© 1999-2010 Shopping.com, Inc. 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_502067334788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Having a Nintendo Wii for a couple of years now, we've gone through our fair share of batteries. When I saw the low battery indicator once again recently after my son had been playing a while, I decided it was time... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~502067334788 Sat, 6 Feb 2010 21:28:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_502067334788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471033351812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - By the fourth season of the Fox television show, The X-Files, the show was one of the major bright spots for the Fox Network. It was the first show aired on this network to really achieve mainstream success, cracking the Neilsen ratings... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471033351812 Sat, 6 Feb 2010 19:25:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471033351812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_493074812548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Robert Redford has been an actor I've always liked quite a bit, and not just for his good looks and politics. There doesn't seem to be a role he hasn't done well in. The Last Castle might not have been the best choice he's ever made as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~493074812548 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:29:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_493074812548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_501324680836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - One of the biggest threats to keeping tropical fish is ammonia. How does ammonia get into a fish tank? It's in water naturally from the breakdown of organic particles. This is the reason when setting up a new aquarium it's important to let the water be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~501324680836 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:11:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_501324680836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_501320224388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - With an aquarium filter, the parts of the system that actually cleanse the water need to be replaced on something of a schedule. My AquaClear Aquarium Power Filter uses three different filtering medium in a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~501320224388 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:42:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_501320224388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_501319831172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - With an aquarium filter, the parts of the system that actually cleanse the water need to be replaced on something of a schedule. My AquaClear Aquarium Power Filter uses three different filtering medium in a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~501319831172 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:15:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_501319831172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488216039044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - For those who have read the book(s) by DH Lawrence upon which this British mini-series is based, I'll leave the comparisons to you. I have not read them although I did know a bit of the story going in. Lady Constance Chatterley (portrayed by... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488216039044 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:43:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488216039044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_501196820100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Last year we had a lovely incident where our 29 gallon aquarium cracked for no apparent reason. We saved almost all of the fish because I happened to have a 39 gallon tank given to me by someone else. Unfortunately, that meant the filter I had for the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~501196820100 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:12:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_501196820100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476553514628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - During the Christmas season, I see many people upset that people say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. What I often don't see or hear from these same people is an urging to buy less and get back to the true meaning of Christmas. While they... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476553514628 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:54:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476553514628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_501184958084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - After watching a few of these over the years, I have come to generally loathe the “critical reviews” out there of various rock albums. Particularly in the case of a well-known artist like The Beatles, to me it's up to each person to decide... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~501184958084 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:59:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_501184958084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_501113196164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Hormel Foods has tried to come up with a new way to take your lunch to work. Knowing that there are issues at almost every workplace with food disappearing from a community refrigerator or freezer and people wanting to economize by bringing food with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~501113196164 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:21:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_501113196164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_501108543108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - When buying cat food for our cats, one thing I noticed over the years is the name of the cat food. It's designed to sound appetizing to us, since cats don't read or shop. Sliced Beef Feast in Gravy? Sounds good to me! Sliced Chicken Hearts & Liver... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~501108543108 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:39:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_501108543108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_500764348036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - It's a bit ironic that just this week I viewed Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train.  Zinn died on January 27th, just a couple of days after I checked out that DVD .For those of you who don't know who Howard Zinn... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~500764348036 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:33:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_500764348036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484163292804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Annie Lennox spent years as the lead singer for the Eurythmics before striking out on her own. Diva was her first solo album in 1992 and a video companion was crafted for it. Even having grown up during MTV's heyday, this is somewhat... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484163292804 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:48:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484163292804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483600141956?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_~483600141956 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:35:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483600141956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486657003140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Philip Seymour Hoffman is one of those talented actors who seems to have a knack for picking challenging roles. Each character is unique, rather than often seeming like the same character just in a different situation. That's harder to do than it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486657003140 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:05:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486657003140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_500481953412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - With four cats now to feed, it can get expensive. It's also hard sometimes to keep track of who wants to eat what, as well as what they can eat. Lucky is our older male cat. Like our other male, he needs to be on low-ash food for his urinary tract... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~500481953412 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:56:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_500481953412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484153200260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - The television series The Twilight Zone still holds up so well today. The stories were groundbreaking in their time. During this era of television, tight control was exerted by network censors and sponsors which prevented anything that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484153200260 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:01:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484153200260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_500341182084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - When I was taking my daughter on her “special trip” to Disney World in December I let her choose the restaurants she wanted to visit.  I was surprised by how many of them were character dining.  You’d think a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~500341182084 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:35:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_500341182084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_500336201348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Sick people that we are, we just took in another cat.  This one is a little less than a year old.  She was called Momma in her own house but I think it’s weird enough that guys up here call their girlfriends “Momma” and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~500336201348 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:39:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_500336201348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_481043713668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - For a generation that’s been pretty much removed from all of the hysteria we lived through during the Cold War, it might be hard to understand the comedic points of the film The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.  Even... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~481043713668 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:35:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_481043713668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484430679684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - I can remember the first time I saw this film was at the behest of a friend one evening.  It was long before Silence of the Lambs, so the masses weren’t as aware of the name Hannibal Lecter as they are today.  In some ways... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484430679684 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:29:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484430679684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474206277252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - This DVD is a combination of two VHS releases by the rock band Poison.  Sight for Sore Ears and Flesh & Blood.  Sight for Sore Ears was released in 1989 and contained videos of songs from the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474206277252 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:45:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474206277252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_495530774148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - I’m not generally a fan of musicals.  Although I have seen some plays I quite enjoy, somehow when it translates to the screen, other than animated features, I don’t care for them.  I’d never seen My Fair Lady... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~495530774148 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:01:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_495530774148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_500109184644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - I’ve bought off of eBay for years, often from people who sold items from a storefront type set-up.  In this way, people are often selling multiples of the same item.  I noticed something over the past few years when I purchased yarn... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~500109184644 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:22:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_500109184644?linkin_id=8003929