Epinions Recent Reviews for mothermeatloaf

If comfort matters, tri these!

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:34:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - One of the benefits of working in an inner city public high school? ENDLESS OFFICE SUPPLIES! And just when I didn't think it could get better... Enter the Ticonderoga(R) tri-write pencil! I never thought I would describe a pencil with...

Little Caliber, big bang for the buck!

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:09:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - Man, did I score BIG points this Mother's Day! We have been a one car family for...well...forever. It was - and still is - my 1
995
Chevy Cavalier. With the advent of kindergarten for Syd and Sam's playdates, we...

Thanksgiving, Or, Yet Another Reason to Drink Wine

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 11:50:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - As an unyielding Italian, it is customary to find, in my cellar, in my refrigerators, and in my digestive system, wonderfully-warming, full-bodied Italian red wines. However, with no patriation intended, I brought the French to my table this holiday...

Great ale? Of Corsendonk!

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:01:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - The history of the Corsendonk Brewery dates back to the early Middle Ages. Founded in 1398, the Priory of Corsendonk has always been regarded as a rather significant brewery and malt-house. Corsendonk is considered an "Abbey beer" despite the presence...

Introducing Soraia!

Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:43:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - As writers for Epinions, it isn't very often we get the opportunity to review a product that reflects the hearts and souls of those we know on a personal level, but I am fortunate enough to be in that number. Introducing Soraia! Soraia is...

Puff, Sip, Repeat: The Dalmore Cigar Malt Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky

Mon, 8 Aug 2005 15:39:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - Once or twice a year, my uncle from the Netherlands comes stateside. We share good laughs, big hugs, fine cigars, and expensive scotch until all hours, but his stay never seems to last long enough. I make it a point to travel to the liquor store with...

Allagash Summer Ale Left Me Cold

Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:02:40 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - Any reader of my recent (and sacred few) beer reviews, can attest to the fact that I've fallen hard for Allagash brews! Their w
hite
beer and their d
ubbel
are as good as, if not...

Kenmore 24.8 cu. ft. Trio French Door Bottom Freezer Refrigerator: You Could Freeze a Yak in Here!

Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:45:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating, but this unit is huge! When my wife and I moved into our apartment in 1996, we were gifted a diminutive white Hotpoint refrigerator, approximately 18 cubic feet in interior capacity. (To calculate the capacity of your unit,...

He Put the "Writer" in "Songwriter"

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:03:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - I first heard Harry Chapin in a darkened, gutted, shell-of-a-house in Northeast Philadelphia. It was nearing four in the morning and Eskimo
and I were plenty deep into our cups. Eskimo was laying in a yet-to-be-installed...

Dubbel Your Pleasure

Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:47:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - Still enjoying most heartily my torrid affair with A
llagash
White, I decided, while strolling my "local" Canals, located in Williamstown, New Jersey (a 30-minute ride from my home), to try another brew of the house of...

"Going Stag" Has New Meaning To Me Now!

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:25:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - Ah, Father's Day! This year, my father asked that I not try to educate him by introducing him to a new scotch. He likes what he likes and sees no reason to toy with that simplest of equations. He enjoys Dewar's, The Glenlivet, and Glenfiddich. Knowing...

Sur La Table Vodka Shot Set - 7-Piece set: Bucket of Vodka, Anyone?

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:15:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - NOTE: The model I own has Greek-key gold-leaf gilding around the lip of the ice bucket - for what that's worth in the way of information. It sure looks classy! I generally shy away from clear spirits in favor of beer or, more frequently, my...

Drinking age? 21. The Dalmore? 21. Coincidence? I Think Not!

Wed, 1 Jun 2005 01:42:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - A spectacular wine and spirits superstore recently opened in my neighborhood. My first visit was to purchase a bottle of H
ighland
Park and to price J
ohnnie
Walker Blue. Recently,...

This Porter Will Carry You To Great Places

Wed, 25 May 2005 22:25:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - I honestly couldn't drink another Yuengling lager. I swear. As resident of Philadelphia, this Pottsville-based brew has been at every barbecue, every Christening, every funeral repast, and every birthday party I've attended over the past 10 years...

Erin Go Braless

Sun, 22 May 2005 10:27:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - I first entered Finnigan's Wake in 2000. It was 10 p.m. on a Tuesday night, and my class had just ended. I was pursuing a Masters in Educational Administration. One of the adjunct professors, who also happened to be the principal of the school at...

Nice To Meet You, Smiddy.

Fri, 20 May 2005 22:00:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - It is nearly midnight on Saint Patrick's Day and I'm sitting at F
innigan's
Wake, my favorite Irish pub in Philadelphia. It's 500 degrees and the cigarette smoke hangs like carcinogenic cumulus clouds just overhead. Now...

Ouch!

Mon, 16 May 2005 17:39:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - NOTE: Verses That Hurt, ISBN 0-312-15191-8, is highly inappropriate for young readers. The content is dark, profanity-laden, and sexually explicit at times. You have received fair warning! (I know. That's why I bought it, too!)...

What's Your EI?

Mon, 16 May 2005 11:55:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - Quite simply, emotional intelligence is the intelligent use of emotions: you intentionally make your emotions work for you by using them to guide...behavior and thinking in ways that enhance...results. - from page xvi of the Introduction...

Snow Isn't the Only Cold, Frosty Thing in Maine

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:41:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - I was walking through Canal's in Williamstown, NJ, my favorite place to buy new and interesting brews, and the very last brew, on the very top shelf, in the very last aisle was none other than Allagash White. Who? Admittedly, I'd never...

Like Music to my Eyes

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:38:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - From the back cover: Leadership, like jazz, is a public performance, dependent on so many things - the environment, the volunteers in the band, the need for everybody to perform as individuals and as a group, the absolute dependence of the...

Nice Work, Shamu!

Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:33:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - Whale Done: The power of positive relationships, by Ken Blanchard, Thad Lacinak, Chuck Tompkins, and Jim Ballard, published in 2002 by The Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, is the current leadership rave. Whale Done: The power of...

Partying Deep Into the Night with a Silky-Smooth 18-Year-Old

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:07:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - It was my father's birthday yesterday and, as usual, there was a table of spirits and fancy glasses at the party, proudly arranged by my father. I must say that the old man has excellent taste, especially when it comes to scotch. His newest passion in...

Palmolive Super Scrub Gel Paste: If Only Palmolive Could Erase Other Messes As Easily!

Tue, 5 Apr 2005 13:30:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - This blue goop is amazing! Engineered by the folks at Colgate-Palmolive, Palmolive Super Scrub Gel Paste makes short work of most any burned-on, set-in nastiness in bowls, pots, and pans alike! It is safe for all non-stick surfaces be they...

Come Sink Into My Funky Mudpuddle

Sun, 3 Apr 2005 05:20:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - I don't think Nick Cave's bible even includes the New Testament. His bible is teeming with columns of fire, thunder-voices that shatter clouds like glass, and oceans of boiling blood. It would seem he doesn't miss it a bit. And the...

Open Your Heart and Do No Harm

Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:05:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mothermeatloaf - Few books that I've read in my life have moved me on a spiritual level. It is a rare book that can affect that soul-deep tectonic shift that lets a person know that he or she has been touched. Kahlil Gibran's...