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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-carstairs38 Recent reviews written by member carstairs38 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_475358596740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - My biggest regret about my trip to Disney World is short changing EPCOT.  There was just so much to see and do, I wound up spending less time there than I should have.  That caught up with me on Friday night.  With only one day left, I was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475358596740 Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:25:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475358596740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475870957188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - It's been close to a year since I dropped in on Nick and Nora Charles and The Thin Man film series.  I fixed that with a recent viewing of Shadow of the Thin Man.  This 1941 movie is the fourth appearance of the detecting... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475870957188 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:55:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475870957188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475681951364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - I first fell in love with Kristin Chenoweth when she won her Tony award for Sally Brown in the revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.  Watching her perform "My New Philosophy" during the awards that year was an absolute pleasure. ... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475681951364 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:38:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475681951364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475344703108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - The last thing I need are more mystery series to follow.  And yet, here I am finishing book two of the Odelia Grey series.  I enjoyed the first, and I liked The Curse of the Holy Pail even more.Odelia is not your normal mystery... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475344703108 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:02:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475344703108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475225689732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - I freely admit I am not the biggest Newsboys fan.  Not quite sure why, but outside their big hits, they've never fully appealed to me.  It's one reason why I was so surprised at how much I loved their first worship CD.  So when they... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475225689732 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:56:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475225689732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475129482884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - Near the top of my list of guilty pleasures is Sabrina the Teenage Witch.  Yes, I will admit to actually liking the show.  And season two is my favorite season.Sabrina Spellman (Melissa Joan Hart) is turning 17, the year that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475129482884 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:19:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475129482884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474992905860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - I knew my trip to Disney World was a trip I couldn't redo on a regular basis (fortunately, I live an hour from Disneyland), so I decided to try to cram as much as I could into that one week.  I decided I only had time for one water park, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474992905860 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:43:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474992905860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474417237636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - Because I like cozy mysteries, I read some pretty random series.  Take this one, for example.  I have no interest in miniatures (in fact, I wouldn't have the patience or creativity for it), yet I just finished Mayhem in Miniature, the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474417237636 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:32:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474417237636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474144214660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - In a TV world filled with medical shows or police procedurals, there is very little out there to appeal to the action fan.  That void has been filled admirably by Burn Notice, and season two was even stronger than the first.Michael... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474144214660 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:07:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474144214660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473742741124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - I became a Steven Curtis Chapman fan in the early 90's and bought each of his discs as soon as it came out.  The only exception to that was Signs of Life.  I didn't buy it until it had been out for five years or so.  To this day, I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473742741124 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:15:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473742741124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473817321092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - One advantage of TV on DVD is the ability to catch up on shows you wanted to watch but missed.  That's what I did with Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - The Complete Second Season.  And I enjoyed almost every minute of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473817321092 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:50:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473817321092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473713577604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - I tried to resist as long as I could.  Even with all the cozy mysteries I do, I had a hard time justifying a guy reading a series about a florist.  Yet every time I saw one of the titles for the Flower Shop Mysteries, I had to admire the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473713577604 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:33:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473713577604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473620844164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - Considering how much time I spent in the pop/light rock side of the spectrum, the next sentence is going to surprise a few people.  VOTA's self-titled debut is electric dance infused alternative rock.  And here's the bigger shocker.  I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473620844164 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:15:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473620844164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473530732164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - I am slowly beginning to revise my opinion of classic movies.  True, their pacing and acting are often different than what we expect these days.  But if I sit down with that in mind, I often find an enjoyable film.  Such is the case with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473530732164 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:14:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473530732164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472945495684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - Mr. Monk must be in eighth heaven.  First, it's an even number.  Second, the TV series is about to start the eighth (and final) season just a month after the eighth novel based on the series is released.  The good news for fans of the show... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472945495684 Tue, 9 Jun 2009 17:50:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472945495684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472825040516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - Comedy Tonight sounds like my kind of place.  It's a movie theater located in New Jersey devoted to nothing but comedies.  Unfortunately, it's fictional.  But I get to visit it and owner Elliot Freed every time a Double Feature mystery... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472825040516 Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:25:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472825040516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472020651652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - I've been an Amy Grant fan since high school.  Since I listen almost exclusively to Christian music, I still find it ironic that I started listening just about the time her career hit the secular market in full force.  Anyway, I still pull out... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472020651652 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:54:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472020651652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472137567876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - Okay, so that was the tagline of the TV series incarnation of The Middleman.  But that series is why I picked up this collection of comic books.  I absolutely fell in love with the quirky humor of the series, and I wanted to see how it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472137567876 Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:32:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472137567876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472236920452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - Pixar fanboy that I am, I must admit I haven't been as impressed with their last couple of offerings.  Yes, I enjoyed them, but they weren't homeruns.  From the moment I saw the first previews for Up, however, I began to get... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472236920452 Sat, 30 May 2009 18:49:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472236920452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472054533764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - I still miss "Calvin and Hobbes."  There, I said it.  Not that I will find one of the strips many fans who would disagree with me.  That's why the books, such as treasury The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes, are so wonderful. ... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472054533764 Fri, 29 May 2009 11:47:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472054533764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471809887876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - Amy Grant has had quite a career.  She started out as a Christian singer in the late 70's, then transition to pop star by the 90's.  In 2002, she celebrated the 25th year of her career by releasing Legacy...Hymns & Faith, a collection of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471809887876 Thu, 28 May 2009 13:14:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471809887876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471805759108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - Since I Love Lucy is still one of my all time favorite sitcoms, I've always been curious about the other shows Lucille Ball did.  I got this cheap set of The Lucy Show, the sitcom she did for most of the 60's, a while back and finally... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471805759108 Wed, 27 May 2009 11:35:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471805759108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471772728964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - When you are a Hollywood living legend like Polly Pepper, life isn't always a bed of roses.  Sure, she made a lot of money, but her hit variety show has been off the air since the 80's.  Yes, she has a mansion in Bel Air, but it costs money to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471772728964 Tue, 26 May 2009 20:09:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471772728964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468933185156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - As you might have figured out by now if you have perused many of my reviews, I am something of a Disney fan.  (I know, I know, and the Pope is slightly Catholic.)  I love the movies.  I love the parks.  And that deep love extends to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468933185156 Sun, 24 May 2009 16:22:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468933185156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471452061316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - While I enjoyed the first Night at the Museum movie the first time I saw it, I am actually a little surprised at how much I've come to love it.  So when they announced the sequel (sub-titled Battle of the Smithsonian), I was naturally... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471452061316 Sat, 23 May 2009 22:34:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471452061316?linkin_id=8003929