Epinions Recent Reviews for kmennie

Orvis Online Store: An undertaking I am unlikely to repeat.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:28:31 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - Ordered: bag. Bag = per Orvis, $175 luxury good; per me, what you'd expect to find in a low-rent mall at one of those weird cart things. Rather different from the picture. Return experience was fine. But... LIARS! LIARS! Orvis.com now features user...

Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee E. Hathaway, Heidi Murkoff - What to Expect the First Year: The Bad Mother's Excuse Book

Thu, 8 Nov 2007 23:11:08 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - "What to Expect When You're Expecting" was such risible garbage that I couldn't resist picking up "What to Expect the First Year." I'm surprised and amused to find that it's actually worse! Well, sort of. It's the same old "Listen to the...

Oh, dear.

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:48:15 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - I bought a baby monitor with great trepidation and guilt. A hallmark of lazy parenting, surely. That and a playpen and Mummy will spend her days in the yard drinking beer, etc. The reality of three floors (not counting basement) with the sleeping...

Kodak EasyShare C643 Digital Camera: Kodak EasyShare C643: Fun -- not serious -- easy, & well-priced

Thu, 6 Jul 2006 02:05:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - "6.1 megapixels for under $200!" is an excellent way to sum this up. It's stand-out value. It's also very easy to use, though with a respectable complement of features. It has better software (more on that in a moment) and more features than my old Kodak...

"What to Freak Out About When You're Already Freaking"

Wed, 5 Jul 2006 23:56:02 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - When I pulled this off my shelf, three remarkably telling things fluttered out: -- a paper with my scribbles on it, primarily notes on better books to read -- a bookmark/advert hustling me to buy yet more books in the series -- something torn out...

Method Daily Shower Cleaner: Cloying scent. Lousy spray mechanism. Works, I suppose.

Wed, 5 Jul 2006 21:16:06 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - As shower cleaners go, this isn't anything to be bothered with trying. It smells dreadful -- not so much "cleaner" as a sickly, cloying "industrial restroom deodoriser." Most unfortunate for a daily-use product. The reek is claimed to be "ylang ylang...

Clincac O.C.: great, for dermatologists -- not patients.

Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:28:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - This is the sort of product that I'm surprised is still on the market. It's not a complete write-off, but there are simply too many products that do the same thing, and do it much better. It seems to me to exemplify the curious problem/phenomenon of...

Jockey® Cotton Tank 123-8726D: Words on Wifebeaters: Who Would've Expected It?

Sun, 30 May 2004 23:59:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - Women's underwear, compared to men's, is roughly on par with button-down shirts. You know: the catalogue has fifty varieties of men's shirts in all qualities and sizes, and one women's selection in a polyester blend. Custom shirtmakers just get a funny...

Give it to your loved ones!

Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:16:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - I hit on Neutrogena UltraSheer Dry-Touch Sunblock SPF 30 while shopping for gifts for a...rec...

A moderately effective, costly glue

Thu, 10 Jul 2003 07:11:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - Anyone in the habit of referring to their -- or other people's -- skin care products as 'goo' will g...

Table d'Hote Americana a la Perfectionist

Thu, 10 Jul 2003 05:57:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - I may be ill-equipped to review American Classics. First, I'm not even American. Don't laugh...

Risible tripe

Thu, 10 Jul 2003 03:30:23 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - You may enjoy this book for a wee while; keep your eye on recycling bins in your neighbourhood for i...

Art of the Miniature: Beyond the Dollhouses of Your Yesteryear

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 04:03:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - The Van-Gogh-inspired cozy bedroom on the cover of 'The Art of the Miniature: Small Worlds and How to Make Them' makes for an inviting book, and further browsing reveals 128 glossy pages, almost all with fascinating photographs. An alluring buy.
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Girls, it's time for a little chat.

Sun, 30 Jun 2002 05:39:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - Oh! Darlings, I have to, simply must, talk about boys for a moment. No, men! Who can not, I ask you?

Now, the thing here is, as much as we love them (and boysoboys, nothing beats a man in uniform, and I mention this because I called the...

POX AMERICANA: Interesting, readable, flawed history

Tue, 21 May 2002 20:34:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - Pox Americana is not good popular or social history, or scholarly history, and ergo unfortunately not a very good book.

Those of you who know me as a curmudgeon should note that it isn't a bad book, and I don't really like saying it...

SnoreStop + Breathe Rights + Ear Plugs = shared bedroom

Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:08:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - I am at a loss as to explain how or why 'SnoreStop' does anything. The homeopathic ingredients -- nux vomica (an appealing name, right up there with 'St John's Wort,' but a.k.a. 'Quaker buttons'), ephedra (not safe in large quantities, and a.k.a. 'Mormon...

It records AND plays stuff on the teevee!!

Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:44:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - Oh, come on. Unless you're really young, it wasn't all that long ago that the simplest functions of a VCR were pretty awe-inspiring...

I bypassed the Quintuple Pepto-Bismol 16-Head with Remote That Controls The World idea; I am not much...

A cruel plot to up the sales of eyelash combs

Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:16:33 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - Would that mascaras came with detailed instructions for use; I'd love to author the packaging for L'Oreal's 'Voluminious.'

-- use for some time to try to dry out overly moist product

-- wipe brush thoroughly with tissue prior to each use...

Not all things to all hair, but Gee, It Smells Terrific

Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:02:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - The first thing that draws most people's attention to Aveda's 'Pure-Fume Brilliant Humectant Pomade' is the odd consistency. You can flick your nails on the side of the glass jar and the stuff inside will respond with a creepy, bad-sci-fi-special-effect...

Heavy, but it may well be my brother

Wed, 10 Apr 2002 03:51:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - Those of you stocking a kitchen for the first time may be well-advised to forgo the cheap boxed pot & pan sets, IKEA 'Start Box No 1,' and other such tawdry items, and blow the wad on a Le Creuset non-stick monster pan. Mine has never found its own place...

Makes you look like a teen-ager again!!

Sun, 21 Oct 2001 04:50:23 GMT

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Overstock.com: Rare reliability, deep discounts, strange selection

Sat, 20 Oct 2001 01:35:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie -

Two-plus years ago (centuries in dot-com time) I hit upon 'overstock.com,' and found an impossible-to-say-no-to bracelet. I bought. It arrived on time, well packed and shipped at reasonable cost, albeit, for you mail junkies, in unspectacular...

Can't get enough of that freaky-frig filth

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:47:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - I have some of the most unwholesome interests around: I do not and never have looked for pornography on the Internet. I have, of course, looked for anything that involves absolute degrading filth, some of which purports to have a sexual aspect. Dunno who...

Who wants to be AWAKE with the FLU?

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:17:35 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - My sympathies to the untravelled American during this flu season.

The British have 'Lemsip,' Canada has 'Neo Citran,' and I assume most other countries have their own variation on 'warm, comforting relief for symptoms of colds and flu,' with...

Dreadful! And here's seven reasons why.

Thu, 18 Oct 2001 23:43:03 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kmennie - This may be an unpopular bit of commentary, but I urge you to consider the many reasons to dislike Revlon's old standby lippie. It strikes me as one of those old throwbacks that won't be discontinued until its first customers are no longer around; it's...