© 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-jcgrow Recent reviews written by member jcgrow en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_333598789252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - The first thing I should tell you about myself is that I am a big fan of Guinness Stout. I love a dark beer, and tend to be unimpressed with most of the standard, lighter beers. It's frustrating to me in the summer time to see all the lite beers, so... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~333598789252 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:56:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_333598789252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_333594398340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - I've been struggling with Mac laptops for the last few years. They've been slow. They've been glitchy. They've crashed and malfunctioned and left me high and dry when I needed them most. Still, I don't want a computer that uses Windows. Windows... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~333594398340 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:22:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_333594398340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_333278645892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - Here Come the ABCs, produced by Disney Sound with substantial contribution by the band They Might Be Giants (remember Istanbul Not Constantinople?) is one of the biggest disappointments in a children's DVD I've experienced in a long time. That's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~333278645892 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:04:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_333278645892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_331255025284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - The Handbook of Practical Spying from the International Spy Museum is not a large book, but it's a useful reference nonetheless. Don't consider it as a comprehensive guide to spying. As the title of the book indicates, it's a practical handbook,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~331255025284 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:31:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_331255025284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_331235102340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - I got the RedOctane dance pad for my Playstation 2 because I wanted to get some exercise that would be more interesting than what I would get running on a treadmill or bobbing up and down pointlessly on a stairmaster at a gym. It bores me to tears to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~331235102340 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:36:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_331235102340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_330672082564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - I started playing Tekken back when there was no number after the name, years ago in a University arcade. My brother introduced it to me when he came to visit, and I admit that I spent far too much time in front of that machine. It was a great social... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~330672082564 Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:29:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_330672082564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_330562965124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - A couple of months ago, my wife and I finally relented and bought our first family minivan. The decision was provoked by my wife's pregnancy, and the realization that our Subaru Forrester's back seat could not fit three child seats. We were a little... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~330562965124 Fri, 9 Mar 2007 08:21:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_330562965124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_330333785732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - The beginning of Man of La Mancha is so compelling that I spent the rest of the movie hoping that it would regain its initial power. At the beginning of the movie, we see Miguel de Cervantes escorted off the stage in the middle of a play in which he... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~330333785732 Thu, 8 Mar 2007 21:05:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_330333785732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_330329329284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - I was attracted to the film The Science of Sleep by its trailer, which demonstrates a unique visual style combined with an interesting premise: A main character who is unable to distinguish between his waking life and his dreams. The film... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~330329329284 Thu, 8 Mar 2007 20:19:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_330329329284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186940886660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - Since the turn of the millenium, there has been something of a fairy craze in the book business. Ranging from whimsical to serious to over-serious, books about fairies have proven popular sellers. However, the basis for these books is almost all the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186940886660 Sat, 25 Jun 2005 07:06:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186940886660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_184319250052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - Shopping for a hotel online is a dangerous thing. It's easy for a hotel to dress itself up on a web page, and use photo editing software to make itself appear that it is something that it is not. In the case of the Fairmont Chicago, I got the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~184319250052 Wed, 25 May 2005 20:41:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_184319250052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_183962603140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - When I bought my last microwave, ten years ago, I had just graduated from college, and I took the decision seriously. It seemed like a big deal to be getting my own microwave oven. I ended up getting a Panasonic, and I suppose I made a good choice, as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~183962603140 Sat, 21 May 2005 22:33:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_183962603140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_181961723524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - I consider myself a business denizen of downtown Chicago, traveling here often on consulting trips. I usually stay on the Magnificent Mile (upper Michigan Avenue), in order to be close to the office of my client here. For years, I have looked up and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~181961723524 Mon, 2 May 2005 22:33:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_181961723524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_180446727812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - I first stayed the night in the Fitzpatrick Hotel in Chicago just a few weeks after it opened. It was a sweet, soft experience. Everything was new and fresh, especially the bed, which had a soft feather bed kind of comfort, elevated about six inches... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~180446727812 Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:53:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_180446727812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_164253306500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - My wife and I recently stayed the night at Le Meridian for a business trip. We have stayed at several hotels in downtown Chicago on the Magnificent Mile, and found Le Meridian to be our favorite by far. Compared to the familiar shabby luxury of The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~164253306500 Mon, 6 Dec 2004 01:39:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_164253306500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143170244228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - With his usual sense of good timing, Greg Palast, American reporter for the BBC has come out with a new expanded election edition of his earlier book, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Back in 2002, this book helped to wedge a crack in the armor... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143170244228 Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:15:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143170244228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_142992248452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - I first drove a 2001 Forester a few years back as a rental car. It was in the Rocky Mountains out West, and I marveled at the way that the Forester could pickup going steeply uphill and handle the back roads, with all their ruts and rugged turns. The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~142992248452 Tue, 8 Jun 2004 19:58:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_142992248452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_133456563844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - What do you do when you want to write a book book about a group of people whose history has intentionally been left in mystery? Author Miranda Green gets to the heart of the problem that plagues The World of the Druids when she writes: "We have... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~133456563844 Tue, 16 Mar 2004 20:43:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_133456563844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_133255958148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - I am of two minds about the book Gathering Moss, but then again, so is the author. Robin Wall Kimmerer, of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, tries to value both the scientific knowledge that she has gained... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~133255958148 Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:58:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_133255958148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_131125841540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - Oh, the pain of a book that takes a fascinating subject matter and converts it into a dull lecture on abstract principles of an academic agenda. Double the pain when that academic agenda turns out to be the undeveloped reflections of a weak, one-track... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~131125841540 Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:29:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_131125841540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_96914869892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - I bought the DVD set Crusades about six months ago in order to supplement my reading of Karen Armstrong's fantastic book, Holy War. I was pleased as punch to find that Karen Armstrong is herself one of the experts interviewed throughout... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~96914869892 Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:20:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_96914869892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_83997527684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - There's a small industry that exists just to make Billy Graham look good. I'm sure you think I'm exaggerating when I say that, but I'm not. Up in Minnesota, of all places, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association fills up an entire large office... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~83997527684 Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:27:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_83997527684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_83956633220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - I'm happy to say that I just bought my second G3 iBook laptop. If you read my review on this laptop, you'll see that I'm just nuts about these computers, and OS X in particular. However, I'm not all that crazy about Jaguar, the latest incarnation of OS... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~83956633220 Tue, 17 Dec 2002 02:51:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_83956633220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_73339866756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - Let's admit it, folks: In spite of its great box office success, Spider Man is not the greatest movie: Kirsten Dunst's character Mary Jane is a lot less featureful than she could be (although Toby MacGuire is an excellent Spider Man), and the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~73339866756 Fri, 16 Aug 2002 17:08:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_73339866756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_73334230660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jcgrow - I got my first iBook just a few weeks ago to use in my consulting business. I travel all around the country conducting interviews and psychological analysis, and so I need to enter information, write reports and give information on the go. Internet... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~73334230660 Fri, 16 Aug 2002 16:03:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_73334230660?linkin_id=8003929