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Archive for April, 2010

Works Fine, the software is pretty easy to use, the only complaints are:

1. that it wouldn’t have to reload EVERY image when you update. If you just want to add a few new images it has to reload every single one which takes a while.

2. that it has a better seal. I have dust getting inside the cover, but you can open it with a small screwdriver and clean it out.

3. the key loop it comes with is useless. I just used a zip tie to connect it to my chain and solved that last problem.

For the price($17.99 on 10/18), it’s a great, functional key chain.
Gear Head 1 5

Sounds good by the title, but this is another New Age that offers nothing. I threw it in the trash the day I bought it.
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This is a book to pass up as it is page after page of fluff with no substance for the individual who is truly interested in coversing with God.
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Catcher in the Rye has many relevant meanings for the teenagers of today. Holden Caufield’s confusions and frustrations are those of most teenagers who want to connect with other people and belong to a certain social quota. J.D Salinger presents to us a novel full of symbolism, imagery, and adolescent complexity that fufills it’s overall goals of giving us a glimpse into the life and psyche of a troubled and disturbed teenager who tries making connections with people he doesn’t know ending up in, as mean as this may sound, humorous failed attempts. The overall theme in this novel doesn’t comply any moral as did Ovid’s fables back in ancient Greece. Catcher in the Rye tends to be more interpretive in that manner. Holden’s inability to truly connect with people is due to his inability to immature and let go of pain.
“People never notice anything” (Pg 9). It’s in this quote that we really see what type of person Holden really is. Nobody around Holden seems to understand him, seems to understand his angers and confusions. Everyone is just as about as “phony as he is”. It’s in these beginning chapters we notice that something is wrong with Holden. something that doesn’t quite match up. He’s a white male with well-off parents that can afford to send him off to boarding school and he purposefully flunks out by not even attempting to study. It’s not until later on in the novel that we learn of James Castle and his brother Allie that there is a reason for this rebellion and personal wall that he has erected for himself. It’s how Holden breaks this wall that makes this book powerful and a very compelling and humorous read.
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I liked this book. One reason is that there is a ton of high-tech things that the fairies use. Another is that the fairies are different from the creatures you read about in fairy tales. Also it was funny at times as well. The centaur named Foaly had a pretty good sense of humor at most times. It also had a lot of action in it as well.
There were, however, also a few things I did not like. One was people’s language at times, like that one commander who said, “Blow the door off its **** hinges.” There were a few other times people swore too. That was almost about the only thing I did not like about the book though.
In this book I did not really have a favorite part. I liked just about all of them. Altogether, it was a very good book.
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After my 12-13 year old Eureka finally started showing it’s age while still doing a decent job, I bought the Hoover Tempo Widepath Upright Vacuum, Bagged, U5140-900 from a local Do It Best Hardware store– I figured the few extra dollars it cost at the store was worth the convenience, in case I needed to return it. As a test, I first vacuumed my 3-room apartment using my “suficient” old Eureka, and then re-vacuumed with the new Hoover. Although my old vacuum seemed to perform better than it had in months (as though it somehow “knew” it was being compared to it’s new replacement), when I re-vacuumed with the Hoover, it sounded like I was vacuuming the parking lot. I couldn’t believe all the sand and dirt I heard it picking up!

I had been hesitant to buy this particular vacuum, because of reviewers’ complaints of it being too loud and made of cheap plastic, and needing frequent bag/belt replacements. Although it’s not a quiet machine, it’s not as loud as my regular-sounding Eureka was. In fact, my cat (who always runs and hides when I vacuum) actually stayed in her cat bed and watched as I ran the Hoover for the first time. Who says vacuuming is supposed to be a quiet chore, anyway??? Yes, the attachments are plastic, but no flimsier than the Eureka’s, which I found to be more than adequate. The Hoover’s plastic body helps keep it light-weight, yet it’s sturdy enough for the job. I’ve only had the Hoover for 13 days, and I’ve used it 3 times– haven’t broken a belt nor filled a bag, but when the time comes, I will probably order replacements from Amazon, as I believe the prices were lower when compared to WalMart. The vacuum came (from the store) with 3 bags, which may need to be replaced often only by virtue of the fact that this machine picks up so much dirt! The light-weight construction and strong suction make this model very easy to use and virtually self-propelled.
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This book was a favorite of mine in my early childhood, and still holds together now. A truly fantastic world is created where magic and technology are blended together, and where both can be triumphed over by brainpower. Enjoyable by more than just children, Artemis Fowl is a truly excellent work of fiction.
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Simply stated, I threw the book across the room when the elephant was hurt…one of many cruel things done to animals in the book. As hard as I tried, I could not find anything interesting in the book. Scattered and full of unbelievable misery.
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This is a good read. My daughter(23) recommended it to me and I bought a copy for my Mother-in-law. We all enjoyed it.
Mothers Are Forever Gourmet

This is truly one of the best book I’ve read in a long time. Growing in the north, I had no idea what life was like in the south. Sure I’d heard of the civil rights movement but it wasn’t something we northerners, particularly the Northwest where I’m from, had never really understood. Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel gives us a glimpse into the lives of both the black maids and the white women they worked for in a way leaves judgment up the reader. It was amazing to me that the white women were afraid that the black women who raised their babies and cooked for them, were carrying some sort of special germs, and therefore should have not be allowed to use the same bathrooms. Held hostage by the unspoken rules they’d grown up with, both the black and the whites of this story fear breaking out and doing things differently.
I was spellbound by the story, by the new world I was allowed to enter and the characters who I learned to care deeply for. This is a book that someone recommended to me and I’m so glad they did. Now I’m going to do the same for all my friends. Bravo Kathryn! If this is your debut novel, I wish you a long and fruitful writing career, and I’m going to buy every one of your books.
Robin Landry author of When I Dream
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