Epinions Recent Reviews for mattygroves

Hedge Trimming Quattro Stylee

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:31:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - Until recently, I have been a razor agnostic. I was a semi-occasional leg shaver (in the winter at least) and only dealt with the bikini line when I knew I'd be wearing a bathing suit (but NOT a bikini). I never saw the point of "ladies' razors,"...

Hanging on the Telephone

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:18:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - When I think 'telephone', I think of a device that allows me to talk to people, using my lips, tongue, voicebox and some nifty technology that allows said verbiage to be sent long distances. When I was younger (when the Dead Sea was still only sick),...

Deconstructing Frank

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:50:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - Seventeen year old Frank is a killer. He kills birds, mice and other small animals. Fortunately, he doesn't kill people any more - it was just a passing phase, when he killed Blythe, Paul and Esmeralda (not all at once, mind you). Frank's brother Eric is...

Mattygroves and Her Unexpectedly Good Earphones

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:42:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - I am coming to realise that iPod/MP3 player earphones take quite a beating indeed. I have owned a number of pairs of said earphones over the past two or three years, and inevitably, eventually they break down (normally the wires get frayed or...

Definitely British. Not so much of the Royal.

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 07:30:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - Travelling for business is a bit of a novelty for me, so when a colleague asked me to join him in Edinburgh for a new business pitch, I was delighted. (Then I discovered the meeting was on my birthday - well, hey ho - I can think of worse places to spend...

"Tell me, butterfly, have you seen the other unicorns? Or am I the last..."

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 07:42:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - This is a review of the film only. The DVD is available as a region 2 from Amazon from £3.98 or from Amazon.com as a region 1 for $7.49 new or $2.54 used! It is also, apparently, available as a video on demand.It is easy to...

Who Watches the Watchme....

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 12:56:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - It's autumn 1985, and cold war tensions increase to worrying levels as Dr Manhattan flees Earth. It's 1959, and a tragic accident utterly annihilates Jon Osterman within an Intrinsic Field test chamber at Gila Flats. It's 1977, and the Keene Act outlaws...

Hatfield's Pride - Beales Hotel

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:25:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - If you're on holiday for a few days or a few weeks, you may well choose a boutique hotel. After all, you will likely be spending a fair amount of time in it. However, if you are just attending your office Christmas Party in what might as well...

Mattygroves and her Creatively Inspired Computer Speakers

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:10:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - Until recently, I've not needed speakers for my computer here at work. I had earphones (not improbably loose ones) for those rare occasions I needed sound, and the company we shared offices with always had their music playing (some of which was truly...

Mattygroves and her improbably loose earphones

Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:30:19 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - It is, apparently, a bad idea to wrap your headphone cord around your iPod or mp3 player. I do it anyway, for lack of any better ideas to keep the cord from becoming a tangled mess in my pocket. As a result, I go through earphones like...

Clube do Adequate

Sat, 1 Nov 2008 09:35:15 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - When is a hotel not a hotel? When it's an apartment, of course! A normal hotel room is more than adequate for a couple, however, when travelling with another couple, you have a choice (particularly when travelling to Spain or Portugal, it seems) between...

Riad Dar Sbihi Marrakech: Peace and Tranquility in Marrakech

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:26:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - What kind of traveller are you? Do you like to spend your holiday budget on a luxury villa somewhere, with all the mod cons, or do you prefer more Spartan accommodation, on the basis that you're just renting somewhere to rest your head at night? Usually,...

As Long As She's Living

Tue, 7 Feb 2006 08:40:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - Are you a parent? Do you remember holding that newborn baby in your arms in those first few minutes, and knowing that you could never love another creature more than you love this tiny, helpless infant at this moment? Do you remember thinking "I'll...

Matty and her Improbably Large TV

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:47:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - Back in July, we moved house. The house we've moved into is bigger than the one we left, and has a bigger lounge. The JVC 22" telly that has served us so well for going on 11 or 12 years looked really, really dinky in the new house. So it was decided...

Matty and Her Unfeasibly Small Headphones

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:11:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - Back in May, on my birthday, I received a nice silver iPod. I'd wanted one for sometime - its compactness, ease of use, and capacity were all appealing. However, what really sold me on an mp3 player was its size. It can be tucked easily in a pocket -...

In Other News...The Dead Walk The Earth!!

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:38:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - Tim Burton is well known for taking light, cheery tales and turning them on their head...or vice versa - taking dark, morbid situations and turning THEM on their head - witness The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands. So you won't be...

A Native View in a Long Review - Long Island

Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:17:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - Updated to correct a couple of errors - my memory isn't clearly what it once was :( Are you from abroad...or at least from far away? Are you visiting New York City? I suspect you are planning on visiting shops, museums, tall buildings, and...

The Other Half

Wed, 2 Nov 2005 05:59:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - or, This is the style to which I'd very much like to become accustomed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Whats, Whys and Wheres ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sometimes, good things can come from sad events. A few years ago, my in-laws died. It...

Not Peaceful, Not Serene. Serenity.

Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:03:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - Ever seen a series called Firefly? There's a pretty good chance that not only have you not seen it, but until this year, you'd never heard of it. That's because it only ran for 15 episodes (including the two part pilot...which was actually broadcast...

Mattygroves Patches Her Habit

Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:46:09 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - Some of you may know that I have recently qui
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smoking (as of 8.30pm GMT, I’ll have been smoke free for nine weeks). As I was smoking 40 a day (and probably more if I was doing some serious drinking), I knew I...

Comfort at a Doozy of a Price

Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:13:13 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - THE DAY BEGINS - Background ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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DATELINE – 21st August 2003. For...

Of Rats and Men. Oh...and a Cat

Tue, 29 Apr 2003 06:18:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - “Hey, Mum”, says Darling Daughter (DD), “the school library has two whole shelves of Terry Pratchett – do you want me to bring any home?”

“Oh, yes” say I, “Please.”

Fast forward one day (I read...

Oh, baby, you're SO talented...and they are SO dumb!

Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:23:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - …in the immortal words of Bart, after fooling some really, really thick Johnsons.

Yes, Blazing Saddles is crude. It’s sophomoric. It’s juvenile. It’s also very, very, funny.

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Bill Bryson Shows He CAREs

Mon, 3 Mar 2003 12:00:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - Bill Bryson and I are very much alike. OK, he’s bearded, and I’m not, he’s quite a lot older than I am, considerably richer than I am, and, crucially, male.

Nevertheless, we have one thing in common – we are both Americans who...

Mr Feynman Goes to Washington - a Tribute

Fri, 7 Feb 2003 07:16:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mattygroves - As I'm sure you all know by now, Space Shuttle Columbia broke up on re-entry on Saturday, killing all seven astronauts on board.

The Columbia mission, like the Challenger, was a historic one - for the first time in ages, it carried real...