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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-hobb2712 Recent reviews written by member hobb2712 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_478966222468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - At the local big box hardware store, I was informed that this was more a drill for amateurs then professionals.  The Skoal ring in the blue jeans must have fooled the salesman because I am very much an amateur craftsman, but a long-time professional... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478966222468 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:35:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478966222468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458327166596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - Macroeconomics, published in 2008, is a well written and thoughtfully constructed economics textbook. I recently read the book as the main text for an introductory macroeconomics course at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458327166596 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:33:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458327166596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_457285799556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - We recently received the DC25 as a wedding gift, and it is by far the best vacuum we have ever owned. We knew of Dyson’s reputation as a superior vacuum when we registered for the gift, but were not sure anyone would spring for this item.  We... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~457285799556 Fri, 9 Jan 2009 23:51:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_457285799556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437163298436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - I picked up this book recently from the local library thinking that I was checking out the most recent Grisham novel. In fact, I ended up re-reading a book that I read off the printing press in the late 1990s. In retrospect, this novel can be seeing as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437163298436 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:12:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437163298436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436273254020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - Stoney Larue’s music has a sentimental value to me. My fiancée and I saw him play at a private party in the spring of 2004 on our first date. He played an assortment of cover songs and a smattering of some original tunes he was working on. Since then,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436273254020 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 20:17:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436273254020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436251954820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - Generalities about the show as a whole are also seen in my reviews of the other seasons, if you have read these epinions, please skip to the section that addresses season four specifically beginning in paragraph seven below. HBO's fifth and final... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436251954820 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:52:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436251954820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435715935876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - So, my title may make this sound like some sort of a PBS documentary, but in fact this is a well acted, Hollywood historical drama about the U.S. involvement in the Soviet-Afghanistan conflict in the early to mid-1980s. In 1979, Texas Congressman... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435715935876 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:59:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435715935876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435710758532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - I picked up this book at the local library because I am a fan of Michael Lewis, bestselling author of “Liar’s Poker,” “Moneyball,” and most recently “The Blind Side.” The author is also a comical and introspective Bloomberg columnist. The book is an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435710758532 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:03:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435710758532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419682356868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - I picked up this book because it seemed so very different from the crime/drama books that tend to dominate the bestseller list. At the time of my reading, a Thousand Splendid Suns was on the New York Times Bestseller List (#4). The book had a very... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419682356868 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:57:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419682356868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419443543684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - Generalities about the show as a whole are also seen in my reviews of the other seasons, if you have read these epinions, please skip to the section that addresses season three specifically beginning in paragraph six below. HBO's fifth and final... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419443543684 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:52:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419443543684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418747944580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - There are a lot of battery-powered toothbrushes on the market, so there must be some degree of product differentiation between the brands. I am not a toothbrush aficionado, I need just a few things. I need stiff, but flexible bristles to give me that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418747944580 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:22:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418747944580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416907562628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - Generalities about the show as a whole are also seen in my reviews of the other seasons, if you have read these epinions, please skip to the section that addresses season two specifically beginning in paragraph four below. HBO's fifth and final season... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416907562628 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 20:48:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416907562628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416881348228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - HBO's fifth and final season of "The Wire" is underway amidst little to no fanfare. I am writing this epinion review of the first season's DVD and pleading to the epinions community to pick up the DVD's and watch this fascinating, well-written, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416881348228 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 16:30:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416881348228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_414457695876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - I watched this DVD with three friends recently. At the end of the film, the other guy watching apologized to the rest of us for subjecting us to this film. For the last several days, I have been scratching my head trying to figure out exactly what it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~414457695876 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:04:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_414457695876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_402313875076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - During my last semester of college, myself and eight of my buddies took a spring break road trip through the Southwest United States. We began our jaunt in Norman, Oklahoma headed west to Albuquerque, New Mexico. From Albuquerque we spent a night and a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~402313875076 Mon, 3 Sep 2007 15:59:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_402313875076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_402261970564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - Miller Chill is the newest light beer crashing through the American bar scene. Heavily marketed by the good folks at SAB Miller and their American subsidiary, Miller Brewing Company, the drink was introduced in early spring in several U.S. cities with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~402261970564 Sun, 2 Sep 2007 22:36:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_402261970564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_402123230852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - I missed this 2007 legal/suspense drama went it came through the theatres earlier this year, but recently picked it out of a local Redbox ($1 movie rental vending machine.) It was an enjoyable two hours, but watching this in a theatre would have tempered... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~402123230852 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:56:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_402123230852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_400411037316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - My twin sister recently picked up Unknown from her local video store. She had heard that the movie was a little scary so she wanted to come over and watch it with me and my fiancée. None of us knew anything about the movie except we recognized some of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~400411037316 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:36:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_400411037316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_399990558340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - The story of 300 free Spartans making a stand against the million man slave army of Persian king Xerxes in the battle of Thermopylae is one of the great underdog stories of world history. The Spartans fight for their independence and way of life speaks... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~399990558340 Sun, 5 Aug 2007 13:38:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_399990558340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_399924891268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - I recently went to see this movie with my new fiancee. I have long been an ardent Simpsons fan, but she has never seen the humor in the show. She admits that when the show started she was too young in her parent's opinion to be subjected to a cartoon... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~399924891268 Sat, 4 Aug 2007 12:10:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_399924891268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_399335132804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - This is a review of the CD that the DVD is based upon. Curiously, it is currently not a product choice for a review. It is tough to convey Cross Canadian Ragweed's music to those who have never heard it because there is no other band making music... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~399335132804 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:51:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_399335132804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_399296728708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - If you liked Michael Lewis' best-selling "Moneyball," you will love "The Blind Side." In the wildly popular "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game," Lewis examined how the Oakland Athletics used new techniques to field winning baseball teams... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~399296728708 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:08:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_399296728708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268887690884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - As strange as it sounds, I first heard Cross Canadian Ragweed five years ago in my backyard. The band was on the verge of breaking it big in 2001 when my fraternity signed them onto play a concert in the spring of 2002. Thousands of people showed up to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268887690884 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:40:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268887690884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268789583492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - I first began reading Michael Lewis' works in college. For a Business Perspectives class my sophomore year, I read “Liar’s Poker,” the semi-autobiographical look at the crazy 1980’s bond market. From this work, I grew very fond of Lewis insightful and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268789583492 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:56:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268789583492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_268591468164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author hobb2712 - Over the next fortnight, the American public is going to be inundated with stylized glorifications of Comerica Park. I am here to dissuade these illusions. I attended the stadium in the summers of 2002 and 2003 just a few short years after the opening... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~268591468164 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:42:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_268591468164?linkin_id=8003929