© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-bilbopooh Recent reviews written by member bilbopooh en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_492544102020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Three years ago, I received an HP Pavilion dv8000 for my birthday. I’d had other laptops before at various times; this one was by far the fanciest of the bunch. It had been a few years since my last laptop, and I had grown accustomed to using a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492544102020 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:26:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492544102020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492495933060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Many who know me well might say that I practically live on the computer. Nonetheless, I consider myself a bit of a Bear of Little Brain when it comes to embracing new technology, so when I found out in September that I was the winner of an iPod Touch, I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492495933060 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:36:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492495933060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492446191236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - When I was in ninth grade, my acting teacher, Jim Gandolfo, and his wife Tammy presented the two-person musical The Gift of the Magi at my high school. I was familiar with the story, as it was included in a collection of Christmas tales that had... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492446191236 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:15:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492446191236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492442324612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - There are lots of things most children can be counted upon to love. Christmas is one of them. Kittens and puppies are two more. In Santa Paws, Rachel Hale, who has created many calendars celebrating our fuzzy, cuddly four-legged friends, offers... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492442324612 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:04:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492442324612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492431380100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I’ve read Christmas stories set in many different types of locales. But A Merry Mermaid Christmas, written by Mary Man-Kong and illustrated by Bob Berry, is the first I’ve encountered that takes place underwater. This... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492431380100 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:17:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492431380100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492345134724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I don’t recall when I first heard a song by Enya, but once I did, I immediately recognized every subsequent song. She has an extremely distinctive style that involves multiple layers of harmony and instruments, making you feel as if an ocean of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492345134724 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:56:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492345134724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492343758468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I am a great fan of all things Scottish, so when I spotted A Scottish Christmas at the library, I knew I had to give it a listen or two. I’d never heard of any of the musicians on this instrumental album before, but each of them is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492343758468 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:31:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492343758468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492323180164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - This is the year that Sesame Street celebrates 40 years at the forefront of children’s programming. While many of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492323180164 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:07:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492323180164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492321279620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - A couple years ago, I was watching TV with my cousin when a show came on Nickelodeon that I hadn’t encountered before. Called Wonder Pets, it featured a trio of irresistible young animals who went about rescuing other young animals. The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492321279620 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:19:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492321279620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492303781508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - So I was sitting in the living room, too tired to do anything productive, too awake to call it a night, and after one flatulence joke too many from Craig Ferguson, I grabbed the remote, whereupon I was reminded of that glorious, albeit inconveniently... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492303781508 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:52:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492303781508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492286414468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - One of the first Christmas gifts I remember receiving from my aunt Nancy is an autographed copy of Jan Brett‘s Annie and the Wild Animals. Several... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492286414468 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:56:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492286414468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492181753476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - The 12 Days of Christmas is an incredibly easy song to adapt, so it has spawned its own mini-genre of Christmas books.  Cecily Kaiser and Brian Schatell extend its influence by applying it to Judaism in On the First Night of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492181753476 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:45:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492181753476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492126965380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I’ve read a lot of Christmas books, and some of my favorites are inspired by Matthew 25, the chapter of the Bible that includes the account of the separation of the sheep and the goats, with the sheep being rewarded for clothing the naked, feeding... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492126965380 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:02:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492126965380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492101144196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - In my dad’s office, there hangs a Bloom County comic strip in which young Binkley awakens in the middle of the night to the horrifying specter of an axe-wielding librarian announcing that his book is hundreds of weeks overdue. I’ve... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492101144196 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:11:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492101144196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492095377028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Every once in a while, my mom brings up the show Here Come the Brides and tells me that I really need to see it so that I can swoon over Bobby Sherman. I always giggle a little at Mom’s admission of her schoolgirl crush on this teen idol,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492095377028 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:05:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492095377028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492094590596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - When I picked up The Longest Christmas List Ever, I was attracted by the cover art, featuring a perplexed-looking boy, pencil in hand, mulling over his Christmas list amidst a sea of brightly wrapped packages. I didn’t realize that I was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492094590596 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:48:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492094590596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492023418500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Over the years, my family has amassed quite a collection of Christmas albums. Among them are a few that I’ve deemed the cream of the crop, the Christmas Must List. One of those is Neil... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492023418500 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:21:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492023418500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_492019420804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I love James Taylor and have been a particular fan of his since about a decade ago, when I discovered the kinship between him and Art Garfunkel. His warm, expressive voice is ideally suited to Christmas standards, and with James Taylor at... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492019420804 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:38:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492019420804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491988291204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - PBS has done me the favor of introducing me to a number of Irish musicians, which I appreciate, since those artists tend not to get a lot of attention in mainstream media and I might otherwise be unaware of them. One of the first Irish singers I found... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491988291204 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:52:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491988291204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491886120580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - September 11th, 2001 inspired many songwriters to craft musical responses to one of the greatest tragedies in America’s history. Among the many 9-11 songs that emerged, the one that resonated with me most deeply was a humble reflection that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491886120580 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:10:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491886120580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491880550020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - My friend Libbie and I have been American Idol fans from day one. We’ve watched nearly every episode, though some seasons have been decidedly better than others. Last year was one... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491880550020 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:00:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491880550020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491879435908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - There are dozens of Christmas albums I’ve listened to over the years, most of which I’ve found very enjoyable. One of the very first I remember clearly is Anne Murray’s Christmas Wishes. I can hear her Canadian songbird’s... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491879435908 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:32:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491879435908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491707207300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I’ve always been extremely partial to Irish music, and since I’ve been immersing myself lately in Celtic Thunder, Ireland seems to be calling to me now more than ever. So it was that, while browsing the Christmas music display at the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491707207300 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:49:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491707207300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491703340676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Whenever I think of Regis Philbin, that perpetually smiling, ever-youthful television personality host who’s logged more hours on the air than anyone else, I can’t help smiling. So while I’ve never thought of him as a singer, I was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491703340676 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:40:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491703340676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491699605124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I first became aware of Kristin Chenoweth several years ago, probably via a performance in the Macy’s Day Parade or some similar vehicle, but it wasn’t until she landed a co-starring role as Olive, the flashy but sweet waitress who secretly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491699605124 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:05:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491699605124?linkin_id=8003929