Epinions Recent Reviews for tracy_scarpino

Another pivo, please!

Tue, 5 Dec 2000 19:15:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - Before my year-long stint in the Czech Republic I wasn't much of a beer drinker. I quickly learned, however, that one cannot live in this Eastern European country without being influenced by the deeply ingrained beer culture. Our first night out on the...

Hotmail: Comes in handy when you're in Paris.

Mon, 4 Dec 2000 05:07:59 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - A couple of weeks ago Hotmail added a major improvement to their service. Before, you logged onto the first page where you were greeted with your oldest messages. The new messages were kept on page 2 or 3 or whatever. If you're like me, you rarely...

I Won't Be The Dog

Sun, 3 Dec 2000 20:13:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - Monopoly is one of those games I never win but I love to play. It was a popular game in my family when I was growing up, right up there along with Scrabble. Why do I never win? Probably because I am not as ruthless as you need to be. I feel guilty...

Fun With Words

Sat, 2 Dec 2000 17:31:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - If your family doesn't yet have a copy of Scrabble, get thee to a toy store immediately. This game promotes cognitive and learning skills while being a lot of fun for the whole family. Children benefit from learning new words and learning how letters...

Blogger: No More Stale Websites

Thu, 15 Jun 2000 04:30:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - I started using Blogger in December 1999. For those of you who don't know (come on, get with the program!) Blogger (http://www.blogger.com) is a free application provided by the kind folk at Pyra (http://www.pyra.com). It enables you to...

Book, Interpreted

Wed, 14 Jun 2000 06:40:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - I had been wanting to see this movie for a long time since I am a huge fan of Susanna Kaysen's book. So finally I rented the video and sat down expecting to be disappointed, since I had heard that it was not as good as it could have been. But I...

iMac: Brilliant!

Tue, 14 Mar 2000 22:28:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - First let me say that I have been using an iMac for the past six months and for this reason I find the commercial unbelievably funny. He mentions the speakers and the lack of a floppy drive - things that bother me about the iMac. But I also love my...

Boogie Nights

Wed, 29 Dec 1999 06:14:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - I just watched Boogie Nights for the second time. I saw it in the theater when it first came out and loved it. Then a couple of people I know saw it and didn't like it as much as I did so I wondered if I was crazy. But the second time around I still...

Oui!

Tue, 7 Dec 1999 04:29:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - I recently went to Vegas and spent a lot of time in this casino. I wasn't really gambling (not that I didn't want to, I just didn't have any more money) but my friend and I hung out and took the whole thing in from the bar. All the employees speak in...

Better Than Blair Witch

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 04:48:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - This is the story of Trish McFarland, a girl who gets lost in the woods in Maine. What I love about Stephen King is his ability to show us his characters' minds. I really felt I was inside Trish's head as she oscillated between courage and paralyzing...

There's Much More To Pisa Than You Think

Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:04:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - I had the good fortune to spend two weeks in Pisa. I got stuck there for various reasons that I won't go into here. But I'm glad I got stuck. Most tourists rush in, look at the leaning tower, and leave.

There's much more to this charming...

Moving But Flawed

Wed, 1 Dec 1999 17:37:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - What do you get when you cross Helena Bonham Carter as a feisty dying girl and Kenneth Branagh as a troubled artist who wants to fly? You get what could have been a great movie, but only ends up being good.

The Theory of Flight's story is a...

Datek Online

Wed, 1 Dec 1999 06:45:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - I signed up with Datek about a year ago. I was looking for an online broker with a good reputation and track record as well as a low transaction fee. After looking at several, I settled on Datek. I'm happy to say I made the right choice. From the...

Spaghetti On A Stick, Anyone?

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:26:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - Wow, this has to be one of the weirdest films I've ever seen. It satirizes a lot of movies, including Casino, Godfathers I and II, Il Postino, Forrest Gump (instead of "Run, Forrest, Run!" it's "Run, Florist, Run!"), Dickens' A...

See Jane Be Mediocre

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:52:03 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - Jane is usually a lot of fun to read, but I've found that the wise-cracking writers have begun to get on my nerves. It reminds me of a magazine I read when I was a lot younger - Sassy. It turns out it's written by pretty much the same people. At first...

Ouija Ouija on the table, who's the deadest of us all?

Mon, 29 Nov 1999 18:15:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - Edgar Cayce, the sleeping prophet, said that one shouldn't play with Ouija boards because it's possible to attract negative spirits and become possessed. That may be so, but what's a little possession when you're having so much fun? I don't know what...

Mr. Funny

Sun, 28 Nov 1999 05:57:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - I used to play this game with my mom when I was a kid and we both loved it. It looks silly at first glance, but once you start playing it's a lot of fun. As a joke, I recently bought this for my mom because she mentioned it was one of her favorite...

Self Improvement

Sun, 28 Nov 1999 05:12:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - With a focus on health and fitness, Self manages to distinguish itself from other women's magazines while still covering fashion and beauty.

For several issues it featured a monthly diary by a woman with breast cancer (former model Diane...

W: Not Just For 99-Year Olds

Sat, 27 Nov 1999 23:26:16 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - It's strange, but I was never really interested in W because a relative of mine (who is 99 now) always said it was her favorite fashion magazine. That was a long time ago, back when it was (as far as I can recall) made completely of newsprint, in a big,...

Wild About Wilde

Mon, 22 Nov 1999 21:08:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - Nobody should be without a copy of the Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, the "first modern man," as he is sometimes called. Some people know him mainly as a scandalous figure who shunned convention. True, but he also had one of the most lucid...

Priceline Flight Reservations: Flexible People Are Happy People

Tue, 16 Nov 1999 17:36:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - I used Priceline when buying a ticket from L.A. to Seattle. The lowest fare I could find from other sources was $300 (flying on a weekend) but at Priceline I was able to get a round-trip ticket for $115.

In order to get a good deal you have...

We Feel His Pain

Mon, 15 Nov 1999 06:10:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - The Sistine Chapel is on every visitor to Rome's must-see list, and for good reason. It would be some kind of sin to visit Rome and not see Michelangelo's amazing handiwork, the frescoed ceilings of the chapel. Getting there is not so easy, though, as...

Let's Play Doctor

Sun, 14 Nov 1999 23:30:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - This was one of my favorite games as a kid. My friends and I used to sit and play for hours, giggling every time we made the buzzer go off. It was a load of fun to use the little tweezers and try and pick out the body parts. It took skill,...

Ezines: Salon.com

Sun, 14 Nov 1999 02:32:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - Salon.com is an intelligent ezine, one of the most respected and prominent on the Net. It features talented writers, some of them well known and controversial, like outspoken cultural critic Camille Paglia and sexpert Susie Bright.

They...

Ezines: Nerve: An Erotic Ezine

Sun, 14 Nov 1999 00:12:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tracy_scarpino - Whether you're looking for a new position or a little fiction, this is the place. Nerve is an ezine about sex and sexuality. It's a beautifully designed, interesting site with lots to ponder. There's fiction, poetry, and non-fiction (ranging from...