, 2009
By Ultraguy (Moscow) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Selected Nuclear Materials and Engineering Systems (Kindle Edition)
I know what you're thinking : crystallographic and thermodynamic data of ternary alloy systems is a such a hackneyed plot device. But Landolt-Börnstein work their magic in such a subtle and layered way that at 3am when you are reading just one more page, you suddenly realise how they have completely turned everything on its head and produced the most breathtakingly original work. Not to mention the most spellbinding.

It is a little lightweight on the intellectual side and perhaps should be included in the tweens section, but overall well worth 5 stars. I got it before the 20% discount became available and am delighted. So it really is an absolute steal right now.

owenf, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 16:55 (fifteen years ago)

two months pass...

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Gift, 21 April 2010
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J. M. Maynard (Croydon, Surrey, England) - See all my reviews
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This was bought as a gift for my son. He tells me he is very pleased with it. Delivery, as usual, was very prompt.

Babylon and zing (stevie), Saturday, 11 December 2010 11:49 (fifteen years ago)

eight months pass...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003SIXAQM/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_img

LocalGarda, Sunday, 21 August 2011 10:43 (fourteen years ago)

two months pass...

http://www.amazon.com/Return-Mac-Prodigy/product-reviews/B000MTDRLI/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar

read all but the first 1-star review on this page -- big case of "mistaken identity"

Neanderthal, Thursday, 27 October 2011 22:05 (fourteen years ago)

eight months pass...

No complaint, September 2, 2011
By E. Cohen (Occupied territory of Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mayfair 46ECDG Premium Round Molded Wood Toilet Seat with Easy Clean Hinges and DuraGuard Antimicrobial, White (Tools & Home Improvement)
I still have this on the shelf and have not felt the urgency to replace the old seats yet. Soon.

coal, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 10:00 (thirteen years ago)

Dog won't eat this., September 2, 2011
By E. Cohen (Occupied territory of Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NaturVet Senior Bladder Support Tablets - 60 ct (Misc.)
I don't know if it works. To date, the dog will not eat one. If it were up to me, I would withhold all food until she did, but It is not up to me.

coal, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 10:02 (thirteen years ago)

True enough, September 2, 2011
By E. Cohen (Occupied territory of Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Conservatives Without Conscience (Hardcover)
I almost never buy books and seldom read them cover to cover. I have no complaints about this one and have quoted it from time to time. Still, I have not finish reading it and probably won't.

coal, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 10:02 (thirteen years ago)

nice

dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 10:19 (thirteen years ago)

Have not used it yet., May 10, 2011
By E. Cohen (Occupied territory of Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lexmark 16 10N0016 & Lexmark 26 10N0026 Compatible Remanufactured 10N0202 Combo Pack - 1 Black & 1 Color Ink Cartridges (Electronics)
All I can say is it arrived timely and was affordable. I still have not finished the first good cartridges ordered from Amazon. So far so good. Amazon will not let you publish without a star rating, so I gave it 5 stars just for price and shipping. Can't say anything about performance, but now I can delete the review request from my inbox.

r|t|c, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 10:40 (thirteen years ago)

Dunno, February 15, 2011
By E. Cohen (Occupied territory of Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Solgar - Wild Oregano Oil Softgels - 60 (Health and Beauty)
Arrived sooner than promised and exactly as ordered. As to its immune boosting properties, my illness has continued unabated.

r|t|c, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 10:40 (thirteen years ago)

1HP Wasteking disposal, July 1, 2009
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dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 10:44 (thirteen years ago)

two months pass...

Oh well done there:

http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-jc-the-furor-over-sock-puppet-amazon-book-reviews-20120904,0,5360238.story

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:18 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3RQQ6IU7WR4OC/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R3RQQ6IU7WR4OC

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3.0 out of 5 stars True Tips: Owned for four months (and updated), October 7, 2011
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coolreviewer1 "coolkayaker1"
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This review is from: Sphere Gadget Technologies SP9882 Lightphoria Sad Light Therapy, 10,000 Lux (Health and Beauty)
First, this light is super-zany bright. It's blink your eyes bright, but not all weepy like "be a kitten and pass me the Kleenex" bright. But, it throws no heat. It's odd. Even the chassis doesn't get hot. Not like my halogen lamp which almost set the sprinklers off when it charred my pastrami sandwich wrapper. This Lightphoria by Sphere Gadget Technologies is cool as a summer cucumber.

If you click on the company, Sphere Gadget Technologies on the Amazon listing for this light, they make only this freaking light! Shouldn't it be Sphere Gadget Technology, then? This is, strangely enough, version 2.1-- I had diet Dr. Pepper come out of my nose when I noticed that. I'm sure there's been significant upgrades since version 2.0. Many of you are thinking now, "Maybe I should wait for version 3.0? Maybe it'll be thinner. Or have 10,500 lumens or something." I wish I could answer that for you, but those buggers at Sphere are one tight-lipped group.

Okay, but how's it work, you ask? I first used this light near my face at work for about two hours every morning for over a month straight as a test. It could be placebo effect, I have no idea, but I feel more alive all day at work. Not stand on my desk and beat my chest like Tarzan alive, but pretty close.

I'd think that, if it was only placebo, it would have worn off after a couple weeks. And I'm not that gullible for placebos and such. Sure, sometimes I'm down to my last nerve, and everyone in the office is plucking it. But, I'm no patsy.

The used car salesman who sold me the PT Cruiser with oatmeal in the transmission said it best when I pushed it back into his lot: "You, buddy, are just too cunning." God, that's rich. Trust me, he was as nervous as a hog at a luau when I bought my next car from him. I have that effect on people, I really do.

You're going to catch some major flack when you first place this 6 inch by 6 inch meteor on your desk, let me tell you. I thank the Lord that the unique novelty of the light has worn off and my co-workers no longer look at me like I've got a blood-sucking tarantula in the middle of my forehead. They've stopped saying, "Hey, Jersey Shore, you're tanning only one side of your face." Or, "Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close up." Or, "Mind if I reheat my coffee next to your 'gloomy lamp'?" Or, "Okay, okay. I confess. I'm the one that stole your mojo. Now turn it off, I beg you." Honestly, could I make this stuff up? A real witty bunch of intellectuals, they are.

Why the stars deduction? This is a cheaply built light. It's lightweight, but made of thin plastic. It feels like one drop on the floor and this thing will smash to pieces. The cord has a transformer on the wall end that takes too much space, and it attaches via a jack plug to the light that looks flimsy as heck. Hit the jack, break the light. This light feels like something you could win at the water-gun horsie race booth at the county fair, right next to the lead paint cupie dolls and the stuffed bear that smells like formaldehyde and has one eye dangling on a loose thread.

So, when you get the light, do an experiment: ask your friends and co-workers, how much do you think this light costs? The answer will be around $20. Sure, you could argue 10k lumens takes some LED bulbs and what not. But when I can get a full floor lamp with bright natural light for 1/2 this price, this little thing is pricey. Frankly, the only reason I didn't buy the cheaper floor lamp is that my co-workers would probably call the asylum if I sat at my desk for two hours each morning staring at a floor lamp only 8 inches from my kisser.

In addition, the different intensity settings on this Lightphoria are useless. Low, medium or high, the brightness changes little. I use it on the brightest setting, regardless of how bummed out I am on a particular day.

Will I use it? Let's just say that sometimes my attitude stinks stronger than a startled skunk hit by a dirt clod. I'll admit it.

So, yep, the light seems to make me feel better about myself. And when I feel better about myself, I treat those around me like human beings. So, yes, it helps. Will it break? Probably. Is it worth the price to feel like a six year old on a long summer day? If it keeps working, sure.

I feel light as a feather now, you know, getting all this heavy stuff off my mind. I might even take a morning off from using the old strobe in the face. On second thought, I'd better at least give myself a 30 minute "booster" to ignite that twinkle in my eye. And I know what you're thinking, and no, I'm not addicted to light box therapy. Sheesh. Get a grip, will you.

UPDATE!!!: Jan 21. Okay, I've had it now for several months. I have not budged it from the corner of my desk for fear that I will break it. I have not smashed it yet. I even tuck the cord under the corner of my desk with Scotch tape to prevent one of my unhappy colleagues from stumbling on the cord and yanking my $60 light off my desk and smashing it and then saying, "Hey, I'm sorry. I'll replace it -- here's twenty bucks. Keep the change and buy yourself a cup of coffee."

The big question, do I still use it? Answer is: yes. The lights are still bright, no burned out LED bulbs, and still strong beams in my face every morning at my desk for 90 minutes. If I've got a big meeting or something, I might stare at it for an additional 30 minutes, but by then my eyeballs feel like two Fig Newtons, so I stop.

I really appreciate the timer feature for 15, 30 or 45 minutes. Without it, I might get distracted and leave the thing on all night and the janitor would think some blind lunatic sits at my desk.

I don't know if it's the lamp or the one lb. bag of peanut M&M's in my desk drawer, but something gives me a smile. Something is preventing me from meandering down to the company boiler room, throwing my necktie over a waterpipe and kicking a desk chair out from under myself. So, I guess, all in all, I'm happy I bought this light.

A cute girl in the corner cubicle just got this same light. She never asked me about it--it just appeared on her desk one morning. She's cute as hell, with curly red hair and an ice cream scoop dimple in the middle of her chin.

But, her eyes look like two burnt holes in a blanket. No wonder someone gave her this "pep" light. And, just so you know, even with light box therapy, she still avoids me like fresh paint on a park bench.

I do not have clinical depression or SAD, so if someone has those conditions, ask your head shrink about using this light. I, honestly, have no idea if this light, plus a fistful of prescription pills, will be enough to ward off depression. I know that wolfbane inhibits werewolves, and that spinach makes Popeye strong as a kicking mule. Those are scientific facts.

But, I haven't the foggiest notion how this light will affect you. I'd help you if I could, though. I really would.

My review is for us folks who get the blues from dank office conditions while schlepping the old "ball and chain" for "the Man" to earn a measly paycheck that's barely enough to buy a hot pizza pie, a six pack of liquid "therapy", and this Lightphoria lamp. Then, we sit like brainless twits in the stinging glare of this light to burn on a "game face", and do it all again the following week.

Cheers to you all! Don't be all bummed out, like me. In the summer, stare at the sun until you're weeping like a newborn. In the winter, eyeball this flimsy light until you see rows of LEDs on the backs of your lids in your dreams. Your wallet will be lighter, but your day will be brighter.

Please have a bright day!!!!!!!
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borscht and bikinis (how's life), Thursday, 11 October 2012 10:53 (thirteen years ago)

two months pass...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002ATI4VG/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

4.0 out of 5 stars A triumph... 1 April 2011
By barkas
From the moment you remove the cap you realise you're in for a treat. Fresh, bright, smoky, with a mineral edge and rounded, fruity nose. Midweight and bold, possessing some edge and no little bite, yet remaining smooth, balanced and satisfying. This is a drink to enjoy with friends in a park. Highly recommended.

I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 22 December 2012 15:20 (thirteen years ago)

5.0 out of 5 stars Look great, feel great December 27, 2012
By Alberto
Color Name:Navy/Blue|Size Name:Medium|Amazon Verified Purchase
The material is very comfortable; soft and smooth. I have an athletic figure. I'm around 5'8", weigh 158, and have a 32" waist. I love to run so I have pretty big legs. That's why it's been almost impossible for me to find a pair of underwear that I like. All other underwear have either bunched up, given me wedgies, ridden up, or have failed my manhood in some other form. I ride a bike when I'm taking classes so these do get pulled up, but they are not uncomfortable. Sometimes I don't even notice it.

They've never given me wedgies and I haven't had to adjust myself down there in public yet. They're sort of like a compression short boxer-brief hybrid. The style of these looks great. They make me more motivated to keep improving my body because these are not meant to complement a figure that's not athletic.

So far they've been pretty durable. All things considered--quality, value, comfort, look, etc..--I would recommend these to anyone who is looking for better underwear.

too many encores (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 4 January 2013 15:41 (thirteen years ago)

what are the odds that Alberto has an underwear blog

Angel Haze is my hero (DJP), Friday, 4 January 2013 15:55 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

Excerpt from a Kava tea review:

For those interested in using Kava, you should know that the threshold dose for feeling any effects of from kava is about 150mg of kavalactones- keep in mind that this is considered a low dose. One bag of Yogi's Kava tea contains just over 20mg of active ingredients (kavalactones). At lower doses around these levels I have noticed slight mental relaxation and occassionally very vivid dreams. Doses of 300mg (which equates to about a full box of Yogi tea) and much higher are more effective for relief of anxiety and muscle soreness, and are more typical of the dosage in traditional use by Pacific Islanders.

When I use this tea I always use between 10-16 TEABAGS PER CUP! This looks ridiculous while steeping, but makes sense considering Yogi only puts about 1/8 of a dose of Kava into their bags. Unsurprisingly, the suggested dose of 1-2 bags has been totally ineffective for me. When brewing the tea as strong as I do, I find that it is effective, delicious and requires no sweetener. Flavor can be improved (personal taste) by the addition of some milk or cream. It makes me laugh to read Yogi's instructions to add "another" teabag (for a total of less than 50mg kavalactones) after a stressful day. People, use at least half a box if you want to feel anything other than a placebo effect!

your fretless ways (Eazy), Thursday, 28 February 2013 14:58 (twelve years ago)

http://www.amazon.com/Chefn-102-205-017-Bananza-Banana-Slicer/product-reviews/B004HINHKQ/?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&tag=happyexposure-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

I had no idea. LITERALLY no idea that bananas could be sliced. For MY ENTIRE LIFE I have simply peeled and chewed bananas.

BUT NOW...NOW...I can have my bananas SLICED. perfect little banana discs!!!! PERFECT BANANA DISCS

I put them in my coffee, have some arranged along the windowsill so walkers by can marvel, I EVEN TRIED THEM ON CEREAL DELICIOUS!!!!

I ordered TWO MORE! One for the boat and one for the garage.

THANK YOU!

sleeve, Thursday, 28 February 2013 15:23 (twelve years ago)

Oh, the banana slicer is like a whole thing now: Amazon's banana slicer is fruitful fodder for hilarious customer reviews

Also, for some reason, someone has been mailing them to librarians: http://branch.com/b/the-day-that-a-bunch-of-librarians-got-banana-slicers

ARE YOU HIRING A NANNY OR A SHAMAN (Phil D.), Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:03 (twelve years ago)

this is a good review of "The Great Gatsby"

http://www.amazon.com/review/R20W2719AMEV1U/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000FC0PDA&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag=

frogbs, Thursday, 28 February 2013 23:49 (twelve years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NhtW9exnL._SX342_.jpg

2,089 of 2,119 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars They called me crazy, but who's the giant horse now?! November 5, 2010
By R.L.R.

Amazon Verified Purchase

Durability: 4.0 out of 5 stars Educational: 5.0 out of 5 stars Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars

This mask imbues the wearer with super-human abilities. The power to make everyone around you feel akward and uncomfortable being first among them. After wearing the mask for several days my identity was consumed and replaced. There is only the horse now. Best purchase I ever made.

christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 28 February 2013 23:53 (twelve years ago)

nine months pass...

By Pamela Adams - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative? (Zero Books) (Kindle Edition)
I loved his Instant Millionaire book but just could not get into this book for some reason - we have to try it another day

signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 December 2013 18:22 (twelve years ago)

two months pass...

"Amazon Verified Purchase
I guess I underestimated what 6-inches was! These are bigger than I suspected. They are great, though. Retract and lock easily, nice colors, sharp blades!

I use them for everything from cutting wrapping paper to cutting stitches to opening boxes. I'm very pleased with my purchase. "

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Friday, 7 March 2014 14:14 (eleven years ago)

By Pamela Adams - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative? (Zero Books) (Kindle Edition)
I loved his Instant Millionaire book but just could not get into this book for some reason - we have to try it another day

lolololololololol

Prostitute Farm Online (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 7 March 2014 14:20 (eleven years ago)

" always use between 10-16 TEABAGS PER CUP! This looks ridiculous while steeping"

I do this with regular tea

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Friday, 7 March 2014 17:41 (eleven years ago)

in response to a negative review:

Initial post: Sep 25, 2006 7:46:18 PM PDT
Last edited by the author on Sep 25, 2006 7:47:10 PM PDT

Da Veeper! says:

Eat pop & die! Hirax rule!

Neanderthal, Thursday, 13 March 2014 19:53 (eleven years ago)

pop rocks

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Thursday, 13 March 2014 20:58 (eleven years ago)

nto reader review, came in amazon email but i was amused

"(I am Lisa as a representative of CustomerService Department,if you are satisfied with my service,you can give commentssuch as“Lisa is good”"

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Thursday, 13 March 2014 20:59 (eleven years ago)

"Lisa needs to take remedial English"

espring (amateurist), Thursday, 13 March 2014 21:50 (eleven years ago)

Spending the equivalent of 3 GB pounds is the same as a big mac meal, so just give it a try.

ian, Thursday, 13 March 2014 22:46 (eleven years ago)

WORKED AS EXPECTED FOR ONE WEEK AND SHORTED OUT, FAILED, TRIPPED GROUND FAULT BREAKER. UNPLUGGED HEAT TAPE AND CIRCUIT OK. WEATHER TOO INCLEMENT TO INSPECT TO DATE.TOO COLD,ICE, & SNOW NOW. HAVING TO LET WATER RUN TO KEEP FROM FREEZING.

allcaps is how we roll

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Thursday, 20 March 2014 23:59 (eleven years ago)

"I really don't know if it is one star as we didn't use it as it was the wrong sized cable.Within an hour of making this purchase I realized I did not order the right thing and tried to cancel it. Amazon said they would put my request through to the company and I never heard back, was charged for the cable and it was sent. My next move is to try to return the item.

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Friday, 21 March 2014 00:01 (eleven years ago)

" Love the color, especially because my husband won't touch the "pink pump", and I always know where it is. He bought his own. Not as good as mine. "

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Friday, 21 March 2014 15:19 (eleven years ago)

two months pass...

These days, 2011, horror films are just filled with blood and often no good plots and poor acting. This film is totally different; it is not great but a very good average type where one can understand what is happening and realistic and frightening. Well worth it!

sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 10:22 (eleven years ago)

http://www.amazon.com/Boyfriends-Daddy-Humiliation-Cuckolding-Erotica-ebook/dp/B00DT85CEE/ref=pd_sim_kstore_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=0YPKV1GGDFEBHX4G5CA1

"DAM it...if this ain't one hot read....had to go hide in private to finish this one..a lot of humiliating cuckoldry,and just pure hot FILTH!"

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Friday, 13 June 2014 00:22 (eleven years ago)

no reviews but wow

http://www.amazon.com/His-Human-Cow-Dairy-Story-ebook/dp/B00KKXT7C4/ref=pd_sim_kstore_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=16G7PCBMEX6P15FN5PCC

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Friday, 13 June 2014 01:40 (eleven years ago)

This is good enough though: "This 9700 word story contains explicit descriptions of a BDSM human dairy cow roleplaying scenes, complete with milking, suckling, domination, and submission, not to mention lots of warm, sweet squirting milk. It is intended for ADULTS ONLY."

Funk autocorrect (cryptosicko), Friday, 13 June 2014 01:43 (eleven years ago)

"...and cows. cows can read it too."

I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 13 June 2014 07:53 (eleven years ago)

I'm hoping that all of these reviewers live far, far away from me.

Funk autocorrect (cryptosicko), Sunday, 15 June 2014 00:21 (eleven years ago)

http://smile.amazon.com/Too-Make-Babies-Nicole-Snow-ebook/dp/B00BRMMAKS/ref=pd_sim_kstore_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=06CW9QK65RXC45F4H03Z

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Sunday, 15 June 2014 02:56 (eleven years ago)

I hate to see what my "Related Items" are gonna look like for the next little while after viewing all of these.

Funk autocorrect (cryptosicko), Sunday, 15 June 2014 02:59 (eleven years ago)

HAha - you shoudl be exicted - they are so great - I could go on all day with these

http://smile.amazon.com/Too-BIG-her-LITTLE-HOLE-ebook/dp/B00KJP32YM/ref=pd_sim_kstore_20?ie=UTF8&refRID=0YC55ZFXENMKCX1X9M0C

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Sunday, 15 June 2014 16:14 (eleven years ago)

somebody saw the Peterotica episode of Family Guy and thought "why not?"

Naamloze vennootschap (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 15 June 2014 16:58 (eleven years ago)

lolz

fetishes make my day

"Drunken shoe;ess Step Uncle and the Sweaty 50 Yeard old Bald Virgin"
etc

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Monday, 16 June 2014 15:24 (eleven years ago)

The Curvy Optometrist and the Billionaire Parking App Developer

Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Monday, 16 June 2014 15:27 (eleven years ago)

I still really like "The invisible condom"
interesitng that so many are about getting pregnant - is that a female turn on?

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Monday, 16 June 2014 19:50 (eleven years ago)

http://38.media.tumblr.com/46127b1032207c0804a8db44ad924df0/tumblr_msqhterKNt1ry46hlo1_500.gif

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Friday, 20 June 2014 18:36 (eleven years ago)

three weeks pass...

http://i.imgur.com/0nlI5T0.jpg

, Monday, 14 July 2014 20:17 (eleven years ago)

haha i laughed so hard at that

Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 14 July 2014 20:31 (eleven years ago)

ten months pass...

From _Pounded By The Gay Color Changing Dress_

http://www.amazon.com/Pounded-The-Color-Changing-Dress-ebook/dp/B00U398KY6

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Chuck Tingle Is The Most Dangerous Man Alive!
By Kevin Lintner on March 2, 2015
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
His writing is more fierce than an uppercut from Rico Slade. His erotica is hotter than the blast coming from Godzilla's bunghole after a night of binging on ghost pepper Buffalo Wings and room temperature Old Milwaukee. If Liberace and Paul Lynde dropped bad Woodstock acid and mushroom stamped the Star Spangled Banner on Divine's butt cheeks, it would be more awesome than this book, but all those people are dead and Chuckle Tingle is alive and roundhouse kicking.

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But really, the author's entire output needs to be seen:

http://www.amazon.com/Chuck-Tingle/e/B00SF2MTYK/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51XR3M4I5UL._UY250_.jpg https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51QTPgD6piL._UY250_.jpg https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51dlkUus9dL._UY250_.jpg

Purves Grundy (kingfish), Thursday, 21 May 2015 06:51 (ten years ago)

Holy shit!

http://www.amazon.com/Reamed-Reaction-Title-This-Book-ebook/dp/B00X1YKE6W/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Tuomas, Thursday, 21 May 2015 12:09 (ten years ago)

He needs to write a book called Pounded In The Butt By An Amazon Review Of My Book "Pounded In The Butt By My Book 'Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt'" though.

Tuomas, Thursday, 21 May 2015 12:13 (ten years ago)

one month passes...

http://www.amazon.com/review/R2H0CEVY3HM2UK/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B0006GKJ7C&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=165793011

This review is from: Accoutrements Crazy Cat Lady Action Figure (Toy)
I bought this toy for my kid in the hopes of sending a better message than all of those superhero action figures and he just loves it! This day and age, kids are programmed by our government to think that everyone is out to destroy us and that they need heroes to come and save us all. They forget that there are everyday people out there who need a little compassion and understandng.

I make my kids sit down every day for at least an hour and play with the Cat Lady. We talk about what has made her the way she is and we discuss different options of things we might do to help her. We get into conversations about what rle society plays in the creating of these people who seriously have issues and then we practice empathy role play by having our social services action figures come to her aid and get her the help she needs. It has created hours of educational fun for our entire family.

I recommend also purchasing the Albino Bowler and the Obsessive Compulsive action figures as well. We have used a cardboard box and built a small Mental health center/Halfway house where we keep our action figures always getting the help they need from the little doctors and nurses who work there.

This is a great product and I recommend it to anyone who wants to creep out their children and teach them a vaulable lesson about the differences in people all over the world.

Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Thursday, 16 July 2015 02:22 (ten years ago)

"Albino bowler"?

Tuomas, Thursday, 16 July 2015 06:55 (ten years ago)

yes

Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Thursday, 16 July 2015 12:19 (ten years ago)

two months pass...

so in 2004, someone trying to profit off of people's idiocy released an EP under the moniker "Candy Ass" and titled it "Orgy", released it on Cdbaby. it didn't work very well, naturally, but boy has that not stopped the Amazon reviewers from their outrage!

http://www.amazon.com/Orgy-Candy-Ass/dp/B00004U2YW

Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 10 October 2015 00:17 (ten years ago)

Not bad
By Charles Young on November 24, 2013
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
Definitely worth reading, but probably too much obfuscation to have any lasting significance. If nothing else, it shows the importance of avoiding meetings without a fixed agenda.
Comment 2 of 12 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

plato's republic (five stars)

j., Saturday, 10 October 2015 05:01 (ten years ago)

one year passes...

fascinated by the person who has apparently read and reviewed three volumes of James Lees-Milne's diaries despite hating James Lees-Milne

Diaries, 1942-1954

1.0 out of 5 stars The arch snob's guide to "society".

ByEtruscan11on 20 June 2015

Format: Paperback

British snobbery at its worst: feeble, shallow and a waste of time. I grew up in the sort of circles that he craved: the people therein are so often philistine, uncultured and monotonous.......and, OF COURSE, arch snobs, out to preserve their precious social circles and life styles. Pathetic, and I am so glad to be rid of them all!! This book has NO LITERARY VALUE WHATEVER.

Diaries, 1971-1983

1.0 out of 5 stars An utter bore.

ByEtruscan11on 24 June 2015

Format: Paperback

The usual tedious and extraordinarily snobbish, time-wasting nonsense that one expects from this extremely dull little man's diaries. His life was an endless round of 'keeping up with the Jones's', and maintaining his pathetic need for social superiority. All of the vices of social man are here graphically displayed, revealing a frothy, soulless, uninspiring underworld of ruthless exclusiveness and empty arch snobbery.

Diaries, 1984-1997: v. 3

1.0 out of 5 stars Snob's delight.

ByEtruscan11on 24 June 2015

Reading this feeble nonsense is a complete waste of time.

soref, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 17:50 (eight years ago)

this person's cat also difficult to please

Sharples-n-Grant Playpost Cat Scratcher

1.0 out of 5 stars Too small for a cat.

ByEtruscan11on 22 Jan 2017

Too small! Alright for a kitten, but useless for a cat. A complete waste of money.

Applaws Dry Cat Food Adult Chicken, 2kg

1.0 out of 5 stars One Star

ByEtruscan11on 24 September 2014

My cat wouldn't touch it. Awful.

soref, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 17:55 (eight years ago)

one year passes...

Love Xanadu and LOVE Olivia Newton John!
ByS Sheparkon July 19, 2018
Format: Paperback
i've never read this book but I'm writing because this book was based on a song by Olivia Newton John that was also a movie and I LOVED the movie! It has a roller disco and fun songs and muses dressed in spandex of multiple colors. Very bright and flashy/

My sister used to sing the song using her hairbrush as a microphone when she was getting ready for school and blow drying her hair so it holds a very special meaning to me/

If you love Olivia Newton John and roller skating you will LOVE this

Was this review of Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Gustave Doré, helpful?

Extra Shprankles (Old Lunch), Saturday, 20 October 2018 04:15 (seven years ago)

extremely

shwarmaduke (symsymsym), Saturday, 20 October 2018 04:27 (seven years ago)

two months pass...

The film is known for its slow-to-develop action, but also for some memorable scenes. There are the apes at the beginning; Dave going through the star gate; and finally Dave finding himself in a room filled with French Provincial furniture. That happened to me once, not the star gate, but I was at a hotel in Aix-en-Provence not orbiting Jupiter. Interestingly, one set of star gate images was taken from Dr. Strangelove. If you have the patience, this is a great film.

difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 02:39 (seven years ago)

seven months pass...

It was not like I thought the only thing about this movie was ...
November 16, 2016
It was not like I thought the only thing about this movie was the hot ladies and all that bush.not shaved which I really hate .this movie is not worth the money sorry
One person found this helpful

johnny crunch, Sunday, 1 September 2019 22:23 (six years ago)

A. F. Buczynski
5.0 out of 5 stars Volume 4 of the Complete Crepax (?)
19 August 2019 - Published on Amazon.com
Verified Purchase
I've been into Crepax for decades, but it was only recently, while reading some interviews with Alain Robbe-Grillet and subsequently watching Corrado Frarina's short "Freud a fumetti," that I determined that Guido Crepax had done quite a bit more than just adapt some literary erotica, the guy had literally invented a new form of semiotics in his comic language. Thus, I became a little obsessed with Crepax from an academic perspective. I alread owned all his erotic works with the exception of Bianca, but had only one short volume of Valentina publsihed by NBM, all of which I adore and find fascinating. I picked up the box set of the first two Crepax volumes from Amazon which arrived crushed and used, but Amazon customer service offered a partial refund if I kept the things, and I did. Reading these books I decided to lend support to the whole Fantagraphics effort and called the number inside of the first volume. I got in touch with some employee who seem amazed that I would call, infomed me that Kim Thompson was long dead, that Fantagraphics no longer offered a print catalog, and that Gary Groth was unavailable and generally should be considered as unavailable to speak with. I got in touch with the Crepax estate in Italy and had them send me the complete Valentina in Italian, I also spoke about licensing the entire works of Crepax myself inclusive of academic works that have been done regarding his work, including Barthes, Eco, Foucault, Deleuze, Ranciere, etc. Around this time the 3rd volume of the Complete Crepax hit my front door, from Amazon / Fantagraphics. I noticed a drop in quality - mostly printing issues, as well as some gaffes in the translation, and an needless dig by Tim Pilcher at Marvel comics and in particular Jim Steranko! I seriously don't know what to make of volume 4 of the Complete Crepax. Of the four volumes available it is the weakest. More printing problems, for sure, more translations that just don't add up, and a hefty amount of Russian just to confuse matters. For now I'll grant a five star award to this effort. I'm certainly have no intention of returning this book, indeed; I'm headed up to the physical Fantagraphics store very soon with this tome and a few other odds and sods to sort out some issues with this company who seem to be headed off the rails on a good deal of their projects.

Ward Fowler, Thursday, 5 September 2019 19:29 (six years ago)

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Dan Worsley, Thursday, 5 September 2019 19:38 (six years ago)

three years pass...

This is sort of amusing, and maddening--it'd be really amusing if it weren't so maddening.

Someone posted a review of my "American Pie" review a week ago on amazon.ca:

1.0 out of 5 stars From heart warming to SHOCKING and GRAPHIC

Reviewed in Canada on May 27, 2023

America Pie is probably one of my ALL TIME favorite tracks, and I decided to give it a read.
While the illustrations are a bit pedestrian, I found the prose to be inspiring in many places.
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Things quickly took a turn for the bizarre as the author graphically describes a triggering scene between a failed art student and his girlfriend. The scene involves the use of violent language, and something known as "pegging" in some circles.

I'd call it "readers whiplash" because the sudden escalation of violence, both physical and spoken, took me for a bit of a loop. It's most certainly NOT a book for the faint of heart.
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I'd STRONGLY advise against reading this book if you are trigger by such things!

Typos intact...The weird thing is, there's no such scene in the book--no failed art student, no girlfriend, nothing. The book is about "American Pie"--other things, too, but mostly about "American Pie." I mean...do people ever write reviews on Amazon and halfway through forget what they're reviewing?

I've e-mailed two different branches of Amazon asking that the review be taken down. I also wrote a review myself, limiting what I wrote to countering the above review. Mine got taken down, the other one remains.

As I mentioned to a friend, I'm considering going on there and complaining about all the car crashes and gore in Finnegan's Wake.

clemenza, Friday, 9 June 2023 19:40 (two years ago)

"American Pie" book, that should read.

clemenza, Friday, 9 June 2023 19:40 (two years ago)

I like that the only other two reviews by "John Sneed" are of accessories for model building from Games Workshop. In particular, he notes that the Technical Texture Stirland Mud, "Looks like poop, but spreads like peanut butter."

niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Thursday, 22 June 2023 15:25 (two years ago)

As I said to a friend yesterday, it's probably some kid I kept in for recess 20 years ago. (Thankfully, the various Amazon domains don't overlap when it comes to customer reviews, so "John Sneed" is for Canadian eyes only.)

clemenza, Thursday, 22 June 2023 16:30 (two years ago)


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