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A Colorful Conglomeration of Calvin

Sun, 16 Dec 2001 07:14:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - Frame 1 (Calvin & Hobbes in wagon at top of Concussion Hill.)

C: "Hobbes, do you think the world was a better place when everything was in black and white?"

Frame 2 (Wagon picks up speed. In foreground a rabbit tries...

Toasty French Reading

Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:28:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - Some books are for chewing, others are for observing from a distance and still others are for slathering all over the body. A few books, however, are for savoring. These books, rich in people, places and flavor make perfect companions for curling up on...

An Oasis of Space and Time in the Midst of Chaos Unfurled

Wed, 25 Jul 2001 04:16:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - Having found myself on a yearlong sabbatical from the craziness of NYC here in Jerusalem, I have recently begun to feel a little homesick. Yes, it’s only been two weeks, but there’s something about NYC that gets under your skin (besides the grit and...

Quit Your Whining

Sat, 19 May 2001 17:32:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - I have always wanted to know the answer to the following question: “Why are old people so crabby all the time?” Oh sure, there are a couple of exceptions here and there (Mother Theresa comes to mind) but for the most part, older people’s favorite...

Go West My Young Wes

Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:30:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - It is difficult to remember how many alternative universes I traveled to as a child. There was the one that was an animal refuge that my best friend and I decided we would construct in the forest between our houses. I also recall an underground ice cave...

Messy is as Messy Does

Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:26:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - When Benjamin Franklin said nothing is sure but death and taxes, I believe he left out sibling rivalry. Anyone who has spent a majority of his or her life on the giving (or receiving) end of the eternal grudge match can vouch for me. Few things are as...

How to Rob a Bank

Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:45:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - I have a confession to make. I have been robbing a bank for the past four years. In all the time that I have been a customer of Security First Network Bank I do not believe they have made a single cent off of me. At first, I believed that this was...

Logitech Cordless Desktop Pro (967044-0403) Keyboard and Mouse: Typing on the Toilet

Wed, 21 Mar 2001 23:32:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - Wouldn’t it be cool to be a spy? Get your hands on a couple fancy gadgets to let you see around corners, stand on the ceilings and hear conversations occurring a mile away and you’re in business. Sneak into restricted areas and take snapshots of...

Children Deserve Misery

Tue, 13 Mar 2001 11:45:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - I have met Lemony Snicket before, I am quite sure of it. When I was in fifth grade, I missed two weeks of school after contracting a virus which kept me bedridden. I am quite sure, if my memory serves me correctly, that the nasty bug was called,...

Could Today Get Any Worse?

Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:43:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - I probably should not have even gotten out of bed this morning. It was one of those days. You must know what I am talking about. It was a day where:

+ A freezing rainstorm greeted me when I left for the gym.

+ Because of the rain, I got...

I Feel Like Shooting The President Today

Wed, 13 Dec 2000 13:22:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - A good cd is like a garden, you have to care for it and water it and love it and then in the bleakest of days it will bear fruit. By this measure, the 1991 Original Cast Recording of Assassins is one of my closest confidants.

Like many...

Dorothy, You're not in Kansas Anymore

Tue, 5 Dec 2000 17:18:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - The very first time I took a peek at the Handspring Visor Prism, I was reminded of the scene from the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy steps out of her twister-tossed house and into the magical, colorized world of Oz. I was similarly awestruck as so many of the...

Charity Organizations: Contrary to Popular Belief, New York Cares

Fri, 1 Dec 2000 18:09:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - The meaning of things lies not

in the things themselves,

but in our attitude towards them.

Antoine de Saint Exupery

Yo! Have you read the headlines in the Times today?

New Yorker Stabs Subway Rider...

Charity Organizations: I'd Walk a Million Miles for One of Their Smiles

Fri, 1 Dec 2000 17:54:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - "History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose." - (John Le Carré, aka. David...

Bubblet: I am Forever Blowing Bubblet

Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:15:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - Wouldn’t it be cool to be a spy? Get your hands on a couple fancy gadgets to let you see around corners and stand on the ceilings and hear conversations occurring a mile away and you’re in business. Sneak into restricted areas and take snapshots of...

Warning: I, too was Mugged in the Bookstore…

Thu, 9 Nov 2000 11:43:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - It occurred without warning. I was walking through the University of Pennsylvania bookstore a mere five years ago when a book leaped out of the shelf and caught my eye. Perhaps it was the bold, colorful picture on the front cover that first called my...

Helping Hands: Singin’ about Seuss

Mon, 6 Nov 2000 11:18:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - This review is done as part of a write-off called Epinion’s Helping Hands. Thank you bgoodday for hosting this wonderful write off.

All of the participants have so generously decided to contribute all money earned from this write-off to...

Grandpa’s got some Large Feet

Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:17:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - When I was little, I used to imagine that I was just like my grandfather. In my mind, He was a World War I flying ace diving out of my plane just before the bad guys riddled it with bullets. I could see him foraging in the forests and deserts for the...

Top 10 reasons to Sacrifice Your Feet to a Volcano

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 13:16:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - When I decided to run a marathon, most of my friends and family told me that I was crazy. Once I told them that I would be running the Honolulu Marathon, however, they changed their tune a little bit. Sure I was crazy (you really must be to subject...

Idyllic New York City: Not Necessarily an Oxymoron

Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:48:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author argonut -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

New Yorkers must be the most uncaring, unfeeling, ungrateful louts to live in the noisy, cramped, putrid environs they call home. When New Yorkers find themselves fed up with the rats,...

Dr Seuss: Thinking Outside the Zebra

Fri, 6 Oct 2000 12:41:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - When I was in kindergarten, we did an art project where our teacher put on some classical music and we had to draw in crayon, whatever the music made us think or feel. Sandwiched between snack and lunch, you would imagine that this would have been a...

Sharebuilder vs. Mutual Funds

Fri, 6 Oct 2000 12:37:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author argonut -

Sharebuilder.com is for the tortoises out there. The online brokerage is a neat, useful investment tool that allows anyone to set up a timely investing schedule. What's more, Sharebuilder allows its users to invest in over 3,000 stocks like AOL,...

Is That a Laptop in Your Pocket?

Thu, 21 Sep 2000 15:19:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - Wouldn’t it be cool to be a spy? Get your hands on a couple fancy gadgets to let you see around corners and stand on the ceilings and hear conversations occurring a mile away and you’re in business. Sneak into restricted areas and take snapshots of...

Jester Minute Sir -- Why Aren't You Smiling

Wed, 20 Sep 2000 16:27:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - Ha!

and I say again:

Ha ha ha!

Have you laughed yet today? That is the question that David Saltzman puts to each and every one of us in his uplifting book, The Jester has Lost His Jingle. It is a book...

The Art of Wishcraft

Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:35:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author argonut - Dear Friend,

I know how it feels to be lost, or even to just feel an inkling that I could easily be entirely lost if I just sat down for a minute. It probably seems like it’s a terrible thing to throw important issues into question and I will...