Epinions Recent Reviews for gungian

21 – It’s More Than A Card Game

Thu, 6 Oct 2005 15:29:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - Maxwell makes a compelling case for qualities as the cornerstone of leadership. He opines that being a successful leader usually involves becoming ". . . the kind people want to follow." These 156 [5" x 7"]pages of text provide a cursory...

Thinking Our Way To Success

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:59:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - Maxwell makes a strong case for the value of "thinking well" if we expect to do well. After half dozen surgical procedures, I now accept that my vision will never be what it once was. But I was THINKING; will I allow that to keep me from my love affair...

DEFINITELY NOT DECAF

Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:25:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - [With major league baseball poised to come to Washington, a sports-themed introduction to this review seemed appropriate.] Strike One: As the calendar page turned to December, I still had no "useable vision" in my right eye. Strike Two: I am...

"A First", I think

Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:51:12 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - By late last week I still had no "useable vision" in my right eye. But I simply couldn't wait to read for pleasure again. I desperately wanted my return to the "literate life" to be a positive one. Choosing a Large Print edition of a work co-authored...

Stories Salvaged My Sagging Spirits

Tue, 2 Nov 2004 13:52:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - In early October I underwent two additional surgical procedures on my right eye. During one session in the OR, my surgeon performed a membranectomy to remove the scarring on my retina and a vitrectomy to repair a full-thickness macular...

Es Seattle/Bellevue: How Suite It Is!

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:06:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - Mrs. G. and I recently flew to Seattle for the birth of our first grandchild. Spending precious time with Gavin took priority over everything else. So please pardon me if this posting is a bit sparse. Our son and daughter-in-law live in...

Love, if only . . .

Mon, 9 Aug 2004 13:22:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - Those who know me only casually see a businessman, or a college professor, or an Epinionator, or a retired Navy submariner. Those who know me well see a closet romantic. The Only Thrill plays to the inner me. The Story It is the...

2004 Toyota Avalon: Don’t Toy With My Toyota

Mon, 2 Aug 2004 07:59:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - Unlike many males "of a certain age", I am not enamored of cars. Generally, I consider an automobile simply a mode of transportation to get from point A to point B. My attitude, however, changed in 2001 when we purchased a silver spruce Avalon XLS for...

The State Hermitage Museum: Our 2001 Sea Odyssey – Day 9 – The Hermitage Museum

Fri, 30 Jul 2004 07:31:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - Epinions regularly adds new categories. This review originally appeared in 2001. I am moving it to this new - and more appropriate category - and deleting it from its previous location. Our odyssey continued as ms Noordam remained...

Short & Satisfying

Mon, 6 Jan 2003 09:11:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - THE SHORT BACKGROUND

This slim volume entitled art kills is a mere 87 pages. Despite its diminutive size, art kills is parchment testament to the old saw that “good things come in small packages”.

Tess...

You've Eaten The Cookie – But Have You Seen The Namesake Movie?

Mon, 30 Dec 2002 14:58:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - In 1869, R. D. Blackmore published Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor. My helpmate at IMDb identifies eight (8) video treatments of that novel – each titled Lorna Doone [1920, 1922, 1935, 1951, 1963, 1976, 1990, and 2000]. This is the...

No Flight of Fancy

Tue, 24 Dec 2002 12:55:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - THE STORY

My Mother gave birth to me on April 9, 1947. Six years before I was born, Germany celebrated April 9th by invading Denmark. The invasion was neither long nor bloody. Many Danes quickly adapted to life under German rule...

West End Dinner Theater: I Almost Felt My Knuckles Bleed

Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:53:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - Mrs. G and I are always looking for good entertainment. We often like to take her 89 year-old Mother along and that can sometimes limit our choices. A few weeks ago we went to the West End Dinner Theater for a matinee performance of Late Nite...

Well Whet My Whistle

Fri, 29 Nov 2002 09:27:04 GMT
rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - I have read many works with a World War II theme. A number of those have been based on extensive research and first person accounts. Usually I read with a glass of water or a cup of coffee chair-side. Perhaps understandably, it was my wine glass that...

Round House Theatre: You Should Get A-Round To It

Sun, 24 Nov 2002 14:37:41 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - This is the inaugural season at Round House Theatre’s new location on the outskirts of Washington, DC. This new Bethesda Maryland venue is an intimate facility that seats about 400 patrons. It is located on East-West Highway at the...

No Knockout Punch

Wed, 20 Nov 2002 05:50:35 GMT
rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - Man’s inhumanity to man is well documented. While acknowledging this, Elazar Barkan, still managed to introduce me to instances with which I was totally unfamiliar. The Guilt of Nations: Restitution and Negotiating Historical Injustices is...

It Still Delivers The Message

Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:02:24 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - I spent a lifetime in the submarine force – the “Silent Service”. Now some may think that we earned that sobriquet because we “did not communicate”. They would be mistaken.

We did communicate, often extensively, but...

An Historical Booster Chair

Sat, 9 Nov 2002 12:57:58 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - THE FAMILY

Bob, Dave, Joe, John, Leo, Ted, and Vinny were very different from each other. Some of them shared a bloodline. But all shared – through blood or marriage – our family. One of these men was my Dad and the others...

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Black as Their Dried Blood

Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:28:50 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - That Fall day dawned gray and cold in our nation’s capital. I was right up front, dress blue uniform nearly touching the barrier that separated the open grassland from the dignitaries’ platform. Mrs. G was beside me. Son (then 12) and daughter...

Some of We Were . . .

Sun, 27 Oct 2002 11:39:46 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - The book on which We Were Soldiers is based has an honored place on my bookshelves. I have read it more than once. Like many of my age, I lived the national horror that was Viet Nam. I have wanted to see this film since it was released but I...

Coaticook Gorge Park: Granniemose at the Gorge – GMBB Write-Off

Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:06:01 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - Fifty meters – written out like that it doesn’t look too impressive. But venture half way along the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge – say eighty-four and a half meters. Now look down beneath your feet to the raging river...

Granniemose is no Ghost – GMBB Write-Off

Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:04:47 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - The expanse where present day Arizona, Mexico New Mexico, and Texas converge was once home to many diverse cultures. Among them was one group of Native American’s who called themselves the Dineh. History has most often referred to these...

Loves Labors Are Not Lost

Sun, 29 Sep 2002 22:27:08 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - Today is my sister’s [SurgRN911] birthday. Congratulations on another anniversary of your birth, Di. I love you and will be eternally grateful that Mom and Dad’s creative love didn’t stop with me.

I have been contributing here at...

Shaker Village at Canterbury: The 5 Senses – Shaken not Stirred

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 22:11:15 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gungian -

This past July Mrs. G and I decided to explore New England before heading to my family reunion near Newport, R.I. Before leaving home in Northern Virginia we made a tentative list of sites to visit. We modified our itinerary and added...

Shelburne Museum: More Fun Than A Three-Ring Circus

Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:51:27 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gungian - This past July the extended Gungian clan held a family reunion in Rhode Island. Mrs. G and I decided to drive up a few days early so that we could explore some parts of New England that we had not visited previously. One such stop was Shelburne...

Epinions Recent Reviews for gungian

21 – It’s More Than A Card Game

Thinking Our Way To Success

DEFINITELY NOT DECAF

"A First", I think

Stories Salvaged My Sagging Spirits

Es Seattle/Bellevue: How Suite It Is!

Love, if only . . .

2004 Toyota Avalon: Don’t Toy With My Toyota

The State Hermitage Museum: Our 2001 Sea Odyssey – Day 9 – The Hermitage Museum

Short & Satisfying

You've Eaten The Cookie – But Have You Seen The Namesake Movie?

No Flight of Fancy

West End Dinner Theater: I Almost Felt My Knuckles Bleed

Well Whet My Whistle

Round House Theatre: You Should Get A-Round To It

No Knockout Punch

It Still Delivers The Message

An Historical Booster Chair

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Black as Their Dried Blood

Some of We Were . . .

Coaticook Gorge Park: Granniemose at the Gorge – GMBB Write-Off

Granniemose is no Ghost – GMBB Write-Off

Loves Labors Are Not Lost

Shaker Village at Canterbury: The 5 Senses – Shaken not Stirred

Shelburne Museum: More Fun Than A Three-Ring Circus