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Sergeant's Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze-On - Inexpensive Way to Prevent Flea and Tick Infestation

Fri, 4 Jul 2008 21:40:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - I have two dogs at my house. One is mine, and the other is one I’ve sort of inherited. He is supposed to be taken care of by his “real” owner, but that doesn’t always happen. I take care of him as much as I can, although I’m not quite as invested in...

Platoon: Platoon - War is Still Hell

Fri, 4 Jul 2008 21:08:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - It’s hard to merge the image of writer and director Oliver Stone with the fact that he was once a soldier. He actually dropped out of Yale University to go to Viet Nam, while many others were looking to college as a means to escape the draft. This bit...

Schwan's Raspberry and Orange Creme Bars - A Cool Creamy Treat for Calorie Counters

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:25:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - In the quest to live a healthier lifestyle, some things have gone by the wayside. Fortunately, that hasn’t meant my nightly cold snack, especially on hot summer nights. S
chwan’s
makes some terrific dishes in...

Wonder Woman - The Complete First Season: Wonder Woman: The Complete First Season - Wonder Woman Did It Before Madonna Did

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:37:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - The mid-1970’s was a time of a new, more modern heroes on television. Shows like The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman gave us heroes who lived everyday lives like the rest of us, with The Bionic Woman...

Carolyn Keene - Clue in the Old Album: The Clue in the Old Album - Nancy Drew Battles the Gypsies

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:30:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Maybe it’s me, but I don’t get the fascination with gypsies. At times I have read books and movies that paint these people in a not so favorable light. The prejudice against these groups seems to have waned a bit through the years, but trotting...

White Lake State Park: White Lake State Park - Best Swimming Beach in the White Mountains

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:06:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - I am fortunate that I live in a development that has their own private lakes and beaches. Five beaches, to be precise, on two different small lakes or rather large “ponds”. This means I can be swimming in less than five minutes. However, there are...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Playback: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Playback - Jammin' Me with Videos

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:21:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Much to my horror, when Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers played the half-time show at this year’s Superbowl, my kids were asking me who he was. As I rattled off a list of his hit songs, they repeatedly shook their heads. Now, I know they’d heard the...

Target: Target Online Store - Bullseye!

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:31:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - The one store I really miss having locally is Target. We have others - Home Depot and Lowes are new, and there has been a Wal-Mart present since before we moved up here. But I used to spend a good deal of time and money in Target back in...

Monty Python: The Life of Python - Boxed Set: The Life of Python - Slapping Fish and Spam

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:21:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - I can remember when I was younger watching Monty Python’s Flying Circus every Sunday night on our local PBS station. It was a favorite of my parents, and perhaps that influence is what I can attribute my love of other British television...

Schwan's Strawberry Sundae Ice Cream Cups - Strawberries and Cream in a Controlled Portion

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:29:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - I can remember when I was younger finding flavored ice cream cups like these in the supermarket. I guess my family was in the minority, because it would seem that they didn’t sell enough for the major chains and they eventually disappeared...

Napoleon Dynamite: Napoleon Dynamite - Nerds In a Small Town

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:52:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Films set in high school years generally fall into one of two categories. They either depict the partying life of those ever-so-popular and have the outsiders who try to crack it treated with disdain. The other side of the coin shows the outsiders as...

X-Files: Fight the Future: The X-Files: Fight the Future - Conspiracies Abound

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:37:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - In preparation for the new X-Files film due out this summer, I thought I'd check out the last time our two heroes bent on exposing government cover-ups graced the silver screen. The movie The X-Files: Fight the Future was not just based on...

Schwan's Old-Fashioned Apple Pie - Baseball, Hot Dogs, and This Pie This Summer

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:34:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Fall around here is apple season. We have a couple of great U-Pick farms nearby and end up with bushels of apples and having fresh, home-made pie on a regular basis for a couple of months. We get appled-out after a while, but just around the time the...

A-Team - Season 1: The A-Team: Season One - I Love It When A Cast Comes Together

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:48:58 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Coming off of Battlestar Galactica, I had a "thing" for Dirk Benedict. Which is why I never saw the original pilot episode for the series The A-Team but became a viewer, religiously, soon afterward. There is no other...

Star Trek: Journey to Babel - Happy Vulcan Father's Day

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:01:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - With no knowledge of what the future would hold for the Star Trek franchise, actor Mark Lenard took on his second role in the series so far. Considering the series was only in its second season, you would think having the same actor back...

Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg - Bringing History to Life

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:43:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - I love American history and our heritage., and because of this, Colonial Williamsburg was on my short list of places I wanted to visit. Through the years one thing or another kept coming up and prevented me from going, but this spring we finally...

Nintendo Wii Fit for Nintendo Wii: Nintendo Wii Fit - Video Games Get Healthy

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:58:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Over the years there have been many a gimmick to get people exercising. One need only flip the channels at three in the morning to see celebrities touting a variety of pieces of equipment designed to flatten tummies and build muscles. Much less...

Star Trek - Episode 31: Star Trek: Metamorphosis - Introducing Zefram Cochrane

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:00:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - There are some episodes of the original Star Trek series that hold up better than others. The ones that don’t hold up so well are usually do to issues of it being dated to the era of the 1960’s. In the case of Metamorphosis,...

Gettysburg: Gettysburg - Historically Accurate and Beautifully Made

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:58:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Throughout high school and college various social studies and history classes I have been a part of were about the Civil War. Perhaps it was the fact that these studies were mostly from a Northern perspective that the war seemed like a no-brainer to me...

Schwan's Bright Starts Mini Pizzas - Something New For Breakfast This Morning

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:13:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - I try to find different things to eat for breakfast. Especially during the week when the kids are in a hurry, it’s easy to skip breakfast if it’s the same old sugary cereal in milk. Something different every now and then breaks up the monotony and...

Doctor Who: Planet of Evil - Gothic Horror In Space

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:52:56 GMT

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...

Twilight Zone - Vol. 24 (DVD): The Twilight Zone: Volume 24 - Mankind is So Predictable

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:49:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Although the television series The Twilight Zone first began airing nearly fifty years ago, it’s one of a handful of television shows that holds up almost as well today. There are parts that are dated - we know there really is no humanoid...

Schwan's Ice Cream Bars - Yummy Treats Delivered Right to My Door

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:46:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - Getting special treats in the summertime is a lot of fun. S
chwan’s
has a lot of good things to choose from, most of which are not for people who want to watch their weight. I generally figure I am buying them for...

Alex Haley's Queen: Alex Haley's Queen - A Woman Between Two Worlds

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:20:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - In the miniseries R
oots
and R
oots:
The Next Generations, Alex Haley traced his lineage down his mother’s side of his family based on stories he heard during his life. There was a...

Schwan's Chocolate Fudge Sundae Ice Cream Cups - Good Ice Cream in a Controlled Portion

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 21:45:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AliventiAsylum - I love having S
chwan’s
come every two weeks. They have a wide variety of foods that please everyone in the family. With watching my weight this summer, I have taken a harder look at their labels, and have managed...