Epinions Recent Reviews for gimplimp

Why not to be a chef; at home get one good knife

Tue, 8 Jan 2002 02:15:54 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - This book is an autobiography of the author's meandering in the world of cooking. It is how he learning to enjoy food. It details how he started to cook at a restaurant. He then ended up going to the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) as an " I'll...

Culture, mystery, and gaijin in Japan

Sun, 6 Jan 2002 23:20:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - Because of her experiences Sara Backer has a lot of flavor to add to her novel. The author, took a job in Japan, not knowing she would be the first American and first woman to serve as visiting professor of English at Shizuoka University. She was there...

I seem to be a salmon swimming upstream in the face of public Epinion.

Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:00:38 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - The book itself:

Although there is a plot to this book, there is no climax to the story, just what happens as the main characters meander to various points of the galaxy.

This book starts out with the main character of the book,...

Chile Rellenos omelette and the never full cup

Mon, 30 Apr 2001 01:11:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - There are so many stories to tell about Elmer's. But I will be brief for your sake.

The reason we don't go there more is that it is a little more expensive than some other chain restaurants.

My favorite menu item is the chile...

Alexander Scourby Holy Bible on CD: No more tape munching

Sun, 29 Apr 2001 04:35:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - I bought the Alexander Scourby Holy Bible King James Version on CD for a couple of reasons.

* If you listen to cassette tapes often enough they will get eaten by the tape player. The CDs last and last and last.

* There is no...

Did the doctor make one cut or two?

Tue, 27 Mar 2001 17:01:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - Doctors can have more than one name for the same thing. Insurance companies like things uniform. So for outpatient care, insurance companies require code numbers on bills they get that represent the uniform diagnoses (ICD-9-CM codes) and the procedures...

I don't get nightmares easily, or how living the good life catches up with you

Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:05:24 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - OK. I know this is a textbook. That is why I had the book. But couldn't the editor have done better than dumb down an even worse book? I know of a Doctor familiar with Boyd's series and he had at least one textbooks at the level of medical students...

What a way to waste a company's good name.

Sun, 25 Mar 2001 20:16:57 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - I have had endless problems with my Canon MultiPASS C555.

When I set the first one up it didn't install right and gave an error message, so I had to install the software again.

Then there were streaks in the scanning of...

Interventional Radiology Coder 2001: Maybe I'm spoiled by the Coder's Desk Reference

Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:27:39 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - I thought this might be a great book for medical coding. The title sounded like it would be a good book to help with Coding. It turns out that it may be a better book for a biller than a coder.

Maybe I'm spoiled by the Coder's Desk...

Scotty from Star Trek tells about his life

Wed, 22 Mar 2000 19:04:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - This book is an Autobiography by James Doohan – Star Trek’s Scotty. Even though Epinions currently has this listed as “Author: David, Peter”, the real author of the book is James Doohan, with Peter David as a contributor.

This book is a quite...

Archived Computer Hardware Reviews: Long lasting printer with the problems inherent with inkjets

Sat, 18 Mar 2000 21:30:59 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - This color printer is still going even though I bought it in 1994. It is a 720-dpi (dots per inch) color inkjet printer. As I mentioned when I wrote the description for this model, the model is "EPSON Stylus COLOR" with no model number behind...

Deep Impact and Armageddon are not even close.

Fri, 17 Mar 2000 19:38:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - Movies such as Deep Impact and Armageddon do not even come close to this book. This book is much more interesting than the movies even though the movies came out in 1998 and the book came out in 1993 or earlier.

Deep Impact...

Oceanspace: Adventure in the ocean instead of in space.

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:21:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - Oceanspace © 2000 is a book that has material that is unusual for Allen Steele. Instead of dealing with space or the space program this books deals with events under the sea. It is not his only book to be non-space oriented, but in some ways it...

Understanding Human Anatomy & Physiology: Study Workbook: The companion to Understanding Human Anatomy & Physiology

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:06:32 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - Understanding Human Anatomy & Physiology : Study Workbook is the companion book to Understanding Human Anatomy & Physiology. It is a set of exercises to see how much you know of the anatomy and physiology from Understanding...

Cell membranes are like olive oil,so why arent you a puddle?

Wed, 15 Mar 2000 00:55:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - Understanding Human Anatomy & Physiology is a book I am using in an Anatomy and Physiology class that I will be finishing in a week. The class is 12-weeks long and involves every system of the body. The book is thorough and has a lot of information...

It's so nice to be able to slow cook a large piece of meat.

Tue, 14 Mar 2000 03:29:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - One advantage to the Rival 4 1/2 QT. Oval Crock-Pot® Slow Cooker with Removable Stoneware is the feature that it is oval shaped. Because it is not round, you can fit a larger piece of meat in it. We did not like our previous crockpot because too small...

Star Ego relates history of Star Trek Original Series.

Mon, 13 Mar 2000 04:53:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - There is quite a lot to say about Star Trek Memories for a number of reasons. Although this is labeled as a Biography because William Shatner talks about himself and the life of Gene Roddenberry in it with the help of another writer, the book is...

All you need to cut down religion is write Science Fiction.

Sat, 11 Mar 2000 03:03:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - The Voices of Heaven is an unusual Science Fiction book. Although fiction, this book deals a lot with the things one does not like about religious people and organizations. It deals with the outlandish and the wrong. It deals with those that...

Your art school in a book-this is familiar from art class.

Fri, 10 Mar 2000 04:18:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - In The Natural Way to Draw the author writes as if he is teaching you how to draw - complete with the drawing sessions. He assumes you are about to embark on a year of art study. He aims to teach you as much as possible what you would have...

No smoke and mirrors here, but your eyes do fool you.

Thu, 9 Mar 2000 01:11:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - Interaction of Color shows artists (amateur and professional) how colors next to each other may affect each other. One example is on the cover photo Epinions has provided, which is the same cover as on my book. It is a good enough reproduction...

When the air hits your brain you are in serious trouble.

Sun, 5 Mar 2000 19:30:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - When the Air Hits Your Brain is about a neurosurgeon's journey through medical school from start to finish. It begins with events happening so he ends up picking neurosurgery as his field and ends a few months after he was in private practice...

Lose weight from your pack by flinging items to valley floor

Sun, 5 Mar 2000 03:45:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - This is an interesting book for a number of reasons.

This book is semi-instructional on preparing for a hike on all or portions of the Appalachian trail (the "AT"). It shows special hiking precautions. It shows the dangers of hiking...

Lunar Descent: A good follow-up book to Orbital Decay.

Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:29:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - This is a book about life on a lunar facility. The purpose of the lunar facility is to mine materials for use elsewhere. Lunar Descent should be read after Orbital Decay. Although most of the characters are not in the first book, mention...

Orbital Decay: What life might be like if we really worked & lived in space

Thu, 2 Mar 2000 17:18:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - Long before the current conspiracy theories about the US Government using satellites in space to spy on us and monitor our communication, there was Orbital Decay with a space station that had the Big Ear to monitor all telephone conversations by...

BellSouth (HAC) 3895 Digital Answering System: You might as well be putting an egg up to your ear.

Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:08:54 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gimplimp - This phone was worthless. The clarity was bad. We only had had the phone for a couple of months before my wife dropped the handset on the kitchen linoleum AND IT BROKE. It might as well have been an egg, as easily as it broke. It never...