Epinions Recent Reviews for AmyLEnsor

Is it worth buying if you don't have to stand in line?

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:04:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - A Preliminary Late Night Collection of Impressions from my First Day with the iPhone 3G S 32Mb (which may or may not prove useful to someone)Two years ago, more or less, my husband stood in line for the new Apple...

Mixed Feelings

Wed, 3 Jun 2009 06:32:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - A modern novelist could no more write characters and plots than a modern composer could write a Mozart symphony. It was thought, perception, sensations that interested her, the conscious mind as a river through time, and how to represent its...

The place where DIRECTV, TiVo and HDTV come together! Update: 12/8/06

Sun, 16 May 2004 06:01:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - Just a brief update: Recently, like in the past month or so, we replaced our Hughes DirecTV TiVo with a TiVo Series 3 HD Digital Media Recorder. We've replaced our DirecTV subscription with one for cable, and that is saying something since we've...

Don't waffle, this is the (pancake) grill of your dreams!

Tue, 3 Feb 2004 02:10:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - Well, it's a new year, so it is time for another review. I certainly don't lack products to review, but I like to use them for awhile before reviewing them and inevitably the review falls by the wayside. Not this time, however. I'm reviewing a product...

Pleasure the senses with full flavored vegan cooking

Thu, 14 Nov 2002 05:40:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - I've had this cookbook for about a year now, and like many cookbooks, I was content to pull it off the shelf on occasion for casual perusal. Somehow reading about all the good, cooked from scratch, whole foods type things I could be eating made me feel...

Duet carefully-it seems quite sharp but may fall flat

Sun, 15 Sep 2002 06:25:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - This is a revision of my original one star review of the Whirlpool Duet washer. I was finally able to get my defective washer replaced, thanks to the helpful appliances manager at Lowe's. If you do want to buy this washer, or any other appliance, I...

Sleek Bod, Very Mod, Apple iPod

Wed, 21 Nov 2001 08:15:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - When my husband told me that Apple was going to announce some groundbreaking new product, I just groaned and rolled my eyes. In my house, these pre-announcement announcements always stir up a flurry of activity as my husband hits his various rumor sites...

Should Your Two Year Old See This Film?

Thu, 8 Nov 2001 04:25:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - While I normally stay pretty far away from movie reviews, the idea for this one was borne from a discussion I had with a group of moms who were wondering if this movie would be fit fare for their children. Sure it is Disney and sure it has a G rating,...

Fourteen Spooky Tales for Halloween (Freestyle Halloween Write Off)

Wed, 31 Oct 2001 07:02:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - While wandering around Downtown Disney a few weeks ago, I stopped in the combo bookstore coffee shop to get a shot of caffeine. While waiting for my brew I noticed a display of Halloween themed books, and picked up the one titled Roald Dahl’s Book...

These Cheerful Tunas Will Mako You Want to Sing Along! (Disney Write Off)

Mon, 15 Oct 2001 06:21:37 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - I acquired this video in 1992 after getting a job with Erol’s Video at the tender age of 25. We had a promotion where the purchase of the newest Disney SingAlong Songs video along with the pre-order of Beauty and the Beast would get the buyer a...

A Warning Before Allowing a Toddler to Choose Your Reading Material

Mon, 24 Sep 2001 04:27:07 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - I was sitting in my house one evening a little over a week ago when it occurred to me that I had neglected to buy my dear spouse an anniversary present. Jumping up off the couch, I headed to Costco, a place I normally avoid and haven't set foot in in...

CARiN 522: Let CARiN Tell You Where To Get Off! (HTP Love Fest)

Sun, 9 Sep 2001 17:28:55 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - (This is part of the HTP Love Fest. The proceeds of this review went to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society). The usual disclaimer is necessary that were I able to write like Mark, I'd have started a long time ago and been raking in the big bucks. Since I...

Denny's - America's (dysfunctional) Family Dinner Table

Wed, 8 Aug 2001 05:22:13 GMT
rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - Recently I competed in a 5 k event with a friend. We walked and chatted, pushing our daughters in their strollers. A few senior citizens passed us by, and we were eventually told to get on the sidewalk so that the road could be opened to traffic. The...

Watching, Waiting and Planning for the Showdown (Dean Koontz Write Off)

Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:00:54 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - When I read my first Dean Koontz novel as a teenager, I thought I was really onto something. Here was a writer who told exciting horror stories with good endings, and without some of that stuff that Stephen King threw in to slow down the plot. Up until...

Sands Shift and Fog Obscures

Tue, 9 Jan 2001 04:39:26 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - The House of Sand and Fog is the story of losing control, going past the point of no return; the story of prejudice, rage and of people not able to tell the truth to themselves or others. It is also the story of what-ifs; all along the various points of...

Change Your Life Through Eating Sprouts

Mon, 1 Jan 2001 08:16:51 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - So it is a new year, new century and new millennium. You want to make a positive change in your life, but you're not sure where to start. If you are considering a change to a healthier, whole foods, plant based diet, Sproutman's Kitchen Garden...

10 Hours of Music on one CD

Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:34:33 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - I recently received the Philips Expanium Exp 103 as a birthday gift, after asking for a portable CD player for my daily walks. My husband thought to keep at least one trick up his sleeve and purchased a CD player that could handle both audio CDs and...

Fun is Brewing in the Little Tikes Kitchen

Sun, 31 Dec 2000 03:56:28 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - I am a great believer in purchasing gifts online, and have been doing this for several years since moving cross country. Some odd sort of frugality grabbed hold of me this year, however, and after receiving some toy advertisements, I decided to brave...

Quality Product + Good Service = Success for Kissaluvs

Fri, 29 Dec 2000 07:58:33 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - I first was turned on to the world of cloth diapering through an Internet mailing list. Names like Kushies, Pops, Sandies, Kissaluvs, Darlas and Jenny-Ohs were tossed around. I barely knew a prefold from an All In One in those days, but I felt like I...

Manifestations, Melodies Make Miserly Misanthrope Merry!

Thu, 28 Dec 2000 05:20:20 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - A Christmas Carol is one of the most loved Christmas stories of all times, retold countless times in movies and television. Well, perhaps not countless—film historian, Fred Guida, claims there have been about 22 film versions, and 140...

Four Ghosts, Eight Cratchits, and a Very Cranky Old Man

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 07:59:53 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - Of the Father's Love Begotten, Ere the world began to be, He is Alpha and Omega, He the source the ending He. Of the things that are, that ha-a-a-a-ve been, and that future years shall see, Evermore and evermore.

A Christmas...

Grand Passion Becomes True Love

Fri, 8 Dec 2000 07:08:07 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - I picked up a novel by Jayne Ann Krentz in Target the day before I was to head out on a cross country plane trip. I had never read this particular author before, but was in the mood for something containing both suspense and romance, and the particular...

For Traveling Consider a Foretravel

Sat, 11 Nov 2000 05:42:10 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - There are about as many different types of motorhomes as people who want to buy them. From the multimillion dollar custom conversions to the tiny cruising cabins that cost no more than some SUVs, there are motorhomes for about every price range too...

Good Hill Haunting-The Classic Haunted House Tale (HWO)

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:23:44 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within;

So...

Angel Babies Aren't Heaven Sent

Thu, 19 Oct 2000 00:22:09 GMT
rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author AmyLEnsor - When I recently saw a knit Angel Babies diaper on auction with no reserve, I bid on it without hesitation. I got the diaper at a reasonable price, but I can’t say that I got a great deal as I don’t think this is one of the better made diapers out...