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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-JediKermit Recent reviews written by member JediKermit en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_475977518724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - As I've done with all of the other Harry Potter movies, I thought it would behoove me to reacquaint myself with the novel that movie is based on before the flick came out.  So I got to revisit Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince over the last... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475977518724 Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:08:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475977518724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475876331140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - I just got back from spending nine days in Washington, D.C..  Our nation's capital is a wonderful place for tourists, and whether you're there for the first time or (like me) the third or more, there's always something to see and do while you're in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475876331140 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:43:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475876331140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475984137860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - I'm afraid the recent Star Trek movie has rekindled all sorts of Star Trek love for me, and part of that has inspired me to pick up Trek novels that I haven't... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475984137860 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:59:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475984137860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468465847940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - For my third trip to Washington DC in as many years, I had the good fortune of staying in my nicest DC hotel yet:  The Omni Shoreham Hotel.  Located in the Northwest section of the city, it's within a five minute walk of the Adams Morgan/Zoo... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468465847940 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:58:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468465847940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474704481924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - One of the things I liked best about the old GI Joe: A Real American Hero cartoons in the 1980s was the voices of the villains.  The hissing whine of Cobra Commander, the deep bass of Destro, and the sexy, vaguely Eastern European accent of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474704481924 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:24:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474704481924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474666536580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - I'm going to be in Washington D.C. next week, and this visit will include a side trip to Mount Vernon.  Even though I'm a history teacher, I'm very much a student and teacher of the 20th Century.  When it comes to the founding fathers, I'm more... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474666536580 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:02:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474666536580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474606898820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - Last year I read Kevin J. Anderson's brilliant hardcover prose novel, The Last Days of Krypton.  The science fiction story managed to tell a Superman story without Superman, instead focusing on his Kryptonian parents, Jor-El and Lara--how they met,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474606898820 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:55:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474606898820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474481462916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - When we cut down on our cable last year, one of the shows we missed the most was USA's Pysch.  The mystery-comedy series stars James Roday and Dule Hill as Shawn and Gus--a fake psychic who uses his keen observation skills to solve crimes... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474481462916 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:32:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474481462916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471325380228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - I don't always appreciate the revisions of my past obsessions.  Some things just shouldn't be revisited.  Star Wars?  Best cut off at 1983.  Superman?  Shouldn't have returned.  Some others, though, have had some successful... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471325380228 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:47:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471325380228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430930431620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - For my family, going to Lagoon Amusement Park was something of a tradition. Although we didn't go every year, we went often enough that we knew the rides we wanted to hit, in what order, and the best time of day to go on them. Then for a period of about... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430930431620 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:09:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430930431620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459437084292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - One of the most unexpected Christmas gifts we got this year has also turned out to be the most fun--the Garmin Nuvi 750.  A GPS and "Personal Travel Assistant," the 3 x 5 inch device combines the features of a GPS navigation system with an MP3... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459437084292 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:33:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459437084292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473561140868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - I first experienced Gene Luen Yang's work two years ago when I read American Born Chinese. That graphic novel was about a boy who learned to accept himself and his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473561140868 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:27:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473561140868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473445994116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - One of the few weaknesses I saw with the new Star Trek movie was that the villain, a Romulan named Nero, didn't have much to do.  We didn't get much of his motivation, he didn't do... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473445994116 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:51:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473445994116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473445928580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - I first read about My Abandonment in a short review in the Salt Lake Tribune a few weeks ago.  The review focused on used-to-be-local author Peter Rock, and on the survivalist aspects of the book.  As an outdoorsy kind of guy who would... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473445928580 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:37:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473445928580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472377101956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - This morning I was looking through a 2007 coffee table book, DC Comics Covergirls by Louise Simonson.  My wife came into the room, shook her head, and said, "your Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition for geeks."  Which...isn't entirely... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472377101956 Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:29:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472377101956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472371203716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - For my son's seventh birthday last month, he got the game Trouble.  You know, the one with the Pop-O-Matic Bubble.  The little die is trapped in a plastic bubble, you push it down, and with a POP! the die turns to a different... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472371203716 Sun, 31 May 2009 23:30:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472371203716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472076422788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - Any comic book geek worth his salt will know the name Abin Sur.  A Green Lantern "space cop" en route across our solar system, his spaceship was disabled and he crashed in the desert Southwest.  His Green Lantern ring sought out his successor... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472076422788 Sun, 31 May 2009 10:19:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472076422788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472076226180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - I've always had an affinity for the Scarecrow.  Maybe it's because I'm an ineffectual wannabe intellectual who never had the physical size or strength to intimidate people, so I turned to my love of phobias to find ways to turn their fears against... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472076226180 Sat, 30 May 2009 20:35:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472076226180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472076291716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - Of all the "new" Batman villains created in the classic Batman: The Animated Series, none deserves the spotlight more than Harley Quinn.  Created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, and voiced by Arleen Sorkin, she's the kind of deadly screwball sidekick... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472076291716 Sat, 30 May 2009 20:06:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472076291716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472076357252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - Back in the Silver Age of comics, there was a character called the Clock King.  He wore an actual clock on his head as a mask, his costume was covered in clocks, and there was a tiny little crown on top of his head, because you know, he's the Clock... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472076357252 Sat, 30 May 2009 19:43:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472076357252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472183770756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - Yesterday we ponied up the thirty dollars and took our two boys, ages 7 and 4, to see Pixar's latest masterpiece, Up.  This is their tenth full-length feature, and they have yet to disappoint me.  Even the Pixar movies that haven't been... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472183770756 Sat, 30 May 2009 08:04:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472183770756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472093855364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - In the 1990's comic books decided that their heroes and villains needed to be dark, grim and gritty.  The same DC Comics that killed Superman with a brutish "Doomsday" came up with a new trial for Batman: a criminal pumped up on super-steroid... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472093855364 Fri, 29 May 2009 13:18:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472093855364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472072490628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - My wife has been caught up in the saga of the Twilight books since the third book came out.  Stephenie Meyer's tale of vampires, werewolves, and a girl caught in the middle of all of it has somehow addicted my previously normal,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472072490628 Fri, 29 May 2009 08:55:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472072490628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471878635140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - When LEGO first announced their Indiana Jones line of playsets, I was excited.  The possibilities with the four movies seemed endless--Indy's adventures take him around the world, running into villains on every continent.  The cool vintage... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471878635140 Wed, 27 May 2009 17:18:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471878635140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471854911108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author JediKermit - My wife is a wonderfully patient woman.  I've got a little bit of a media obsession...okay, a lot of one.  Sometimes that means action figures, sometimes DVDs, sometimes horrible cartoons or shows from the 1970's that should have been left in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471854911108 Wed, 27 May 2009 12:18:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471854911108?linkin_id=8003929