© 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-davidmanning Recent reviews written by member davidmanning en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_456187612804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - Short answer: a qualified Yes. Qualified, because if you have more money to spend on your coffee, there are much better options, but definitely, spend the money for a burr grinder, not a blade grinder.But this is Epinions, and a longer answer... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456187612804 Sun, 4 Jan 2009 02:08:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456187612804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437962378884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - Who doesn't like the texture and flavor of a gummy? And further, who doesn't love the exotic flavors you seemingly only find in Japanese stores? I'm a fan of the Asian-style gummy, a little chewier, a little sweeter, and in a wider variety of flavors... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437962378884 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:28:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437962378884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424501743236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - Five Guys Burgers have gained a cultlike reputation for those of us not in the DC area, much like Krispy Kreme until the early 90s, or In-N-Out Burger currently enjoys for those residents not near California (or Nevada or Arizona). I'm always on the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424501743236 Sat, 5 Apr 2008 02:07:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424501743236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424473366148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - To replace an aging Elph, I had several objectives: to find a compact point-and-shoot digital camera, with above-average optical zoom capabilities, a quality lens for normal photography, and good movie specifications, all at a competitive price. I did... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424473366148 Tue, 1 Apr 2008 19:07:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424473366148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420248981124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - Yeah, I enjoy making cookies. Usually I just whip up chocolate-chip cookies using the recipe on the chip package, but why not mix it up and go for something a little "cleaner" in taste, right? The local grocery was selling pouches of Betty... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420248981124 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:41:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420248981124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420047130244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - While my hair isn't exactly long and flowing, it's still almost all there (knock on wood). I get it cut fairly short, so if I don't apply some "product" in the morning, it gets sort of fuzzy and haphazard, and I don't like looking worse than I need to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420047130244 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:14:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420047130244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419822014084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - Ask a beer enthusiast about Okocim Porter, the Baltic porter (think stronger porter made with lager yeast and fermented at lower temperatures, to minimize fruitiness) out of Poland that was fairly widely distributed up until several years ago... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419822014084 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:23:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419822014084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419689041540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - Sure, having liquid mustard in the refrigerator is useful, even necessary. Making a batch of mustard from scratch -- dry, ground mustard, maybe some vinegar, water, other spices -- is certainly a chore, and you're likely to fail at it. Some dry mustards... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419689041540 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:59:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419689041540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419658239620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - While most of the apartment is now bathed in chandelier-esque light, lamps and bathroom fixtures still use incandescent bulb lights. Have you ever seen a chandelier in a bathroom? So I still need to buy the ever-present classic light bulbs from time to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419658239620 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:20:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419658239620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419017166468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - Who doesn't appreciate geometry? I loved it in high school and college, I love a good proof as bedtime reading, and my doodles always seem to be triangles upon triangles. While the Hoberman sphere is more of a kid's toy and educational tool, if... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419017166468 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:22:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419017166468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_417631800964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - I admit that on the rare occasions when I drink tea at work, I always skip the fruity ones because they're typically too much fruit, not enough tea, and no caffeine to boot. So when I actually looked at the Bigelow Raspberry Royale tea bag package... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~417631800964 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 19:42:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_417631800964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_417601523332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - Normally I'm not much of a tea drinker at work, preferring a pot of coffee each morning. If I arrive late, I'd rather not spend time making coffee, so I use the tea selection to ingest my caffeine. As a wide range of Bigelow teas are stocked, I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~417601523332 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:30:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_417601523332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_417178750596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - Dark chocolate is my mainstay, the darker the better, the purer the better. Considering I eat it in small quantities, it lasts a long time and serves as a little after-dinner treat on occasion. Have you ever tried to eat huge quantities of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~417178750596 Tue, 5 Feb 2008 02:26:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_417178750596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416491933316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - While I do love me some popcorn, I am more a fan of the movie theater oil-based popcorn-in-a-bucket, than the microwave bag. But, of course, convenience trumps quality. I'd love to use my Whirly Pop or my air popper, but the former requires substantial... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416491933316 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:27:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416491933316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415941103236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - If you're truly looking for a hippie-type outfit for the twenty-first century, look no further than Dagoba. I remember reading a New Yorker article about the outfit recently, and, well, you can see how all their chocolate is legitimately... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415941103236 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:02:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415941103236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415812259460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - So Kraft owns Nabisco. Remember growing up, eating graham crackers? Me too. Only... I remember the Honey Maid graham crackers. Nabisco makes them too? Preposterous! So I found myself in need of graham crackers for a pie crust, and Nabisco's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415812259460 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:43:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415812259460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415808327300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - A long time ago, in college, I made the mistake of telling my mother that my girlfriend at the time loved Peeps -- at the time, the only ones I ever saw were the marshmallow chicks, coated with gritty finely-granulated yellow-colored sugar. The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415808327300 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:05:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415808327300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_414140436100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - I have appreciated fine cigars from H. Upmann for a number of years. Mostly their smaller ring gauges -- like 42, 46 ring -- are my "sweet spot", and I mainly have experience with H. Upmann through their (cough) non-domestic (cough) products;... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~414140436100 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:50:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_414140436100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412625112708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - Two cats inhabit this apartment. One is the sweetest, happiest cat in the whole wide world. The other? Just the opposite. Now guess which one needs its nails cut the most. Ever tried to cut a cat's nails, when the cat doesn't want her nails cut? I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412625112708 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:39:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412625112708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412621770372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - My sister-in-law has an odd sense of humor, reflected in her Christmas presents. I've received a pocket breathalyzer from her in the past, and -- when I first bought this co-op apartment -- a set of ultrasonic bug-be-gone things. Cute. So the gag gift... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412621770372 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:12:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412621770372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412610498180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - Hot sauce names, especially as marketed by small-batch, small-production hot sauce makers, generally tout the absolute pain and heat they will soon be inflicting on your poor, wimpy taste buds. Hell seems to figure in many of the names, as do volcano... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412610498180 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:59:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412610498180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_407749234308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - When I received an offer from my dental insurance company for a "special deal" on the Sonnicare E5300 a couple of years ago, I figured I might as well jump on the offer. My old, loud electric toothbrush had recently died and I'm generally far too... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~407749234308 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:44:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_407749234308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_411490356868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - A couple of years back my company gave each employee a Plantronics headset, to promote its new Instant Messaging "call anyone over IM" functionality. Now it isn't like they broke the bank with this purchase, but... I can't help feeling the company... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~411490356868 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:00:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_411490356868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_411152846468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - After 27 years, there are few beer drinkers, craft beer and industrial light lager drinkers alike, who know nothing of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. Sure, most people have seen the bottles of the signature Pale Ale and its attendant green label,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~411152846468 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:49:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_411152846468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_411115163268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author davidmanning - Is there anything a microchip, long-lasting battery, and LCD can't do? I've long been a fan of low-resolution and easy-to-learn video games. The last home gaming console I purchased was a Colecovision, for instance. I still play board games. I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~411115163268 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:45:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_411115163268?linkin_id=8003929