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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-AliventiAsylum Recent reviews written by member AliventiAsylum en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_469534019204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - In 1963, a series appeared on British television called Doctor Who.  The premise was of an alien known as a Time Lord who traveled through the galaxy and time visiting far-off worlds as well as our very own Earth.  Right from the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469534019204 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:19:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469534019204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467067440772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - I can remember wanting to see An Eye for an Eye so very badly when it came out because I had read the book and been intrigued by the subject matter.  Many of us hold very definitive positions on the subject of crime and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467067440772 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:25:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467067440772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474918391428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - I guess I am watching these awful rock music documentaries so others don’t have to.  Of all the awful documentaries I have watched over the past year, The Rolling Stones: Music Box Biographical Collection has hit a new... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474918391428 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:37:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474918391428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475354599044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - My girls and I have become fans of Jodi Picoult’s books.  We were all looking forward to the screen adaptation of her novel My Sister’s Keeper which I had read.  I went with my two girls to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475354599044 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:06:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475354599044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475230932612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - **minor spoilers ahead**With a 9 year old son, seeing Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen as soon as possible was a necessity.  As soon as the ads started appearing on television, he would hear it from a room away and come... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475230932612 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:58:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475230932612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465335389828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Being a fan of Jodi Picoult’s writing, I was surprised that more of her stories haven’t been made into films.  After watching the adaptation of Plain Truth, I can possibly see why.On an Amish Farm, a dead baby is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465335389828 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:16:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465335389828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474543656580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Last Christmas, the three teens all wanted the same thing - a digital camera.  My first choice on Black Friday sold out before I even got to the store, and I ended up buying them the Kodak M1033 Digital Camera instead.The camera... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474543656580 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:43:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474543656580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472617094788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - When people think of the golden age of MTV (when they actually played music videos), most people think of the band Duran Duran as the most prominent example of a band that used the medium to achieve success.  I would suggest that INXS more than... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472617094788 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:23:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472617094788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459211574916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Originally, Torchwood was the code word for the newest incarnation of the British television series Doctor Who.  It’s actually an anagram of the show’s name.  It became incorporated into the Doctor... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459211574916 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:57:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459211574916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473827806852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Traveling from Orlando, Florida to New Hampshire takes about 24 hours, give or take. In trying to plot our return, I wanted to be a bit closer to New Hampshire than Florida so that the bulk of the driving would be on the first day.  I knew that the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473827806852 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:22:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473827806852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473205673604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Just the other day I was viewing a documentary on the History Channel all about the White House.  In it, it was stated that the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, was responsible for the largest renovation of the White House after... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473205673604 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:46:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473205673604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473781538436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - 1 Timothy 6:9-10 People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473781538436 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:59:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473781538436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473503141508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - There are all sorts of challenges to raising children.  Having a child on the autism spectrum presents its own set as well.  I am fortunate that my son is fairly high on the spectrum, and in many ways is performing at or close to grade... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473503141508 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:27:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473503141508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468613893764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - We have a Shaker Village that I pass by every time I head down to the state capitol.  I've seen Shaker furniture in various stores.  Other than that, there was little that I knew about Shakers.  I figured they were something like the Amish... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468613893764 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:12:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468613893764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460709334660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Watching old television shows can be interesting.  Some shows date themselves rather quickly.  There are shows I’ve watched from the last twenty years that haven’t held up as well as The Twilight Zone.  Born out... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460709334660 Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:01:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460709334660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460020682372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series which has been around off and on since 1963. The main character is just known as "The Doctor" and is a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. This means he travels through time to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460020682372 Sun, 7 Jun 2009 16:00:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460020682372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473128930948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Most of the time I work now from my notebook computer.  The problem with this has been printing things out.  Usually it meant saving the file and sending it to myself via email and printing out what I needed from another computer.  This... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473128930948 Sun, 7 Jun 2009 14:04:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473128930948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454577524356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Back in 1984, MTV was in its heyday.  I know that doesn’t mean much to young people now, 25 years later, but it changed the way television shows looked.  The slick, glamorous production of the videos has inspired shows since, all the way... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454577524356 Sat, 6 Jun 2009 12:51:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454577524356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472323624580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Even before my 29 gallon fish tank broke one evening, I was planning on buying a bigger filter for it.  I’ve had issues with someone in the house who likes to feed the fish overfeeding them and it’s been a battle to keep the water in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472323624580 Sun, 31 May 2009 14:12:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472323624580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460822318724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - One of the first jobs I had in my life was working in a McDonald’s.  I was 18, living in a house with four friends, all of whom also worked there.  At the time, I would say our main source of nutrition came from the restaurant.  If... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460822318724 Sun, 31 May 2009 11:23:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460822318724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472132652676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Third grade marked a bit of a turning point for my son.  He needed to begin reading twenty minutes a day after school.  Being on the autism spectrum, he was slow learning to read, but he had come a long way. It was time to move on from the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472132652676 Fri, 29 May 2009 19:12:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472132652676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_457935982212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series which has been around off and on since 1963. The main character is just known as "The Doctor" and is a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. This means he travels through time to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~457935982212 Thu, 28 May 2009 18:53:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_457935982212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471894560388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - We've always heard that question.  You know the one - if two of your children were drowning and you could only save one, which one would you choose?  Most parents dance around this as we cannot picture being in that scenario and having to make... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471894560388 Wed, 27 May 2009 19:20:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471894560388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466841865860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - I don’t know how this movie ended up in my Netflix queue.  I’m neither a Mandy Moore fan nor someone who particularly enjoys romantic, sappy chick-flicks.  But there it was one day in my mailbox.A Walk to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466841865860 Tue, 26 May 2009 19:50:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466841865860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471647555204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Fish tanks are tricky things.  Most people think, dump in water, add fish, throw in a few bubbles, and you’re good to go.  There’s a lot more to it than that, just ask anyone who keeps an aquarium and tries to keep the water good... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471647555204 Mon, 25 May 2009 18:46:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471647555204?linkin_id=8003929