© 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-dolphinboy Recent reviews written by member dolphinboy en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_491868556932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - Robert Mitchum is an uneducated, very rough-around-the-edges Marine, who gets stranded on a deserted South Pacific island during World War Two. Well, it’s not quite deserted, as Deborah Kerr plays an Irish nun who also ended up alone on the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491868556932 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:11:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491868556932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491439558276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - Jamie is a ninth-generation Maine lobsterman, a member of a “highliner” or well-respected, productive, traditional lobstering family. But Jamie was not always sure he wanted to follow in James Senior’s footsteps. As a young adult, he... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491439558276 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:57:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491439558276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491070787204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - I always find it difficult to review an anthology, as I am tempted to review each story. However, at 650 pages (of a fairly small font) and a total of thirty stories, I do not think it wise (or useful) to fully review each. I will list all thirty titles,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491070787204 Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:27:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491070787204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490750578308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - I occasionally like a nice cup of tea. One of my favorite restaurants, Kruse and Muer on Main, in Rochester, Michigan, has many, many good things, but their coffee is too strong for me, so I order tea, when I remember. They bring you a tea selection, in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490750578308 Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:46:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490750578308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489952349828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - This book by Vaseleos Garson was originally published in 1952. It is being re-released as an audio book on CD, with Max Bollinger as the reader. This is classic science fiction about a first human-alien contact.A Lone Watcher visits automated... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489952349828 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:01:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489952349828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489382252164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - “Once there was a little girl named Lobelia Squagg. At the time of this story she was nine years old, and she was a horrible little girl.” Thus begins an absurd tale of physical, spiritual, and personality transformation. You... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489382252164 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:37:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489382252164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488722566788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - The Princess Bride was released in 1987, but I saw the title and dismissed it as a movie more for children and especially for girls. About a year ago, I was debating someone over the best sword-fights in movies, and The Princess Bride was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488722566788 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:51:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488722566788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488676232836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - Preface: I will try to cover all aspects of my experiences here, but restaurant reviews are not my typical product-category. Let me know if you have questions, and I will gladly update, if I know the answer. The Mitchell’s I go to, in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488676232836 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:50:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488676232836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487973490308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - This CD album, by New Zealander Steve McDonald, gives a nice collection of Celtic fusion music, taking ballads -- some new and some traditional -- and blending them with a more modern sound. You will hear drums, electronic music, bells, a harp, bagpipes,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487973490308 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:18:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487973490308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487950356100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - I encountered this coffee under unusual and unhappy circumstances. On Labor Day of 2009, my mother had a heart attack, for which she was admitted to Crittenton Hospital in Rochester Hills, Michigan. While visiting her there, during her three-day stay, my... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487950356100 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:42:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487950356100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487844646532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - Ah, this is quintessential Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel). For those of you who are unfamiliar with the works of Dr. Seuss, he wrote children’s books that are lively, whimsical, rhyming, illustrated with line drawings, and with morals or lessons... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487844646532 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:24:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487844646532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487092358788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - We buy this bread every now and then, and that has been the pattern since I was a little kid. What is it? It’s odd, that’s what it is. It is bread, steam-cooked and soaked with molasses, and it comes in a can. Bread in a can? Yup.This... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487092358788 Sat, 3 Oct 2009 23:00:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487092358788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487083708036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - I am Chris. Chris I am.Nah, I won’t do it. I had considered writing this review in Seussian rhyme, but why proove my incompetence by competing with the master?There is a very simple story here, but I see that simplicity as somewhat... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487083708036 Sat, 3 Oct 2009 21:02:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487083708036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486423236228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - This is a made-for-television movie from 2004 that began a series of films. So far, I have seen only this first film in the series.Story: A bookworm applies for the job of librarian at the Metropolitan Public Library, and is invited to interview... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486423236228 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:58:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486423236228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485654957700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - This book is part of a long-running detective stories collectively known as the Nameless Detective books by Bill Pronzini, as the main character’s name was not revealed until the fifteenth or sixteenth book. Nameless, whose name we now know is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485654957700 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:26:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485654957700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485427547780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - This is a work of dramatic fiction illustrating the effects, short-term and long-term, of substance abuse and neglect on children. It follows the lives of four people - Wayne and Billy Foster, Gwen and Grace Nelson - from grade-school-age to young... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485427547780 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:29:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485427547780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484417769092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - As with any series of books, it is difficult to review a later book, without divulging spoilers of earlier ones. In this series, each book stands alone as an adventure-action-thriller, but they make little sense, unless you know... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484417769092 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 22:39:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484417769092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484036021892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - I bought my HP Deskjet 6122 printer when I bought my HP Pavilion a450n computer and f1703 monitor, as a package. At the time, I believe that the printer price was running slightly over $100.I am not a heavy printer user. I would estimate that I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484036021892 Sun, 6 Sep 2009 23:13:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484036021892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483925790340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - There is really not a story here, in the traditional beginning-middle-end sense of the term. Instead, we have more of a slice-of-life or moment-to-remember description. It very much feels like a memory being recounted. It tells of a boy and his father,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483925790340 Sat, 5 Sep 2009 23:21:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483925790340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483189689988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - Note:  While the book-name on this product page is for the first book in the series, Dauntless, the cover shown is that of Relentless, and the listing for Dauntless is separate.  This review is of Book Five,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483189689988 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:53:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483189689988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482304822916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - In January of 2008, I had to go to the hospital for diagnostic purposes related to a very stubborn, albeit not very serious, infection. In the emergency room, during the admission process, they took my blood pressure, and the machine said,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482304822916 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:32:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482304822916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482221919876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - Ian Pratt is a twelve-year-old boy who lives with his parents and his great-grandfather. His best friend is Nate Felton. Ian is a good, conscientious student; Nate not so much. Ian has long been fascinated with World War One, in which his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482221919876 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:46:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482221919876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_481868746372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - This book turned out to my a surprise but, like a great holiday present, it was a very good surprise. Why? Well, I’ll tell you.The premise is an unusual one that brought back fond memories of childhood for me. The setting is a suburban,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~481868746372 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:14:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_481868746372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_481740689028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - Pete is an orphan living in the hills with a bunch of crude people who treat him poorly. He does have one ally, though: Elliot. Who is Elliot? Why, he is Pete’s dragon, of course.This Disney production, from 1977, blends live action and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~481740689028 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:31:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_481740689028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_481161023108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dolphinboy - This is Brandon Sanderson’s debut novel, and is unrelated, story-wise, to his wondrously good Mistborn trilogy. Elantris is a rarity: a one-book, stand-alone fantasy epic.The setting is the kingdom of Arelon and the city of Kae, that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~481161023108 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:13:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_481161023108?linkin_id=8003929