© 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-bntowen Recent reviews written by member bntowen en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_491693903492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - At our managers meeting at the beginning of this fiscal year, we were informed that there would be no merit raises, cost of living wage increases, or even frozen turkeys for Christmas bonuses. Our Christmas bonus this year was...we keep our jobs. For... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491693903492 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:15:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491693903492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491341188740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - In the big city of Asheville, North Carolina, there is an organic item overrun store  named, Amazing Savings.  The earthy clientele might have been better served by store names like, "Cheap, Green & Crunchy" or "Petchouli &... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491341188740 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:05:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491341188740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444883046020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - It’s been over fifteen years since I served as a groomsman at my classmate Scott’s wedding in Seneca Falls, NY. Though centrally located, citizens of this small Upstate New York town in the Finger Lakes region sport the logos of the Buffalo... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444883046020 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:28:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444883046020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443832569476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - Allium Sativa or garlic has origins in several European cultures mostly referring to “Gar” in German meaning spear referring to the spear-shaped “green onionish” shoots that come out of the ground, and “lic” possibly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443832569476 Sat, 6 Sep 2008 01:50:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443832569476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443617808004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - Many years ago a friend of mine, Fred, suddenly died of a heart attack while hiking with his wife Chelean and their four children. Fred was a physical therapist like his wife, but was trained in the culinary arts. He chose physical therapy as a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443617808004 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 01:53:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443617808004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443509280388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - As a father of five children, and even before any children, hairstyle is low on the priority list. But married to a woman and being a father of 4 out of five children who are girls made me dare I say sensitive to the varied hair needs of others in my... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443509280388 Wed, 3 Sep 2008 01:49:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443509280388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443040960132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - This is the second time in three years I’ve had to slip into Lowes appliance department to find a dishwasher. Read my revised epinion on my KitchenAid dishwasher that after three repairs, Lowes seriously no-hassle warranty department sent me a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443040960132 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:18:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443040960132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_400729083524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - There&#146s not enough mood-stabilizer in the world quell the mania fueling me from acting like the smartest guy in the room when I&#146m out to lunch (chuckle pause) with one of my bested&#133I mean best friends. There we sat discussing the food while... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~400729083524 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:07:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_400729083524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_400188018308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - It's been a while since my last review. It&#146s been many months and a final fifth child since my last review. So I needed some inspiration. What could inspire an all-to-sensitive right-brained man looking for some power? Power tools! Especially the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~400188018308 Wed, 8 Aug 2007 01:15:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_400188018308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_399909359236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - In the last two years, I had to move all our stuff three times. Unending mounds of boxes, out one house, into storage, then out of storage, and into the new home. What are the chances of losing a lamp, book, or Monopoly terrier token? They&#146re... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~399909359236 Sat, 4 Aug 2007 02:37:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_399909359236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_226512703108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - I was raised in Wheaton, Illinois, a small Midwestern suburb of Chicago. Chicken in the seventies was under one coop, KFC. I&#146m so old I remember when "Extra Crispy" first coated the market. My loving and HDL-conscious mother shielded us from the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~226512703108 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 02:31:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_226512703108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_225467272836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - A psychiatrist once told me that my passion for cooking comes from my unresolved desire to obtain my mother&#146s approval. Being a highly trained and seasoned psychologist myself, I closely considered those challenging words and replied, &#147Bite me... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~225467272836 Wed, 5 Apr 2006 03:20:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_225467272836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_223981833860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - Seventeen years of marriage, and conflict is wonderfully rare. But conflict over money, romance, and selfish endeavors would be would-be sources of intramartial discord. But one would never have predicted that appliances would drive a wedge between us... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~223981833860 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:57:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_223981833860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_219825475204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - Last night we imposed on some wonderful friends to watch our four kids so we could see &#147End of the Spear&#148. Eight dollars a ticket made me wish for a DVD rental if this thing was not awesome visually. In the new theater with stadium seating and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~219825475204 Sun, 5 Feb 2006 01:50:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_219825475204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_219758694020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - The first order of business I took care of before entering the theater. I was told by a friend, and heeded the advice to NOT COMPARE THIS TO LORD OF THE RINGS (LOR)! Cinematically, this film was gorgeous but true to the book in its inclusion... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~219758694020 Sat, 4 Feb 2006 03:46:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_219758694020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_218712477316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - I&#146ve built a house&#133correction, I paid a whole lot of people anywhere from the mountains of North Carolina to the mountains of the Ukraine to the shores of El Salvador to build my house. They all did an awesome job. Certain jobs were left to me... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~218712477316 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 03:34:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_218712477316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_217334320772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - This was the year I went from 0 to massive debt in a matter of months. I finished building a wonderful home in the mountains of Western North Carolina, had to replace the worst van ever built, The Ford Losstar (a.k.a. Windstar) with a wonderful 2001... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~217334320772 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:05:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_217334320772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_181866499716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - I&#146ve been so busy building a house this year, I haven&#146t had time to write many epinions. However, is stopped my busy schedule to write about the amazing properties of Osmocote Outdoor/Indoor Plant Food&#148 because of my eight year olds&#146... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~181866499716 Mon, 2 May 2005 04:26:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_181866499716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_163495775876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - It was a sunny crisp fall Saturday in Western North Carolina Stardate 111304. Most of the daddies around were playing with their kids at the park or washing their cars. Me? I had to do a little laundry. Well, not really a little, but a mound so big I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~163495775876 Tue, 30 Nov 2004 02:30:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_163495775876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_156429422212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - I had to have a phone. Why? Was it the typical American consumer minded drain the planet of every ounce of usable matter only to quench my endless passion to deplete the planet into a globally stifling mass of carbon-dioxide choking gases so I can tell... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~156429422212 Wed, 29 Sep 2004 02:29:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_156429422212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_156068449924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - It&#146s terribly late at night, but I was moving through Epinions, and just for fun I typed in the recent smash hit on our &#147Book Of The Night Club&#148, The Original Adventures Of Hank The Cowdog. What makes them irresistible? Why do my four kids... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~156068449924 Fri, 24 Sep 2004 02:17:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_156068449924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_148268813956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - I received a call from the technical brains of our two-men-and-a-camera extra photography business. We finished a wedding, and I wondered if he finished loading the 8x10s in the matted leathery album. He said all but one. One 35mm bridesmaid print was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~148268813956 Mon, 19 Jul 2004 03:05:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_148268813956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_145913056900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - It&#146s 1:30am EST. The sound of the dishwasher is looming large in the background. This frustrated writer looking for a word-to-word work out sets out on a peculiar journey...to write an interesting epinion about dishwashing liquid. I saw your eyes... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~145913056900 Thu, 1 Jul 2004 03:26:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_145913056900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_144845606532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - I mentioned an embarrassing pen moment in my Avery e-Glides epinion I wrote last night. Today, I must reveal the culprit that left me clipless and ashamed before my peers. It was the Pentel RSVP. I must confess that I&#146m a recovering ballpoint... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~144845606532 Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:15:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_144845606532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_144720563844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bntowen - James Cahn immortalized &#147Rollerball&#148. A bloody adaptation of the real life professional wrestling drama was known as &#147Roller Derby&#148. However, in the writing utensil universe, roller ball pens revolutionized our marks on the world. In... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~144720563844 Tue, 22 Jun 2004 04:18:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_144720563844?linkin_id=8003929