© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-dtobias Recent reviews written by member dtobias en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_404439338628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - My r <br/>eview <br/> of Kelly Clarkson's last album said that it was a "great but depressing album", and that "I just hope she gets a bit happier in the future." This was in reference to the trajectory of her musical releases so... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~404439338628 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:35:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_404439338628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_402336288388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - Since I'm a gadget geek, and I hate cleaning floors, I bought the Scooba last year in the hopes this would help in both of these things. Scooba, by the makers of the vacuuming robot Roomba (but, despite what Saturday Night Live said, not a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~402336288388 Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:37:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_402336288388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_348621409924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - The only way this thing came to my attention was the fact that Kelly Clarkson made her movie debut in it, with a cameo appearance that was filmed during her first attempt to make it in Hollywood, which ended with her returning to her hometown in Texas... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~348621409924 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:40:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_348621409924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_234450161284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - Finding myself with enough money to afford it, I decided to get more upscale with my newest car purchase to replace my aging 1997 Nissan Maxima. Several close family members owned Lexuses (or should that plural be "Lexi"?) and had nothing but good... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~234450161284 Sat, 3 Jun 2006 12:31:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_234450161284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_230000856708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - Recently I decided it's about time to replace my ailing, antiquated iPod with a newer model. Yes, that's the same iPod I w <br/>axed <br/> enthusiastically about in a review here a couple of years ago, but it's the way of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~230000856708 Sat, 6 May 2006 21:34:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_230000856708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_219162644100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - I've already reviewed the first two seasons of Land of the Lost here. The first season was very good; the second one was pretty good. But that's not where the series ended; there was one more season, and it too has been released in a DVD box... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~219162644100 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 14:14:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_219162644100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_218585009796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - Earlier, I r <br/>eviewed <br/> the first season of Land of the Lost. That wasn't the end of the series, though; there are two more seasons after that, and they've all been released as DVD box sets. This is my review of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~218585009796 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:01:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_218585009796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_218310610564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - Paper shredders... they're not just for Ollie North or Enron executives any more. With identity theft constantly surfacing, people are having second thoughts about putting things indicating their name, address, credit rating, and other personal... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~218310610564 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 02:18:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_218310610564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_214494121604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - After the p <br/>roblems <br/> I had with my last multifunction printer, I decided to shop for a new one. This time, I had the good sense to read the reviews on Epinions (which would have saved me from my last bad purchase). The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~214494121604 Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:49:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_214494121604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_185909350020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - Back in the '70s, my sister and I were usually enemies. We fought all the time, and furthermore, we seemed to go out of our way to develop completely opposite preferences on everything, whether it was food, music, or anything else. She hated hamburgers... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185909350020 Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:15:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185909350020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_176679587460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - I got this printer from Dell along with my computer which I purchased a little over two years ago. I made the seemingly sensible assumption that, since it's sold by Dell as part of a package with its computers, it would therefore be likely to "play... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~176679587460 Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:52:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_176679587460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_176555789956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - On an episode of the children's TV show Lizzie McGuire ("Mom's Best Friend"), the "cool" substitute teacher Mr. Dig gave the class an assignment to read a book and write a report on it. In an act of sexist segregation of reading matter, the boys... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~176555789956 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 01:20:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_176555789956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_175927365252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - Early in the run of the self-published comic book Cerebus, creator Dave Sim announced that the series would have a run of exactly 300 issues. Few believed him at the time; only a fairly small set of comic books ever reach 300 issues at all, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~175927365252 Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:44:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_175927365252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_175772896900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - In the first season of BS, which I've a <br/>lready <br/> reviewed, Penn and Teller took on hokey beliefs and scams based on them, from alternative medicine to alien abductions. Most of the things they debunked were pretty far... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~175772896900 Mon, 7 Mar 2005 00:53:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_175772896900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_175211384452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - The books based on the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire mostly consist of adaptations of the episodes of the series, in plain-text and pictorial "CineManga" versions. Some others, such as the Lizzie McGuire Mysteries (of which I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~175211384452 Wed, 2 Mar 2005 00:52:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_175211384452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_175064845956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - I got one of these SanDisk Cruzer Micro 512 MB flash drives as a gift this past holiday season. If you're not familiar with this item, it is a portable data storage unit which can be used to transport files between computers, a handy thing to have if... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~175064845956 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:49:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_175064845956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_175019560580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - I reviewed the f <br/>irst <br/> season of Monk not too long ago. Now I've watched the second season on DVD, and it was even better than the first. In the first season, we were introduced to Adrian Monk, a former police... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~175019560580 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:03:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_175019560580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_174754205316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - The silliness of this site's "Bad Word Filter" is illustrated by the fact that the title of this program is right up there, in big, bold, type, but they still won't let me say it here myself. I think that's a whole load of bull...stuff!... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~174754205316 Sat, 26 Feb 2005 01:45:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_174754205316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_174548422276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - This item is Get A Clue!, a book from Disney Press which is the first in the series of Lizzie McGuire Mysteries based on the popular children's TV series on the Disney Channel. It's not to be confused with the various other,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~174548422276 Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:43:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_174548422276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_174132530820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - I hadn't heard of the TV show Monk when my mother recommended I rent the DVDs collecting this series. She thought I'd sympathize with the title character. She was right; I can see a lot of my own personality traits in Mr. Monk, only he's got... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~174132530820 Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:45:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_174132530820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_172471389828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - I was glad to see, when browsing the racks of the local video store, that Disney isn't neglecting their old classics; they have brought out a DVD edition of the original 1961 version of The Parent Trap despite the existence of a newer remake... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~172471389828 Sun, 6 Feb 2005 15:21:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_172471389828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_171346071172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - Kristi <br/>nafh, <br/> a reviewer I trust and respect, wrote a re <br/>view <br/> of The Lizzie McGuire Movie where she talked about how out-of-place she felt watching it. She often has a liking for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~171346071172 Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:38:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_171346071172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_167877185156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - Kelly Clarkson first became famous through the American Idol program, where she was the first season's winner. A hit single, "A Moment Like This", followed, but after this her continued career seemed in doubt; the movie she did with runner-up... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~167877185156 Sun, 2 Jan 2005 10:59:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_167877185156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_166848990852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - I'm about as far from the target demographic of the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire as it's possible to get. OK, that's not quite true; I could be a 113-year-old man in Kazakhstan. But I'm still pretty far, in age and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~166848990852 Sun, 26 Dec 2004 02:08:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_166848990852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_164541402756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dtobias - The Great Brain series is one I fondly remember reading as a kid, and I recently got interested in re-reading it. Unfortunately, it seems to be regarded as too old-fashioned for modern audiences, so it's hard to find at bookstores these days; I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~164541402756 Wed, 8 Dec 2004 02:00:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_164541402756?linkin_id=8003929