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 As I read through this book, it became clear to me, much like Pres. Clinton, Mrs. Palin is far from a perfect human being and she has not been without fault.  To her credit, she did not try to hide everything in the book.  She admitted to many of the mistakes she made during the campaign and her life in general, and she tried to give a hindsight review of what went wrong and how she should/would have done differently, although I wish she had played less of the blame game in the book overall.  As a political moderate, I can't say I always agree with Gov. Palin's opinions and stances on different issues, but I respect her because she formed them based on her own personal beliefs and experiences and did not blindedly follow ""party leaders"".  The book also was Gov. Palin's first fair chance to explain some of the controversies that plagued her VP campaign, including the Troopergate, the Couric interview, the pregnancies (both herself and Bristol) and many more stories we never heard.  Whether or not you want to take her words with a grain of salt, it at least is her side of the story that the media never presented us.
 
 All in all, a very good read that took us from her childhood days in Alaska as a tomboy who loved sports and outdoors, to her struggles in early adulthood with her husband and children, and eventually to her glamorous appearance along side Sen. McCain on the campaign trails.  Whether you agree with her politics, I think this book presents much we could learn from her life.
 
 This is my honest review of the book and how much I enjoyed it, not the person or her political positions.  I pre-ordered on Kindle and finished in a little less than two days."
0,40_10_RK2HL773C5MAF.txt,5.0,"""That woman is crazy, [but] ain't we all?""","December 30, 2005",Mary Whipple,Beloved (Paperback),"In this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 1988, Toni Morrison frees herself from the bonds of traditional narrative and establishes an independent style, just as her characters have freed themselves from the horrors of slavery and escaped from Kentucky to Ohio.  Revealing the story of Sethe and her family as they survive the brutality of the farm, only to encounter torments even more punishing than whippings after they escape, Morrison presents scenes in a seemingly random order, each scene revealing some aspect of life for Sethe, her boys, her dead baby Beloved, and the new baby Denver, both in the past and in the present.  Moving back and forth, around, and inside out through Sethe's recollections, she gradually reveals Sethe's story to the reader, its horror increasing as the reader makes the connections which turn disconnected scenes into a powerful and harrowing chronology. 
 
 As the novel opens, Sethe and Denver have lived in #124, a house in Ohio, for eighteen years, refusing to socialize and enjoying no company.  When Paul D. Garner, one of the Sweet Home men and a friend of her long-missing husband, arrives on her doorstep and moves in, Sethe slowly reveals her long-buried nightmares, and the two share their stories of the events leading up to their escape.  Most haunting to Sethe is the death of her young daughter Beloved, shortly after the escape from the farm, though the reader does not know for many pages the shocking manner of her death.  When a ghostly figure who calls herself Beloved arrives at #124, shortly after Paul D., Morrison creates mystery and a heart-stoppingly tense atmosphere when Beloved moves in.  As Beloved gradually takes over the household and seems to demand and then possess Sethe's soul, the sorrow which has burdened Sethe seems close to breaking her.
 
 The sadism of some slave-owners, the devices used to torture, and the desperate measures some slaves took to protect themselves and their loved ones come fully alive here, the horrors growing as the reader gradually discovers the real source of Sethe's torment. By forcing the reader to make the connections, instead of spelling out details in a traditional narrative, Morrison strengthens the impact of the novel and its brutal revelations.  Symbols of water, rain, snow, and ice connect the disparate scenes, and the use of shadows and the ghostly character of Beloved keep the reader on tenterhooks until the action is eventually resolved.  A powerful, atmospheric, and shocking novel, Beloved is also a searing indictment of slavery and the damage it has done to the fabric of life, damage that cannot be repaired until it is fully recognized through novels such as this. n Mary Whipple"
0,13_11_R14YGREH80DBE3.txt,5.0,Perfectly executed fiction for teens,"May 23, 2009","The Well-Read Child ""http://wellreadchild.blogsp<span class=""invisible""> </span>ot.com/""",Shiver (Hardcover),"The book tells the story from the alternating points of view of two characters. Grace has been watching the wolves outside her Mercy Falls, Minnesota home every winter. She is drawn to one in particular that has stunning yellow eyes, and she's certain that it is the same wolf who saved her from a pack of wolves who attacked her when she was a young girl.
 
 Sam leads two lives. In the spring and summer, he's human, but when the cooler temperatures of autumn descend upon him, it's not long before he turns into a wolf for the winter. The problem with being a werewolf is that the longer you're a wolf, the less time you spend in your human form until one spring, you don't change back and are forever a part of the wolf world.
 
 When Grace meets Sam, one look at his yellow eyes makes her certain that he's her wolf. They are drawn to each other and it doesn't take them long to realize that they've been in love for years as impossible as it may seem. As the temperatures get cooler, Sam and Grace struggle to keep him human, but the bitter cold and other obstacles threaten to take him away from her forever.
 
 What I love about Maggie Stiefvater's writing, especially in Shiver, is that it's completely seamless: the transitions between the two main characters' points of view and the way that she brings werewolves into what seems like a perfectly normal world. I'm one of those people who rarely reads chapter titles or headings because I find them distracting, and not once did I have to glance up at the beginning of a chapter to see who was speaking. Sam and Grace have their own distinct voices and characteristics, but the switch from character to character is not jarring the way I've seen it in a lot of other books. And the coolest thing? Grace and Sam each have their own strengths and complement each other well. I love to see strong female characters in books for teens, and Grace is definitely smart and strong and can take care of herself.
 
 But what I love the most about Ms. Stiefvater's writing is her ability to depict chemistry between two characters--first with Dee and Luke in Lament and now with Sam and Grace. She's masterful at showing and not telling: glances, touches, dialogue, and thoughts all create a completely believable love between a girl and a werewolf.
 
 Shiver is a perfectly executed book, and I continue to be impressed with Maggie Stiefvater's writing."
0,23_11_R1CSG18LEBTLHZ.txt,5.0,best little toy my husband ever received,"July 16, 2010","Edward P. Alfortish ""edadele""",Apple iPod touch 8 GB (2nd Generation--with iPhone OS 3.1 Software Installed) [NEWEST MODEL] (Electronics),"my children bought this for their father for father's day. his ipod was stolen about six months ago.  he goes nowhere without this new little toy. he loves it. easy to use and he has downloaded his music, games, pictures and he can even go on the internet with it. what more could you ask for."
0,11_7_R116OBOLCI9AKY.txt,5.0,Great product,"January 30, 2010","Christina Gladden ""gluten free mom""","Plum Organics Fiddlesticks Snack Sticks, Apple Carrot, 2.12-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 6) (Grocery)",Great healthy product.  I purchased it for something different to try and both my 2 & 4 yr old think it tastes great!!
0,49_12_R3U6JSAIAODQBI.txt,5.0,changed my life!,"November 19, 2008","Peter Gordon Scott ""firemen on earth""",Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred - Medium Box (DVD-ROM),"I have never written a review before but I have to say that this product is one of the best things that I've ever bought. I am a terrible typer and this allows me to write reports about twice as fast and without all the headache of correction. I almost didn't buy this product because of all of the terrible reviews on Amazon.com.
 
 It seems that if you are using Vista, or are an English as a 2nd language student, or have a very old computer then you might have problems using Dragon. I have 2 GB of RAM on 2005 HP Pavilion laptop running XP
 
 I understand that people are not happy with tech support but I have yet to use it. Also when loading the software I also faced a C++ error message that was a headache but I was able to fix it with a simple Google search.
 
 Last year I had my Mac stolen, but now I couldn't be happier because now I can use the software on my new XP, that I couldn't have used if I still had a Mac.
 
 I'm using the software to type this review and I would say that it has made perhaps 2 errors, but that is understandable given that sometimes I speak quickly and there is some ambiguity in what I'm writing.
 
 I can honestly say that the software has changed my life. I love my job now!"
1,42_14_R11IWXF21P3Q2Y.txt,2.0,Book Strives to Have Mentally-Challenged Reproduce,"July 5, 2010",Billy Oertel,Sex For Dummies (Paperback),"Sex For Dummies: I saw this book while perusing Amazon, and could not believe it. Not only is this company marketing their products to mentally-challenged people, but they are doing it right out in the open! Surely the mentally-handicapped, who oftentimes work menial jobs for little or no pay, need their money more than any other group? But no, this soulless corporation keeps churning out their books designed to take our slower brothers' and sisters' last dime. How exactly are the books ""For Dummies?"" I'm not sure; perhaps they have large, colorful pictures or have scratch-and-sniff components. No matter, the point still stands that this company is trying to take advantage of the mentally-impared and must be stopped. 
 And furthermore, ""Sex for Dummies?"" Really? I'm as liberal as the next guy, but are the mentally-challenged really the kind of people we want reproducing? I'm not saying we round them up into camps or anything, but if you can figure out a way to keep `em childless, so much so the better. 
 To conclude: Not only does this book take advantage of the less-fortunate, but it strives to create a world in which there are even more of said less-fortunate. Two stars."
1,46_18_R3VSDIWI5QI269.txt,4.0,Protect Your Child From Peanut Allergies!,"June 28, 2010",Wandrwoman,Child Soviet Russian Gas Mask Civilian / Military NEW (Misc.),"My 8 year old suffers from life threatening peanut allergies. Until I found this wonderful Soviet Russian made civilian/military gas mask manufactured just for children, my son Herbert spent 95% of his time under a sealed bubble tent at home. This excellent mask has really been a godsend as Herbert is now able to attend school, participate in his favorite sports, go to the movies, enjoy the Cub Scouts, etc. The large filter canister fits easily into the matching haversack which also carries his school books and other supplies. He does complain that the mask is hot and cumbersome but his words are muffled and well, easy to ignore. It is after all in his best interest. He will come to understand when he gets older."
1,8_4_R2UZGVJMNTO7R0.txt,5.0,The bomb diggity,"July 9, 2010","Ken Chida ""Ken Chida""",For Your Entertainment (Audio CD),Oh em gee!  This is like the most bomb diggity fantastic album ever.  I want to permanently attach my earphones to my ear and blast Adam's music into my brain.  He is God.  I would do anything for this man.  I would even file my taxes on time if he asked me to.  I luv internet privacy.  Don't you?
0,37_13_R3RZ2CPGFU07WC.txt,5.0,This Compressor Is Worth The Money!,"April 17, 2010",M. Curtis,Campbell Hausfeld FP2028 1-Gallon Oil-Free Pancake Air Compressor with Accessory Kit (Tools & Hardware),"17 APR 2010
 
 After researching the `cornucopia' of compressors on the market and concluding my own specific needs for such, I decided to purchase this compressor.  Good call on my part.
 
 After following CH instructions on pre-operation setup, this compressor has performed very well.  Within the first 24-hours of receiving it, I used it to add air to vehicle and ATV tires to cleaning the air filter and deck on my mower, to blowing off steps prior to painting.
 
 While the coiled air hose takes a little time to get accustomed to, I consider it a minor inconvenience.  As many have reported, one may consider the noise level extreme.  While you can expect noise from any such device, this inconvenience is limited to only when the device is charging.
   
 The portability is a nice added bonus.  If you must use an extension cord, make sure the cord is properly rated to the amps and watts of the device.  Otherwise, circuit breakers can trip and the device will not work as designed. The use of household-type light duty extension cords may lead to electrical shock hazard, increased fire hazard, and damage to your new compressor.  When in doubt, consult with a licensed electrician.
 
 Overall, I rate the compressor 5 stars. It beats driving to a service station and throwing away [...] for three minutes of air time. Assuming you can find a service station with a working air hose!
 
 Mike
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1,33_13_R2V5DY325ZGHZT.txt,2.0,The UFO-01 was better,"April 4, 2010",LAMBxROAST,UFO-02 Detector,"I purchased a UFO-01 a while back and I must say, it had served me well.  I personally think that it wards off aliens, as it has not uttered a peep in the last thirty years.  A couple months ago, the 9-volt battery in my UFO-01 detector leaked lithium all over the device.  Imagine how disappointed I was!  Anyways, I figured that it was probably time for a new detector.  I noticed that Image SI had come out with an updated version of the UFO-01 for the same price, so I decided to upgrade.  My main concern in purchasing was the lack of Alien-prevention technology, which is standard in many comparable devices, in the UFO-02.  But as I learned in school, first is the worst and second is the best so I took the plunge.  Plus, it is only $150, a relative bargain as anyone who knows anything about alien detecting can tell you.
 
 Setup and installation was a breeze.  I put it up on my roof for optimal alien-detecting and promptly felt reassured that I could once again tell when aliens were finally coming to our fair planet.  However, the very first night, the built in LED started flashing and a loud, persistent beeping awoke my entire neighborhood.  I, of course, recognized that aliens were coming and grabbed my katana from under my pillow.  No aliens were going to anally probe me.  But after extensive searching around my entire town, disguised as a lamppost, I found no traces of aliens anywhere.
 
 I can only conclude that the UFO-02 must have sent out a false alarm.  I am fairly unhappy about this as my UFO-01 had never even once sounded a false alarm.  Also, my neighbors are fairly unhappy with me, even though I was simply acting in their best interests when I razed their houses in search of aliens.  I had viewed Image SI as a manufacturer of quality equipment but obviously that perception must be re-evaluated.  Additionally, I had to climb back onto my roof to turn off the device, and the battery ran out within three days.  Those 9V lithium batteries aren't cheap, you know, and Image SI doesn't even include one with the product.  I intend to write an angry letter to the company."
0,15_9_R1C3O559617T4D.txt,4.0,"Endearing, comforting, cool","April 8, 2005","F. Chua ""fbc7330""",Hang in There! Inspirational Art of the 1970s (Hardcover),"This hardcover book is a compilation of retro posters of kittens and other animals, most with phrases, like, ""I wuv you,"" and some repeating, ""Hang in there.""  The poster art in this book reminded me of the genuine heartfelt effort put into handicrafts some friends and lovers give each other, especially early on in a relationship.  Those who appreciate cuteness and whimsy will enjoy this book.  This is a great comforting book to give to a friend, relative, or signifcant other particularly when they are sick, feeling down, and/or adapting to a stressful situation."
0,43_17_R7JVBQOL2D85F.txt,5.0,Very satisfied with Urnconcern,"June 23, 2010","E. Patane ""Blitzball""","The Classic Cremation Urn. Hand Engraved Solid Brass With Black Lacquer Coat. 10"" Height, Includes Velvet Storage & Display Box. (Kitchen)","When I told the seller that I am having the funeral service for my dad in less than a week, he delivered the urn to me in two days with no extra charge. I am extremely happy with the urn and the service. Highly recommend."
0,43_20_R249NGVG0F8COO.txt,5.0,excellent tool,"June 14, 2010",S. J. Church,The Ghost Meter EMF Sensor (Tools & Hardware),"This is tool is sensitive enough to detect higher than normal EMF's.
 I took it around my house just to make sure it's working and it hit everywhere I knew there were high emfs, without fail. the light is bright enough to see yet not so bright that you lose your night vision. if you need more precise readings I would suggest getting something digital but this works great for me."
0,22_9_R1GXG5SUEBGX2K.txt,3.0,"Staying Afloat, the words of a trusted mariner.","April 6, 2002",reginald mchandy,How to Avoid Huge Ships (Paperback),"Trimmer's book brings up many fine points during its unusually colorful descriptions of what I regard as, ""ballast-makers"", those close-calls with...huge ships. He includes the standard wave-your-flag boys attention getting techniques, but goes deeper to include a section on ramming speed."
0,26_7_R1A01BJC2SMECD.txt,1.0,TROLL 2 THE WORST OF THE WORST OF THE WORST,"September 15, 2008","gabe nash ""gabe nash""",Troll/Troll 2 (DVD),"saw troll 2 on hbo back in 1992 or 1993.this movie is painfully boring.painful to watch.couldnt watch this with a migraine.people avoid this one.if u like a troll movie go with the first one.not the second.bad acting,bad scenes.too bad period.this is only for people who adore bad flicks.i just cannot do this one.also the opening credits music scared me half to death.i thought for a minute those goblins were right there beside me.this is a bad movie i dont care for."
1,10_6_R222OQ5HMG8IW6.txt,1.0,"Another timely book, Another ridiculous Kindle delay","February 7, 2010","Gary R. Gordon ""Rustang""",The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down (Hardcover),"Does the publisher seriously think anyone is going to want to buy and read this book on April 27th? By that time John Edwards will have fathered more love children and spent 2400 more dollars on haircuts! That book will be woefully out of date! Publisher, Amazon -- set a price you can live with and release the Kindle book when you release the hardcover. Geeze these guys are stupid!"
0,21_7_R3A91BPDWZIN0Z.txt,5.0,A manual for societal behavior and expectations,"September 6, 2009","Judy K. Polhemus ""Book Collector""",Lord of the Flies (Paperback),"""Lord of the Flies"" is singularly the most important novel for required reading, whether assigned in school or self-imposed. It regularly appears as number one on my own list of best books.
 
 Let's play ""What if."" What if a plane carrying a full load of school boys crashes on a deserted island with no adult survivors? What would happen to those boys? What would you expect to happen?
 
 William Golding works with this premise: an idyllic setting, innocent schoolboys. One boy, an older boy just short of teenage years, a boy with fair hair, assumes leadership to stir the others into some semblance of organization and survival mode, much like adults would do if adults were present. He also saw a need to defuse the web of fear of the younger ones. Where are we? How long will we need to wait before someone comes for us? All questions with no answers at this time.
 
 Ah, yes, Golding tells us, everything goes well for a while. But remember the ""scar"" made by the crashing plane? Something ugly is on this island (but it's not the scar). It's in the bushes, in the dark, in the depths, in the depths of hearts, and it grows like the malignancy it is.
 
 A blatant revelation of what is about to come occurs when Roger silently and stealthily watches a young'un, unbeknownst to the little child. All the young'un is doing is running a stick through the sand, disturbing a crab in a tiny pool of water. Even he imposes control and fear on a helpless creature as Roger boldly picks up a couple of rocks and tosses them the youngster's way. He deliberately misses but comes closer with each throw. Next time he will probably hit the young boy, but not yet. This taboo--deliberately and unnecessarily causing pain to one smaller than you--has not been broken--yet.
 
 Although the dance of the spears, the primeval chants, the attack and killing of the pig, then feasting on its flesh, their kill, are shocking acts of savagery, this event is foreshadowed by the seemingly innocent lob of the stones. From a casual incident, but one with eventual intentionality, the ritualistic slaughter is not so far-fetched or surprising. Golding prepares his readers. This is how the chaos of society starts. It begins with one simple disconnect from the rules. It begins in the minds and hearts. Will I do what society expects? Will I follow the rules to keep things running and working? Do I break a rule or two for my own enhancement. Will I feel a power surge if my rock hits that young `un?
 
 Ralph would probably speak of the terror of knowing that rules WILL be broken. He would speak of the utter horror that any rule can be and will be broken and he won't live to tell about it. Just ask Piggy.
 
 This novel is the only one I taught over and over during the twelve years I worked with high school seniors. My other choices I would switch around those years, drop some, add some. This one I kept. It is that important. I think of ""Lord of the Flies"" as a necessary manual for societal behavior and an effort to keep the chaos of evil at bay. 
 
 Is it even necessary to ask how many times that rock has been thrown since this novel was published in the 1950's? Or how much chaos has imploded so many lives?
 
 Like the way of manuals, some remain in circulation and are deeply read; others fall by the wayside out of disinterest. Some are thrown in the trash. ""Lord of the Flies""--what is its current status? And society--how is it doing? Reader, are you a little bit fearful?"
0,34_10_R2HAHA2X3YW5NF.txt,5.0,Funny!!!,"June 30, 2009",Heidi Dexter,Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth (Paperback),"There are a lot of pregnancy books out there that just, in my option, want to just give you the facts, overlooking the fact that pregnant women need to laugh a little, too. Well, thankfully, there is Belly Laughs and while it is filled with the trials and tribulations of pregnancy, Ms. Mccarthy never fails to poke a little fun at it, too, and at herself. It's just a great read all pregnant women should read. I also liked and would suggest Really Pregnant! Confessions of a New Mom-To-Be or Why I Couldn't Stop Eating Brownies ."
0,6_14_R1GVEI41Q75EYH.txt,5.0,Book fills unfulfilled need in a unique subject field.,"May 7, 2010",A. Lani Teshima,The Guild Leader's Handbook: Strategies and Guidance from a Battle-Scarred MMO Veteran (Paperback),"First of all, full disclosure requires that I mention that I helped copy edit this book for the publisher. This means that I have a very thorough knowledge of the contents of the book.
 
 This book is not for *everyone* who plays massively multi-player online (MMO) games, but is instead designed specifically for those who are--or are curious about becoming--leaders and officers of guilds, those organized groups that are the lifeblood of MMOs. The book covers a very wide gamut within this topic, but the main take-away is that this book is helpful for ANYONE interested in guild leadership. Those who are wondering what is involved in starting and leading a guild will find a lot of information about how to create a new guild from scratch, while those who are already officers or leaders will find a lot of helpful information for topics like how to deal with churn, personality conflicts, or drama.
 
 The author includes numerous examples--many by way of personal experience--that make it easy for the reader to see how policies or situations may apply in a real in-game situation. Best of all, the author takes great care to ensure that this book is about the role of guild leadership in all MMOs; this is not a book about how to be a guild leader in any one specific game (that is, you won't feel left out that you are a guild leader in a smaller MMO instead of a behemoth like World of Warcraft).
 
 The book is organized in a way that readers can easily go directly to a section and gather practical information, and in that way. Readers should get just as much out of this by picking a specific section to read, as if they sat down and read the book cover to cover.
 
 I see this book as both a cookbook for guild leadership (that is, identifying and finding a particular topic that applies to your situation and looking up solutions), as well as a disaster prevention/management book for how to ensure that your guild runs smoothly.
 
 All in all, this is a highly detailed and unique book that should be very helpful for both current guild leaders and officers, as well as those interested in what is involved in running a guild. If you're feeling generous, consider getting this for your guild leader."
0,7_19_RYVK0ZZOI5GEI.txt,5.0,Amazing Diapers!,"December 17, 2007",Sara M,"Seventh Generation Newborn Diapers, (Up To10 Lbs), 40-Count Packages (160 Diapers) (Pack of 4) [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging] (Health and Beauty)","I first bought these diapers for my daughter when she got her first bad diaper rash at about a month old.  It was one of those rashes that looked as though her skin had been set on fire and nothing seemed to be helping it.  I had tried everything and thought maybe these chlorine free diapers and wipes will do something for her.  To my amazement, her diaper rash went away within a day and a half of using the diapers and wipes from Seventh Generation.  I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself!  I think that really speakes volumes about the danger of whatever chemicals being are put into the other diaper brands.  These are now the ONLY brand of diapers I will buy for my kids."
0,46_14_RMROSIBS34R2K.txt,5.0,It actually works,"March 23, 2009",Alicia Wietholter,"Dermatend the Original Mole, Wart & Skin Tag Remover Natural At Home Removal System. Removing Moles, Warts & Skin Tags Has Never Been Easier. (Misc.)","I give it 5 stars just for the simple fact that it does what it claims. If you use this as directed, you'll be very suprised. It's a little messy, I had to do 2 applications, took about a day and a half til I could go 'bandaid-less' without the paste. 1 actually came off yesterday (started the whole process 4 days ago) and the others definitely look like they are going to soon. It is a little painful & itchy (not to mention gross) but nothing awful. Those small round bandaids are perfect for this. I'll update this once they start to heal (the one that came off kind of looks like a little burn wound right now) and maybe I'll have during/after photos then. Also, it didn't really affect the healthy skin around it very much, and I know I wasn't very careful about applying it. Overall, it's worth the money. Careful about putting this in a place where others can see, it'll take a bit to heal and it turns the spot BLACK until it falls off. Wanted to also say the customer service is GREAT, the guy was super quick to reply to my emails and very nice/professional. I'll update in a few weeks!
 
 update 3/27: All gone but a few holes/divots are left behind, not healed yet though and still red. Using neosporin and bandaids 24/7.
 
 update 4/6: Divots have filled in, looking SO much better, just a bit red and discolored. Just started using prefer on scar treatment.
 
 update 5/26: about half of the moles are starting to grow back (although smaller and flat). others are scars that lighten every week but still quite noticeable. will reapply to the ones reappearing."
1,14_2_R23WDTYSUBOS2F.txt,1.0,an interesting first name,"February 6, 2010","Paul R. Galloway ""cov87""",Catastrophe (Hardcover),"Well so far I have read 37 pages of this and there is nothing in it that anyone with a grudge against Obama could not have written. The authors even use quotes from their previous masterworks to bolster their views. So far they have not offered one original idea on how to improve economic conditions, but they do want to take this country back. They don't say where to, the good old days of the 60's, 70's, 80's, maybe even the 50's, who knows.
             Anyway, I will continue to read it, just to see why a person who must get paid plenty of money by the fair and balanced news station feels the need to take 10 dollars from the readers wallets."
1,34_5_R34QJNZJDT6KGA.txt,1.0,I hate it!,"June 29, 2010",MzNBTwen,HTC HD2 Windows Phone (T-Mobile) (Wireless Phone),"I have been with T-Mobile for years and they havent had the best phones. I'm coming from a iphone on tmobile service, so when this phone came out I figured this would be better. NOT at all! 
 
 During the first week the phone started freezing terribly, unlike the iphone it takes forever and a day to charge up, the marketplace sucks, the apps are very expensive, the keyboard is stupid and very sensitive which is a problem for me because I'm a fast typer. Sometimes the phone still shows im on a phone call for hours and when im not, and it's not connecting to the mircosoft exchange server for my email. Now the exchange server log in screen pops up every 5-10 mins. Even though the camera has 5 mega-pixels, the photos still are very grainy and not that clear. 
 
 I soooooo regret purchasing this phone, and because I've passed my exchanged period (14 days from purchase), my only option now is to sell it."
1,50_2_R1ZMQDIOL74E1N.txt,1.0,My Personal Rating is Zero! I am too heavy to use this. Be Warned.,"December 11, 2009",Dabraat,Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Video Game),"This is a fitness system. Who needs fitness systems the most? Heavy people. 
 
 Guess what? I got on the balance board to be weighed and it told me I was too heavy to use it. Mind you I am not a ""Biggest Loser"" Candidate. I am just over the 250 lb limit. 
 
 Why would you build this without making it capable of working for bigger people? These are the people who want to lose weight in the privacy of their homes, until they are gym ready. 
 
 Completely stupid, upsetting, annoying and unfair. Wasted money."
1,42_11_R1HNFW27RW2MWJ.txt,1.0,WARNING!!!,"November 17, 2002",A Customer,The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy: Or everything your doctor won't tell you (Paperback),"If you are overweight, or even sensitive about your weight, don't read this book! Iovine can't resist saying ""fat"" without adding ""and ugly"" and she states in the beginning that overweight couch potatoes are not welcome in her circle of ""girlfriends."" Towards the end of the book, she discusses the pregnant waddle, and reasons that all fat people waddle a bit anyway. She sympathizes with her husband for not being attracted to her. After all, you wouldn't want to sleep with someone as fat as you, right? And she confides that her maternity wardrobe ran all the way up to a (gasp) size ten! The horror! Although this book was very entertaining and had some good information, I got tired of being slapped every couple of pages. The author simply can't resist seperating her temporarily round self from those of us who struggle with our weight all the time. Does she not realize that the average American woman is a size 14? I really felt like I was reading this book as an outsider, so I waited until a skinny friend got pregnant and gave it to her. And by the way, Ms. Iovine, I am a size 16 and my husband can't keep his hands off me. It would take a lot more than pregnancy and dark roots to push him away. If your husband is that picky about your looks, I feel sorry for you."
1,6_4_R1ATB6PSQ3HNTF.txt,1.0,Are White people blind?  This movie was awful.,"May 30, 2004",D & A,Musa-warrior [dvd/ws Anamorphic/dd 5.1/dts/eng-sub] (DVD),"It's obvious to me the positive reviews here come from White people fascinated with Asian culture (anything Asian must be exotic and intriguing).  Just look at the review entitled &quot;multicultural Braveheart with Kim Chi.&quot;  I don't see any reviews for Braveheart entitled &quot;multicultural First Emperor with Haggis.&quot;  There was no Kim Chi in this movie.  There was also no &quot;love&quot; here, either.  The movie had the potential to have a love triangle, but love was neither talked about nor seen.  The closest that came to &quot;love&quot; in the film was an obsessive-psychotic guy who threw a spear at anyone who dared come within a foot of the princess.  The princess was an annoying primadonna who wasn't worth anyone's time.  There was no character development, and there were too many fight sequences.  If you want to see a good Asian movie with a war epic and a real love triangle, see Hero."
0,36_13_R3IRVEEQAT85PE.txt,5.0,IPhone Users,"February 26, 2009","Shoe Shopper ""Shoe Shopper""",iPhone 3G Stylus (Wireless Phone Accessory),For those of my generation who keep up with technology but just can't get the hang of touch typing without hitting the right key the Apple IPhone 3G Stylus is the best thing for you. You are able to move faster and hit the right keys without mistakes. I love this tool I just wish there was a place on the Iphone to place it. If you have fat fingers or long nails this is the tool for you!
1,11_2_R1G60TXW3N8Z6E.txt,1.0,This must be some sort of parody,"July 10, 2010",gn47,Brothers (Audio CD),"I hope the real Black Keys have filed a cease and desist order against the impostors who created this cruel satire that sounds worse than anything I've heard in an elevator. I bought and then listened to some of this thinking it was to be genuine Black Keys music, and then felt like I had entered some sort of bizarro universe. Actually deserves less than one star."
0,13_17_RP2JQT0TRZO0Q.txt,5.0,EXCELLENT REALITY SHOW! GREAT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY!! GOTTA GET THIS ONE!,"September 6, 2007",Terri W,Little People Big World - Season 1 (DVD),"With three little ones in the house its hard to catch anything on tv that isn't a cartoon.  My husband and I are hooked on this reality show which is still on TLC.  Once you start watching it you want to see more. You can learn so much from the Roloff family.  I have been waiting for them to come out with these DVD's by season.  I'm excited to see they are putting out season one and hope that they continue release all of the seasons here on after.  I plan on introducing this program to my children as they get older (my oldest is 6).   You get a better understanding of what ""little people"" go through in our big world.  It's really neat watching all of the Roloff children grow up.    You won't regret it pre-order your DVD today!"
0,37_20_R2X5LF31122D2E.txt,1.0,BORING,"June 9, 2010",avid reader,Savor the Moment (Kindle Edition),"I've always been a huge Nora Roberts fan but lately her books, and especially this series, have been lacking... and at these prices I expect a good story!
 
 The characters all feel familiar, the dialogue seems repetitive and the stories lack tension. This book in particular was a difficult read since nothing really happens and the main characters were bland, annoying and have no passion. I had to force myself to finish since mid-way through the book I just didn't care about them or the other too perfect couples."
1,49_7_R2WJ2OILNNPHLH.txt,1.0,Breaks in your pocket & Kodak warranty won't fix it.,"July 4, 2010","Lucas A. Miller ""LukeDawg""",Kodak Zx1 HD Pocket Video Camera (Blue) (Electronics),"I bought this camera for my deployment to Iraq.  It was in my cargo pants pocket one day I took it out and the lens was cracked and the silver trim ring had fallen off.  I don't know how it broke but it did.  Anyways when I got home I contacted Kodak to fix it.  They said ""Customer induced damage to the camera voids the warranty"" they want $63 + $10.95 + tax to fix it OR I can send it to them and they will take 15% off a new camera if bought from the Kodak store.  No thanks, first and last time I'll buy a Kodak camera.  It's going to be a nice paperweight."
1,51_14_R22TEMV2FB5OD.txt,5.0,The Loss of Innocence: How we can find meaning through love,"April 22, 2008","Bop Bop Peranu ""2008""","Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! - Season 1 (DVD)","Seldom a product comes around that arouses the senses in the way Tim and Eric Awesome Show: Great Job! does. When enjoying the show with my many coworkers and pets, I can't help but remember the great summer of 1993. For me, and many others, this is a return to the boldness yesteryear. It is a series that presents as many questions as it offers answers, sharing the joys of shrimp, sports and Bluetooth(tm) Technology with hundreds of millions of people across the globe.
 
 Are Tim and Eric guide you like a Euchaetes egle? Maybe not.
 Could Richard Dunn be the next Dick Van Dyke? Perhaps on a perchance.
 Does David Liebe Heart tear at your heartstrings every time he opens his beautifully shaped mouth? A thousand times, yes.
 
 Truly this 5-star cast will have you laughing as well as thinking within the first opening. Combine this with hundreds of celebrity guest appearances ranging from Oscar-winning Billy Crystals to music superstar DJ Douggpound and the viewer will have a euphoric experience presented in Digital Video Disk quality."
0,276423_6_R3HES3RAGMLGK.txt,5.0,Love it,"November 9, 2009",Chris G.,Motorola DROID A855 Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone),"The best Verizon phone available as of 4-14-2010.  Runs the Eris and all other models into the ground.  The phone is heavy, and the original backs of the phones were problematic.  That is about the only cons that come to mind.  App development has made a LEAP since I originally purchased the phone on launch date.  Gaming in particular has really come into it's own.  A lot of developers have given their approval, and starting to duplicate if not migrate their apps from the Iphone.  I have 0 regrets in purchasing this phone, and I'm really hard to please.  I am a bit biased as I insist on having a physical keyboard.  Blackberry is nice in the fact you don't have to slide to access the keyboard, but the resolution and functionality more then makes up for it.  This thing does 100x the functions of my old Blackberry."
0,32_2_R372S3MYF9S8WQ.txt,1.0,Hated it so much I returned it,"August 23, 2009",T. Gallagher,Cocktails for Three (Paperback),"I am a huge fan of Sophie Kinsella and normally love her books under the name of Madeline Wickham, too.  This book, however, drove me nuts!  I only made it about 1/4 of the way through before I returned it to the store - luckily I hadn't cracked the spine, and they took it back and refunded my money.  This book is so terrible that I couldn't even make it past the first 1/4 of it - the characters were horrible, shallow people, and the plot is so see-through.  Clearly, this book is one of Sophie's earlier works - the ""plot"" is terrible.  Don't waste your money - don't take a chance in case you crack the spine - you won't be able to return it!  Spend your money on one of Sophie Kinsella's novels instead - ""Remember Me"" is hysterical and a great, easy read.  ""Cocktails for 3"" is painful trash."
0,276425_11_R2JWE8LYSNQA2U.txt,5.0,an excellent value,"April 8, 2004","Alejandra Vernon ""artist & illustrator""",Boldtext Pew Bible: King James Version (Hardcover),"Sturdy and quite heavy for its size, this no-frills Bible is an excellent value, and would make a very good second or third Bible. Well constructed with an imitation leather look on the cover, the font size is not large, but it is in bold print, and very readable and easy on the eyes.
 What it has: 
 A presentation page.
 ""Daily Bible Readings,"" giving a table of three systems for reading the Bible in one year.
 A seven page history of the Bible, and how the King James Version came to be. First published in 1611, there were several subsequent revisions, and the version we read today is most like the 1769 revision.
 What it does not have that you would likely find in a better quality Bible:
 It has no cross-references, making it a poor Bible for study.
 The words of Jesus are not printed in red.
 It has no concordance.
 No maps.
 No ribbon marker.
 
 Many people use a modern language Bible for study, enabling greater clarity and understanding (and I recommend the New King James Version, or the one I have used for years, the Amplified Bible), but the King James Version is nevertheless glorious in its language, should be read at least once in a lifetime, and is invaluable for comparison of texts, and though I feel it is a sadly short-sighted view, some consider the King James Version as simply great ""literature,"" comparing it to Shakespeare, and read it only for the beauty of its prose.
 Due to this edition not having cross-references, it does not make a good primary Bible, but will be more than adequate as a secondary translation, and the King James Bible is a version one should definitely own.
 
 Psalm 66:19
 King James Version: ""But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.""
 New King James Version: ""But certainly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.""
 Amplified Bible: ""But certainly God has heard me; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer."""
0,276424_7_RPMQWVJTTZF18.txt,5.0,"Finally, an enlightened leader","October 21, 2006",E. Wingard,The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Hardcover),"For any American citizen who is currently in resignation or despair over the abundant examples of unethical, immoral and abusive leaders who breed cynicism and apathy,  The Audacity of Hope is a breath of much needed oxygen. Senator Obama may be considered ""soft"" by the media who enjoy taking down anyone who exhibits complexity of mind, paradoxical thinking and humanistic values, yet his writing inspires one to stop wallowing in helplessness and take an active role in our imperfect democracy.  When Obama first spoke at the Democratic convention, Ann Deavere Smith wrote an op ed piece the next day saying that politics would never be the same because finally a leader spoke with a ""unifying fusion"" beyond partisanship, stereotypes and blame mongering.  The senator's writing demonstrates that reflective, thoughtful consideration of apparent opposites is a leadership attribute needed urgently -- Obama speaks of the need to redefine power from its corrupt, controlling misuse as currently witnessed daily to an inclusive power that practices empathy, tolerance, and a reclaiming of core democratic values.  Obama leaves the reader with a call to face our critical global issues by polishing the lens of our own perceptions rather than projecting and perpetuating fear and hatred.  Whether he will be able to pass great legislation or run for president,  this book provides inspiration to any leader who wants to demonstrate a capacity to connect with the hearts, minds and souls of generations seeking to be inspired and uplifted.  He embodies the true sense of enlightened -""awake"" not perfect--able to use his intelligence for the greater good while demonstrating the humility of one who knows his own shadows.  A highly recommended read for all would be leaders."
0,32_9_R196O16O1FBFG5.txt,5.0,Jigsaws falling into place...,"December 31, 2007","E. A Solinas ""ea_solinas""",In Rainbows (Audio CD),"At a certain point, a marvelous band will get a reputation so overwhelming, it's simply not possible for them to keep topping themselves.
 
 And from the sound of ""In Rainbows,"" Radiohead has decided not to let their reputation loom over them -- and I'm not just talking about the online digital release. In their latest album, they reinvent their bittersweet pop sound -- they lose some of the trappings of their past work, in favour of warmer, more intimate melodies and traditional instrumentation.
 
 It opens on an angular note with ""15 Steps,"" which is built around a jagged riff.The first couple minutes are full of fuzzy synth stabs and sharp drums, sounding like a jazz number that's being eaten by a computer. ""How come I end up where I started?/How come I end up where I went wrong?"" Thom Yorke sings mournfully. ""You reel me out then you cut the string...""
 
 But then the guitars slide in and twine through the song, softening it into something very different. The scratchy synth beats and subtle guitar start building to a slow crescendo, staying energetic and almost reggae-esque right to the end.
 
 See it as kind of a transition song for Radiohead; they're easing listeners into their new acoustic sound, rather than just dropping us in. But after that, they pretty much leave the ""Kid A"" territory behind them -- ""Bodysnatchers"" is an intense rocker brimming with chunky riffs and softly ringing guitars. It's a gorgeous piece. 
 
 After that, the songs gently slip down into more introspective territory -- smooth, dark pop songs wrapped in a heavy blanket of fluid strings and subtle slide guitar. Some of these are dressed up in thick guitars and clattery drums. ""Jigsaw Falling Into Place drops the strings for a vibrant guitar-rocker edged with synth, and it all finished up with the quivering, melodic finale ""Videotape.""
 
 You know, I didn't think that Radiohead could surprise me. So many bands get mired in their best-known sound, and they keep turning out the same ol' because that is what the fans expect. But Radiohead has not only made an exquisitely bittersweet pop album, but they've also injected vitality back into their sound. They sound brand new.
 
 Particularly, they've almost abandoned the cool, alien synth of their last few albums. It's still there in patches, but it's quietly overwhelmed by the layers of slide guitar, streams of piano, and smooth sweeps of elegant strings. These are seamlessly woven with  clattering drums and cymbals, thick crunchy riffs. And yes, occasionally a little speck of synth.
 
 But their songwriting is much the same -- simple, yet oblique (""I am a moth who just wants to share your light... I only stick with you because there are no others/You are all I need""). While Yorke's trademark wail is still in place, he sounds more melancholy and contemplative than outright woe-is-me angsty. He even sounds a bit cheerful in ""Weird Fishes/Arpeggi.""
 
 Most long-standing bands can't summon up a new sound, and new freshness, this far into their careers. But Radiohead have created a quiet little masterpiece in ""In Rainbows"" -- beautiful, quiet, and melancholy."
0,276427_3_R1FW9J7CM7SSF9.txt,5.0,PS3 Slim + Netflix = Freedom from Cable TV...,"February 21, 2010",Honest John,PlayStation 3 120 GB (Video Game),"After much research, I purchased two PS3 Slim's for my HDTV's because they come with built-in Wi-Fi and a great Blu-Ray player, in addition to being an awesome gaming system.  Plus, the HDMI connections are easy and excellent quality.  I'm 62, and was looking for a box that would let me use the wide selection of Netflix instant download movies and programs.  I'm happy to report that the picture and sound quality of Netflix downloads is very good on the PS3.  Much faster and better than I expected.  Not hi-def, but better than regular TV.  And I have the Blu-Ray to watch movies by mail from Netflix at the highest quality.  Blu-Ray really is an awesome experience if you have a big HDTV and a surround sound system.  I use the Sony CT-500 sound bar and subwoofer that has amazing sound quality and separation.
 
 Sony markets the PS3 as an ""entertainment system"" and I agree that it serves this function very well for me.  I returned my hi-def cable boxes to Cox and am now saving $65 per month that was being wasted on crummy channels with endless commercials that I never watched.  Now I can get quality programming that I choose myself instantly on demand from Netflix without any commercials.  I can play, pause, and re-play a program as much as I like, just like playing a DVD.  Sony PS3 plus Netflix really is wonderful and cost-effective solution for users like me...
 
 Highly recommended!"
0,29_16_R39A7OQ1PHE1F1.txt,1.0,What the Dead Know: A Novel,"June 26, 2007","Virginia Lazar ""Ginny""",What the Dead Know: A Novel (Hardcover),Sometimes a novel that jumps back and forth in time works and sometimes it doesn't. I found this book very difficult to read and didn't enjoy it at all.
0,7_14_RG0C4MZEPSTNR.txt,1.0,Not a horror movie-the preview was misleading,"July 31, 2004","Johnathan Rodriguez ""vicecityjrod84""",The Village (Widescreen Vista Series) (2004),"ALthough &quot;The Village&quot; did have wonderful cinematography and an underlying story of facing your fears for the ones you love, I expected it to be a horror movie. I was waiting for some sense of action or suspense in the movie and this did not happen once. This was the first movie that I almost fell asleep watching. I was ready for it to finish. I'm glad that I saw it on employee preview night. It just went on and on. Thats just IMHO though. If you liked &quot;Signs&quot; or any of the book to movie adaptations of Bronte, I recommend this movie."
1,16_4_R2Z5QF7Y4LHPEO.txt,1.0,"Maybe my dog can become a recording star, too...","December 18, 2004",Forest Law,Speak (Audio CD),"...he's cute, knows how to bark in tune, and is quite the dancer - and he refuses to lip-sync.  After all, they call them ""live performances"" for a reason, don't they?
 
 If my last statement sounds ridiculous, it shouldn't.  The media has come a long way in the last few decades.  There was a time when a person or band really needed to work their way up to become successful, by performing in small clubs for chicken feed, hoping that one day a talent scout would recognize their talent and sign them to a recording deal.
 
 But as the great Bob Dylan once said, the times they are a changin'.  The fact is that in this day and age, you don't need any talent whatsoever to become famous - how else to explain the ubiquity of the irrelevant Paris Hilton?  
 
 To prove my point, witness the phenomenon known as MTV, which placed the music video medium on a widespread scale.  Started in 1981, it began as an outlet for established acts, but soon came the emergence of disposible pop acts which greatly benefited from the visual exposure that MTV granted them - Milli Vanilli and Britney Spears are but two acts that would have gone nowhere without the network.
 
 Second, let's look at multifaceted entertainers of years past.  It's much easier to respect musical artists that cross over to acting (Elvis Presley, Cher, and Barbra Streisand are examples) - after all, they had the chops to make it in music and eventually went on to garner respect in acting roles.  However, when an actor decides to take a stab at music, it makes the person seem desperate for a buck.  The completely tone-deaf Don Johnson, Bruce Willis, and Eddie Murphy made ill-advised recording efforts, but got wise and quickly went back to what they do best.  However, there are some exceptions to this rule - Jennifer Lopez is without question a below-average vocalist, but miraculously managed to sell millions of albums.  She succeeded during a time where sex appeal was everything, and talent was not a necessity - which also explains the stunning success of lip-syncing flunkies like Spears.
 
 This brings me to Lindsay Lohan.  Once a clean-cut star of many a Disney film, upon reaching the age of 18, she has turned herself into a walking Girls Gone Wild show.  The success of Spears and Lopez clearly paved the way for Lohan to receive a record deal.  Because we all know that if you are attractive and famous for any reason at all, that must mean that you are talented enough to become a recording artist - or so we are to believe.
 
 Despite all this, I cast aside all preconceived notions I had before I listened to this album.  Now that I have, it's safe to assume that A & R people would have laughed hysterically at Lohan if she were an unknown - her debut album Speak is, in a word: abysmal.  Modern technology keeps her voice in tune, but it doesn't help the slick, lifeless arrangements or the incredibly insipid lyrics (of which I can't be bothered to print).  Given the minimal amount of effort spent on this release (including very few live instruments), Lohan might as well have phoned in all of her ""contributions"" to this recording.  The worst offender of all tracks here has to be ""Rumors"" ... pity poor Lohan, who can't deal with paparazzi following her every move.  Honey, if it's privacy you're looking for, you entered the wrong profession - leave Hollywood, become a coal miner, and I guarantee you that no one will ever bother you again.  Problem solved.
 
 In summary: Yet another actor who thinks she can sing, Lindsay Lohan put forth a very weak effort that isn't worth the disc it's printed on.  There are far more talented artists out there performing in hotel bars just to make ends meet - by not giving your support to hacks like Lohan, record labels will have to work harder to discover genuine, deserving talent.  Definitely pass on this release."
0,18_2_R2CSX5X1Q21T0X.txt,5.0,Great Watch,"April 27, 2005",Big D,CASIO CA53W-1 Watch with Calculator (Watch),I have had mine for eight years and have never replaced the battery. The original band just broke the other day. This watch cost about $18.00 eight years ago and it has performed very well.
0,33_11_R432NZW097LLE.txt,5.0,This is GREAT!,"June 23, 2009",C. K. Shubin,"Shark Deluxe Steam Pocket Mop, S3501 (Kitchen)","First off, I researched for days before buying this Shark Mop.  Many of the reviews slammed it due to lack of pivoting head, small tank and flimsy handle.
 
 Well, the NEW model has NONE of these issues!  The head pivots, the water tank is much larger (I cleaned my medium sized kitchen and entryway floor and still have almost a full thing of water) and it feels pretty sturdy - not flimsy.  The handle is also adjustable in height to make it easier.
 
 Now to how it performed.  Let me start by saying house cleaning week saw me with 2 or more different mops!  I have laminated wood flooring, hardwood flooring and kitchen tile.  The Swiffer Wet Jet I bought left streaks on my laminate, was afraid to use it on the hardwood and since my kitchen tile is bumpy and uneven it left puddles and some areas would not even get touched by Wet Jet pad.  So, I would clean my laminate with windex on my knees, my hardwood with hardwood cleaner and mop and my kitchen with a rope mop w/ammonia and water (ONLY thing that would pick up the grime this horrible floor attracts).  Having been diagnosed with a spinal disease, I would be hurting and exhausted from the bending, lifting bucket of water and mopping action.  I finally got fed up and went to Bed, Bath and Beyond to try the Shark Mop - bad reviews and all.
 
 I have NEVER mopped so many floors so fast, had them ALL looking great AND not be hurting or exhausted.  I can actually say mopping if FUN with this!  Now remodeling the second bathroom, it will have a different type of laminate - i'm so glad I will NOT have to have a 4th mop or system to clean it too.  The grime on the horrible, bumpy white tile in the kitchen?  It is so clean and streak free I'm keep looking at it with the thought of ""wow"" going through my head.  It NEVER looked this good and ALWAYS had streaks unless I squirted some Jet Dry in the mop water.
 
 In addition, after cleaning the kitchen floor, while preparing dinner, I had dropped the spatula with butter and egg on the floor. Then the youngest child decided to walk through the garage with bare wet feet and then onto my clean white tile floor.  30 seconds of heat up and less than 60 seconds later, floor was clean again.  SO EASY.  I will NEVER go back to regular mopping ever again.  I can't wait to try it in the travel trailer (I do that linoleum on my hands and knees after trips).
 
 You won't be disappointed in the new one - spend the extra $$$ to get larger tank, pivoting head, extra mop head attachments and steam duster!"
1,276427_10_R14TJ81X6JP3T.txt,2.0,Please Forgive me!,"April 19, 2010",Joseph K,Relaxman Relaxation Capsule,"I have found to my great horror that this Relaxation Capsule opens portals into other worlds, worlds that man was never meant to open.  I have opened a portal to the realm of the Great Old Ones and unleashed them upon this world.  I do not know how much longer I shall be able to maintain my sanity, that is if I should be fortunate enough to survive so long.  If I am not able to somehow reverse this, using my Uranium Ore  and banish The Old Ones back to their nether realm, it shall be the doom of all humanity!  If I should fail, please forgive me.
 
 Purchasers of this relaxation capsule should beware of opening other-worldly portals, as many powerful and dangerous forces lurk in hidden recesses of this universe, waiting to unleash terror upon this world."
0,2_13_R11NHXB9WZPEET.txt,5.0,Howling wolf Tee Shirt is awesome,"February 17, 2010","Patricia Esule ""Pattycakes""","Howling Wolf T-Shirt by The Mountain 100% Cotton Short Sleeve fitsl Kids, Teens & Adults (Apparel)","My 18 year old son hates every clothing article I have ever bought him. However, when he saw this shirt he loved it."
0,35_17_R3FPBFKQCOEOPS.txt,1.0,"TOO, TOO MUCH MARY ANN","May 9, 2010","AMERICAN TEACHER ""AMERICANS IN GERMANY""",True Blood: The Complete Second Season (HBO Series) (DVD),"I have read and own all of the Sookie books.  Last summer, my husband and I started watching season 2 in the states.  By the time that we returned to Germany, we knew that we would not rewatch season 2.  We were sick to death of Mary Ann.  We are not prudes, but just how many orgies do we have to watch.  We will watch the finale, next Friday, because we have been told that Mary ann will die, and I will be so glad.  Unless the story lines improve and move closer to the books, I will not waste my money on season 3.  I am having my doubts about owning season 2.  Just sign us as very disappointed viewers."
1,12_9_R3ADWLQ4AH7GNZ.txt,4.0,The inflatable toast to beat all other inflatable toasts,"December 4, 2009","Bojan Tunguz ""Dr. Bojan Tunguz""",Inflatable Toast (Toy),"In the age when almost every toy company is coming with their own version of inflatable toast, it is becoming increasingly hard to discern the true value form poor imitators and aspiring inflatable-toast creators. Therefore I am pleased to tell you that this particular brand of inflatable toast has justified all the hype that has been bestowed upon it. It is veritably the inflatable toast for the ages, and the one that you and your family will cherish throughout the years and pass down the generations as a family heirloom. Unlike the non-inflatable toasts this toast will retain its color and consistency for generations. And since it is made out of non-biodegradable materials, it will not be subject to the vicissitudes of time and decay. Furthermore, if emblazoned with an image of your favorite religious figure, it is bound to attract a lot of attention and customers on eBay. If you choose to go down this route you are guaranteed to multiply your investment many times over and finally achieve that financial security that you had been longing for."
0,9_3_R3ETDJECHUQ31R.txt,4.0,It works but isn't gonna change your life.,"July 14, 2010",E. Ford,"Rogaine for Men Hair Regrowth Treatment, Easy-to-Use Foam, 2.11-Ounce Cans (Pack of 3) (Health and Beauty)","I have used for the past 6-7 months. For the most part it thickens and I have noticed regrowth in some areas. However these are on the crown and my receding hairline. The only thing is, it slightly grows so you can see very minor growth but nothing ever really comes from it. On the crown of my head I have had a bald spot and only in a very specific area did hair growth occur. Other then that I have noticed increase in thickness and growth in the places I already have hair. If you are in the very early stages of hair loss, I think it would be much more effective. However if you are quite away into it, may be better to look at some other options."
1,15_15_R2P5ZKHROB75H1.txt,3.0,Synthetic turkey headware at long last!!,"May 11, 2010","Timothy Poteet ""Timboliah Pants on Fiyah""",Turkey Hat (Toy),"Like many of you, each Thanksgiving I purchase two turkeys, one for the family meal and the other to wear on my head. It has been a constant source of frustration for me that my organic ""turkey hat"" generally goes rancid after only a few hours of wear. The fit becomes too loose and the turkey tends to slide down over my face frequently. Not to mention the unpleasant smell as the meat decays. Sound familiar? At long last, someone has produced a synthetic turkey headwear product that should alleviate some of the problems I've mentioned above. Can't wait to try mine out this Thanksgiving."
0,1_8_R1UF897OQYNI0X.txt,1.0,Pointless,"December 15, 2009",Amy Graham,"Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto (Paperback)","I will be so bold as to say that I have a great sense of humor. When I first saw this book I thought it would be fantastic to laugh at myself and at recent culture for some of the silly things that we enjoy. Not taking things too seriously can be a very good thing.
 
 But I could not come even close to finishing this book. Klosterman thinks he is cynically hilarious and it's just tacky. He goes on and on and on....... about something so that you forget what the main point is. It's not funny at all. He tries way too hard. I tried to pick out things that I could relate to or would find interesting and nothing helped. I felt like he was the awkward kid in the corner who thinks he's cool, trying to say something that will make everyone laugh but that really you feel sorry for, because he's trying so hard, but you can't help but walk away. 
 
 The book came up in conversation with a friend of mine, and I offered for him to read it to see what he thought. Needless to say, I wasn't surprised when he basically threw the book back at me a few days later and said that he could barely get through it and didn't come close to finishing it."
0,276424_9_R3OAZ607QXY668.txt,5.0,"Fast, Gorgeous, but Heavy","April 4, 2010",Daniel G. Lebryk,No name in the review header,"From the first announcement of this device, I was prepared to dislike the iPad, on paper it has way too many flaws. With one in hand and actually using the device, I can honestly say it is an excellent, gorgeous, piece of hardware. The biggest flaw, it weighs a ton. The weight doesn't sound like a bad thing, but after I held this device in both hands while laying down, my arms got sore. It's a small thing, but you should be aware that it is heavy.
 
 Set up was super simple. Connect the unit to your computer, run iTunes, follow the wizard. About 5 minutes later the iPad is set up and activated. The wizard does call it an iPhone for some strange reason. If you have an iPhone already, the set up is a bit easier. It will inherit most of your settings.
 
 Once activated, you have to unplug the unit and then go through the settings application to set up your wireless network and a variety of other settings. All pretty obvious, top to bottom, essentially all the same as the iPhone. 
 
 Do note that the charger is a 10W charger - much larger and different from the iPhone's 5W charger. So you'll have to use that charger. There is a big negative, you'll have to cart around that charger, most USB ports will not charge this device. My beast of a PC has plently of power on all the USB ports, and it will not charge my iPad. External battery packs will work with no trouble charging, or extending the use.
 
 Battery life - I ran video, downloaded a ton of apps, and played with this thing for a solid 2 hours - 10% of the battery life was used. I would guess that reported battery life is right accurate. 
 
 Typing is easier than on an iPhone, but still not keyboard easy. There's a big problem with how to hold the device and type at the same time. I was a master at Blackberry typing with my thumbs. I can't seem to get it with the iPad. The other problem, the device has a rounded back, so if you place it on a table and try to type, the thing rocks back and forth annoyingly. I don't think I will spend a lot of time typing long emails on this device. 
  
 Apps that are built for or converted to the iPad format are simply gorgeous. They are full of detail and easy to read. Old iPhone apps that have not been upgraded are all blocky and not so great (useable but not great). You have the option to click the app back to native size if the jaggies bother you.
 
 Safari works really well on this device. The browser is a real live browser that displays WebPages beautifully. Bookmarks snap up in an instant. Pages load at almost lightning speed, actually faster than on my desktop computer (quad core 3GHz, gigabit wired connection). There is almost no need to have multiple pages open, since load times are so fast and the favorites menu is so easy to access. There is just no comparison to the iPhone's horrible display of WebPages.  
 
 Email takes on a whole new look. Embedded pictures display beautifully. There is a pop up ribbon to select email from your inbox. Navigation is just a pleasure. Account switching is a little different from the iPhone, but still very intuitive. Apple seems to have figured out how to make the email experience more intuitive and remove the unnecessary from view. 
 
 Video is stunning. Netflix over high speed WiFi (my connection is 22Mbps) delivers full screen, highly detailed, smooth video with good sound. Any video created for the iPhone plays, but they are significantly pixilated or blocky, basically you've blown up a video designed for a three inch screen to three times that size. Those videos are viewable, but I will be reconverting my source video to the larger size. 
 
 Some of the free apps I've tried. ABC is simple and stunning for watching video, but lacks a lot of programs. Craigslist adds the ability to view pictures in the preview of a listing, something not available on any other computer - very handy feature. USA Today has done an awful job, the interface is horribly confusing and pretty well useless. Weatherbug is incredible, simple and to the point, but with a ton of forecast information (including webcams for different weatherbug stations). NASA is silly, an enlarged version of their iPhone app. Pandora works perfectly as expected. 
 
 The iPod / music side plays like I expected. Nothing really new there. The oddity though, iPod / music is on the home base menu, but video is a separate application. Everyone would expect that Apple got the music player right. 
 
 I've had an iPhone 3G for almost two years and have disliked almost every minute of use. I got it for work email and it sort of delivers on that promise. The iPad is what the iPhone should have been all along - fast, simple to use, and a gorgeous screen. I also own a netbook. The iPad is a much better device. 
 
 I love this device. Is it a revolution in computing? Only time will tell. For the moment, this is the best video, audio, email, web browsing device I've ever seen. 
 
 Go try it at a store. I think you will fall in love.
 
 April 11 Update - Kindle versus iPad - I own them both. The Kindle is the better e-reader by a long long margin for avid readers. e-Ink is easy on the eyes, it looks just like a book. Where ever you can read a book, you can read a Kindle. The Kindle is light weight, about on par with a real book, maybe a bit lighter. And the plastic has a really fine satin feel. After about ten minutes reading on a Kindle, I don't think of the device anymore. The iPad - pages look gorgeous. Winnie the Pooh is absolutely stunning, with the color images, the perfect page layout, sharp beautiful type, fun page turning animation, and a kind of 3D look that mimics a book. But, it weighs a lot more than a book, more like a big old heavy text book. The hand feel - aluminum and glass - not as wonderful as the Kindle. I keep thinking, this is such a cool device that I don't lose myself in the reading. 
 Buying books with the Kindle is a super snap, under a minute and I've got my book. Buying them with the iPad? Sorry I'll never buy a book through iTunes, just like I've never bought a song at iTunes. Amazon has the review world covered and they know how to sell books. 
 
 But, and here's the big but, the majority of the public is going to love the iPad reader software. They will marvel at the color pages and love the book buying experience, just like they love buying music through iTunes. It will be a success. The avid reader will stick with paper or a Kindle, or a Sony reader, or a Nook. There just is no substitute for e-Ink. And, yes my eyes hurt reading the iPad screen; and no you can't read a book easily in the sun (especially not the beach). 
 
 And if you think I'm silly saying the device is heavy - there's three pretty savvy tech people that agree, Patrick Norton (a big strong guy) and Veronica Belmont of Tekzilla (an intense WOW gamer, so she has strong hands), and Molly Wood of CNet. Molly has returned her iPad because it is too heavy among other reasons."
0,39_18_R33CWJTU0SVQKG.txt,5.0,How to get a boy to read,"June 18, 2003","E. Barron ""alphabetjungle""",Popular Science (1-year) (Magazine),"This is it--the surefire way to get relunctant boy readers engrossed in cool and educational reading.  My teenage son can usually find anything to do except read, but he reads this cover to cover and is always reading the highlights to me.  The perfect gift for boys who are fascinated with science, flight, or interesting stuff such as the account of a couple of chemists who use liquid nitrogen to make ice cream in 30 seconds--OK so you don't want them to try that at home, but get this mag for your young scientists.  They will love it."
0,14_15_R1K5MJLVEII12W.txt,5.0,Worth Its Weight in Gold.,"March 22, 2010",W. Phillips,"BugZooka Humane Bug Catcher (Wasps, Spiders & Flies)","This is the most useful product I've ever purchased.  I use it probably 10-15 times a day, because we live in the woods where there are a lot of bugs.  You can even catch flies with it with a little practice, but I use it mostly for ladybugs and stinkbugs.
 
 It's very satisfying to use as well, and keeps bug stains off your walls.  If you're a humane bug enthusiast, you can even set them free outside! :)"
1,16_3_R1BHO3XTFFAB84.txt,5.0,"Good for Writing on Paper - Terrible for Stirring Coffee, Prying things Open","December 14, 2007","R. Clark ""lexingtonguy""","BIC Cristal Stic Ball Pen, Medium Point , 1.0 mm, Black, 12 Pens (MS11-Blk) (Office Product)","Since taking delivery of my pen I have been very happy with the quality of ink deposition on the various types of paper that I have used. On the first day when I excitedly unwrapped my pen (thanks for the high quality packaging Amazon!) I just couldn't contain my excitement and went around finding things to write on, like the shopping list on the notice board in our kitchen, the Post-it notes next to the phone, and on my favorite lined A4 pad at the side of my desk.
 
 My pen is the transparent type with a blue lid. I selected this one in preference to the orange type because I like to be able to see how much ink I have left so that I can put in another order before I finally run out.
 
 When the initial excitement of taking delivery of my new pen started to wear off I realized that I shouldn't just write for the fun of it, this should be a serious enterprise, so by the second day of ownership I started to take a little more care of what I wrote. I used it to sign three letters, and in each case was perfectly happy with the neatness of handwriting that I was able to achieve.
 
 I have a helpful tip for you that you might not know about - if you let the ink dry for a few seconds you can avoid the smudging that sometimes happens if you rub the ink immediately after writing. Fortunately the ink used in this particular Bic pen seems to dry very quickly.
 
 On the third day of ownership I went on a trip to London and took my pen carefully packed away in my brief case, but I needn't have worried, this isn't some temperamental ink pen that leaks when you store it at the wrong angle. I sat at my meeting and confidently removed the cap from my pen and it wrote flawlessly, almost immediately.
 
 I notice that the barrel of the pen has been crafted very carefully to fit in the pen holder down the edge of my Filofax. It's not so grippy so that it is hard to remove when I want to make a quick note, and yet not so loose that it falls out too easily when I open my Filofax in a hurry. Maybe the choice of surface texture on the pen has some part to play here, because it seems that the inside of the leather grip on the pen holder in my Filofax has just the right level of adhesion that I can be confident when I need to reach in and get my pen it's going to be just where I left it!
 
 Today is the fourth day of ownership of my pen, and I have to say I'm starting to treat it like an old friend. I walk around the office with it clipped in to my shirt pocket and someone in the accounts department actually asked to borrow it while we were both standing at the photocopier. Would you believe it, they actually tried to walk away with my pen! They were very embarrassed when I called after them as they walked down the corridor and asked for it back. You will be happy to know that it is now back, safe and sound in my top pocket, ready and waiting to start writing again.
 
 In summary, I would happily recommend this pen to anyone who is planning on writing on paper. If you are considering a writing implement for some other surface such as writing on a CD, or other non-porous substances then another pen might be better suited, but if it's just plain old paper then I think you will probably be well served by this particular model.
 [tx to M Williams/amazon.co.uk]"
0,21_13_RYTFV168ISC08.txt,5.0,Does what its supposed to do,"February 24, 2009","K. Via ""Kevin""","Belkin Neoprene Kindle Case (Fits 6"" Display, Latest Generation Kindle) [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging] (Accessory)","The Belkin sleeve does what its supposed to do, which is protect my Kindle 2.  Nothing fancy about it.  I wasnt a fan of the original Kindle's case so I opted for something that it just slides in and out of."
0,12_16_R3PUVLAQNCCCGP.txt,4.0,Works great overall.,"May 12, 2008",T. Hill,Harper Brush Works 24-Inch Rough Brissle Outdoor Push Broom 1243SC-7 (Lawn & Patio),"Brush works great but the only part I wasn't 100% pleased with is that I received a bent wooden handle. The long wooden handle has a curve to it if you look down its length. Overall it doesn't affect its performance if you screw the handle in so the curve bends like a camels back down to the broom brush. If you have the curve to the left or the right when your pushing it bends more & is harder to push forward when pushing much sand or gravel away from the cement.
 
 The brush itself works great, some of the bristles fall out here and there but doesn't wear fast overall. If I didn't receive a bent handle I am sure I would have fully approved this product."
1,33_2_R3094B4G8A9SMQ.txt,5.0,For the figure conscious mutt,"May 19, 2010",S. Wolfe,"Bowser Beer, Low Cal Beer for Dogs (Grocery)","SO GLAD this product is low calorie!  After all, my Fifi Trixiebelle has a hell of a time keeping her girlish figure on those regular ole' high calorie dog beers."
0,50_5_R3UFZDZQUEITCC.txt,1.0,Onkyo UP-HT1 HD Radio,"June 28, 2010",Atlanta David,Onkyo UP-HT1 HD Radio Tuner (Electronics),"Did not work with my Onkyo receiver; had to return the item.  On the up side: the return process with Amazon was wonderful.  I provided the necessary documentation and followed the steps outlined on Amazon.com re: how to return an item, and the return went VERY smooth."
0,3_9_R3GQYTPESJ75FX.txt,4.0,serves its purpose,"June 26, 2010","Cat comb ""global warmer""",Apple Car Charger for iPod iPhone 3G 3GS (White) (Wireless Phone Accessory),"It's a bit bulkier than the 
 apple one, but works just fine."
0,19_12_R28SS4DXV852A5.txt,5.0,One of the best action games I've ever played,"January 10, 2010",John C. Brandstetter,Bayonetta (Video Game),"I've been playing games for 20 years, and I honestly can't think of one quite as insane as Bayonetta. The character and level designs are gorgeous. The bosses are ridiculously huge, and there's lots of them. The combos and special moves are wicked and fun to pull off. And I actually liked that the soundtrack wasn't the typical heavy metal. The story is a little hard to follow, but you can seriously skip the cut scenes and still have an amazing experience.
 
 Now, I heard some negative things about this game before I bought it. The biggest one is that the Xbox version is far superior, allegedly. While I can't compare the two, I can honestly say I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the game. Yes, it has frequent load times. But, you know what? There's so much happening on the screen sometimes, I didn't mind the break. The graphics seemed a little low-res, but the inventive style more than made up for it. I will say, though, that if there is a sequel, I hope the PS3 port gets the development attention it deserves.
 
 A couple other things to consider: You can beat the game on easy in 8 or 9 hours (the difficulty is set so easy means normal and normal means you'll throw your controller a lot). If you want tons of play time for your money, you may want to rent this instead. Also, I'm aware some people are saying that the game is offensive. While the female characters are hypersexual, I didn't see a huge difference between this and something like Tomb Raider.
 
 Overall, I highly recommend this game. It's one of the most memorable I've played in a long time. The good stuff far outweighs the bad. There's a tsunami of amazing games gushing out this year, but don't overlook this one."
1,15_5_R3UPN0Y95FJ8E.txt,1.0,THEY ARE STILL MAKING MONEY OUT OF MICHAEL JACKSON,"November 23, 2009","Mr Pineapples ""Mr P""",Michael Jackson: This Is It (DVD),"Even when he's dead the money men march in and make a quick buck - knowing that there are a lot of gulible drones out there - who will buy ANYTHING by Mike J. 
 
 How can a film about a bunch of dance practices mean so much? Any old rubbish will do as the fans desperately hold onto even the tiniest snippets of MJ.....the final hurrah.
 
 
 It is sad that M J has died (and I like his earlier stuff - I really did) but he had gone past his sell by date so long ago. (I particulary loved that one about the little bird in the tree.....""rockin' in the tree-tops all day long....""). 
 
 That one.
 
 He really could sing and dance in those days - but after that? - Well - let's be honest it became very same-old - same old dance moves - with a couple of subtle amendments.
 
 YAWN.
 
 And this film just bunches them up together and throws in a few group hugs to boot. 
 
 The poor chap is dead - Sad for his family - but come on people let's give it a rest now AND MOVE ON.....like the grown ups we all are."
0,49_1_R1UPK06A6O247U.txt,5.0,"Got this as a gag gift, but I was pleasantly surprised!","October 11, 2009",Becky,Snuggie Fleece Blanket As Seen On TV,"My boyfriend thought it would be funny, so he picked one up at Walgreens and gave it to me. 
 
 It started out as a joke, but guess what? I actually ended up liking this thing - a lot! I've had it for almost a year and I use it all the time (when the weather is chilly). The material is thin, and it looks cheap. I was not impressed with it when I first saw it, but after using it I discovered that even though it is thin, it's still really warm. I have washed it many times and it is still in great condition. It's soft and my dog really likes snuggling with me when I use it. 
 
 The other day we went to Petsmart and discovered the dog Snuggie. Of course my boyfriend had to get it. It was supposed to be another joke. Me and my dog with matching Snuggies! I honestly did not expect my dog to wear it, but he really loves it too. He won't let me take it off. The box is really funny. There is a picture of a dog relaxing on the couch with his remote control and another picture of a couple of dogs playing backgammon. (I'm easily ammused, I suppose)
 
 In summary, it started out as a joke. The Snuggie has provided me with lots of laughs. But more importantly, I love my Snuggie because it does what it says it will do - it keeps me warm and comfortable, and yet, my hands are free!"
0,23_12_R2AU7PLY2ZKN27.txt,5.0,"More than a ""Best Bang for your Buck""","April 29, 2010","Beaver ""Beaverboy""",Onkyo HT-S3300 5.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver/Speaker Package (Black) (Electronics),"People say this system is a ""Best Bang for your Buck"" system...it's actually a best bang system period. I would've paid $499 for a system like this. Setup was easy, sound is incredible...OSD is fantastic. Sub is loud for being passive and audio is crystal clear. If you get sick of the speakers that come with the system you can easily switch the speaker setting to ""large"" and upgrade your speakers as you see fit. I have it hooked up to a PS3 (slim...and it plays DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD perfectly), a XBOX 360 (Call of Duty with this system is rediculous...no more sneaking up on me), and a Wii (eh, it's a wii...my cd player sounds better but thats not the Recievers fault at all). Subwoofer is big (FYI) I have it in an apartment and this thing will rattle walls if I turn it up. Packaging was excellent...nothing is getting damaged in this box (though it is a rather big box). I'll extend my review after I play around with the system in the next couple of weeks."
0,34_14_R14HCKZ4NCNU58.txt,5.0,WONDERFUL PRODUCT,"August 20, 2008",George R. Chapman,WEN Sweet Almond Mint Cleansing Conditioner - 16 oz,"I ordered this product after watching the infomercial late one night. (Insomnia sometimes has it's benefits) As someone who used to do hair for a living, I have tried nearly everything on the market. My shower rack was always overflowing with numerous shampoos and conditioners, but no more. This delicious smelling, one-step cleanser/conditioner is the only product I use now. I have somewhat fine hair that's a bit dry from color treatments and I needed a product that would restore a healthy shine and manageability without over-conditioning. WEN cleansing conditioner does the job all in one step. I apply about two to three pumps to wet hair when I first get in the shower then rinse out as the last thing. You can add a tiny drop after as a leave-in conditioner. You'll be amazed at the results regardless of your hair type. One last tip, unless you have extremely thick long hair that's as dry as the Sahara desert, you do not need to use the recommended amount of 16-24 pumps. You'll figure out  the right amount for your hair. Also, buy it here on Amazon and don't get caught up in the auto shipments required on the infomercial. Happy conditioning!"
0,36_3_R1SU6EHKW6TC3E.txt,5.0,If you loved 80's cartoon series this is a must,"January 5, 2006","Julius Vernon ""J Vernon""","He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Season One, Vol. 1 (DVD)","If you love 80's cartoon series you are probably very familiar with He-Man, but if not you MUST see this.  It's a terrific television series with enough depth to surpass most current television cartoons.  If you are familiar with He-Man this set is a way better choice than the 10 best episode collection.  The set includes many of the terrific episodes included in the 10 best and has many that finished just out of the top 10 (as voted by fans and supporters of he-man.org).  The cost of this collection is only 60% more than that of the 10-best and contains nearly five times the material.  Special features are great, and you won't get sick of watching several of these episodes over again.  Also, the stories are wholesome and are not seeking chances for clever inuendos like some current cartoon series, so that they are appropriate for young children as well."
1,22_9_R39O2YE1B2TS7.txt,5.0,a must read!,"March 28, 2008",Ms. Sherry Liu,How to Avoid Huge Ships (Paperback),"This is a must-read for anyone who encounter huge ships daily and do not want to get run over by them. I found this book extremely helpful. To this day, I have never been run over by a single huge ship!!"
0,276427_8_R88LDP220TU8K.txt,3.0,"Inspiring, but a tough read","June 30, 2010",Christopher Kienle,The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology (Paperback),"I love the idea of the singularity.  I think Ray Kurzweil is a god among men.  His enthusiasm and passion make me want to believe.  But it may take my entire life to finish reading this book.  It's dense and not very beginner-friendly for those of us who want to learn more about the topic.  Don't let that discourage you though.  This is really powerful, interesting stuff."
1,34_10_R2HYEFMSKK0K7H.txt,1.0,Terrible!,"January 29, 2009","S. Madhavan ""Sangs""",Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth (Hardcover),If you are a rich woman sitting at home with nothing else to do but analyze your pregnancy bit by bit and rant about it all.....then you should read this! Because that's this book is all about! It can be actually scary for first time pregnant women who read this. God knows how it came to the Best Seller list.
0,16_7_RS5YPVMYIM7JH.txt,4.0,A Very good TV for the money,"May 14, 2010","Techie ""Zeeboy""",Samsung LN46C630 46-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV (Black) (Electronics),"I have been using this TV for over a month now and everything is good about it so far.
 
 The only thing that I would have loved in this TV was to have the Samsung Internet@TV feature, where I could directly watch You Tube videos, Netflix etc, but this TV does not have this feature, unlike some other high-end Samsung HDTVs. That was dissapointing. I wish I had spend a couple of hundered dollars more and got a model with Internet@TV feature.
 
 But, you can still hook up this TV to your wireless router at home and stream videos and pictures from your PC/Laptop wirelessly.
 
 Also, the sound quality is not so good. That is because the speakers are located in the rear.
 
 I am planning to buy the Samsung Blue-Ray 5.1 channel home theatre system with the Internet@TV feature, and that would take care of everything that is lacking in this TV that I would like to have.
 
 If you are not looking for advanced features, but a very good reliable TV with great picture quality, this is a very good buy for the money."
0,18_11_R210JL87BSOED6.txt,5.0,I'm in love and his name is KitchenAid!,"December 16, 2001",Aiacha,"KitchenAid K45SS Classic 250-Watt 4-1/2-Quart Stand Mixer, White (Kitchen)","I received a white one for an early christmas gift and just used it for the first time on he christmas cookies that are a tradition in my family.  In the past years, I've used my mother's old stand-mixer, and I've also used a hand mixer, which is near impossible to do with this recipe.  This year, I used my new mixer and I am blown away!  These cookies, that usually take forever, were done in no time!  And even though I didn't think the 4 1/2 quart bowl would be big enough for the whole recipe, I had no problem and room to spare!  It's surprisingly deep.  It also stayed relatively cool through the three batches of cookies I made (I'm used to beginning to smell smoke from my mothers!) I only used the flat beater yesterday, but have some bread recpies that I'm dying to use the dough hook on.   Just a few concerns...The dough sticks to the side of the bowl, so I did have to stop from time to time and scrape it off, but that was nothing that I wasn't used to.  And you cannot attach a larger bowl to this mixer...the only other bowl you can attach is one of the same size with a handle.   And definately invest in a splash guard.  You only get lemon extract in your eyes once to make that decision."
1,18_2_R1ENBGAF006HGL.txt,5.0,buy this watch and save kittens.,"November 20, 2009","S. N. Chalmers ""Satisfied Customer""",CASIO CA53W-1 Watch with Calculator (Watch),"CASIO watches are the best thing that has ever invented. I bought this watch a little less than a month ago and was shocked and awed by the amount of attention I received over it. Before I bought the CASIO CA53W-1 Watch with Calculator I was a nothing, I was no one, no one on my campus recognized me. All of the people I knew were stupid gaming retards, all they cared about was Modern Warfare 2 coming out soon. They were like ""Sean come play Modern Warfare with us, it totally is the best game ever. Play Modern Warfare to tune your skills for Modern Warfare 2."" and I told them to get some lotion and go into the bathroom because I wasn't playing any more video games, I was becoming a man. The first thing I did was to sell my xbox 360 and all its accessories on craigslist for $150 (I had a lot of stuff), the reason being was that I had an epiphany when they told me to play Modern Warfare with them. The epiphany is: there will always be new video games coming out, most of them aren't worth your time. Anyways so I sold my xbox, and then I got a haircut. Well I got many hairs cut and ended up getting a fashionable haircut like that of Edward Cullen on Twilight. I figure all the girls love him right? They all want to take him into the bathroom without lotion or Maxim, if I look like him, I will get all the babes. I also got a Bowflex PR3000 Home Gym, now I work out 3 times a week and I am totally ripped (well at least I'm ripping). I then purchased this CASIO CA53W-1 Watch with Calculator, the first girl that talked to me about it was Janet, from my circuit analysis class. She told me that she liked my watch, that maybe we should hang out sometime. Janet had always been my dream girl, smart, funny, engineering major, mildly overweight (but in a good way), and she loved CASIO watches. I mean who doesn't right? Well I decided that the first girl that talked to me about my watch was going to be the one. I left circuit analysis class walking next to Janet, my ex-friend Jake from Modern Warfare came up to me and asked if I wanted to play in 20 minutes. I asked him what 7251 times 8 was, he couldn't tell me. I flashed him my CASIO CA53W-1 Watch with Calculator and told him to go into the bathroom with some lotion and a copy of Maxim, he knew immediately that he would never talk to me again. I cannot more highly recommend this watch to anyone, it is comfortable, has a watch, calculator, alarm clock, and most importantly for Janet and I it has a stopwatch."
1,47_4_RP36XPONLM4YU.txt,1.0,be very CAREFUL!!!!,"May 14, 2008","Alain ""Alain""",Motorola Motofone F3 Unlocked Phone with Dual-Band GSM 850/1900--International Version with No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory),"This is good phone. It is a phone, not an operating control for the space shuttle.
 
 the phone arrived in the appropriate cannister, but it seemed that it had been tampered with.  at least it appeared to have been glued together.  after one month of use the phone has come apart.  I believe this is a recycled phone and so I would not recommend that you buy from this company.  
 
 finally, the phone is quite flimsy, if you put in in your pocket it will crack, if you drop it, it will break.  love the epaper, disappointed with the fragility of the thing.  imagine you are in the thirld world (the phone is designed to sell in poor asian and african markets), you put together a month worth of savings to buy this phone.  then while carrying out your daily labors the phone cracks, which is very easy to do...can you imagine the heartbreak.  
 
 I will not rebuy this phone model, although I love MOTOROLA."
0,33_15_R1SOV8120H0XSS.txt,5.0,"Works as promised, and keeps you honest","January 24, 2008","AmazonComWoman ""AmazonComWoman""","Alli Weight-Loss Aid, Orlistat 60mg Capsules, 120-Count Refill Pack (Health and Beauty)","I've been using Alli now since the middle of November, and I've lost 12 pounds, on schedule with the promised 1-2 pounds of safe weight loss per week.  They have a very robust online support site for people who purchase the pills and it provides useful tracking of weight loss and encouragement in more ways than I can use.  The treatment effects that you read about are what keeps people honest with Alli and essentially make it work -- if you eat too much fat at one sitting, you'll be visiting the bathroom quite frequently.  You learn quick.  I made it through the holidays with continued weight loss, which I view as an amazing feat.  I have 13 more pounds to lose on my plan and I'll weigh what I did before I had my two kids.  Easy to use, promotes healthy eating habits and lifestyle changes, and self-critiquing when you stray from the plan.  I would recommend Alli to others -- it's a little pricy but I'm getting my money's worth out of it."
0,19_9_R23V2PXGZUNWJ0.txt,5.0,"Great, and slightly odd, dance-pop music","March 28, 2009",Mike,The Fame (MP3 Download),"This album is kind of an odd duck. On the whole, it's produced a lot more like the European pop-dance music (vocal trance, etc) except it has some really odd instrumentation and song structures. Interesting musically. Reminiscent of electroclash with glam elements in the choruses. Lyrics are beyond dumb and occasionally autotuner is used to mask vocal deficits, but this is typical for the genre, since it's about the beats.
 
 Oh, and boy will it get you moving. Real high energy stuff. Great for a workout or the morning drive to work. Every song is good. Nearly every track sounds like it could be a single. A very solid album.
 
 Highly recommended for dance, glam, and electro fans. Most everyone else with a moderately open mind to dance or pop should like it too.
 
 If you like this album, you should probably check out the Veronicas new album too. Another great electro/dance/pop album with rock song structures."
0,25_7_R3CAZ48CVXVUQ5.txt,5.0,As Good As They Come!,"August 6, 2008","Janette Adams Miller ""JAM""","Doc Johnson Lucid Dream 14 Multi-Speed, Waterproof G-Spot Vibrator, Twist-bottom Control, Purple (Health and Beauty)","I ordered this little beauty after killing my classic Doc Johnson...hehe.  This one is definitely better than any other battery-operated vibrator I have owned.  The unique shape makes getting those harder to reach ""areas"" much easier than using a traditional straight vibrator.  The vibrator is soft and flexible and the motor is located at the uniquely-shaped head.  One caveat: be sure to have plenty of AA batteries on hand because it does tend to drain them quickly!  Overall, a great vibrator to have in your arsenal!"
0,23_4_R2J7DC81AD03VX.txt,5.0,Cuisinart DCC-1200 easily trumps Krups 180-46 Aroma Control,"December 1, 2001",Pawel Fludzinski,"Cuisinart DCC-1200 12-Cup Brew Central Coffeemaker, Black and Stainless Steel (Kitchen)","Two weeks ago, I needed a new coffee maker.  The Krups Aroma Control maker is in all the stores and catalogs, so I bought one in the local mall BEFORE reading the Amazon reviews.  BIG MISTAKE.  Lesson learned - read the reviews - many negative comments.  I used it for 3 days, and readily understood the description (...) of ""eye candy"" (looks nice, but seems like cheap plastic) and weak coffee (what they describe as a feature - allowing the coffee to steep - is really a euphemism for a poorly designed system that is guaranteed to give you a weak cup of coffee).  One redeeming feature - the carafe is very nice. Within 2 days of having the Krups, i was on Amazon looking for a replacement coffee maker (a good cup of coffee is critical in the morning!).  I went out on the risk curve and ordered the new Cuisinart - no reviews yet.  The Cuisinart has a more classic brewing system (water goes through grinds via gravity), yields a delicious cup of HOT coffee, has a variable temperature hot place, and looks and feels solid.  We happen to have stainless steel appliances (refrigerator, freezer, stove), and it matches beautifully.  Best news - excellent coffee!.  I would highly recommend the Cuisinart."
1,5_12_RAXJO3OXS1FP5.txt,1.0,caveat emptor!,"September 27, 2009",Oatimus,HP DeskJet F4480 Inkjet All-in-One Printer (CB745A#B1H) (Electronics),"A nice printer rendered nearly useless by 2 reasons (so far) to hate this thing, had it about 2 weeks. #1: snatches paper like a starving man grabbing bread. Has snarled EVERY sheet of glossy brochure paper I've fed it! #2: Who wrote the software, a pinhead? If you remove a paper jam (see #1), or even do something as simple as replacing a cartridge, it signals ""no paper fed"" and then you have to print whatever it wanted like it or not, or fight with it by unplugging, turning off & on, turning pc off & back on, etc. etc. and it still doesn't always reset. I am just about to throw it through the wall!
 Update: two weeks later, after two printers and over 2 hours on the phone just now with amazon & hp, I can guarantee you I will never buy another HP product. Never. Ever."
0,36_15_R2GUCCGY87R48Z.txt,5.0,"Entertaining, informative and insightful - all at the same time","January 7, 2010","J. Hansen ""JBH""",Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government (Hardcover),"This is a great book. It's not what I expected - in a good way. The quality far exceeded my expectations - 100% full-color and packed with pictures, diagrams, charts, quotes, cartoons, and lots of Glenn's trademark ""A.D.D."" observations. Not what you get in a standard book of political commentary. The Presidential Smackdown is hilarious. But in spite of all that, the information contained in the book is excellent and it's presented in a way that makes it easy to understand and helps you see through the so-called ""facts"" that are being thrown at you from every direction, from media, from government, and from a generally uninformed populace. Highly recommended for anyone interested in liberty and freedom."
0,41_4_R11YFS6R6R8E4Y.txt,1.0,Ideazon Zboard Gaming Keyboard not working,"October 24, 2008","Ulises ""Uli""",Ideazon Zboard Gaming Keyboard (Electronics),"I bought this product, the keyboard, along with a keyset to play Warhammer online. When I got the Keyboard, the key set was not available, was out of stock. So I had to wait 2-3 weeks to get the keyset. Now everytime I turn my computer on, I get a Windows message saying that ZEngine has stopped working. And my keyset does not work. The keyboard just works as a regular keyboard. Ideazon sent me 2 possible solutions to my problem, but none of them worked. They say they are working on a fix, that should be ready in a week. No news yet. I'm very dissapointed."
1,38_2_R1JL3HUD2KZUFO.txt,1.0,"Cliched, sexist fiddle-faddle","April 30, 2004",Lilith M.,The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream (Paperback),"I read this book to find out what all the fuss was about. What followed was sour disappointment.  Storyline: No more sophisticated than those shortened bible stories for five-year olds.  Style: I have read microwave oven instructions with more literary flair.  Characterization: Flat, lifeless ""characters"", distinguishable only through phrases like ""the boy"", ""the girl"", or ""the Englishman"".  Tone: Preachy and patronizing to the point of being irritating.  Message: ""Follow your dreams"". How deep, and original. Further Peeve: Coelho encourages men to follow their dreams, while a woman's destiny is to await her man (""She never asked you to stay because a woman of the desert knows that she must await her man"" - p. 126). This is not taken out of context. Throughout the book, the whole ""follow your dreams"" motto is limited to male protagonists.   Don't be duped by the 'warm fuzzy feeling' Coelho tries to leave you with. This book is as deep as a puddle.(...)"
1,4_2_R1PNVXRNTGHK0A.txt,1.0,WARNING BUYERS...WON'T LAST VERY LONG!,"December 12, 2009","Wingman ""PT""",Waring Pro WMK300A Professional Stainless-Steel Belgian Waffle Maker (Kitchen),"You can expect to get, MAYBE, 20 to 30 batches of waffles before this thing will burn out.  We gave one to my brother for Christmas two years ago and it died after about 10 batches.  He took it back and the second one died; and the third one.  I think he has given up on it.  Same with my mother-in-law's waffle maker and now ours, a gift for Christmas last year, went D.O.A. this morning!  I guess we'll have to go out for waffles today.  
 
 Hey Waring, you might want to re-think your engineering department!  It's a waffle maker...not the Space Shuttle...how hard could it be to make it last more than 20 cycles?!"
1,18_18_RTDQDPC5X2LW4.txt,2.0,"Smaller than advertised, difficult to use.","July 15, 2010","Kyle Lyons ""Book Maven""","The Wine Rack, Small (Kitchen)","Good luck getting this on once you've filled it, and good luck filling it once you squeeze it on."
0,25_14_R167OPY31FJFQR.txt,5.0,Two young men at a fork in the road,"March 10, 2010",N. B. Kennedy,"The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates (Hardcover)","In 2000, a Baltimore newspaper ran a story with the headline, ""Local Graduate Named Rhodes Scholar."" It was a story about the author, Wes Moore, a young black man who rose from the drug, crime and poverty-stricken streets of the city to attain this prestigious academic honor.
 
 Several months earlier, in the same paper, Mr. Moore had noticed a series of articles about two young black men who killed a Baltimore policeman while robbing a jewelry store. The name of one of the killers struck him: his name was Wes Moore. 
 
 This coincidence prompts the author to seek out ""the other Wes Moore."" He contacts Wes in prison. ""How did this happen?"" he asks. The question jumpstarts the story of these two young men whose life paths diverged, one into triumph, the other into tragedy. 
 
 The author comes to realize that this seemingly complicated story, a too-familiar story that is freighted with societal, economic and racial impact, comes down to a few simple moments in time. ""These forks in the road can happen so fast for young boys,"" he says. ""Within months or even weeks, their journeys can take a decisive and possibly irrevocable turn.""
 
 I would more specifically pin the divergence on the boys' mothers. The author is born into a two-parent home, both parents college educated, but his father dies when Wes is just three. His mother moves to the Bronx, so that her parents can help provide a stable home life. She works multiple jobs so that she can put her boys in private school. When the author starts to feel the pull of the streets, she packs him off to military school.
 
 The other Wes Moore grows up in a single-parent household of starkly different character. His father is absent and his mother frequently dumps him on friends and family so she can go out clubbing. Although she'd been attending community college, she loses her Pell Grant and simply gives up. Disagreements in the home are handled with beatings. The older brother gets into the drug trade, and all three of them, mother and two sons, bring babies into the world without the stability of marriage. It's no surprise when the other Wes Moore's run-ins with the law begin. 
 
 This is a compelling story told with passion and understanding. While the author is compassionate, he also makes clear that he is in no way excusing the other Wes Moore for his heinous deed. Even so, I imagine this is a tough book for the family of the slain policeman to read. If you want another great story of a young black man from Baltimore who succeeds thanks to his determined mother, read Byron Pitts's Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges ."
1,20_13_R3K82ZOBEZOH7W.txt,1.0,"Sad, shallow and morally depressing.","February 10, 2010","Salvavida ""Salvavida""",Going Rogue: An American Life (Hardcover),"I identify most closely with traditional Republican values. I don't know what the hell is going on in the minds of the people running the Republican Party, though. They need to shut this superficial,  down (because you know the money used to make this book is directly from contributions) and get back to reality. What happened to content? Original, critical thought? Passion for upholding American ideals, which are deeper and more complicated than this buzz-word dropping, catch-phrase parroting fraud (Palin) can ever understand? This book is simply a regurgitation of the same vapid, smarmy drivel that we got in the campaign, but even more self-absorbed and pointless. The last election was truly an embarrassment, and I know Democrats are hoping that Palin is nominated to run for president in 2012. Didn't we learn anything last time? Unless Obama gets caught actually making casserole out of live Girl Scouts, he would win re-election in his sleep. It would be like playing chess against a fish. Or Sarah Palin. 
 This book is yet another blow to the already blind, confused, derelict and hopelessly adrift Republican Party. The Party leaders (and all leaders) ought to be re-reading the Federalist Papers, Common Sense and the Constitution instead of wasting their time reading or supporting this garbage. Please, please, make her stop!"
0,276425_4_R4JF6U2T5XA5G.txt,5.0,My daughter loves these,"January 12, 2009",H. Barclay,Geospace Walkaroo Stilts by Air Kicks - Light Weight (Toy),"We got these stilts for a gift for our daughter.  She loves them.  They are well built, but still just a little to big for her(she is 9).  She can still manage to maneuver around the house quite well.  I would recommend them for purchase."
0,9_1_R1ZHQEMLGNYB2A.txt,5.0,Future Big Loser,"April 8, 2008","Meghan L. Mclaurin ""Future Big Loser""",The Biggest Loser Workout: Cardio Max (DVD),"So I am hugely overweight, and just had a baby. I thought that I would give this video a try, and I LOVE it. I am still on the level 1 work out, but am getting better every day. I can now do the whole 30 minute level 1 work out. Next week I am going to be adding level 2. In only 2 1/2 weeks I have lost 14 inches and 12 lbs. Now I still have 80 to go, but it is a good start. Bob does the level 1, and he keeps me motivated thru the whole work out. Right when I think I am about to die, he starts counting down, and tells me I can do it, and I believe him. Rather than sitting on my couch hoping the Biggest Loser comes and casts me, I decided that the more logical option would be to bring the biggest loser trainers to me. I would recommend this to everyone, from those who only have 10 lbs to lose to people like me who have 50+."
0,36_16_R1F6NH926C1T6O.txt,5.0,Is this their second album of PERFECTION?,"May 8, 2003",waldo,Meteora (Audio CD),"How does linkin park do it. meteora has excelled all my expectations as I could not believe they could match the brilliance of hybrid theory....But they did.  Track overview. 01.This is an awsome start to any album and blends perfectly with track 2. 02.Don't Stay- A great opener, fast and hard. The chourus grows on you but it is the brigde which stands out and you find yourself yelling with chester. 3.5/5 03.Somewhere I Belong- The single. The intro to this song is so addictive i find myself playing it over and over again. Good song, not the best. 4/5 04.Lying from you-Chester's voice in this song is so powerful and it is impossible not to yell with him. The chorus is again awesome but is let down by the rap. 3.5/5 05.Hit the floor- the major dissapointer of the album. The rap is to similar to previous efforts and the chourus offers very little. 2/5 06.Easier to Run- this chorus is one of the best in the album and blends perfectly with the brige at the end. One of my favourites. 4.5/5 07.Faint- The best song on the album. The intro is incredible and the rap blends so well with chester's chorus. A hard song with the best yelling bridge on the album. 5/5 08 Figure .09- Good song. the chorus isn't as catchy as others but the rap is a stand out. Not original enough. 3/5 09 Breaking the habit- An original an unlike any of their other songs. A quiet song in comparison and the opening scratch with the strings is awesome. Good for a change. 4/5 10.From the Inside- A major stand out. I love this chorus. It has awesome lyrics and is easy to sing with. The best mix of rap and singing to date with an awesome brige. 5/5 11.Nobody's Listening-Again very different.the intro with the pipes sounds sweet. Good rap. Good Chorus. 4/5 12.Session- Dissapointing. Nothing compared to track 11 on hybrid theory where Mr Hahn went off. 1/5 13.Numb- Another great song, easy flowing and again good to sing with. Great lyrics, another favourite, good closer. 4.5/5 *** An awsome album...linkin park has created another masterpeice with every intro being different from the next but being so effective.  Best songs- 03,06,07,10,13"
0,12_5_R2VEG7AZOPYHAT.txt,5.0,For Real Housewives Fans,"July 13, 2010","G. Froelich ""Bleuangel""",Real Housewives Get Personal (Paperback),"I literally got this book hot off the press; the minute I could get it.  And it was well worth it to me.  I was first of all surprised at how up to date it is.  I was afraid it might be a rehash of old shows, and it definitely is not.  I found out things about the housewives that made a lot of the things that happen on the show make better sense.  I so enjoyed this book, that I would love to see one put out every couple of years, to update things and tell about new wives.  At the price it is, you can't buy 4 or 5  fan magazines for the price of this book.  If you watch Housewives zealously as I do, you won't want to be without this book."
0,35_3_R35R77T6UU010C.txt,1.0,Dr. Scholls freeze away,"February 15, 2009","W. Ocampo ""Mr. Dream Escape""",Dr. Scholl's Dual Action Freeze Away Wart Remover 1 kit (Health and Beauty),I think there's a very little amount of content compressed on it. just 5 to 6 times of used then it's gone. Nothings really happened to my warts.
0,26_2_R276TPH13XHJY0.txt,5.0,Bill Clinton at his best,"September 4, 2007",Julie Neal,Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World (Hardcover),"Even conservatives will like this book. It's interesting, inspiring, clearly written, not at all political and, believe it or not, only a tad self-centered. Filled with dozens, maybe hundreds, of specific examples of charitable individuals and successful grassroots programs, it argues -- in fact, proves -- that you don't have to be a big shot to make the world a better place. Clinton clearly believes in what he writes; the book is passionate and powerful on topics that, in other hands, would be detached and dull. 
 
 Besides the subject matter, what I liked best about the book is its organization. Written so you don't have to read it all at once, it breaks down philanthropy into six different categories, and gives each its own chapter. Those are:
 
 * Giving time
 * Giving things
 * Giving skills 
 * Giving ""gifts of reconciliation and new beginnings"" (citing everything from the efforts of Nelson Mandela to PeacePlayers International, a group that sets up basketball leagues in the Middle East)
 * Giving gifts that keep on giving (such as the work of Heifer International, which gives millions of poor farmers free cows -- as long as they agree to donate one its first offspring to someone else)
 * Giving to good ideas
 
 Clinton also includes descriptions of some successful charitable programs that are easy to use as model strategies for your own ideas, illustrates how businesses can make money out of acting in the public interest, and explains his views on what roles governments (not just Washington, but cities and states) can play. 
 
 In the last chapter, titled ""How Much Should You Give and Why,"" he argues that if the rich would donate five percent of their incomes to humanitarian causes, the rest of society would give even more, and that one reason to be generous and public spirited is simply that it makes you feel good. ""Who's happier?"" he writes. ""The uniters or the dividers? The builders or the breakers? The givers or the takers? I think you know the answer.""
 
 Regardless of your political views, if you're a charitable person and seriously want to make a difference in the world, this is a must-read. You'll come away from it not only inspired, but with plenty of ideas on how to accomplish your goals."
1,36_11_R1TSBX8EQJ5OQ3.txt,1.0,Like Watching Old People #!@%,"March 2, 2008",El Kabong,Robin Hood - Men in Tights (DVD),"It's my own private theory that the decade between roughly 1966, and roughly 1976, represents not just a sea-change/high-point/Belle Epoque of the arts in this country, but the duration of a force-field imposed by aliens who briefly took over our bodies and spent a long arts and crafts holiday here, giving us 2001 and REVOLVER and BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS and CLOSE TO THE EDGE and CHINATOWN and much more in the process; and when they left at last for their home world, the bodies they inhabited reverted right back to their true selves. In the case of Mel Brooks, through whose corporeal shell the Visitors had crafted THE PRODUCERS, BLAZING SADDLES and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, that means a pushy, tiresome, obnoxious hack.
 
 Well, it's as good an explanation as any, right? Brooks so totally lost the plot from the latter half of the 70s on that bodysnatching aliens and Faustian bargains spring naturally to mind as reasonable explanations: that's how fast, and far, he fell off the cliff. There isn't a single funny moment in his ROBIN HOOD spoof, but this is far worse than simply ""unfunny"". Few things in life are as painful to endure as third-rate comedy performed badly, by incompetents incapable of timing a gag or delivering even a throwaway line without stepping on the joke. Not that this is measurably worse than the half-dozen or so lead balloons Brooks made prior to this. On the other hand, it's every bit as wheezingly unfunny as they were. If it wasn't, would Dick van Patten even be in this? Yeah.... when I think of freewheeling, anything-goes absurdist satire, Van Patten's the first name that comes to mind. 
 
 Oh, yeah....about those jokes. They're about on the level of a Bob Hope Special from 1971, only with the racier, edgier material cut out.
 
 ""And this is my friend Will Scarlet."" 
 
 ""Well, Scarlet's my middle name. (pause) My full name is Will Scarlet O'Hara. (longer pause) We're from Georgia.""
 
 That's one of the better ones, folks. And even though the joke as written is terrible, and could never be made funny no matter how it was read, the tortuous Pasadena Playhouse pauses actually make the thing even worse than it already is. Which is pretty much this movie in a nutshell - bad ideas, made worse by terrible writing, further doomed by an unsuitable cast, all of whom flail away helplessly without any sort of competent direction. 
 
 If you must see this, see it on basic cable so you'll at least have the cell-phone and diet soda commercials to look forward to. And maybe you, too, will wonder how it was possible anybody ever thought Mel Brooks was a genius, and how in the world did he keep getting money to make these godawful comedies? I can't help you with the second question, but as far as the first goes, trust me; it was the aliens."
0,40_9_R25Y0TGOIE81WC.txt,5.0,Yodelling Picklw,"February 18, 2009",Richard Thomas,Novelty Yodeling Pickle (Toy),"It is the ingongruity of of a realistic looking pickle and the strong yodelling voice that comes out when you press the button that makes this toy so funny.  When someone in the family deserves a thumbs-up, we often reward them with a yodel from the pickle.  Good to have some silliness in the house."
0,40_3_RZUT6FH0CCLR9.txt,2.0,We returned this item.,"June 27, 2010",COB,Norcross Hawkeye H22PX Sonar System (Electronics),After much work we could not get this item to work.  So we returned it.
1,47_13_R1NU5CFPVNSXA4.txt,1.0,You've got to be kidding me.,"June 28, 2009",Jackie M,The Sun Also Rises (Paperback),"This book is a classic..... by what criteria, however, is beyond me. The foremost impression it gives is that of an oppressive tedium. Read fifty pages, you'll be bored. Read fifty more, you will surely feel your brain turning to lead. If there are any real characters under the absolutely arbitrary routines of the wretchedly two dimensional people who populate this book, well then they are buried under the crushing weight of circularly formatted lists chronicling the daily activities of these fickle, unmotivated drunks with no imaginations. Who happen to be getting bored and drunk in pretty places. Trust me, absolutely nothing happens, WHATSOEVER.
 
 The lost generation this may have been. Judging by this book, what they really were missing was personality, a sense of purpose, and the ability to conceive of even a single shred of worthwhile, memorable drama. Lost all right. I dare you to try and read this and not lose your mind."
1,23_14_R2SAZW3KRQ0AB6.txt,1.0,regenerates organ,"December 23, 2009",Dominic Florio,Guardian Angel (Health and Beauty),"I bought this item in case of ever I was in a car accident and lost an important organ.  I have used it on my neutered dogs and cats, but nothing has grown back.
 Is this what John Wayne Bobbit used to regenerate his organ?
 If you buy this, the organ you have lost is your brain.  There is no chance of getting that back.
 I give it one star, just for having the nerve to make its claims."
1,18_10_R2W3ZBIJY957K2.txt,1.0,Zzzzz Zzzzz,"November 17, 2009","Mern ""meepers""",Fallout 3 (Video Game),"I was really looking forward to this game, man what a bummer. Now I know I'm in the minority here but it's my take on this game and here it goes.
 
 Well, so far I've put in at least 6 hours...6 hours of agonizing bordom! I just don't get what all the ""hype"" is about. It's almost as if you have to like this game or you're not ""cool"" by the way people talk about it. Guess I'm not cool, I freakin hate this game.
 
 
 I actually restarted the game to go ith my lowered my expectations and see if I could bare through it. No go.
 
 The pace is so slloowwwww. My god people, how the hell can you deal with this? I would much rather read a good book than play this, it's far more exciting and stimulating.
 
 The graphics are just so-so, nothing great here. The animations pretty much blow, pretty clunky to say the least. AI isn't the greatest either. And it's so wordy, like I said, if I'm gonna spend hours reading I would rather read a book.
 
 Maybe I'm just spoiled when it comes to RPGs having an uber gaming computer and having played some pretty amazing RPGs.
 
 The break down of this game is as follows.
 
 49% Talking
 49% Traveling
 2% Action/picking up trash
 
 I'm so glad I got it used, I would really be ticked if I wasted $60 on this.
 
 You've been warned."
0,40_12_RMQFNCXZ9XJFX.txt,5.0,I like it.,"April 25, 2010",Jason M.,Toshiba 4 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (Electronics),"I bought this drive when Amazon offered it in the Gold Box for $8 and it is definitely worth it. I know that there has been some criticism of this drive for not having a cap or it's clean design. Neither of these points bother me and they certainly do not impact the performance of the drive. Put simply, if you're reading customer reviews because you want to know how well the drive performs, keep reading. If you're more concerned about a ""pretty"" drive, this isn't the review for you.
 
 So far the drive has lived up to its selling points. I have three machines on Windows 7, one on Vista Premium and a netbook on Windows XP. I didn't have any problems using the drive with any of my machines. I am an avid photographer and I used several large photo files as well as some home videos to test this drive. File transfers to and from the drive were as fast as I've seen with other flash drives costing more. It really is a speedy little drive. This is also a good drive for ReadyBoost.
 
 I've only had this drive for a couple of days and cannot make any claims as to long term reliability just yet but I've had good luck with other Toshiba products."
0,21_6_R33VLVL5IBLXE4.txt,5.0,Thought Provoking,"October 21, 2007","Paul Coleman ""psych/author at paul-coleman.com""",When Ghosts Speak: Understanding the World of Earthbound Spirits (Hardcover),"Many books on the subject of ghosts are either silly and trite or leave the reader with many unanswered questions. This book is different--and better. Mary Ann Winkowski claims to see ghosts (earthbound spirits) and is able to speak to them. If you accept that premise then the book's content is fascinating and answers many questions. Readers can and should be skeptical about such claims  but if one reads the book with an open and curious mind it will be an enjoyable and enlightening read. It certainly makes you think. What happens to us after we die is always a compelling topic. ""When Ghosts Speak"" approaches the topic with ideas many people have not fully considered before. If you enjoy an easy, page-turning read about a topic that has always fascinated humankind, you will not be disappointed reading this book."
0,5_9_REOX5991UD9N.txt,4.0,My review of the Archos 5,"December 26, 2009","F. Carretero ""Metallica Guitar Newbie""",Archos 5 160 GB Internet Tablet with Android (Electronics),"Well Despite all the reviews, I decided to order the Archos 5 160GB version. I was a little worried about what I would encounter, however there worries would soon transition from worried to eased.
 
 The make of this device is very solid and it is a little big for the pocket, but it's manageable. This device would be significantly useful for people on the go as it allows you to bring a large amount of media with you all in a neat little tablet that can handle HD output (Given some videos are going to be laggy, but this is normal for most hand held devices as they do not have the rendering capabilities that of a computer does). However to deal with this, Archos is trying to maintain regular updates. Just recently they released 2 updates for the Archos 5. If you go to the main Archos site, which is at [...] you can look at the updates that have been released for the device. It turns out that with each update they are trying to clean up the HD output given the limitations of the hardware also they are working on another update which is called doughnut, which is version 1.6 android, I believe (which will hopefully include the android market!! :)). This device also has a TON of space.
 
 With all this space it can have other uses as well. I, Personally, have a large collection of books and music, I used this device as a backup of all my files so that in the event that anything happens to my main machine, I will always have the files I prioritized. Another neat little thing that the Archos 5 can do is it can read PDFs and Office Files, which is nice if you ever have to edit your office files on the go.  With the amount of area that is displayed by the screen, it allows for a very nice and ease of reading. At times I can find myself reading a book on it and reading it with ease with the large screen, as well as the capabilities of the software to handle PDFs. One thing to be noted by this is the fact that due to the hardware constraint, it will have to load each page after you read about half of your current page and half of the next page in order to have it load the next page. This is done to save space and maintain its longevity due to its hardware constraints. However, the transitions is very fast, shouldn't be a pain, although a very minor annoyance. One thing I should note is that some people have claimed that some videos are not able to play, although I have yet to encounter this issue.
 
 I feel that I got a huge bargain on this device. Given its updates and overall capabilities as not only an internet tablet but also its media playback along with its touchscreen capabilities (which is acceptable, in practicality -- Make sure that you configure the touchscreen when it seems to not be functioning properly) it almost feels like a steal. To sum up the review I'm going to make a list of pros and cons.
 
 Pros
 
 Large beautiful screen
 Touch Screen
 Variety of Media playback capabilities
 Made with Android OS (very stable)
 Can be used as a PDF Reader as well as do MORE
 Has GPS capabilities
 Lots of applications -- AppsLib (And much more will come when android market is finally released -- although there is a way to get market on it with a little trick-- but it does not include all the times that are in the CURRENT market, its a makeshift to get it to work AND Google applications be installed using this little trick, Google ""Android Market on Archos 5 Internet Tablet"")
 Lasts a good amount of time
 Easy to use
 
 ------------------------
 
 Cons
 
 No android 2.0 (yet..?)
 Charging is somewhat slow (it will lose charge [when plugged in via DC-IN USB to MiniUSB] when transferring files to it, do it in chunks to deal with this issue, although you'll still lose battery life)
 Somewhat laggy Video playback (should be remedied somewhat with updates)
 Locks up sometimes (this was in the past, however with the new update they released I haven't seen it happen..yet?)
 LONG start up time (use standby)
 
 I hope this review helps you guys decide on buying one :)"
1,6_11_R3U5QR00VSNS3Q.txt,5.0,"The ""Plan Nine from Outer Space"" of Psychology Books","August 17, 2008","Avital Pilpel ""classics_lover""",Psychology of the Chess Player (Paperback),"This book is psycho-babble at its worst. (Why five stars, then? Read on...) The king, for example, is ""really"" a penis, and therefore the whole game is ""really"" an attempt at castration, because both players attempt to mate the enemy king. Castling is protecting one's penis from the castrating father because it ""hides away"" the game's ""penis"". Riiiiiiiiight.
 
 The queen's power, on the other hand, shows the mother's female power, and players who tend to swap queens early are afraid of women. Well, either that, or they are stronger in queenless positions because they are better in positional endgames than in tactical ones. And what about languages where the piece is not called a ""queen"" at all, such as Arabic or Hungarian? No matter--the very fact that it's *powerful* is enough for it to symbolize the power of women. Again, Riiiiiiiiiight. 
 
 Worse than such nonsense is Fine's buying of, apparently, every single tall tale of the ""crazy chess player"" kind and attributing the ""real reasons"" for the apocrypical story to deep-seated psychological problems. Hence Morphy's ""fetishism"" with women's shoes (never happened) or Alekhine's ""throwing"" a king across the room when he lost (ditto) ""prove"" their sexual masochism and/or sadism; etc., etc., etc. 
 
 The most puzzling part of the book is where Fine attribues deep, hidden psychological causes for *specific moves* masters made--of course, ""proving"" them all deranged in some way or another (all except himself, that is). A blunder is never a bluner, but only a result of a deep-seated, subconscious ""masochistic"" desire to be punished (by that standard, I am the worst masochist in the world...) A move that makes many threats isn't just a (usually) good move, it shows the deep-seated ""agression"" of the player, while a quiet winning move shows his ""sadism"". And so on and so forth. 
 
 This sort of thing would, perhaps, be understandable if the writer was ignorant about chess. After all, total ignorance of, say, politics or economics didn't stop psychoanalysts from ""proving"" what the ""deep psychological reasons"" for war or capitalism (or whatever) ""really are"". But Fine was a very strong player! He, of all people, should have known that chess masters do not think like that. Of course his excuse is the pychoanalyst's eternal excuse: you may not *think* you think like that, but that just proves you're ""in denial"" about the ""deep subconscious roots"" of your actions. On the other hand a total stranger, like Dr. Fine, from decades and continents away, can effortly tell us the ""deep subconscious reasons"" some master ""really"" made a certain move. How did Fine aquire this magical ability? From St. Freud, of course. For the third time: Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
 
 In short, this books does, indeed, show us something about the psychology of the chess player. It shows us just how confused and laughable an obviously intelligent man, and a very strong chess player to boot--Dr. Fine himself--could become once he fell into the silly dogmatic nonsense of Fruedian psychonalaysis. 
 
 I therefore recommend you go right out and get the book! You'll never find a better example of rip-roaringly unintentionally funny psycho-babble. No comedian had ever a parody of psychoanalysis to match what's inside this irredeemingly awful book. It is *so* bad, it's good! This is the ""Plan Nine from Outer Space"" of Psychology books."
1,22_16_RKIAFJWXH2PY7.txt,1.0,Are You Serious?,"June 7, 2007",Samuel Shabrin,Memory Almost Full (Audio CD),"""Everybody gonna dance tonight. Everybody gonna feel alright. Everybody gonna dance around tonight""
 
 What the hell is this tripe? Oh, wait... ""Someone's knockin' at the door. Someone's ringin' the bell. Do me a favor. Open the door. Let him in.""  Yeh, deep reflective lyrics.
 
 Paul's ""Chaos and Creation..."" CD was exquisite. It sounded like 1/2 of the writing team of ""Lennon & McCartney"", rather than just ""Paul McCartney"". Make sense? I was SO looking forward to a solid follow-up to that CD. But ""Memory..."" sounds like a senior high school project; music, lyrics and recording quality no better than a basement demo tape. Paul's falsetto on ""You Tell Me is"" bloody embarrasing, painful to listen to. Wonder what Simon Cowell would have to say about it???? I am NO FAN of American Idol, but I doubt Paul would have made the first cut with this junk.
 
 Sorry. ""Chaos and Creation..."" restored my faith in one of the best songwriters and performers of our generation. This CD punctures a huge hole in that balloon."
1,3_14_R19JOCLZ482JMA.txt,2.0,almost completely useless...,"February 4, 2006",Eduardo Nietzsche,"Polk Audio PSW10 10-Inch Monitor Series Powered Subwoofer (Single, Black) (Electronics)","Polk makes great speakers (LSi series), good speakers (RTi series), ok speakers (Monitor series), and mediocre speakers (R series).  But like most speaker manufacturers, their subs are horrible for the money.  Why?  Because they are betting that if you are already buying their speakers, you'll likely want to buy one of their subs too, especially if some slimey and/or ignorant salesperson tells you that you MUST ""match"" the sub and speakers.  
 
 Of course, those of us who know something about audio know that aside from a few rare exceptions (like Magnepan planar speakers which really require a super-quick musical subwoofer) there is ABSOLUTELY NO SUCH THING as ""subwoofer-matching""---just get the best-sounding sub you can afford.  The best bang-for-your buck subs are made by the two dominant Internet-direct subwoofer specialists, Hsu and SVS.  
 
 This PSW10 is a prime example.  If you are in a small room and listening to jazz or rock music, it's not too bad.  Use it while blasting hip-hop, or watching a special-effects loaded movie like ""Jurassic Park"" or ""Fellowship of the Ring"" and you won't even know it's there---it simply does not go low enough nor loud enough (let's not even talk about if it's clean enough) to do the job.  The only worse mass-market subs I've ever heard would be the Sony and Yamaha subs; the Infinity subs are slightly better.
 
 For this price range you can do much better looking at the 12"" Dayton subwoofer from partsexpress dot com which goes for under a hundred fifty dollars shipped."
0,40_7_R2FC4HJR1DXWVZ.txt,5.0,Handy to have around,"September 12, 2005","daevactus ""daevactus""",Leatherman 934870 40 Bit Assortment with Nylon Sheath (Tools & Hardware),"At first I was disappointed to see the new style.  I can see the locking mechanism weaaring out and bits just falling out of the Leatherman.  Leatherman's never let me down in the past, let's hope they keep their good reputation with this new design.  The usefulness of this bit set goes almost without question.  I carry it with me all the time and it's proven itself on several occassions.  
 
 If you want to fix almost anything almost anywhere, this bit set is good to have."
0,34_7_R3UQF52QIXG9CP.txt,5.0,Works like a charm,"October 23, 2007","Jonas Salk ""Jonas""",Extended Cordless Phone Battery For Uniden BT-905 BT-800 NIMH 1800Mah,"My wife has the habit of leaving the cordless phone off the charger, so naturally, once the old battery wouldn't hold a charge anymore, I needed a new one.  This battery went into a uniden phone and it seems to be taking all of my wife's abuse in stride.  Everytime I need the phone now and can find where it's hidden, there is ALWAYS enough juice left to make my calls.  I am very happy with this purchase"
1,51_20_R3DBA1R6YPXOJH.txt,1.0,More trash from the trashman,"July 1, 2010","M. Stameroff ""Coverchenko""",Sicko (Special Edition) (DVD),"I have to admit that i have never laughed that hard after seeing a movie then i did when i saw this one. I was laughing out loud because this film reminded me of the crap my proffesors used to make the class watch on ""the evil of america"" and ""taking down greed"". Such comical propoganda devices that resembled those used in the 1950s, only instead of targeting communism they target american business. The lies in this film were so blatant that i felt like i was watching MSNBC or Fox. As a third generation cuban, my great grandmother was cubano, it was rather insulting to show cuba as this garden of eden for equality and freedom.But i eventually got over this because you cant let blatant lies and propoganda get you down otherwise the bullies in our culture like Mr. Moore win. If there is anyone that actually believes that Cuba has an admirable, free, health care system let me state some facts gathered from actuall cuban doctors and patients who managed to escape. 
 
 -IF there is a complication with the fetus of a pregnant woman the government forces an abortion.
 -If a child dies soon after birth the doctor will not record it as ever having lived at all (remember when moore stated that cuba enjoys a lower infant mortality rate? well there you go. thats the reason.)
 -That UN survey that states cuba as having a better health care system than us is on the survey, however the UN does not investigate countrie's health care systems, they simply take down whatever the country decides to report. Hmmmm....why should we believe what a communist dictator has to say about his own country?
 -Smuggled pictures show dilapidated hospitals, patients who are dying of starvation, neglect, and infection. 
 
 Those people that Moore shows in his film that have the high medical bills, you know the ones that are the helpless victims of our ""disgusting, greed driven society"". You will notice that all the people are middle class individuals with big screen tvs, 3 cars in the driveway, and an outstanding mortgage for a house that they cannot afford. Hmmmmm.....and im supposed to feel sorry for their utter stupidity and lack of regard for their own responsibility? Why is it that in this country people will pay $6 for a cup of coffee, and $50 for a videogame, but when it comes to their healthcare its simply ""too expensive"" and somehow the fault of ""greedy businessmen"". Maybe Moore should make a film about prioritization in america. About those people that throw their money away on material possessions but when their bills finally catch up with them they declare bankruptcy. It is trully a unique society we live in. their is such an utter disregard for responsibility and so many avenues and entitlement programs to cover your ass with."
0,8_7_R12M11BNM58XVN.txt,3.0,good to have but hard to use,"July 7, 2008",M. Vooss,Swiss+Tech UKCSB-1 Utili-Key 6-in-1 Key Ring Tool (Automotive),"I've had this attached to my key ring for a number of years.  I don't need it often but when I have it's been useful as long as I am very careful while handling it.  The knife is extremely sharp and because the key is pretty thin it can rotate easily in your fingers. It's not incredibly easy to close around a key ring with one hand, and does with a bit of a snap, so you need to make sure your fingers are well out of the way when you do.  The Phillips screwdriver on the end of one of the tines is helpful for things like tightening eyeglasses, but it is slightly offset from the opposing blade and I've nicked or jabbed myself with it more than once while it's in my pocket.  You're supposed to lock it at either 90 or 180 degrees when using it, but when you close it from 90 the keyring end easily grabs at your fingers.  This isn't a product for kids, and only should be used with extreme care."
0,276426_10_R15XCKLDGHHUC1.txt,5.0,Way more than I expected!,"April 26, 2010","William E. Peterson ""Wepiii""","Leather Carrying Case Cover/Folio With Built-in Stand for Apple iPad 3G tablet / Wifi model 16GB, 32GB, 64GB (BLACK) (Electronics)","This case is way better than I expected. The quality is very nice. I was worried about the kickstand flipping out all the time, but it stays securely shut with a magnet. I would go as far as to say this case is way better than the apple case. Overall a great buy and extremely fast shipping! Thanks"
0,19_13_R2UB7A8LWN8DDZ.txt,5.0,Great construction and well worth the price,"November 3, 2009",John C. Yeung,Motogear 73807 Motorcycle Dust Cover - Sport (Automotive),I am very happy with the purchase.  It is made of the thicker car cover like material instead of thin nylon.  It is all black in color with a nice printed logo in the front.  Fits my Kawasaki Ninja just fine.
0,42_13_R2WFA5PWCDPZC1.txt,4.0,A good post-apocalyptic tale,"January 15, 2010","William Merrill ""eclecticist""",The Book of Eli [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray),"The post-apocalypse sub-genre of science fiction has always been a place I like to go.  I'll give movies of this type some slack I wouldn't always give other kinds, so that even a relatively weak post-apoc flick like Doomsday (in which Malcolm McDowell appeared, as he does here) still has its interesting moments. But if it's a good one such as I Am Legend, I'm really into it bigtime.  So I've been eagerly anticipating The Book of Eli from the time the first trailers appeared, and now that I've seen it there were many things about it I liked.  Start with the mythic prophet main character.  His super-heroic weapons skills showed there was something unique about him early on.  Those scenes were generally pretty cool, and they were spread out pretty well over the length of the film.  (Any more fight scenes would have bored me.)  Eli's story plays out with a kind of grim determinism, although it also has hopeful elements as well.  I was glad I wasn't previously familiar with the story, as the major revelations about the Book in the final act were a complete surprise.   Mr. Washington was an excellent choice for the lead.  Other roles were well cast too, including (to my surprise) Jennifer Beals as the blind mistress of Gary Oldman's bad boss character.  Oldman himself struck just the right notes of ego, madness & desperation.   Anyway, as far as the post-apoc nature of the movie, it provides fascinating glimpses of which possessions would be really valuable in such a world (ex., chapstick yes; cigarette lighter, not so much), and other aspects of survival felt very authentic throughout the film.  All in all, it wasn't quite the adventure I was expecting (with occasional pacing issues), but I still found it to be an enjoyable viewing experience."
0,8_16_R31N279HQNX86F.txt,5.0,Best Phone on Market,"April 24, 2009",Aussie,"Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Unlocked Phone with U.S. 3G,  GPS with Free Voice Navigation, Wi-Fi, and 8 GB MicroSD Card--U.S. Version with Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)","I had owned various phones in the past and Nokia is the best on any comparison, for the Features available on this phone, had Apple had all these features it will cost 10 times more, most people don't even know it has extra camera on the front for video Calls along  with the 3.2 MP on the back, Video is far better and there were no sluggish performance as far as I had used for more than a month, unlike iPhone this phone can run multiple applications at same time which is like multitasking in PC, so I can play music and browse websites at same time and switch to GPS , attend a call and type an SMS.. And it goes on...all at same time, iPhone cannot do more than one at a time, we get millions of free software, games, themes etc., unlike Apple App store, no need to pay more and more. Best feature, no MP3 conversion required, if you have lot of MP3 files on hard disk just drag and drop in few seconds, we can play, phone comes with 8GB of SD Card, can upgrade to 16 GB, that's more than enough, I had used the N95 earlier which costs double this price, this is not a NSeries phone from nokia, but it had all the features + touch screen of N series phone at half the price.
 
 If you like Garmin for GPS, Garmin GPS software available for this phone and installing that will make it the best GPS (it comes with Nokia's map software too) and no data plan or internet required for GPS as maps are copied to memory. It comes with lot of add on and Its not too big like iPhone and not too small, exactly made for using with single hand and I had replaced the blackberry phone used for Office with this and configured my Office outlook exchange server along with Gmail, hotmail and yahoo, how cool is that.
 
 It handles website just as a PC and there is no difference with any websites, I can login to bank accounts and do anything like PC, it has stereo speakers but the Nokia Headsets are far Superior in sound quality and build and it comes with built in Mic and buttons for music track change so we can play music and attend calls without touching phone.
 
 And FM is there to use while driving and at the Gym, Google has lot of software available for this phone like latitude, docs etc. If you want free chat software Fring (www.fring.com) is available for free, it connects yahoo, hotmail, AOL, Gtalk and Skype users all in one place and we can even make voice calls to online users. It has the great sync software that syncs all your photos, videos, contacts, notes etc between phone and PC using Bluetooth, just switch on the PC and it does the sync automatically. We can import and export all contacts from outlook, Lotus notes etc.
 
 And there is software to use the screen as a touch screen mouse for the PC like a wireless Bluetooth mouse and that's free too.
 
 For brand conscious users like me, I want to buy a phone from a telecom company like Nokia than a computer (apple) or TV (Samsung) company, who were just trying phones as one of their business.
 
 iPhone doesn't have many of these features and only selling because of marketing, if nokia did their part, this should beat any phone for sure, I don't want to lock with AT&T for lifetime with iPhone and pay $ monthly and pay for any applications and did I say its unlocked? What else you can expect from a phone?"
0,50_4_RI6LD0C4PET3V.txt,1.0,IMO Mr Washington was a pure Deist,"December 1, 2009","Mark A. Brochu ""Deist Reality""",George Washington's Sacred Fire (Paperback),"It seems the main reason Dr. Peter Lillback calls George Washington a Christian,and not a Deist is because he believed in Divine Providence,or the belief that God is active in peoples lives. When we think of Divine Providence we think of the word Theism, and all the Abrahamic faiths that claim God personally spoke to key individuals called Prophets in the form of personal revelations.
 
 Understandably as words do change (proving that the written word is not a good vehicle for the ""word of God"") from their original meaning, Mr.Lillback confuses the word Deist with the word Atheist (non-Theist) which really is the opposite of Theist.  
 
 In todays world the word Atheist for the most part implies that there is no God.  The word Atheist has changed from its original meaning,but we know that whenever you add an ""a"" in front of a word it means the opposite,so its the Atheist that believes in a inactive God,and not a Deist.
 
 The word Deist is derived from the word Deism that is derived from the word Deity which is simply the Latin word for God. A Deist is just someone who believes that God is,and the word Deism just implies a path of understanding. 
 
 George Washington IMO was a Deist who was a Theist who followed the path called Deism.  He believed in God,he thought that God was active in his life,and he knew to look towards the Creation (the product that comes from God) to gain true insight.
 
 Since Mr. Lillback uses Thomas Paine for an example of a Deist we should at least take Thomas Paine's definition on who,or what a Deist is,and what a true Deist believe.  
 
 ""Every person, of whatever religious denomination he may be, is a DEIST in the first article of his Creed. Deism, from the Latin word Deus, God, is the belief of a God, and this belief is the first article of every man's creed.
 
 It is on this article, universally consented to by all mankind, that the Deist builds his church, and here he rests. Whenever we step aside from this article, by mixing it with articles of human invention, we wander into a labyrinth of uncertainty and fable, and become exposed to every kind of imposition by pretenders to revelation""
 
 Thomas Paine thought that anyone who believes in God was a Deist (including all Christians) in the first article of his creed, which is the belief in a God. 
 
 Mr. Lillback states in his book that Thomas Paine was a ""hard Deist"".  ""Hard Deist"", apparently a new title that Mr. Lillback says he made up to describe a Deist that doesn't believe in Divine Providence,or again the belief in the God that went away,and no longer intervenes in mans affairs. Again a ""Hard Deist"" if we must use the phrase describes what an Atheist would think,and not what a pure Deist would think.
 
 Dr. Peter Lillback either never read Thomas Paines works,or he's out right lying about Thomas Paines character in matters of God. All self professed Deists in our founding fathers day believed in Divine Providence even Thomas Paine. So ""Hard Deist"",or even Atheist would not apply to Mr. Paine because Thomas Paine was a Deist (he believed in God) who was a Theist (he believed that God was active in his life) who followed the path called Deism.
 
 In Mr. Lillbacks book he quotes Thomas Paine several times,but he takes his words out of context to make his point clear about who,or what a Deist is,and what a true,or pure Deist really believes about our Maker.
 
 Before I quote some key phrases from Thomas Paine that clearly prove that he, like George Washington believed in ""Divine Providence"" I ask the reader to examine 
 
 ""A Discourse At The Society Of Theophilanthropists""
 
 This was a Theistic church that Thomas Paine was a key founder. Proving that Mr. Paine believed in an active God right up till the end of his life.
 
 Thomas Paine called God ""the Almighty lecturer"".  God had something to say to Thomas Paine,and luckily for us he wrote most of it down in all his Theological writings.
  
 ""The Almighty Lecturer, by displaying the principles of science in the 
 structure of the universe, has invited man to study and imitation. It is as if He said to the 
 inhabitants of this globe, that we call ours, 'I have made an earth for man to dwell upon, 
 and I have rendered the starry heavens visible, to teach him science and the arts. He 
 can now provide for his own comfort, and learn from my munificence to all, to be kind to 
 each other.' "" 
 
 ""The world has been amused with the term revealed religion, and the generality of priests apply this term to the books called the Old and New Testament. The Mahometans apply the same term to the Koran. There is no man that believes in revealed religion stronger than I do; but it is not the reveries of the Old and New Testament, nor the Koran, that I dignify with that sacred title. That which is revelation to me, exists in something which no human mind can invent, no human hand can counterfeit or alter.
 The Word of God is the Creation we behold; and this Word of God revealeth to man all that is necessary for man to know of his Creator.""
 
 Mr. Lillback is using his own definition of what a Deist is to prove that George Washington wasn't a Deist,and his definition is wrong. Instead of making up your own definition of these words (Deist,or Deism) to prove your point why not get the correct definition from those who actually claim to be true,or pure Deists?  Most (not all) of todays self professed Deists of today like days of old will tell you that they believe in a active God. 
 
 Did George Washington believe that our Creator overshadowed a young virgin girl who was engaged to be married to save us from the sins of the world,and all the mythologies that would also need to be believed as fact to prove this absurdity?  
 
 George Washington was enlightened enough to know mythologies from reality.  Lets not taint this great mans legacy by saying he believed the Bible as an absolute literal truth just because you do Mr. Lillback.
 
 This book IMO in no way proves George Washington was a true Christian.  Like they did with the man called Jesus years after his death making him into something he was not Dr. Peter Lillback does this with our great American hero George Washington. Turning,or perverting true 'history"" into his story,and twisting reality in the process.  People who look for truth will know the difference.
 
 Mr.Lillback, we're all Deists who believe that God is.  Where we differ is our path of understanding. If you want to learn all about the faiths of our ancestors then the Bible,Koran,and the like are a great place to gain insight, however if you want to learn about God then you must look towards the Creation,or all the products that come from God. I think George Washington knew this truth as he was surrounded by other enlightened ""pure"" Deists.
 
 Mr. Washington knew that books prove that man is real,and the Creation proves that God is real. 
 
 This book will look great next to the other fat book in the evangelical library.  Remember just because a book is thick,and fat doesn't make it fact."
0,276423_9_RYAERL1LAFLY1.txt,5.0,Xbox 360 Black Controller,"June 26, 2010",J. Jenkins,Xbox 360 Wireless Controller Black (Accessory),This is controller works like a charm. You save money and time by getting it from amazon too. All in all buy this.
0,31_5_R33WTZFA5EPSED.txt,5.0,Good Price for a Good Motherboard,"January 25, 2010","A. Nima ""Kreator""",Intel DG41TY Classic Series G41 micro-ATX Intel Graphics DVI+VGA 1333MHz LGA775 Desktop Motherboard (Electronics),"I bought this motherboard to build a descent mid-end system replacing a very old computer.  It was very easy to install and the manual was very well explained about the MB's parts.  Although I could not find the audio jumper configuration in the motherboard to choose between AC'97 and HD audio, I believe there was no need for it since the manual said HD audio was the default configuration and you would obviously prefer HD audio.  Overall, very good price for a very good motherboard.  Great for a mid-end system."
1,37_9_RSPTDHROM36NS.txt,3.0,Perhaps the most overrated RPG of all-time.,"September 22, 2009","Jack Treese ""Jack""",Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (Video Game),"I wish I knew before purchase that this RPG would be almost the EXACT same thing as every other one.  The only difference is, this one comes with the expansions.  Matter of fact, Fallout 3 is a better title than this crap-fest.  The only good thing to have ever come from this was when I brought it to the local game store and traded it for Fallout 3.
 
 The game starts when you're trapped in some castle.  YAWN, like that scenario has never been played out.  The game continues on to repeatedly slap the buyer in the face each time you kill a rat or some other enemy.  I don't get how this has made so many Top 10 lists, this game flat out blows."
1,51_6_R28SE3EWABPNOM.txt,1.0,Worst customer service ever,"April 23, 2010",Olafhubel,"Baby Jogger City Select Stroller Second Seat Kit, Onyx (Baby Product)",I am now waiting on my second seat and car seat adaptor for months. I have written baby jogger 3 times now. They do not respond. This is just plain ridiculous. It now says on sites like Amazon that it will be late May before they ship. How can a company that ships baby products have such delays. By the time we get the car seat adaptor my daughter (already born last month) will no longer need it.
0,1_3_R33ZA4OFBTBDTS.txt,5.0,Exceptionally well-crafted story line,"July 12, 2004",J. E. Nelson,Armageddon (1998) [VHS] (VHS Tape),"For me, this is an incredibly difficult movie to review and critique.  I feel that the movie did a phenomenal job of developing the story; however, the acting in the movie left something to be desired. In case someone has not seen the movie, I do not want to give much of the story away.  An asteroid, classified as a global killer (a global killer meaning that if it impacts earth, there will be total destruction of life), is on a collision course with earth.  NASA comes up with the idea of landing on the asteroid, drilling a hole, and dropping a nuclear weapon in the hole and blowing up the asteroid with the intent of splitting it in two and altering its path so it misses earth. While it is a simple story, the movie does an exceptional job developing the plot into a 2-hour movie.  The movie incorporates a ""gloom and doom"" plot with a second story of love, romance, and hope.  The first plot is about an oil driller and his band of misfits attempting to work with a group of highly educated astronauts and military pilots to drill a hole on the asteroid (and of course the work together as well as Worcestershire sauce and ice cream).  The second story line involves one of the oil drillers falling in love with the owners daughter.  The relationship reminds me of a terrible ""teen-age"" relationship with the seemingly perfect love that young people share coupled with a resentful father who seems to not want to lose his daughter. It is difficult to explain how well the two story lines integrate without ruining the movie for someone who has not seen it.  While the plot is superb, the acting in the move is just so-so.  I thought the acting of the three headline actors (Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, and Liv Tyler) was weak at best; they had their great moments, but mostly their acting seemed almost emotionless.  I did think a couple of the lesser known actors (mainly Michael Clarke Duncan as ""Bear"" and Peter Stormare as the Russian astronaut) were incredible in this movie. Personally, due to the overwhelming depressing plot about the end of the earth, I don't think this is a movie I would cuddle with on the couch with a new date.  However, I nonetheless think the plot is excellent  and I do highly recommend seeing this movie.  I give the movie 5 stars for how the movie integrates the two story lines together and develops them into a great plot, not the acting in the movie."
0,13_4_R2TTHLARK5XBCJ.txt,5.0,ethics & legal issues in counseling,"April 28, 2009",Renee' Curren,Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions (Paperback),"This text was assigned reading for a master's counseling course. It was thorough, reader friendly, and full of case studies that applied text material appropriately. I appreciated the thought-prompting questions that encourage the inexperienced reader to think like a counselor. The authors include a wealth of ethical and legal facts and information and then explore potential outcomes, sharing their own views while encouraging the reader to come to their own conclusions concerning personal values."
0,10_2_R17NHQUZQV7B30.txt,5.0,Simply Amazing,"March 31, 2010","William T. Mccullars ""Tim""",Sticky & Sweet Tour [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray),"I saw the show in Atlanta and this was by far her best tour ever.  She keeps getting better, more creative and sexier with age.  I was a few feet away from the catwalk and to see my idol that close was a dream come true.  It will be awesome to have this tour on Blu-ray to enjoy for years to come.  For those who didn't see her live or were too far away (been there before) to really see her perform I highly suggest you buy this and enjoy the one, the only, the superstar, Madonna!"
0,36_18_R3GCB9AC0TC6NG.txt,5.0,Teriffic Summer Reading!,"June 22, 2010",Jan Comsky,Family Ties: A Novel (Hardcover),"Family Ties of Danielle Steel is one of her best. I have enjoyed Danielle Steels last 2 books very much.
 I am not going to go into a storyline here about the book, however, I urge Steel lovers to buy this book and enjoy the story lines of all four characters; Annie, Ted, Katie, and Liz.  Each character is faced with life's choices and decisions (especially Ted - I was rooting for him; I enjoyed his storyline the most)!
 Okay, enough...buy this Danielle Steel - it's fun."
1,36_12_R3W1O661T65OBH.txt,3.0,It's Just A Broom - No Handle!,"October 6, 2004",D. Richardson,WOLF-Garten Outdoor Broom B40M (Lawn & Patio),"Unless you want to sweep on your hands and knees, make sure you purchase the handle separately!"
0,23_1_R3DGPF3TTUEIOZ.txt,5.0,Good show.,"July 6, 2010",Ian Parker,Weider X-Factor Door Gym (Sports),Product arrived right on time. Everything is included and it's easy to set up ( although finding a door to use is more difficulty that I would imagine. )
0,8_4_R2YXG32QDNGF0I.txt,4.0,Better than I anticipated...,"April 3, 2010","J. Carroll ""Jack""",For Your Entertainment (Audio CD),"Lambert seems to be throwback to the ""bigger than life"" rock popularized by Bowie and Freddie Mercury and he pulls off this sound with sophistication and aplomb. Showing a very good range, Lambert hits both the rockers and ballads with a nice balance of hubris and control.  The first three cuts hit hard, with up tempo beats and a surprisingly plaintive vocal on ""Whattaya Want From Me"" gives the listener a good indication of what Lambert can do. ""Strut"" then takes things into more stylized mode and Lambert shows a bit of the over the top quality so necessary to pull off this style of song. Throughout the CD he surprises with a variety of styles and contributors like Rivers Cuomo and Pink keep things interesting. He still needs to find his own true voice, many things owe a bit too much to those who came before, (""Soaked"" definitely seems to channel Mercury a bit too closely and a few others smack of pastiche rather than homage.) but overall this is an impressive debut."
0,2_7_R10L0PTEAY9OR9.txt,5.0,Works with iPhone 3GS using OS 3.1,"September 6, 2009",Jonathan Allen,Apple Composite AV Cable (MB129LL/B),"I was very wary of buying a composite cable for my iPhone, not knowing if it would work with the 3GS, or with the 3.0 software. This cable works! It plugs into the yellow/red/white ports on your TV, and has a USB port for power. I bought mine for use with my car stereo (JVC KW-AVX710 7-Inch In-Dash Double-DIN CD/DVD/MP3/iPod Bluetooth-Ready Touchscreen Receiver ) using a USB car charger (Scosche Dual USB Car Charger ) and, except for the very minor inconvenience of having to control my movies through the iPhone and not on the screen, I havent had a single problem yet. In fact, I am buying another for home use!"
0,43_3_RM2PRRDE2PU5D.txt,4.0,Young Girl Knows More than Most,"April 26, 2000",Brandon Cheney,Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback),"Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl tells of a young Jewish girl's experiences through adolescence in the midst of World War II and Hitler's genocide against her people.  On her thirteenth birthday, she was given a  diary in which to write her thoughts and feelings.  She, her family, the  Van Daan family, and Dr. Dussel tried to adjust to life in the Secret  Annexe.  Her diary, which she named Kitty, was written from her heart with  no superficiality.  This makes reading it a great experience. 	She  discussed in the book many issues prevalent in her life as a Jew.  She  talked about the Zionist movement and the hardships Jews endured in Nazi  Germany.  They could only shop in certain stores designated for Jewish use.   She wrote about her father and sister's fear of deportation, which would  have almost definitely resulted in going to a deadly concentration camp. 	 It is a good read because of the way it intertwines childhood and the  Holocaust and speaks of both candidly.  She wrote about her feelings and  encounters with friends and family.  She let out her anger at Hitler and  described the new reforms that made her life much harder.  She thought she  had found a good friend in Kitty.  Little did she know that one day her  story would impact thousands around the world, even if she was only a young  girl."
0,6_19_R2BCQXJ19K1RM5.txt,4.0,&quot;I'm foreign&quot;,"May 13, 2003",A Customer,Species (DVD),Pretty good sci-fi/action/horror/semi-comedy. Probably a must-have for sci-fi collectors and definitely a must-have for Natasha Henstridge fans. The best parts (and most humorous) are the scenes where Sil (Henstridge) is trying to figure out how to operate in Earthly society. I would have given the show five stars if a couple more such scenes were included in place of some of the slower and/or more predictable scenes in the latter half of the film.
0,1_12_R1SBNMA0KTUNJW.txt,5.0,The best single line phone design ever,"November 25, 2004","Martin Anderson ""Martin""",AT&T Corded Trimline Phone with 13-Number Memory (210) (Electronics),"I've loved the trimline phone ever since I got my first phone more than 20 years ago.  Then, the trimline was a real, Bell System, telephone.  Although this phone is clearly not the same as the real Bell trimline phones, it still has the great, comfortable design and the dialpad in the handset, which makes it an excellent choice.  I've compared several other trimline phones and this is the closest phone I could find to the original Bell phones.
 
 Northwestern Bell also makes a trimline phone, but the quality and comfort are nowhere near this AT&T version.
 
 If you read the other reviews, you will see that at least one review (dated November of 2004) says that this phone was discontinued.  Yet, here we are in late November 2004, and its still around.  I'm guessing (could be wrong here) that this phone will be around forever, even though AT&T no longer promotes it on their web-site."
1,20_9_RKC5U9Q04XUEW.txt,1.0,"Broken, crashing, unfun 3rd installment in the Sims franchise","June 6, 2009","Nathan Beauchamp ""Dakotad555""",The Sims 3 (DVD-ROM),"Wow EA really jacked this one up. Sims 2 was probably the single greatest wide interest game ever made. Appealing to everyone from 8 year old kids to baby-boomers, there was so much right about the game (ease of use, the fun of designing and building custom houses, the excellent expansion packs, the fantastic user made content, etc.) that perhaps it would be unfair to expect Sims 3 to be better than Sims 2. However, I AT LEAST expected it to be playable, and reasonably similar to Sims 2 in quality and fun. To sum up the rest of this review: It's nowhere close. It stinks. It's unplayable due to crashes (for me at least). It's a buggy, unfun, massive step backwards from Sims 2. 
 
 So what makes it so bad? 
 
 First off, the game crashes nearly constantly. It is not my computer. I own and successfully play dozens of computer games including the most graphics intensive on the market. (For the nerds, I have a i7 processor, 6gb ram, and crossfired ATI HD4870s). These problems are due to buggy code and terrible beta testing. This game should never have been released in this state of unfinished unplayability. 
 
 They have also removed many of the things I liked best about Sims two like the ability to construct a neighborhood from scratch and then play each family and watch your Sims interact, make friends and enemies, get married to each other, etc... You are now forced to play a single family at a time. Start a new family and your old ones become NPCs (non player controlled) characters. You can never go back once you start a new one. Why EA, why? This singlehandedly ruined the game for me. 
 
 Next is the drastic step backwards in ease and fun of playability. Why they decided to jack with the control mechanisms that every Sims 2 player is accustomed to, or slow time down to the point that I started falling asleep watching my Sim sleep with nothing to do in the game to keep me interested, and why EA released the game with a deplorably low number of home furnishings, I don't know. It's like a horrible nightmare where instead of games progressing and improving, they're regressing towards oblivion. The menus are just clumsy, hard to use, and so very much worse than Sims 2. If you loved the Sims 2 menus, you will HATE these. 
 
 The camera is also bad, in that sort of early generations Nintendo 64 way where you can never get it to do what you want it to do with regularity. It seems to have a mind of its own, and controlling it is as frustrating as the terrible controls. 
 
 Making attractive Sims is about as easy as sculpting the masterpiece David from play dough. All my Sims look fat, ugly, and just not what I had in mind. It is Uber hard to get a face the way you want it to look. It is even harder to make a nice looking Sim than the character creation system in Oblivion: The Elder Scrolls. If you like plump, slightly froggish looking Sims, you'll love it. 
 
 For interior design, rather than giving you a solid and complete set of home furnishings, you are instead offered very few selections, but the ability to make them patterned. Oh joy! What I really want is about 6 options of sofas, most of them ugly, but that I can apply plaid or camouflage skins to! That's so much better than having say 12 sofa varieties right? Not so much. This strikes me as either laziness, or that EA released the game intentionally sparse so they can sell even more add on packs later. Except they missed the entire point: the reason they sold so many add on packs for Sims 2 was that the core game was so good! 
 
 Overall this might be one of the worst failures in modern PC game history. Destroying a famed (even legendary) series of games like the Sims franchise by changing core elements and just doing a flat out poor job of quality control is abysmal. EA will need to heavily patch this game to make it worth playing, and by the time they do that, it might be too late. 
 
 My recommendation: sell your copy on an auction site. At least then you can get back some of your money and buy something else."
1,3_1_RXPT8W9PZ4U1S.txt,5.0,Not a wallet for toast! Beware!,"April 8, 2010","Bookaholics Anonymous ""Bookaholics Anonymous""",Toast Wallet (Misc.),"Toast wallet, sez I, thinking, kewl, now I can pocket my breakfast in a handy wallet and pull it out along with a few bills to buy a Mickey Dee Latte. Breakfast? Done and done. 
 
 But no...this is a stupid rubber wallet that looks like TOAST. Oh, How Funny. I go to pull out a credit card and baffle hapless clerks with my novely wallet. Oh! Do not pay me with toast, sir, says the pimply-faced teenager with the cracking voice but Ahah! It is not toast, it is my wallet, you moron! 
 
 Why they don't offer one with rubber bacon, I'll never understand."
1,26_6_R1WVWREPM1TA6H.txt,1.0,How annoying can one man be?,"July 4, 2010",John Black,Greenberg [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray),"If you think the idea of watching a 40-something-year-old man attempt to minimalize his life to the nth degree could just be quirky enough to be interesting, think again. Written and directed by Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale), Greenberg is an exercise in cinematic endurance that tests the audience's patience to the breaking point. How long you last will depend on how interested you can force yourself to be in the lives of Greenberg and the people he passes along the way. Chances are you will snap long before the movie stumbles to its pretentious ending.
 
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1,26_1_R183KYZI822C61.txt,1.0,Sophie has no spots now,"September 20, 2009",Bronwyn A. Shields,"Vulli Sophie the Giraffe Teether, Brown/ White (Baby Product)","This toy is WAY over rated.  The spots rub off with water. Sophie is naked now and her eyes look like her mascara has run down her face.  Not to mention that she feels and sounds like a dog toy, which is why my mom's dog ate her head."
0,5_4_R3RXBM0S6DS2ES.txt,5.0,Jake Barnes:  Grace under pressure,"September 26, 1999",A Customer,The Sun Also Rises (Paperback),"&quot;The Sun also Rises&quot; made a huge impression on me when I read it as a college student a number of years ago.  It is true that one must look beyond the surface to get a clear understanding of any book by Hemingway.   It is also true that the language that he used was not flowery, nor overly  eloquent but the meaning revealed within the lines.  It is also true that  the characters are often expatriates; living on the fringe of society and  hedonistic to the max.  All of those elements are visible here, yet  sometimes it might require a magnifying glass to see it.  However, these  are the qualities which make Ernest Hemingway, the seminal writer for a  generation and certainly one of the best.      I propose one hint when  reading &quot;the Sun also Rises.&quot;  Pay close attention to the  relationship between Barnes and Robert Cohn.  Barnes laothes Cohn for being  everything that he is not.  What drives him over the edge (in the inner  sanctum of his own mind and demons) is the success Cohn has insofar as his  relationship with Lady Brett.  Barnes is impotent and this is a crushing  blow to his manhood.  The tragedy here is his inability to consummate a  sexual relationship with her.  It destroys him--yet he is still accepting  of his predicament.  This is what allows this character to maintain  &quot;grace under pressure&quot;-- as Hemingway once coined the  term or  the ability to stand or hold ones ground when all odds are against you.   Certainly this can be a tragic flaw for any of Hemingway's male  characters--the total loss of his virility.  Yet he stands his ground and  never loses it.  He just hates Cohn from a distance and rationalizes that  he (Cohn) is one who cannot do anything just for the sake of doing  it---whether it be drinking, winning the Princeton boxing title, or being  in love with Brett.  It is complicated but one can come away with these  qualities after finishing the novel rather than while reading it.      I  think his friend and sometimes rival, F. Scott Fitzgerald, summed him up  best when he said of Hemingway: &quot;He's the real thing.&quot;"
1,21_17_R3GOVNLIQQGHT9.txt,1.0,Grrrr.,"July 6, 2010",Susan Van Prooyen,In the Woods (Paperback),"I generally find the concept of ""I'm going to leave it up to the reader to figure out the ending"" a bit of a cop out but it does work in some books. Looking for Alaska by John Green is a great example of a book that doesn't answer all the questions but is still incredible.
 
 This is a mystery for crying out loud! French gets to the end and says, ""Ummm, well it doesn't matter what really happened in the woods."" It's the freaking book title! You're the author. Write the story! And FYI, stories typically have ENDINGS!
 
 I burned my copy of this book for fear of its being inflicted on some other poor unsuspecting reader. I do not suggest you waste money or time on it."
1,1_5_R4F7L5HVAZZHU.txt,3.0,Don't Believe the Hype,"November 29, 2009",Tony,Dyson DC25 Animal Ball-Technology Upright Vacuum Cleaner (Kitchen),"I purchased one yesterday and was very excited to try it out.  It was so cool looking and easy to manuver.  I eagerly turned on the machine and made a few easy strokes..... huh? Something must be wrong.  It didn't even erase the footprints in the carpet and the suction was ok at best.  I switched off the brush bar and looked in the end, nothing was wrong.  I called customer service and after about 15 minutes on the phone with them figured out it was working properly. What the heck?
 I expected this thing to suck so hard that it would lift the carpet and create perfecty groomed rows of nap...like a freshly plowed field.  Not even close it barely even combed the top of the fibers.
 
 Problem #1-No height adjustment for the brush bar.  It barely even touches the carpet.  Not enough to even give you that ""just vacuumed"" look.  Talk about a suction leak.
 Problem #2-It doesn't have very good sucking power.  My old Bissel sucked 2x as hard as this dyson.  Even the guy on the customer care line said it only moved about 50CFM of air compared to my old vacuum that moved much much more. 
 
 Don't belive the marketing hype.  It's not worth the money.  Ever wonder why consumer reports ranks the cleaning ability of the Dyson as average?  Because it is.  Consumer reports is dead on in their review.  It's just not that good of a cleaner.
 Sure it looks cool and you can park it in the driveway to impress your neighbors... but as far as cleaning my carpets, this vacuum sucks - Not in a good way.
 I took it back to the store a few hours later and got my money back.  If I want a vacuum that cleans just OK then I'm not going to pay [...] bucks.  The 99 dollar ones at Target work just as good, if not better."
0,51_18_R3SU4CH5XHE2P1.txt,5.0,Excellent collection of material,"October 2, 2000",Charles Oppermann,Armageddon: The Criterion Collection (DVD),"The Criterion Collection release of Armageddon is a treat.  It offers 2 commentary tracks, one featuring the director Michael Bay, actors Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck.  Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has comments on several interesting things.  Affleck's commentary is sometimes very funny.  The other commentary track features the Director of Photography and special effects people. The commentary includes interesting details, including background information on the characters and filming locations.  Note:  The commentary is raw and sometimes laced with profanity, although the movie itself is rated PG-13, for reasons explained in the commentary.   Although it's not much, this collection is also a Director's Cut and has a couple scenes added, notable of which is Harry Stamper's character visiting his father before launch.  Some other scenes are cut slightly differently, adding some depth to the story. The Gag reel on the second disk is extremely funny, raw, and not your typical &quot;behind-the-scenes&quot; documentary. The second disk also features a tremendous amount of information on the special effects and includes many different trailers and promo material.  The Aerosmith song video is also included. While the story can be nit-picked, it's still very exciting and enjoyable.  Overall, if you liked the movie, the Criterion Collection release is the DVD to have."
1,25_4_R26TYS2WKXJO4R.txt,1.0,Offensive,"February 4, 2010",Magic Pink,Mass Effect 2 (Video Game),"Once again, BioWare uses their robust character customization system to let you make any kind of Commander Shepard you want - as long as it's not a gay male.
 
 Straight guy? Natch. Straight woman? Of course. Bisexual or lesbian woman? Obviously, since it's just a kink for the straight guys.
 
 But keep those homosexuals out of there, right guys? In a game where you can choose to date and have sex with an alien frog man, gay guys are just too weird."
1,11_1_R1R5V05EUS8DQB.txt,1.0,Notebook revisited,"February 22, 1999",A Customer,The Notebook (Hardcover),"What intrigues me is the number of five-star reviewers who seem to think that folks like me who dislike this book are hopeless, heartless cynics who have obviously never been in love.  I might gently suggest that a lot of  these reviewers are confusing giddy teenage infatuation with the idea of  being in love to real, mature love.  Mature love is not about magically  finding your one ""soulmate"" (to use the currently fashionable  blather) among the six billion on this planet.  (We're supposed to give up  Santa and Cinderella at eight.)  Rather, it is about caring, willful  commitment to people we occasionally can't even stand.  If, as a number of  reviewers have suggested, this book represents deep insight into the  ""true heart of a woman"", the feminists must be beyond despair,  and there are going to be a lot of disappointed lives out there.
 
 What  escapes a lot of enthusiasts for this book is that the author is  essentially telling the poor drudges over at Iowa Writer's to forget their  MFA's; if you want to be a successful (as opposed to great or even good)  writer, get your MBA-marketing. Ironically (admittedly a distant concept to  this author), that is exactly the advice philistine Lon would give  Sensitive Poet Noah, while Allie sulks petulantly downstage right. Now,  that's cynicism!"
0,276427_1_RN9O85V94LQ71.txt,5.0,"Obama's plan, Obama's poetry","September 9, 2008",Julie Neal,Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise (Paperback),"This calm, straightforward book reminds me why I have a ""Women for Obama"" bumper sticker on my truck. It's short on rhetoric, long on clear-headed, specific ideas on how to fix America's problems. In back are seven key speeches from this long presidential campaign, speeches so beautifully written they read like poetry. Any voter wanting to know more about who Barack Obama is and what he stands for should read this book.
 
 In essence, it's a glimpse into what Obama will do as president, why these actions are smart, and how he'll get the plan done. It's like a presidential crystal ball, letting readers know what they're voting for -- or against.
 
 Change We Can Believe In was put together by Obama for America, with a foreword by the candidate. Net proceeds from book sales will be donated to charity.
 
 The speeches soar. The ""race"" speech Obama gave in Philadelphia is striking in its honesty: it is from a leader, not a politician. From the New Hampshire Primary Night speech: ""And so tomorrow, as we take this campaign south and west, as we learn that the struggles of the textile worker in Spartanburg are not so different than the plight of the dishwasher in Las Vegas; that the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of L.A.; we will remember that there is something happening in America: that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in America's story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea. Yes. We. Can.""
 
 Here's the chapter list:
 
 Foreword by Barack Obama
 
 Part One: The Plan
 
 Introduction: Hope for America
 
 1. Reviving Our Economy: Strengthening the Middle Class
 * Provide immediate relief with an emergency economic plan
 * Economic security and opportunity for all American families
 * Affordable health care for all Americans
 * Empower families to succeed
 * Restore trust, return to fiscal responsibility
 
 2. Investing In Our Prosperity: Creating our Economic Future
 * Promote our energy independence and create five million green jobs
 * A world-class education for every American
 * Make America the undisputed leader in science and technology
 * Build the infrastructure of the twenty-first century
 * Help our small businesses and manufacturers thrive and create jobs
 * Compete and thrive in the global economy
 
 3. Rebuilding America's Leadership: Restoring our Place in the World
 * End the war in Iraq responsibly
 * Finish the fight against Al Qaeda and turn the tide against global terrorism
 * Rebuild a strong twenty-first-century military
 * Stop the spread of nuclear weapons
 * Renew our alliances to meet new global challenges
 
 4. Perfecting Our Union: Embracing America's Values
 * Restore trust in government and clean up Washington
 * Make voluntary citizen service universal
 * Partner with communities of faith
 * Strengthen families
 * Advance equal opportunity for all Americans
 * Secure our borders and reform a broken immigration system
 * Safeguard the environment for future generations
 * Honor sportsmen and protect the great outdoors
 * Fight crime and promote public safety
 
 Conclusion: Yes We Can
 
 Part Two: The Call
 
 Declaration of Candidacy, Feb. 10, 2007, Springfield, Illinois
 
 Iowa Caucus Night, Jan. 3, 2008, Des Moines, Iowa
 
 New Hampshire Primary Night, Jan. 8, 2008, Nashua, New Hampshire
 
 A More Perfect Union, March 18, 2008, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 
 Father's Day 2008, June 15, 2008, Chicago, Illinois
 
 Renewing American Competitiveness, June 16, 2008, Flint, Michigan
 
 A World That Stands As One, July 24, 2008, Berlin, Germany"
0,19_7_RA8D63UIU826V.txt,5.0,"A wonderful book dedicated to an astonishing, insightful species","February 10, 2008",multis e gentibus vires,Manipulative Monkeys: The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal (Hardcover),"This book gives you and amazing and in depth look into the lives of these highly social, complex monkeys.  Primatology has often  been dominated by studies on apes, but the Lomas Barbudal project has brought us leaps closer to understanding primate behavior by dedicating decades of intense research to this species of new world monkey. Reading about some of the daily family, political, and terretorial dramas of the white-faced capuchins, you cannot help but see just how similar they are to us.  These are some remarkable and intelligent capuchins just bursting with personality.  They are problem-solvers, drama queens, pranksters, lovers and fighters. I highly recommend this book to any primatologist or person interested in social behavior!!!  This book has some wonderful photos and gives you glimpses into what it is like to be a primatologist in the field. It is a great resource!!!"
1,13_12_R37XGBTD0KEF0P.txt,1.0,I guess I am the only one who didnt like it....,"June 24, 2008","Amber McCann ""Future Author""",Girls Next Door Workout (DVD),"I was curious when I first heard that the GND were going to put out an exercise video, since Im into exercise, I would want to try it out.  Bleh, to that.  I wasnt expecting the reincarnation of Tami Lee Webb.  But I sure wasnt expecting camera shots and music that were based in soft core porn.  Not one of those girls has ever hit the gym seriously in their life, because their form showed all.  They all say ""I have to do this this and that,"" but their lack of safe technique and their uncertainty in doing even a push-up gave their claim up.
 
 Some girls are naturally thin.  Lucky them.  Some arent.  I have to work to stay slim, and I hate it when you have naturally slim girls pretending they work hard for their body.  And truth be told....they are slender, and thats it.  They could use less aerobics and a heck of lot of muscle toning, because their thighs shouldnt be jiggling if they want to promote (Or is it pornmote) a fitness video.
 
 Kendra's was the worst, as the consensus showed.  But Bridgit was not far behind as when she had to do her mountain climbers, she did them with the worst body mechanics possible, and her timing was completely off.  All of their timing was off.  This is NOT a fitness video, or exercise video.  This is a novelty video for people who want to see three girls in non-exercise wear (the cleavage shots grew tiresome) doing soft porn type maneuvers all in the name of ""fitness.""
 
 I cant believe Im the only one to not like this."
1,30_2_RMAE85IN28CGB.txt,1.0,You're gonna love my nuts.... or are you?,"May 11, 2009","Deborah K. Dobbins ""-Captain-""",Slap Chop (Kitchen),"As Vince says in the commercial ""you're gonna love my nuts"" but the slap chop doesn't do a very good job of chopping them. This thing is flimsy and cheap. It has a hard time chopping foods with peels. Food goes everywhere and gets stuck in the blades. I don't recommend this TV product."
0,24_5_RYHEHPZQFGDJL.txt,5.0,"Why pick up the DVD version of ""Anne?"" For the commentary.","August 29, 2001",Lawrance M. Bernabo,Anne of Green Gables [IMPORT] (DVD),"I picked up the DVDs for the first two ""Anne of Green Gables"" series after seeing the musical version of the story in Charlottetown. I lucked out because the DVDs have been out less than a month. The actual film, of course, is worth 5 stars all by itself and is a classic adaptation of a beloved novel, so what I want to talk about is why Anne's fans should pick up the DVD version as well. There are cast bios, previews of the other ""Anne"" works by Sullivan films, and some production stills. 
 
 However, the chief charms of the DVD version are the following: First, there is Megan Follows' audition for the part of Anne, which is fascinating to see her first attempts at nailing the character of Anne Shirley. You will notice considerably changes in her actual performance, but the raw talent is amply displayed. Second, there are missing scenes, most of which have to do with the wife of Reverend Allen. It seems the production was co-produced by a German company and so there was this extended subplot with Mrs. Allen, played by a German actress, that was fully integrated into the Germany version of ""Anne of Green Gables."" Third, there is Directors Commentary from Kevin Sullivan and the film's editor, although the latter is there mainly to given the director someone to talk to during the almost four hour film. The commentary is certainly fascinating, as we find out where certain scenes were short (mostly around Toronto, but some on Prince Edward Island), when scenes were shot (Megan would have to play Anne at 16 in the morning and 12 in the afternoon), as well as great stories about Colleen Dewhurst leaving a scene about to explode in laughter or adding a line. 
 
 However, for all these fascinating tidbits about the production you will find yourself surprised from time to time that Kevin Sullivan often does not have a clue about the story of Anne and why it works. He expresses surprise, for example, that audiences find the scene where Anne thanks Matthew for the dress with puffed sleeves to be so emotional. Sheesh. She is looking at him with absolute love and devotion in her eyes and he says, ""Don't you like it."" Of course it gets to you. But not Sullivan apparently. Still, the commentary is first rate and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it and using it to track down sites I intend to visit later this week in Toronto (I am going to find THE BRIDGE!). Finally, there are some behinds the scenes clips. Warning, this was a television news story on the production and is not the excellent behind the scenes documentary that aired on PBS. Obviously, my only complaint with this DVD is going to be the exclusion of that documentary, which, I supposed, belonged to PBS and not Sullivan productions. So, I know that most of you reading this not only already have ""Anne of Green Gables"" on videotape, you have had it for a long time. I am just here to tell you that picking up the DVD version as well is worth the additional expenditure."
0,6_11_R1JTSLI61PAO70.txt,3.0,Some interesting and sometimes peculiar insights,"July 1, 2004",Kenneth Scheffler,Psychology of the Chess Player (Paperback),"This 70 pg. book was originally published in 1956 in the journal Psychoanalysis as ""Psychoanalytic Observations on Chess and Chess Masters"".  As one can derive from this title, the author has attempted to present us with a deeper understanding of certain chess masters using psychoanalysis, and in the process comes up with some interesting but also peculiar (in my opinion, at least) insights. In particular, Fine discusses the following players: Staunton, Anderssen, Morphy, Steinetz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, and Botvinnik.  For someone not familiar with the personalities of these exceptional players, Fine's anecdotal accounts of their personalities and eccentricities is quite facinating.  What kind of made me leary was the general remarks that the author makes in regards to chess and chess players, and how in particular he seems to sexualize the purpose of chess.   For instance, on page 22 he states: ""The profuse phallic symbolism of chess provides some fantasy gratification of the homosexual wish, particularly the desire for mutual masterbation.  This is, of course, completely repressed.  Checkmate may be seen as rendering the father impotent, again part of the homosexual complex.""  Oh, really?  And here I thoight that chess was a game, to be played for fun and enjoyment, or in some cases competatively.  I can't quite remember ever feeling that it was the expression of a ""desire for mutual masterbation""--well, how could I, because I can't, since I'm repressing it.  Well, that's just pure bunk, in my opinion.  Fortunately, this book isn't entirely like this, so it does have its merits, but it clearly isn't must-read chess literature."
0,20_16_RWD8I8HYX4L7A.txt,5.0,softest thickest pad i've found,"April 11, 2007","A. Trant ""Mom of 4""",American Baby Company Waterproof Fitted Quilted Porta-Crib Mattress Pad (Baby Product),"love it!  made our mattress so much more comfortable.  i liked it so much i got one for our regular sized crib too.  i used it on a portacrib, not a playpen, so I don't know about fit on those."
0,10_11_R39E2L0925XWH1.txt,5.0,They make the growing pains sound good,"June 17, 2009",M. Phillips,"Lines, Vines and Trying Times (Audio CD)","First, I am not in the expected fan base for Jonas Brothers.  Not by a long shot.  However, their lyrics are clean and their hooks catchy and the boys aren't hard on the eyes; all of that has me won over before hearing anything else.  In their new CD  the songs aren't just catchy, they are flat out contagious.  If I am not listening, I have found myself singing or humming the songs.  Repeatedly.  I have to hand it to JB for maturing their sound in the right way.  Most ""boy bands"" go on the extreme of ""we're not kids anymore"" when they try to branch out their sound.  JB has done it right: writing relevant songs to their lives in a sophisticated and mature way.  The band boasts a wider variety of instruments and the metaphorical writing suits them wonderfully.  Another positive (for me at least) is being able to hear more of Kevin's singing.  He's still all harmony but at least you can tell it's him singing.  That's not been the case in the songs I've purchased before.  Overall, this CD is excellent.  It's clear the guys will be around for a while and they and their fans won't be doomed to bubblegum for the duration.
 
 World War III: 4/5  Angsty and fiesty and fun.  A bit hard to listen to the first go round because it is so aggressive but by the end you're sold.
 
 Paranoid: 4/5  Their first release from the album.  Definitely one you'll find yourself humming when you aren't paying attention.  I always think I am sick of it until I hear it again and then I realize that, nope, it's still pretty good.
 
 Fly with me: 5/5  From Night at the Museum 2 and honestly, one of the best tracks.  We still get the bubbly and sweet lyrics but the music is something more than just catchy.  ""Peter Pan and Wendy turned out fine..."" lyric just seals the deal for me.
 
 Poison Ivy: 3/5 Most contagious track by far, literally and of course, metaphorically.  We all want what isn't good for us but we all hate that we want it.  Redundant lyrics but insanely awesome music.
 
 Hey Baby: 3/5 Good but not great.  Catchy but not memorable.  Filler song for me. (Update: After listening to this song more, I appreciate it more than when I wrote the review.  If I had to rate it now, I would actually give it a 4/5.  As far as songwriting and performance goes, it's probably a 5 but it just doesn't have the memorable catch that Fly With Me or Turn Right have, so I can't give it a full 5).
 
 Before the Storm: 4/5 Thankfully Miley doesn't over-sing and the writing and performing of this song are tender and sweet.  It is clear that Nick and Miley mean every word.
 
 What did I do to your Heart: 5/5 This song is just F-U-N, fun!  Love the country influence.  The only improvement that could be made is Kevin on a banjo.
 
 Much Better: 4/5 Brilliant. I'm a T.S. fan but what a joy to see her get a dose of her own medicine.  While it's never stated to be directed at her, honestly, you can't help but to raise an eyebrow at: ""Got a rep for breaking hearts/ Now I'm done with superstars/ and all the tears on her guitar/ I'm not bitter...""  Really been waiting for Joe to get some sort of say in the matter and this satisfies me completely. My only issue with this song is that it doesn't need a horn and guitar solo both.  I'm sure it will be great live, but too much for the CD. (Update, I did see JB live, with my daughter this summer.  It wasn't their full set since they were actually only headlining a city celebration.  They did play this song and I have to admit, I didn't notice the horn and guitar solo being as cumbersome as it was on the CD.  Either they trimmed it, or it was just so amazing live that I didn't have time to notice it.  It really does play better live.)
 
 Black Keys: 5/5  Nick's experiment with writing on the black keys of the piano.  Hauntingly beautiful melody is the result and the lyrics are typical, tender Nick.
 
 Don't Charge me for the Crime: 2/5  Like WWIII, it takes a listen or two but then you can appreciate it.  Complete metaphor for how far you should or shouldn't go to help a friend (are people actually taking the lyrics seriously?)  Clearly an experiment and here you see(hear) some growing pains.
 
 Turn Right: 5/5 My absolute personal favorite on the entire CD.  The all acoustic suits them so well when they let themselves commit to it completely.  Kevin played piano on this at the Wal-mart sound check concert but doesn't get any listing on the CD for it, so I don't know if he recorded the piano, but if so, it's cool to hear him play other instruments.
 
 Don't Speak: 3/5 They say they wrote it in the vein of U2, Kings of Leon, Mutemath and some others.  I hear U2 all over it the most.  Not my favorite song but an absolute cross-over to my age bracket (mid-30s) if they were aiming for that.  Definitely a slower paced song for them as far as story telling and theme.  Will do well though on radio play if they choose to release it.
 
 Keep it Real: 4/5  Bonus track from their sitcom.  Classic JB, catchy and a little kitchy but absolutely fun.
 
 Completely worth every penny whether you're 12 or 32.  
 
 Update: Even though very few of their songs actually rated the full 5 stars for me, the album as a whole is a great package, which is why I gave it 5 stars.  Sometimes breaking it apart piece by piece you can see the chinks in the armor, but over all, 3 months later, I am still listening to this entire album almost daily -- not as a teenager, but a much older than these guys adult.  That alone should hold up any 5 star rating in my book."
1,7_9_R11OYEZCXQ8KQF.txt,5.0,Little White Boy Soul in All it's Glory!!!,"December 1, 2009","musicismylife ""- T""",Middle Of Nowhere (MP3 Download),"If The Jackson 5 were little white-hippies, moved from Gary, Indiana down to Tulsa Oklahoma, had at least 2 less talented brothers, a lot less soul; a little less style, exchanged their Afros for some new goldy-locks, and were able to move from 1964 to 1997 then they might be Hanson.  I love Hanson!!!  Their raw talent to age ratio is absolutely undeniable in everyway.  Anyone who denounces ""MMMBop"" is an absolute liar.  1997 didn't have the greatest music to offer anyway!  One word: CREED was huge!  Okay, that was 3 words, but anyway...  Hanson had more soul in 1997 than most R&B artists.  Come on, Hanson owned the Spice Girls! and everyone who ever bought Bop magazine knows that's true.  Note: I've never bought a Bop magazine, because its trash.  anyway...
 ""Middle of Nowhere"" is the best tasting bubble gum you've almost ever had.  You know you're chewing bubble gum, you know what that is but you still want some, and you just can't get enough!!!  [Middle of Nowhere yielded 5 hits: ""MMMBop"", ""Where's the Love"", ""I Will Come to You"", ""Weird"", and ""Thinking of You"".]  If you weren't tapping your toe to ""MMMBop"" in 1997 then you were in a coma, or you just weren't tapping your toe in 1997.  It's true and I can prove it.  In closing Hanson could never be as bada>> as The Jackson 5, Creed isn't as bad as I made them out to be (but almost), and you should consider not being all high and mighty and buy Hanson's 1997 smash ""MIDDLE OF NOWHERE;"" if you play it in the middle of nowhere, no-one will make fun of you!  You might also land a girl who was about 12 or 13 in 1997 and now desperate for love at 24 or 25, and that in and of itself is worth the $7.99 that Amazon is currently charging...
 If you want the original and greatest child-star debut album off all-time then buy, ""Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5"" it blows 99% of most modern music off the map.  MJ was BAD every since he was 9!!!  Sorry Taylor Hanson, you should have learned to moonwalk."
1,16_20_RJMTDU2GPCRPQ.txt,1.0,SO BAD IT'S GOOD!,"March 21, 2007",D. Myatt,Crossover (DVD),"My kidz and I enjoyed this dreadful exercise in predictability and bad acting for all the wrong reasons: We playfully wagered on what actors would say next (and I use that word ""actors"" very loosely). It's full of cliches of all kinds. We would rewind and laugh at the scenes containing Eva Pigford's unbelievably horrid acting (please, for God's sake, stick to simply being a model!). We'd pretend to be menaced and afraid by appearances of that definitive ""hood"" slickster, aka Wayne Brady (""New Jack City's"" Nino Brown has got nothing on him!!!). And we were amused at how surprisingly weak the basketball scenes were. The on-the-court scenes contained lots of edits and cut-aways that marked staged shots. And for a movie about b'ball, the court scenes were extremely minimal and unexciting. On a serious note, please observe this theory of mine if you rent this film (for God's sake don't buy it): Sometimes, being surrounded by bad actors and faced with a bad script can even make a good actor bad. Case in point, Anthony Mackie. He's clearly got skills, but he had no business being in this foul of a film! This movie surely falls under the ""So bad it's good"" banner. If you rent it expecting anything else, you will surely be disappointed."
1,40_4_R1NAVIYXOXR0Z8.txt,5.0,Three wolves is just two wolves plus another wolf,"May 19, 2009","Seth G. Macy ""friendship alliance""",THREE WOLF MOON SHIRT ADULT SIZE M (Apparel),"I had a two-wolf shirt for a while and I didn't think life could get any better. I was wrong.  Life got 50% better, no lie."
0,5_15_R37Y7DE9BNSYZ3.txt,5.0,A lot of Camera for the Size!!!,"June 10, 2008",K. Thomas,Canon FS11 Flash Memory Camcorder with 16GB Internal Flash Memory and 48x Advanced Zoom (Electronics),"It is a tiny camcorder.  It will easily fit inside cargo, jacket or baggy pockets.  Of course with the extremely small size comes some limitations.  This camera is not going to have the same picture quality as professional HD camcorders. But that said it is a very nice camera for shooting standard definition home movies.  It has an excellent zoom. The battery and built in memory are going to give you about 3 1/2 hours of recording time.  As for all the people who are complaining about trying to edit the footage (that is because they are not using Macs.)  If you have an up to date Mac it is a breeze.    
 
 I have an Intel Mac.  I convert the footage with MPEG Streamclip (Which you can download for free at the Apple Web site.)  And then it works fine with Final Cut Pro 6.  I convert it to Quicktime and then choose the DV setting.  It works great.  It also works just fine without MPEG Streamclip if you are using iMovie 08'.    The whole process is quick and painless.  No going through the whole tape to log and capture the footage.  So If you are looking for a tiny SD camcorder that you can take anywhere and edit it with newer Intel Macs, this is a great choice.  I think you will enjoy this camera."
0,36_12_R6Z2TUH37FFPN.txt,5.0,Greatest broom every made,"September 3, 2009","Ingrid Soldan ""whirlwindone""",WOLF-Garten Outdoor Broom B40M (Lawn & Patio),"I bought this broom from a local  hardware store some years ago.  It is so great that I decided to get another one for my house in the South.  Everybody should have a broom like this.  I use it with bleach and everything else.  It just doesn't wear out. (Unfortunately,, the handle got lost in the mail and I will be ordering another one)."
1,37_5_R2UI4Z35NOUOEZ.txt,1.0,"Ugg, not again","October 2, 2008","D. Stathatos ""chinchaaa?""",The Hunger Games (Hardcover),"Seriously?? People, Suzanne Collins is stealing ideas from different books and movies and piecing them together, creating ""something completely new."" Come on. When I read this book, the only thing I could think was, ""Hmm, where have I seen THIS before? OH YEAH, ""Battle Royale"" by Koushun Takami, ""The Long Walk"" by Steven King, ""Lord of the Flies"" by William Golding, the movie The Condemned, et cetera."" This is plagiarism at its worst, I mean this book has been written a thousand times, and she didn't even try to change any circumstances.
 
 ...And now she is being recognized as inspirational, bringing a ""completely new concept"" of kids killing kids?? IT'S BEEN DONE! It disgusts me that no one has sued her for this second-rate version of amazing literature. Also, if she's going to completely steal their story lines, she could at least do it well; Her writing is terrible.
 
 Not only that, but she's using a textbook example of a dystopian society. Like, there's not a thing that makes this society new or different. It's all so cliche! Can't she think of a single new concept? I mean, putting things in the blender isn't a skill.
 
 Well, that pretty much ends my rant. Please, if you're going to buy something, buy an original! Try Battle Royale, that's a personal favorite of mine, but whatever you do, don't buy this unoriginal cra p.
 
 Congratulations, Suzanne! You've just proven that idiots without brains in their heads can be successful too!"
0,45_10_R1N0J3VJ4X4MIJ.txt,3.0,okay romance,"June 20, 2008","Rachel Thern ""kiravae""","Anyone But You (Crusie, Jennifer (Spoken Word)) (Audio Cassette)","After getting divorced at age 40, Nina Askew moves into an apartment and plans to get a puppy to keep her company.  Instead she ends up with Fred, a smelly and depressed beagle/bassett hound cross.  Fred is instrumental in her meeting her downstairs neighbor, the ER doctor Alex.  They are meant to be together, but Alex and Nina both think the other party won't be interested because of the age difference - Alex is ten years younger than Nina.  The characters are likeable, especially Fred, but the book was rather predictable.  At the end there are some easily-resolved misunderstandings thrown in that seem to be there just to make the book reach the 200-page mark."
1,35_3_R39RU0DF45AHMZ.txt,1.0,Horrible Product,"May 13, 2009",iHyphy,Dr. Scholl's Dual Action Freeze Away Wart Remover 1 kit (Health and Beauty),"this product only got one star because ""no stars"" wasn't an option.  it didn't remove my wart at all, in fact all it did was make my thumb look ugly for a few weeks and it helped me develop another wart right next to it...it did the opposite of takin away my wart it help me get another one! i do not recommend at all, i did everything the instructions instructed word for word, and when it didnt work the first and second time i tried it for the third time...after the first time i had developed a second wart right next to the first one and the second and third treatments didnt do anything at all."
0,47_12_R23P866HQGDO92.txt,5.0,Definitely Worth Every Penny,"April 4, 2010",Nolberto E. Garcia,Ear Force X11 Amplified Stereo Headset with Chat (Accessory),"I bought my X11s to improve my gameplay in Modern Warfare 2 and to play at night while my family is asleep. I am so glad that I did. They have accomplished both objectives with flying colors. The sound quality is excellent. I can hear absolutely everything, even the faintest sound cues I could never hear before. Just the ability to hear footsteps, the direction that they are coming and what they are walking on makes all the difference in multiplayer. Before ordering them, I read many reviews that mention a hiss when the headset is plugged in and was a bit worried that this might be an issue. There is a hiss, but it is so negligible that it isn't even worth listing as a con. Almost all the other reviews that I've read that mention this hiss also mention that you can't even hear it during gameplay. Doesn't that pretty much disqualify it as a con? Honestly, these things could play Home On The Range until I put my MW2 disc in the drive for all I care. There has to be absolute silence in the game in order to hear the hiss. As soon as any music or in game action starts, it is gone, in no way hindering your gaming experience. I also didn't have any problem hearing this hiss while using the X11s with my iPhone for music or YouTube. The ability to control both the game and chat volumes works very well. I've played several very long MW2 multiplayer sessions with friends and I haven't had any issues with my friends hearing me or vice versa. I love that when you raise the game volume, it automatically adjusts the chat volume so that the game audio doesn't drown it out. Which is a good thing, because these bad boys are loud as hell when you crank them up. I have literally jumped in my seat during unexpected explosions. The volume and quality of the sounds make for a very immersive gaming experience.  They are also extremely comfortable. Most of the time, I can barely tell they are there, even when I've had them on hours at a time. My old headset sat right on my ears, which would make my ears very sore, very quickly. Overall, I have to give these a five out of five. For the price, they just can't be beat."
1,8_8_R1UADG0E4JLKCE.txt,1.0,AWFUL PIECE OF CRAP,"August 24, 2009",M. Charles,One Tree Hill: The Complete Sixth Season (DVD),"Please don't even bother watching the first 3 season's of this series because watching the 6th season is like watching a totally deferent show. Nothing is cohesive and if your an actual fan of the core 5 characters don't even bother because theirs hardly any interaction between them. I remember watching the pilot of this show and thinking it had some potential to be great especially with the whole relationship with Dan, Lucas, and Nathan. Six episodes into season 1 I was hooked, everything was so realistic fun and new. I actually found characters that I loved and rooted for and character developement was at all time high. Two seasons later I would never have thought I would stop watching, all the character developement that was built during season 2 & 3 was shot to hell with season 4. Characters & storylines turned OOC and god awful. I thought season 4 was the worse but I still had hope for the new seasons. HAHAH big mistake, season 6 has taken the cake and I have to say I blame the writing. I mean come on how many times do I have to watch Peyton near death, I seriously could care less how a totally unrealistic character can be thrown into life and death situations just to see her cry 85% of the season. And Dan, jesus can the guy die already, he has been poisened, hit by a car, tortured by a pschotic nanny (lmfao yes that actually did happen), oh and let me not forget he needs a heart transplant. He was close to getting one but nah a dog seemed to come across his new heart and got hungry and ate it, WTF! It's so sad that this show has come to a dog eating a friggen heart to entertain people. No wonder the ratings fell from a 3.3 to a 2.8. I say season 6 is just a cheap imatation of a daytime SOAP, really the two most annoying emo twin couple is having trouble with their pregnancy - SHOCKER! oh c'mon will the writers try to be a bit more creative. It's already been said that Lucas & Peyton is one of the worse/awkward couples together so get over it and stop trying to get people to feel sorry for them. I don't even want to get started on the useless side characters hogging up the screen. Season 6 is just awful and worse season to date, the creator should just jump off a cliff because his show is DEAD."
1,48_5_R21A9WHOH6GAWU.txt,1.0,Poorly designed remote for Blu-ray (& DVD) use,"December 3, 2009",Glenn Camhi,Sony PlayStation 3 Blu-ray Disc Remote (Accessory),"Two design flaws render this otherwise fine remote too frustrating to use for controlling Blu-ray (and DVD) movies.
 
 1. No backlight or glowing keys, so operation in the dark is difficult. This wouldn't be a big issue if the buttons were better laid out and had some clues by touch to clarify their functions. But this is a big issue because of flaw #2...
 
 2. The giant Stop button is positioned between the Play and Pause buttons, and all three are the same large size and shape. It's also between the Skip Back and Skip Forward buttons, horizontally, putting it right in the middle of all the most-used buttons.
 
 It takes an impressive level of ineptitude to design a remote like this. Years of R&D on DVD remotes have wisely made Stop buttons smaller than other buttons, and placed them out of the way. Sony seems to have ignored that wisdom. It's much too easy to inadvertently tap the PS3 remote's large, centrally positioned stop button.  And unlike most DVD players, the PS3 has no ""Are you sure you want to stop the disc?"" warning, for when you do.  So when you accidentally stop your movie (which you will), it's a long and irritating process to find your place again on a Blu-ray disc.  It can take 5 minutes, depending on how many notices, previews, commercials and animated menus you have to get through again (some of which you can't skip past). And then you have to find where you were, risking seeing images or chapter titles that give away things you really didn't want to know yet. All this wasted time can kill the flow of a movie.
 
 Hopefully there's a better remote that works with the PS3... one that was designed by people who test their products in real-world circumstances."
0,48_17_R3IEYXSA1M58DI.txt,5.0,Reese Witherspoon's Oscar came a deacde late,"November 5, 2006",Larry VanDeSande,Freeway (DVD),"Better than both ""Seven"" and ""Natural Born Killers"", director Matthew Bright's ""Freeway"" is a looseleaf modern view of Red Riding Hood where Reese Witherspoon plays Red traveling to Grandma's house.
 
 Only she takes this trip after her prostitute mother and junkie stepdad are arrested, she escapes the cluthces of foster care, she says goodbye to her fiancee who is then murdered in a driveby shooting, she hitches a ride with a psycho who turns out to be a mass murderer, she kills a few people, ends up in lockup, escapes, finally makes it to Gradma's house, where some more bloody action takes place.
 
 Oh yes, she has homosexual and heterosexual sex, spends a lot of time saying the ""F"" word, brutalizes most anyone that gets in her way, and otherwise creates mayhem for everybody. Sounds like your typical Reese Witherspoon role, eh? No, not by a long shot.
 
 But one thing about her role -- she is fantastic, out of this world great. She is twice the actress in this role she was playing June Carter Cash, for which she won an Oscar as best actress. On the basis of these roles, Witherspoon must be considered one of the best actresses extant right now.
 
 As the description here and on Amazon indicates, this movie presses the envelope of the ""R"" rating as far as possible without slipping over into NC-17. There is gory, bloody violence throughout this film, nudity and more ""F"" and ""F""ing talk than you heard by Matt Damon when he played that low-class genius at Harvard. Someone told me they said ""F"" 147 times in that movie. Witherspoon herself must say it that many times here.
 
 But none of this diminishes the astonishing electricity and action that swallows the viewer right from the opening scene, where junkie-hooker mom gets arrested and weirdo-junkie stepdad forces Reese to do the nasty while mom's out earning a living. There is an uncompromising level of reality in these characterization, too, although it's clearly an over the top psycho young Sutherland plays.
 
 In an astonishing bit of casting, squeeky clean prom queen type Brooke Shields is cast as the uptight, upscale wife to lurid pervent and child molester Sutherland, whose character is even more disgusting than Witherspoon's. While everyone wants Sutherland rubbed out, Witherspoon manages to keep viewer sympathy because of for her terrible place in life even throughout her ongoing antisocial activities. Other players, incluidng Dan Hedaya as a cop with sympathies all over the place, contribute a lot to this film.
 
 This is recommended for viewers unafraid to look inside the dark side of our culture where youngsters like the one Witherspoon plays actually exist. There is nothing pretty or orderly about this movie; much of it seems upside down. But it is unrelentingly exciting and is full of action in almost every scene, action you may never have seen in a film before."
0,24_11_R3FLMWV7ZWXRUQ.txt,5.0,Excellent,"January 3, 2009",Jane,"Haier HNSB02 1.7 Cu-Ft Refrigerator/Freezer, White (Kitchen)","I had this unit for many years while living in the dorm. It's very convenient, it cools fast and is very quiet as well. I basically use it for milk, juice and ice creams, strongly recommend if you live by yourself and don't cook too much."
1,16_13_RGLC9TW764X01.txt,5.0,Changed my life for the better,"May 20, 2009","C. Y. Granere ""Andromeda680""",10 Kittens T-Shirt-XL by The Mountain 100% Cotton Short Sleeve fits Teens & Adults (Apparel),"Before I got this shirt I was just your average 400 pound Wal-Mart door greeter. After wearing this baby underneath my blue vest one fine day, I could see the new appreciation and even, in some cases, envy, as my customers passed through and noted the amazing sexual essence this shirt radiated. I met my white knight stallion that day, where he swept me off my feet and into the passenger basket of his motorized shopping cart. I now leisurely maintain our very own single wide because this shirt let me meet the man of my dreams, assistant manager at McDonalds where he makes enough money to support us both. I never have to work again! 
 
 With all this free time I have decided to pursue my passion and spread to others the joy that Kitten Shirt has brought me. I now make my own kitten shirt beaded jewelry which I sell on amazon"
0,24_1_R2JL3BJMTF3UNB.txt,4.0,Very Good All-purpose Electric Sweeper For Hard Floors,"August 28, 2009",Peter D. Mar,Swivel Sweeper G2 -2 Units Inlcuded!! Plus 2 Bonus Mini Sweepers!,"The Swivel Sweeper G2 works extremely well on hard floors. It's light weight and swivel to get around tight crevices. It also does a fairly decent cleaning job right up against the wall on hard floors and even carpets. Although for carpet cleaning in the central area of the room, you're better off using a conventional vacuum cleaner for that. The reason for this, that this sweeper is not a vacuum but a power brush system that would only get the surface dust off the carpet leaving the ground in dust. 
 
 We bought this sweeper to use on hard floors prior to washing them. For that function it does extremely well, keeping the mop relatively lint free. For use on carpeting, you have to be careful that you don't cause the sweeper to flip and spilling the contents back onto the carpet. Since this kind of sweeper with no suction doesn't clean ground in dirt well on carpeting, I would not recommend it for this purpose.
 
 Previously, we bought the original Swivel Sweeper and now the Swivel Sweeper G2. When comparing the two, they both clean equally well. The Swivel Sweeper G2 is a little bit more convenient to use because of the refinement such as easier emptying as well as the articulating handle when you need to go underneath furniture."
0,12_12_R35Q3F7LPHITRU.txt,1.0,Rambling Disconnected,"July 12, 2010",Robert Adey,The Passage (Hardcover),"The premise of this novel held hope for a gripping 
 post apocalypticalstory. However, the author ended up 
 with several disconnected storie, none of which were 
 resolved in a satifactory manner.At the end of the novel, one is left wondering what just happened. In addtion, the story ( as weak as it is ) could have been told with a fraction of the boring,ramblin prose the author uses."
1,276424_9_R2M7LNBEK8SAMM.txt,1.0,"ipad, ipass !","May 15, 2010",T. J. Mclaughlin,"Apple iPad MB292LL/A Tablet (16GB, Wifi) (Personal Computers)","First off its an inanimate electronic device nothing more. 
 Save your passion and love for the PEOPLE in your life should you be so blessed. 
 
 No USB 
 No SD Slot 
 No Security software 
 No Camera or Video 
 No Tethering to anything 
 No Voice Recorder 
 No Calculator 
 No Weather 
 No Flash 
 
 Not a true user configurable tablet PC nor is it a true user friendly portable device (Room to Room) does not count. 
 It is a considerably dumbed down, denuded and stripped down iphone, iguess with no phone......wow.......how inovative.
 
 Curious, how does it feel to be an unsolicited beta-tester ?
 
 It is also a huge content pig providing considerable additional profit for apple by driving up the cost of ownership skyhigh........ca-ching. 
 App. buy ins could potentially soar into hundreds of dollars again rasing the cost of ownership...........ca-ching. 
 
 USB was specifically excluded to prevent users from connecting 3G broadband devices from providers other than at&t.........can you spell verizon ? 
 
 Any well configured HD notebook will leave this Gen-1 tablet in the dust and for similar dollars. 
 
 A failed attempt at being the first on the block with the newest thing mentality by Obi-Wan Jobs 
 and this from the same genuises who brought their customer base the NEWTON.
 
 You apple weenies got seriously hosed.
 
 Read and weep......""Engadget also suggested said that the next-gen Apple TV will essentially be an iPad without a screen, using the SAME HARDWARE, including the CPU OS, and 16-Gbytes of flash memory. To accommodate the smaller storage, Apple will EMPHASISE STREAMING CONTENT the report said"".
 
 All that and more for only $99 bucks.....wow.....talk about getting screwed out of the contents of ones wallet.
 
 Thats nothing, wait till the 2nd Gen ipad, better configured and cheaper hits the stores for xmas.
 
 Apple-ites will be jumping out of their starbucks windows....eh !
 
 Furthermore from the august pages of  the ""No news is good news"" dept.
 
 AT&t in partnership (co-conspirators) with snapple, royal screws its customer base.....again.
 
 Read on; [...]"
0,16_10_R1VKVR1DKNJP7H.txt,5.0,Great Camera,"January 8, 2010",Crystal Howell,Olympus FE-4000 12MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Dark Grey) (Electronics),"I have used Olympus cameras in the past without any complaints.  This camera holds up to our expectations.  The picture quality is amazing.  The scene modes perform well, but we don't use them that often, we prefer to point and shoot with the auto-mode.  This camera is replacing a 3MP nikon coolpix, that finally wore out.  Just remember when you buy this camera, it is a pocket sized digital camera for around $100.  Don't expect to be taking photos for National Geographic!!  It is a great little camera  :)"
0,51_12_RX3J7X7PYT5KH.txt,5.0,I hate shaving.  I LOVE THIS TRIMMER.,"March 24, 2008","David G. Hanson ""Big Bad Dave""",Philips Norelco T980 Turbo Vacuum Trimmer (Health and Beauty),"THIS THING IS AWESOME.  I AM NEVER SHAVING AGAIN. I just used it for the first time and have decided that I will never use a razor again.  I am a guy who never likes to shave, I maintain the ""few days of stubble"" look throughout the week, and dread the day when I have to go through the hassle of lathering up & shaving.  But this thing is so easy to use and it just cuts you down to whatever stubble-level you want in like 2 minutes!!!! PLUS it's got this vacuum-device on it that sucks up the stray hairs into a special chamber, which you then pull out and empty when you're done trimming.   so to quote Wayne's World...""It SUCKS as it CUTS!""  I LOVE IT!! I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS TRIMMER!  I have never written a review for Amazon before and I've been shopping here for years! That's how fired up I am about my new purchase!!!!"
0,1_1_R32P7K128XCLJV.txt,3.0,"Some good points, some things just put out there","November 26, 2009",FizzWiz,"If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans (Paperback)","Coulter writes at what she does best, finding witty or witty sounding excuses to support Republicans over Democrats in any circumstance.  Frankly, about the only thing she and Democrats probably agree on is that Bush Jr. did not do a good job with the war in Iraq, Afghanistan, and 9/11.  But of course, Coulter has some kind of excuse to blame Bush's responsibility on ""any old Democrat"" even though Democrats may have nothing to do with Bush Jr.'s personal responsibilities or his decision for the country.  
 
 I think she makes some good points, and I think some things are just put out there and that she doesn't listen. She just wants only her opinion to be right to an extreme.  She's good at analyzing situations, but she would not be good for a government position requiring much trust to keep stability, that is for sure.  On the other hand, you probably want her to be your Republican lobbyist.  A ""friend"" a ""Coulter Jr."" told me about how great this book is.  He acts just like Coulter, but just doesn't publish books and goes out and speaks like she does.  Otherwise, he would probably be doing at least okay- (Coulter created and kept her niche first.)  I am not particularly Democrat or Republican, but I try to give everything a chance.  This book, while giving some fresh perspectives I would not have thought of, is quite hit or miss, too opinionated, and not always reasoning things out enough."
1,36_1_R15E5F12IJPM35.txt,5.0,Heaven Sent,"July 31, 2009","Terry J. Ford ""Tford""",The Mountain Men's Bark At The Moon Short Sleeve Tee (Apparel),"It is almost blasphemic to use mortal words to describe this garment. A product that carries within it the power of not one, but three times the wolf intensity. I purchased this shirt (legally must be called so, although it more closely resembles armor) after months of debating how to survive taking tank rounds to the chest. Once equipped with this modern day chain-mail, I slammed a Rockstar and was well on my way to becoming more creature than man. I bolted out the door leaving a trail of fire and wolf fibers behind me as I was ready to take on any challenge the world through my way.
 
 Cars and builings disentegrated when the shirt waved in the wind as I ran by, winds that even Tom Schilling could not predict. That is when I met my destruction. I approached a trailer park where a small lad about 7 years young stood with a shirt portraying 4 wolves. HOW COULD THIS BE??? I Remember yelling... HOW????? No punch or kick was needed to defeat me. I had been out-wolved. I returned to my nest to regather myself and await in teh darkness for a 5 wolf shirt that will bring about the end of man.
 
 Til then.. $17 dollars of magnificance. Use at own risk."
1,39_1_R39ZFKP7TVWUB2.txt,1.0,Limbaugh to Aldrich to utter insanity,"November 12, 1997",A Customer,The Secret Life of Bill Clinton (Hardcover),"Imagine Kitty Kelley as a political reporter, with her unnamed sources and her dubious methods. Now imagine she's a total nutbar, someone hanging onto reality with one last cuticle as she rants, frothing, at the one man she believes responsible for her downfall.  If you believe Bill Clinton is Satan, you're going to say &quot;10! 10 plus!&quot; If you have any capacity for rational thought and skepticism, you'll discard this book like a used tissue. Let my sacrifice of brain cells not go in vain -- pass this one up."
0,28_6_R1WTJJXMWSZWJD.txt,5.0,Great little compressor,"June 25, 2004",R. Koch,Makita MAC700 Big Bore 2.0 HP Air Compressor (Tools & Hardware),"I have had this compressor for a couple of weeks now and really like it.  It is a high quality unit clearly built to last.  I chose this model over the very popular oil-free pancake compressors mainly for it's compact size and low noise level....and it did not dissappoint me.  I would say this unit is half as loud as those typical oil-fee models by P*rter C*ble.  I can easly run it indoors while remodeling a bedroom, and hardly hear in the room next door. The unit is compact, but much heavier duty than similar Cr*ftman compressors I saw at Sears.  It recycles quickly and fills the tank in less than 20 seconds.  It came with a good owner's manual and a bottle of oil.  I did have a problem where the plastic oil filler cap was cracked, but Makita quickly sent me a replacement part under warantee.  I would recommend this unit to anyone looking for an occasional use compressor and does not want something large or loud."
1,46_17_R1QASQKKQX7OXN.txt,5.0,This is what REAL metal is all about,"April 2, 2005",MTV rocks,Fallen (Audio CD),"If you're looking for REAL heavy metal and if you are sick of that old fake crap (Megadeth, Dream Theater, 80s Metallica, Iron Maiden, Opeth, Queensryche, Borknagar etc - basically any of the clowns that only posers with no taste praise) then look no further. They show other talentless poser ""metal"" bands that solos suck and when they actually do solo - they do it better than any of those losers in the 80s. They show unknown posers with guitars like Malmsteen, Satriani, McLaughlin, Michael Romeo etc how to REALLY play an instrument. When I listen to this I feel soooooo deep. Like Amy lee, I am a tortured artist and too complicated and intelligent for the world to understand. That's why I'm anti-authority and anti-mainstream. Thankfully MTV caters to rebels such as myself.  
 
 LONG LIVE METAL!!!!1"
0,26_16_RKVORQRMQQWPS.txt,5.0,"SUPERB ARTICULATION OF A  M,AGICAL TALE","March 15, 2001",Gail Cooke,The Alchemist CD (Audio CD),"British stage and screen actor Jeremy Irons is a beguiling reader whether sotto voce or thunderous declaration.  His crisply articulate delivery is especially well suited to this contemporary fable reminding us of what is truly important in life. 	Santiago, a  shepherd boy, dreams of treasure hidden in Egypt.  So, he leaves his home in Spain to search for the most precious hoard  imaginable, in other words, he follows his dream. His quest takes him to the markets of  Tangier and across the Egyptian desert to forage among the Pyramids. 	During his journey he meets a Gypsy woman, a self proclaimed king, and an Alchemist, all of whom offer Santiago directions.  Listeners do not know what the treasure is that the boy seeks, but they do learn that riches are not found in possessions but rather within our hearts and minds. 	Mr. Irons has already been lauded by his peers - he is the winner of an Emmy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award.  This reading will simply add luster to his already stellar accomplishments."
0,47_4_R21PXQGNMXO32D.txt,5.0,Common sense,"November 15, 2007",Josef K.,Motorola Motofone F3 Unlocked Phone with Dual-Band GSM 850/1900--International Version with No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory),"This phone is hard-to-find-common-sense approach in design and technology. I have never seen better phone.  This is not a gadget that makes your life miserable because you need to worry every day that batteries are charged or you need to spend 1/2 day on setup or figuring out why current  time does not show on screen. If you need features behind phone, get Apple iPhone if you need just a cell phone, get Motorola F3."
0,46_10_R2AVAXB69ZLL69.txt,4.0,really like it!,"May 10, 2010",novchyld,Pinzon Microtec Throw (Kitchen),"I bought this for hubby dear to keep warm when he plays his video games or while watching a movie. The throw is not as soft as I expected but it definitely makes up for that in terms of warmth. We really wish it were longer so we could snuggle in it together but it definitely is worth the price I paid for it ($12). My toddler started hogging the throw once she discovered how snuggly it felt and I bought her one for her very own, with which she is extremely pleased! It's the perfect size when used as a toddler blanket and she's kept very warm during cold Wisconsin winter nights."
0,49_2_R1WV9MAH5BMUZM.txt,5.0,June 24 2010 Release,"December 25, 2009","Holly Lewis ""Free-Range Librarian""",True Blood: The Complete Second Season (HBO Series) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray),"Be aware that this is not out until next summer - June 24. Had it on order since Sept for an Xmas present and am disappointed no release date was listed or given by Amazon.
 
 Can't wait!!! Great season - better than 1, even!!"
1,35_19_RK6ZNXRFKB6AZ.txt,2.0,It lost weight during shipping....,"July 9, 2010","D. MATHIAS ""Living in the REAL world...""",Shake Weight Dumbbell (Sports),"Notice description shows 3.5 pounds... It weighs 2.5 pounds... Submitted to Amazon, see if they will correct the AD ... It's not weighty enough to ""burn"" my muscles... My old hand weights are 4 pounds already, so probably why.... Be great weights for a beginner child, like age 12, when first learniing to correctly use to avoid injury"
1,23_20_RRQCUXE2L2YUX.txt,1.0,"Great Cast, Terrible Film","April 14, 2006",Scott T. Rivers,Meteor (DVD),"See the rare spectacle of Sean Connery covered in mud (or chocolate pudding) while maintaining a straight face! Hear Brian Keith's contrived Russian accent! Experience some of the worst special effects in film history! ""Meteor"" (1979) gives new meaning to the term ""disaster movie."" Unfortunately, a better-than-necessary cast is trapped in the wreckage, including Henry Fonda as the President of the United States. Good for a few unintentional laughs."
0,21_10_R4DHZNZKG5S1A.txt,5.0,Is There Anything Bioware Can't Do?,"November 20, 2007",J. Gable,Mass Effect (Video Game),"Bioware has a pretty impressive track record for RPGs. Their most famous work to date, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic , garnered almost every ""Game of the Year"" award in the video game industry back when it was released.
 
 Now a few years later, we get 'Mass Effect'. A Sci-Fi adventure that at times can seem as if it has endless choices for you to make. A few examples are things such as your character customization options (including gender and specializations), weapon and armor customization, and your ""good or evil"" path choices.
 
 Actually, boiling it down to Good or Evil is a mistatement. It isn't that simple with Mass Effect. You are set out to be a 'hero', but how you get there is your choice. You can choose to work with the citizens you encounter to get complete your mission and be a Paragon. You can also choose to be a take-no-prisoners type of character and be a Renegade. If neither of those suit you, play it right down the middle a be a balance of both or neither. Your choice.
 
 The story is Bioware's best plot ever. If you played the original Knights of the Old Republic, that's saying something. I won't give anything away, because the story is one of the main selling points of the game.
 
 The combat is simple. In fact, some might find it overly so. However, I think people are missing the point. This isn't trying to be the greatest Third Person Shooter ever created. It's trying to revolutionize what RPGs can be.
 
 The graphics are beyond stunning. Sometimes you will find yourself staring at your surrondings in awe and completely forget what you were doing. There is a minor buffering issue where all of the textures are loaded a second or two after you regain control of your characters, but it's nothing that really detracts from the games overall beauty.
 
 In my opinion, I think Bioware succeeded in once again showing us the true potential of what the RPG genre can put forth. In fact, if there is one RPG out this year that is a must have, Mass Effect is it. Do not hesitate to order because you won't regret the purchase."
0,10_15_RGUHFZ9KHSUDC.txt,5.0,awsome machine,"January 2, 2007",Tyson J. Syverson,Hitachi Magic Wand Massager,"This was a gift for my wife. she wanted to use it for some sore muscles, but I gave it to her to pleasure herself. what a great gift. This tool has lots of power and it is capable of working sore muscles and pleasure. I highly recomend this over any wireless machine, beacause it has more power and it never runs out of energy. I finally got to use this for what I intended it to be used as and she must of had two or three orgasms in a matter of seconds, wow what a supprise. get this magic wand fast, your wife or girl friend will appreciate it very much.!!"
0,1_9_R5NG1J6G573IQ.txt,5.0,One of the best for the money...,"July 3, 2009",B. Campbell,Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Disc Player (Black) (Electronics),"I purchased this player to replace a Samsung BD-P2500 that was giving me major compatibility problems with Blu-ray discs, and so far haven't been disappointed.  Picture quality on Blu-ray is stunning and I've had no compatibility issues thus far; upscaling on standard DVDs is great. VieraCast is a novel feature that could someday find greatness if Panasonic expanded support to include Amazon, Netflix and Hulu. (I understand Amazon support is on the way.)
 
 I have not experienced the freezing issues that some describe here, but I think that's due to how I use the player more than anything else. (I watch a disc or two at a time, then power the unit off between uses - for a technical explanation of why this apparently sidesteps the problem, see the next paragraph.) In any case, I've read online recently that Panasonic has finally figured out the cause of the freezing issue and is now working on a firmware update to fix it.
 
 (For you techies out there, here's a bit more detailed explanation of the freezing issue, based on what I've gleaned online: Blu ray discs make heavy use of Java, and the BD60 apparently has ""garbage collection issues"" that cause the freezing.  Powering the unit off periodically clears out what's in memory, minimizing the likelihood of another freeze-up. Since I tend to watch one or two Blu-Ray discs at a time and then shut the unit off for between uses, I haven't experienced any freezes.)
 
 The only other quirk I can report is that while the unit does support 24fps playback on DVDs, you have to switch it on manually every time.  Kind of a pain, but only a pain if you're a video purist.
 
 That's it.  No other issues.  Sorry for the boring review, but this player just does everything that it's supposed to without complaints.  I consider it one of the best A/V investments I've made in a long time, and would recommend it to others without hesitation."
1,40_17_R1YJHP9N0QZ1IG.txt,1.0,Corny and idiotic to the tenth degree.,"July 1, 2010",Razgriz1,The Lovely Bones (DVD),"I found this movie to be an incredibly stupid incoherent mess of scenes and CGI. I didn't get anything out of this movie except a couple laughs. My main problem is how unrealistic this movie is. In the first place you have Susie Salmon played by Saoirse Ronan who is a gullible girl in whom it's obvious her parents didn't teach her anything because she stupidly follows the neighborhood pedophile played by Stanley Tucci into some makeshift underground room/pedo-shrine where she gets raped and murdered by the psycho. Then it becomes even more disturbing when her soul gets transported to her very own cheesy CGI version of pergatory where she is able to go sledding on top of fake CG snowy mountains, dance like a hippy in front of a fake CG city (I cringed at that part) and she even becomes friends with a random victim of the same pedophile on the other side she then shoots the @#$# with. This movie has a disturbing undertone and sends the wrong message that she is better off being raped and killed just so long as when it's all said and done she can be transported to her own little wonderland of fun.
 
  The movie then wants you to think that she can help her parents solve her murder but it becomes a useless plot line and nothing really becomes of it. Jack Salmon who is the father of Susie Salmon (played by Mark Wahlberg) basically transforms into a paranoid wreck because of the murder to the point of wanting the police to randomly investigate hundreds of people/neighbors on suspicion of murder without one single shred of proof. As if this wasn't laughable enough, Susie Salmon's little sister Lindsey Salmon is walking her dog after the murder and when she stops in front of the pedophile's house the dog begins to bark at it and this is apparently all the proof the Salmon family needs to know that the he's the guy that is responsible for the murder (lol). At this point the movie becomes ridiculous when Jack Salmon tails the pedophile with a baseball bat into a corn field for some revenge only to stumble onto a pair of high school lovers which results in Jack Salmon getting his ass kicked by a jock with his own bat no less which earns him a trip to the hospital. I can go on and on but I'll end this review by saying the movie reaches it's conclusion with the murder being unsolved; the presumption that it's okay to break into a person's house to obtain evidence; Susie Salmon ridiculously manifesting herself into the body of another girl order to obtain a kiss from a five minute crush whom she met at the start of the movie; a random miniature icicle brings ultimate justice when it falls on the pedophile with the force of a soft teddy bear causing him thus to fall off a cliff (lol). Thank heaven this was only a $1 rental.  Since this movie is asinine to the tenth degree treat it like the plague and run, you'll be doing you and your family a favor. I'd imagine only a narcotics addict would find this movie remotely interesting."
0,25_2_R3LX5BDXTKRHV9.txt,1.0,"This author annoyed, angered, and, at times, insulted me.","July 7, 2010",AggieMom,Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home (Paperback),"I, like many, was very interested in this woman's journey. I kept reading hoping that there would be a moment when the author would reveal some revelation or personal growth out of her horrible circumstances. However, the book was unorganized and pointless. I found the author to be a typical academic stuck in a library and unaware of how to relate to the real world. Her condescension towards her heritage and anyone that isn't ""brilliant"" is ironic since she has made some really pathetic personal decisions in her life. I also was offended by what seemed to be her disdain for Christianity, which showed her true lack of understanding of it. I do not recommend this book, and I would be, quite frankly, embarrassed to pass it along. I found her comments about her own people disrespectful. And finally, as others have mentioned, if you are going to read it, have a dictionary standing by."
0,1_5_R3OE69970ZTQ3T.txt,5.0,The vacuum of my dreams!,"December 15, 2008",Vera Casdia,Dyson DC25 Animal Ball-Technology Upright Vacuum Cleaner (Kitchen),"I've owned just about every top rated vacuum that has been made. I was never satisfied, mostly because they where too heavy to handle, or the animal hair was blown about, rather than sucked up. I do have a canister vacuum that I have had for years, but I wanted a satisfactory upright that was light and easy to handle. I have a cat and a dog, and there is lots of shedding hair, all the time. Our house is mostly hard floors, stairs, and one large rug in the living room. When I saw the DC25 Animal, I decided to spend the money hoping that this vacuum would do the job. It has lived up to my wildest dreams, it is wonderfully easy to handle, so easy to maneuver, the 16 lbs make such a difference compared to those very heavy machines I had before, I had no problem carrying it upstairs. I love that with this vacuum I don't need to select different heights, it goes from floor to carpet to floor. I was even able to clean the dogs bed without the wand attachment. Speaking of the wand/handle attachment you simply flip open the top cap, pull up on the wand, and it disconnects from the vacuum and suction diverts to the wand. It took a little getting use to, the hose is a little stiff and took a while before I was comfortable cleaning the stairs. Most important, THIS VACUUM SUCKS, but in a good way!! 
 Assembly was fairly easy, suppose to be 3 snaps with no tools. But I had a heck of a time getting it out of the box, and being not mechanically inclined I would have liked better instructions. 
 I have never reviewed a product before, but this vacuum cleaner has me so excited that I had to share it with someone. I really love this machine!"
0,29_11_R2E59DVX6F0SOQ.txt,4.0,Great Desk Decoration,"December 26, 2007",E. P. Miller,Herpes Plush Doll - (Herpes Simplex Virus 2) (Toy),I bought this herpes as a gift for my brother. Came in great condition and sits great on a desk for intersting decoration.
0,9_20_R373IMM2CPYUVQ.txt,5.0,A Revolution Begun.,"May 30, 2002",Patrick Greenan,A Guide to Rational Living (Paperback),"The revolution I refer to is the one that followed in the wake of the original publication of this book in 1961. Ellis formally introduced his REBT therapeutic model in 1955, but at the time, few knew and fewer cared. However, this book would change that forever. No longer would we have to settle for self-help pablum like ""The Power of Positive Thinking"", because now we had a piercing book for the masses that explained both clearly and thoroughly three things that no popular work had ever told us before. First, we don't just ""get"" upset, we ""do"" upset. Or, in other words, we make ourselves emotionally disturbed. Second, the authors plainly explain how we make ourselves upset. We create our own emotional disturbances mainly through our irrational (aka, unhealthy, self-defeating) thinking. And third, Ellis and Harper give us many effective techniques to combat these thinking patterns. The techniques suggested are divided into cognitive, emotive and behavioral categories, although in fact there is significant overlap for the simple reason, as the authors point out, that we don't just think or feel or behave in a vacuum. Rather, we are thinking/feeling/behaving beings, and this interplay, luckily enough, offers us many ways to a ""profound philosophic change"" in our outlook, which is the goal of this work. Easily, the most influential self-help book ever written and rightfully so!"
0,44_13_R1V6PBUXJVCWJG.txt,3.0,Great deal and service.,"September 2, 2009","T. mcdowell ""Full time male""","Sanus Systems Wms5-B Wall Or Ceiling Speaker Mounts (Black, 5-Pk) (Electronics)","Good price, service and very fast shipping. Not really happy with this product cause it states that it can handle up to 8 lbs and in reality, it can't. I have 7 lb speakers that have stressed them to the point of almost failure (when mounting on the wall). After changing the mounting position from the side wall to the ceiling they are handling it much better. These mounts are only good for small speakers (like Bose) when wall mounting. If you are going to use them for heavy (capacity maxed) speakers, you should hang them from the ceiling."
0,12_3_RHOGQ4CK85EPB.txt,5.0,Thank you...,"July 11, 2009","Christy Linsk ""Christy Linsk""",Night Breed Wolf T-Shirt by The Mountain Evolution Tee 100% Cotton Fitted Short Sleeve Shirt fits Teens & Adults (Apparel),Thank you for sending the order so quickly.  This was a gift for my son's birthday and he LOVED them.
0,20_15_R1EJGVKW1FA968.txt,1.0,PLEASE BEWARE!,"July 11, 2008","BleedBLSForever ""BLSFan""",SanDisk Sansa Clip 1 GB MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics),"I felt I needed to write a review to warn others about this tremendously awful product.  I'll keep this short and sweet.  This product stinks.  I had the EXACT same problem as many others seem to be having: the battery simply will not charge.  The recharging process is easy, though--you simply plug the device into the USB port on your computer.  The only problem was that, no matter how long I kept the device plugged in, I continued to get a ""battery low"" warning.  I plugged it in one evening and kept it plugged in overnight (for a minimum of 12 hours) but I could never manage to use it because the battery just would not take a charge.  But hey--the thing looked really nice though."
1,33_16_R2097NO6B8QGI0.txt,1.0,Do not embarrass yourself by watching this,"December 14, 2006",overlook1977,My Dinner with Andre (DVD),"Apparantly my first review was censored by Amazon, so here goes again.  This movie is, by far, the worst film i've ever tried to watch.  I say 'tried' because after two separate attempts I couldnt bear to watch more than half of the film.  This is coming from someone who gave Eraserhead 5 stars, so take this as a very bad sign.
 
 Long story short, Andre is self-absorbed and does nothing but talk endlessly about insignificant, flaky, artsy stuff.  For example, imagine the most self-important Art major you've ever met talking about how hot-gluing scraps of trash to a canvas represents the struggle a ham sandwich about to be eaten.  Or anything completely nonsensical such as that, that is the level of conversation these men have in this film.  I watched this movie because it was compared to a scene in Linklater's Waking Life (which was intelligent and thought-provoking).  IF you pay the absurd amount of money they are asking for this DVD, there is something wrong with you."
0,7_6_R5YA6HVCMI8VW.txt,2.0,"Great Translation, Lousy Book!","January 9, 2010",B. Neal,The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback),"M.A.S. Abdel Haleem's English translation of the Qur'an is the best that I have seen. Some of the other English translations available, use awkward forms and archaic words that are difficult and tedious for the modern reader. But Haleem's translation is easy to read, yet scholarly. His footnotes, chapter intro's, and the historical background preface, is highly informative to the western reader; who may not be familiar with the history of Islam.
 
 My problem is not with the translation, it is with the book itself. For a supposedly holy book, the Qur'an is rife with errors. Take for example Chapter 20 (Ta Ha), where Pharaoh supposedly tells his magicians that for their betrayal to Moses, they'll be crucified. The Exodus took place around the 14th century B.C. however, crucifixion was not invented until the 6th century B.C. by the Persians. In chapter 58 (The Dispute) Allah permits lying, but he damns those who ""knowingly"" lie. Does that make any sense? The Quran also permits hitting women ch 4:34, lying (because Allah is a liar ch 3:54), Jihad (holy war against non-Muslims ch 3:168-175), and in no uncertain terms damns those who believe that Jesus is God (Christians) ch 4:170-173. The Qur'an is also very anti-Semitic. 
 
 The Qur'an does not even compare to the Bible in: reliability, historicity, complexity, beauty, or applicability. No, the Qur'an seems like a jumbled collection of chapters that are highly repetitive and lack any real sense of order or flow. The Allah of the Qur'an takes delight in damning the non-believers, and repeatedly states that those who ""ascribe partners with God"" (Christians and the Trinity for example), will be damned.
 
 Don't believe me? I took notes throughout the entire book, noting the errors, contradictions, and hateful theology that are found in the Qur'an. I challenge others to do the same.
 
 So people need to read the Qur'an before thinking that Islam and Christianity are compatible, because clearly they are not! The Jesus of the Qur'an is a prophet; the Jesus of the Bible is God, big difference people!! And it doesn't stop there! Haleem's translation is good, but the book that he translated is not!!!"
0,9_4_R32I1YPRLG6WJV.txt,5.0,Beats the compitition hands down,"August 27, 2006",Kate Katzban Beren,Cricut 29-0001 Personal Electronic Cutting Machine (Kitchen),"This product is fantastic!  If you're looking for a personal die cut system I wouldn't bother with anything else on the market right now.  It is compact when closed, so it won't take up unnecessary table space.  It is also very light and has a comfortable handle for travelling.
 
 Yes, it is a bit of an investment, but it is honestly a better deal than many of the cheaper systems out there.  It can cut each shape in 11 sizes from 1 inch to 5.5 inches.  Most cartridges are around $90; compare that to quickutz & sizzix alphabets which retail for $150, can only cut one size, and take up a lot more storage space.
 
 Blades are easy to replace and the cutting mats seem to last longer than cricut suggests.  You'll get more life out of them by rotating the mat each time you cut and also storing it with the plastic sheet to keep dust from accumulating on the sticky surface.
 
 I've heard of people having difficulty cutting thicker cardstock with this machine, but we have been able to cut bazzil easily by setting the blade depth to 6 and the speed & pressure to their max settings.
 
 I've used both the Cricut and Xyron Personal Cutting System extensively and would recommend the Cricut."
0,42_8_RG6FME7C5TUN.txt,5.0,Awesome HTPC,"February 19, 2010",D. Winterfeldt,ASUS Eee Box EB1501-B0167 Nettop PC - Black (Personal Computers),"Now that I've had the EB1501 integrated into my home theater for a few weeks, I thought I would update my review of it.
 
 I have this connected via HDMI to receiver, surround sound and a 52"" HDTV. Due to the limitations of my setup (not the EB1501), I do not use HDMI for sound, so I will not say anything about the box's ability to carry both signals properly.  If you use S/PDIF for audio, you are going to appreciate the included adapter (works great).  I was going to use Boxee or XBMC, but I don't like the hassle of setting up and integrating Tv tuners into those, so I am using Windows 7's Media Center.
 
 The EB1501 is EVERYTHING I have been looking for in a HTPC.  It runs (very) cool and (very) quiet.  It's barely noticeable yet attractive enough to not have to hide - which makes it easier to get to the DVD drive, power, ports, etc...   The computer is stable and a workhorse for this task.  
 
 With the Atom processor, I wouldn't recommend trying to do too much gaming or heavy multitasking.  As a component in a home theater, this thing runs circles around the almost useless Media Center Extender I was using before."
0,31_13_R2WZ3E55FTPSNM.txt,5.0,"Biting, Sarcastic, and Highly Intelligent","October 22, 2008",Irishgal,"If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans (Paperback)","""If what I say is so outrageous, why don't they quote me accurately?""
 - page 80 (Hardback edition)
 
 Since she burst on the political commentary scene in 1996, Ann Coulter has been both adored and hated for her sarcastic conservative comments. With no attempt being made to hide her right-wing bias, she is unashamedly blunt about her views, often coating them in biting repartee. It seems that each time Coulter opens her mouth (or posts another column on her website), the mainstream media screams that she's ""done it this time!"" Yet her books are bestsellers, and she continues to be published. As she points out, if she's so over-the-top, why are people continuing to read her work? 
 
 In her sixth book, ""If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans,"" Ann assembles a collection of her most famous quotes, columns, and interviews on subjects from airport security to taxes, and everything in between. Each chapter contains a brief commentary on the subject, followed by a collection of dated quotes illustrating her beliefs and opinions. 
 
 I must admit that, in the past, I have stayed away from political non-fiction. As a conservative Republican, I have found much of it to be in disagreement with my personal views on matters, and I like reading as a way to escape the seriousness of my everyday life. But as I thumbed through a copy of this book at Borders a week ago, I knew I had to read it. Coulter's wit and humor make the book a fast read, and her comments are intelligent enough to get you thinking while funny enough to make you laugh. And, while I can't say that I agree with her viewpoints on everything, I agree enough to have made this book worth my time.
 
 If you are not a conservative, do not agree with Ann's points of view, or are a liberal Democrat, then you probably will not enjoy this book. If, however, you do enjoy reading an intelligent yet witty commentary on the current state of political affairs in the United States (with an admittedly right-wing voice), this book is for you."
1,26_11_RC5HSK44F9KSV.txt,5.0,OMG OMG!!!!!!!!,"May 5, 2005",MTV rocks,Under My Skin (Audio CD),"THIS IS THE MOSE PUNK ALBUM OF ALL TIME!!!! Avril is a goddess on the guitar and writes music better than ANYONE else. She is also da best s8kt0r in history. Her lyrics are genius. All the 5 star reviewers here are genius and cultered, just like myself. Like many people, I love talented musicians. And where do you find those? TRL of course!! You should get this if you want good music. If you want good music then also get:
 
 -Nirvana (music became good after them and Kurt is second to only avril on guitar)
 - Good Charlotte, Blink 182, Simple plan (brutal punk rock)
 - g-unit (there is no greater team of musicians with more overall talent)
 - Vanilla Ice (created Rap and hip-hop. Ice Ice baby!)
 - Kenny G (he's sold more albums than any other instrumental ""artist"", so therefore he is better)
 - Ashlee Simpson 
 - Limp Bizkit (created metal)
 -Linkin Park
 -Metallica (St Anger may be the best metal album ever that doesn't feature Fred Durst)
 
 This is what you should not get:
 
 -Miles Davis (this guy was a poser. Get Kenny G instead)
 -baroque classical posers like Mozart, Bach, Paganini, Beethoven, Chopin etc 
 -self proclaimed ""rock"" bands ie Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, The Who, Queen etc
 -posers who think they can play the guitar (Segovia, Rhodes, Satriani, Friedman, Holdsworth, Reinhardt, Van Halen etc)
 - socalled ""metal bands"" like old Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden
 -any of that ""progressive"" crap like Dream Theater"
0,276423_11_R2WPF3H0VO2K3Y.txt,4.0,Good product but not without its flaws,"December 1, 2004",PK3DNow,Bell Night Trail Bicycle Light Set (Sports),"I purchased this to go with my new bike because I end up riding home late after work sometimes and in the city a light is a requirement.  But this package comes with two products.  The headlamp and a tail light.
 
 Headlamp - This thing is great.  I love the ability to switch between the Xenon bulb and the dual LEDs.  The Xenon is very bright, more than adequate for night riding.  The LEDs are a nice backup because the provide you with a nearly indispensable source of light as they use very little battery power.  But if you find yourself running low it will automatically switch to a ""Take Me Home"" mode that uses less power for those long treks home (or unexpected detours).  What gets me is a friend of mine purchased a much more expensive headlamp and this thing blows his out of the water.