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Panasonic MC-3920 Bagged Canister Vacuum: Panasonic MC-3920 Doesn't Suck (That's a Bad Thing)

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:39:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - I bought this vacuum two years ago from Amazon.com because it got decent reviews. I lived in a small-ish apartment at the time with two roommates and mainly hardwood floors, so it seemed like a good choice. Since I don't have kids or pets, I...

4% Interest on My Checking Account -- I Love My Local Bank!

Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:27:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - I get 4% interest on my checking account through Cambride Savings Bank's SuperSmart Checking. That's right: 4%! That's higher than ING Direct or any other online...

Block Island: Serenity Now!

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:47:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - I’d been having a stressful few weeks leading up to my four-day weekend on Block Island. All day long, it seems, I have endless e-mail exchanges and phone calls with realtors, mortgage lenders, furniture stores, lawyers, banks, and banks’...

Cheap Electric Toothbrush

Tue, 19 May 2009 12:05:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - I bought the Braun Oral B Vitality Sonic Power Rechargeable Toothbrush after my brother recommended it to me. Only $20 for a rechargeable toothbrush sounded like a great deal! Some electric toothbrushes that I've seen in stores cost up to...

Crest Whitestrips Premium Made My Teeth Hurt So Much!

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:58:21 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - Talking to strangers on the street, eating an apple, living my life without constant teeth pain. These are three of my favorite things that I could not do during the hellish week that I used Crest Whitestrips. Actually, I still have three or four strips...

Comfortable, Warm, Waterproof Boots -- Low-Quality Zipper

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:51:49 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - It has been a cold, snowy winter in Boston. This might sound like I'm stating the obvious, but it has been colder and snowier than usual. So, I need a high-quality, comfortable snow boots that are going to keep my feet warm and dry. Plus, I want the...

Sex and the City: Sex, Friendship, and Shoes: The Sex and the City Movie [No Spoilers]

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 18:05:54 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - The IMDB plot keywords for the Sex and the City are “sex,” “nudity,” “friends,” “New York,” and “based on television series.” If you add “shoes,” that just about sums it up. Carrie, Samantha,...

Nauseated by Enchanted

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:01:31 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - Maybe I’m becoming cynical in my old age, but I’ve hated every movie I’ve seen recently—even ones that were highly recommended. I feel like Elaine from Seinfeld in the episode about The English Patient. Many people find fairy tales...

Stop Loss: Stop-Loss Stopped Before It Reached My Expectations

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:07:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - After seeing the trailer for Stop-Loss and reading a bit about it, I had very high hopes. I thought the film would make a powerful statement about the war in Iraq and the soldiers who are fighting in it and losing their lives or becoming horribly...

Noxzema: The Cleanser of Choice for Four Generations

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:21:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - All the women in my family use Noxzema. We have dark blue tubs of it in every bathroom and shower. My grandmother (may she rest in peace) used to tell me that her mother (my great-grandmother Rebecca after whom I'm named) used Noxzema all her life and...

The Schick Xtreme 3 Makes My Legs Xtreme-ly Bloody

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:49:46 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - I love my
Mach 3 razor, but my gym had a big basket of these Schick Xtreme 3 razors during the holiday season, so I decided to take a few to save...

Man, I Feel Like a Woman When I Use This Man's Razor

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:11:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - Back in the dark ages when I first started shaving my legs (OK, it was the early '90s...) I used the Gillette Sensor for Women because it was pretty and had "for women" in its name. All my friends used them, too. But all that changed a few years ago...

John Cusack in Grace Is Gone: You WILL Cry

Fri, 8 Feb 2008 17:55:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - I went to see Grace Is Gone with someone who loves sad movies. As we were leaving the theater, he said that it was one of the saddest movies he’d ever seen. From someone who watches Beaches whenever it’s on TV, that’s quite the statement...

LG VX8350: A High-Quality, Cute, Little Clamshell Phone

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:07:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - As a Verizon Wireless customer, I get $100 toward a new phone every two years. My LG VX6100 phone was still working great, but it was starting to look a little bulky and old-fashioned compared to what everyone else was toting around, so I decided...

Rambo: Rambo: A Big Budget B-Movie

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 17:15:50 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - Let me begin this review with a confession: I've never seen any of the original Rambo movies. I grew up in the '80s, and I even had a crush on Sylvester Stallone back in the day, but I was a little too young to watch Rambo when it first...

Bally's: If It's Good Enough for Cher, It's Good Enough for Me

Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:26:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - My name is Becky, and I’m a gym-a-holic. If I don’t go to the gym for a couple of days, I get anxious and irritable, and I can’t sleep, and all I can think about is when the next time I can work out. I started wondering what it was that I...

Just as Every Cop Is a Criminal ... American Gangster

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:56:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - In the New York City of American Gangster, it's hard to tell the cops from the criminals. Police officers consistently accept bribes from criminals, get a little overzealous with their guns during raids, and indulge in some of the drugs they...

I'm a Survivor: I'm Gonna Brush Harder

Wed, 23 May 2007 17:41:37 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - Since I never keep my opinions to myself and tend to speak in hyperbole, it's very easy to shop for presents for me. I often say things like, "This is the best ___ ever!" And sometimes I mean it. When my friend Katy bought me the Destiny's Child...

Feng Shaun: A Cute, but Useless, Book

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:29:33 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - My family doesn't exchange Christmas presents anymore, and Feng Shaun: Discover Inner Peace with Shaun the Sheep epitomizes why. It's the kind of gift that is cute when you first open it, but you'll probably never read it again, and it will just...

And I Am Telling You ... Jennifer Hudson Is Phenomenal in Dreamgirls

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:41:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - When Jennifer Hudson was voted off of American Idol during the 2004 season, my mother and I were so devastated that we vowed to never watch the show again. Of course, the AI addiction is too strong to beat cold turkey, so we tuned in again the following...

The Indianapolis Marriott Downtown -- Conferences Galore!

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:17:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - When I found out that I was being sent to Indianapolis for the International Dyslexia Association Conference, I immediately looked up the hotel where we would be staying, and I was pretty impressed. I’m used to staying at budget hotels with my family...

The Great New Wonderful: Post-traumatic Stress and the City: The Great New Wonderful

Thu, 6 Jul 2006 15:52:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - Apparently, Hollywood has decided that four and a half years is the socially acceptable amount of time to wait before profiting on tragedy. United 93 opened a few months ago, and now we find The Great New Wonderful, a “post-9/11 comedy”...

Capote: Capote: Sympathy for the Devil?

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:31:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - Truman Capote was already one of the most famous writers in America in 1959 when a news story about the murder of a family in Kansas captured his interest. Capote (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) boards a train to Kansas with his assistant Nelle Harper Lee...

With its High APY, You Should Be Highly Interested in the Orange Savings Account

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:41:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - Update: As of Sept. 1, 2009, the interest rate for ING Direct's Orange Savings Account is only 1.4%, but it's still a better rate than you would get from most brick-and-mortar banks.I opened an Orange Savings Account with ING Direct in...

Trapped in the Closet: An Unintentionally Hilarious Hip-Hopera

Fri, 7 Apr 2006 16:32:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author beckytcy - I’m surprised that no one called the police while my friend Ethan and I were watching Trapped in the Closet the other day. We laughed and screamed so loud that we had to stop the disc three times to rewind it and watch the insanity again...