Epinions Recent Reviews for cyndilouwhoo

Weight Watchers Winning Points, OR: Nothing tastes as good as "Thin" feels.

Thu, 21 Jun 2001 11:57:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - The mirror doesn’t lie.

I am fat.

Fat. Fat. Fat.

Can’t-zip-up-the-jeans-without-lying-down-and-sucking-in-my-gut fat.

I think there’s more to this than “big bones” fat.

Chubby elbows...

Back in Black—Or: Stephen King and Beavis and Butthead can't be wrong

Tue, 27 Feb 2001 23:44:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - Note to readers: I am taking a break from what appears to an obsession with major appliance reviews to return, if only for a moment, to the days of my dissipated and misspent youth. I hope you will pardon the momentary lapse of good taste and...

Boom-Booms, Chocolate Orgasms and the Velvet Underground

Fri, 9 Feb 2001 16:46:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - When categorizing desserts, there are those that run the gamut from the merely pedestrian right on through to the magnificent: but standing head and shoulders above them all there is the gustatory ecstasy that comes straight out of the oven at Rosie’s...

My GE Profile Front Loader, Or: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?

Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:52:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - One of the best parts of vacationing at my Aunt Florence’s cottage on Fire Island was getting to use her washing machine.

[You can’t fool me. I know what you’re thinking: The fact that she can sit here with a straight face and write that she...

When 12 cups just aren't good enough

Sat, 6 Jan 2001 12:24:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - Anyone who regularly reads my reviews knows how slavishly I worship at the altar in The Church of Our Lady of the Caffeinated Brew.

So it has always surprised me that my family never seemed to get the fact that gifts revolving...

Archived Web Services Reviews: Walmart.com: or Mystery Shopping the Web's finest e-tailers

Mon, 18 Dec 2000 01:01:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - Right after the birth of my oldest daughter (the period of my life wherein I cast off the chains of my professional life and donned the shackles of full time domesticity) I had a number of what my husband liked to call “scam jobs”—employment that...

MyPoints.com: I have met the enemy...and she is me

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 23:48:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - Let me begin my review of the very popular MyPoints incentive program with an apology to those of you who are enthusiastic members of Internet marketing incentive programs. I have been a very naughty girl and I am truly sorry.

I...

NEC-Mitsubishi AccuSync 75F: Omigod! Everybody get down! She's got a Degausser!

Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:33:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - About 2 months ago my husband burst into the office to tell me that my computer monitor had shipped and was “coming any day now”.

Which was news to me—I couldn’t ever recall expressing a burning desire for a new...

Cyndilouwhoo cries boohoo--but her kids shout Yahoo!

Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:28:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - I am sitting here with a gun to my head—not the nickel-plated 22 caliber variety; oh my goodness no, it’s much worse than that—It’s the “Guilt Gat”, as I like to call it—and it is the preferred weapon of choice among children...

GE Free-Standing Electric Ranges: Spectra: Or how I learned to stop worrying and love my oven

Tue, 14 Nov 2000 23:43:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - As the holiday season approaches I find it oddly appropriate to discover myself writing a review about stoves, especially when I consider the love/hate relationship I’ve got going with this particular species of appliance.

I love...

A "Facial in a Box"? I think not!!

Thu, 2 Nov 2000 19:25:53 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - I have to hand it to Proctor and Gamble

No company I know is more expert at exploiting one particular Marketing truism:

Never underestimate the gullibility of the general public.

The company, maker of Oil of...

Java Nirvana

Thu, 19 Oct 2000 14:50:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - This started out as a rant about Starbucks--the very visible and oh-so-fashionable coffee bar-cum-example of conspicuous consumer consumption.

I had to stop there today for my “morning constitutional”. (My eyes don’t open until...

Don't Shoot the Dog!

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 23:50:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - Well, let me just say I am thrilled…

Thrilled that I actually found this book on the Epinions site for review;

Thrilled that I get to be the first person to write a review about it, and;

Thrilled that...

Zip! Zip! Bounce—CRASH!!! <moannnnnn> or: A Razor Test Drive

Wed, 27 Sep 2000 17:26:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - Let me begin by noting that at the age of 43 I should know better.

For any of you who have read about my search for the perfect scooter (and scooter retailer), you know that I was seeking a two-wheel bike alternative for my...

Streamline Online Store: Psssttt...The Secret Word is Closed

Thu, 21 Sep 2000 22:12:43 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - UPDATE 11/14/00

Well, after weeks of speculation, the word has finally come down: Streamline shopping service will be closing its doors on November 22nd.

I don't have details as to the reason given by the company for...

My Favorite Feminist Pop Tart--La Femme Nikita

Mon, 11 Sep 2000 14:21:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - OK, I admit it—I love television—all of it, from the good, to the truly awful. It’s kind of embarrassing to love TV as much as I do—most people with any good sense at all avoid the majority of it like the plague; but I can love a bad show as much...

Archived Web Services Reviews: Essential.com--Repeat after me: I Don't know

Sun, 3 Sep 2000 17:17:42 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - Let me begin by announcing to all who read this review that my husband was right .

Dang! I hate it when that happens!

He predicted that in my never-ending quest to do absolutely everything online, I...

Mercata: Power to the People

Tue, 29 Aug 2000 14:11:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - 2/03/01

Just a quick note to anyone reading this review: Don't bother--not that it isn't a fine review--but Mercata is no more, choked by the dot.bomb fever running rampant on the world wide web lately.

Too bad. This is one company...

Cyberrebate.com: Cyberrebate: The emperor has no clothes

Wed, 31 May 2000 00:59:20 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - UPDATE: May 18,2001

When it comes to bad news, there is nothing more that I dislike than being correct. If you have visited the website over the last 2 days you already know that Cyberrebate is Pfftttt, having declared Ch. 11 on May 16, 2001...

Priceline WebHouse Groceries Online Store: A good deal...for some shoppers

Tue, 16 May 2000 10:57:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cyndilouwhoo - Edited June 11, 2000

Updates to my original review:

As promised, here are some updates to my original review about Priceline WebHouse Club.

Bid prices are continuing to rise.

On a...