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: Humans are consumers, and I am no different. I like to share my :
: consumer experience with any one that will listen, or in this case, :
: read. Unless you are reading outloud or someone else is reading :
: it to you. :
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: But I digress. :
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: I bet some insomniac is reading this site in hopes of inducing sleep. :
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: Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer :
: :
: I watched Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer this weekend and I really :
: enjoyed it. You might think that this is one of those super-soft shows :
: like Strawberry Shortcake, but that is far from reality. There were :
: giant robots that shot lasers, a rocket-powdered flying horse, several :
: types of monsters, and a Mega Man wannabee (he shoots lasers too!) The :
: story centers around Rainbow trying to bring spring to Earth, as she :
: does every year apparently. But it's a no-go because a spoiled princess :
: has stolen a gigantic diamond--the same gigantic diamond that makes :
: spring come. :
: :
: Rainbow and her new friend Orin (the Mega Man looking guy) must fight :
: to bring it back. Orin has a robotic horse named On-X. The horse looks :
: like a cross between a spartan helmet and a BBQ grill. He shoots what :
: appears to be clean-burning flames from his feet, thus allowing him to :
: fly. I think he is a propane-bot! The princess' minions seem to :
: include robots resmebling those in Berzerk and some various monsters :
: that I don't remember very well. The robots shoot lasers from their :
: eyes and wear little booties in the snow! :
: :
: Eventually Rainbow and Orin make it to the evil princess, who promptly :
: steals Rainbow's belt-- the source of her power. Things look bad for :
: our heros--will they be able to get Rainbow's belt back and defeat the :
: evil princess? You are going to have to watch to find out! I recommend :
: this movie for a good time. 4/5 star sprinkles. :
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: Flex Track and Motorized Cars :
: :
: On a whim I bought a glow-in-the-dark flexible race track on clearance. :
: The set, which comes with a single car, had 220 pieces of little :
: plastic track that can pivot once snapped together. If you are :
: imagining a traditional slot racer track where the cars get their power :
: from the track, I assure you that this is a different animal. For :
: starters, instead of track pieces that are several inches long and :
: molded into curves and straight-aways, the track pieces in this set are :
: about 3" wide and maybe 1/2" long. Having each piece able to pivot :
: allows for the track to be re-shaped the way you could a rope laying on :
: the ground. The track not only curves at will, it can also ramp up and :
: down allowing you to make overpasses and more. :
: :
: The included car runs off of a single AA battery and when you switch it :
: on, it just goes, kind of like a Stomper. There are several lights on :
: the car that flash as it drives. With the flashing lights and the track :
: glowing in four different colors (orange, yellow, green and blue), the :
: track looks great in low light. I had so much fun with the set that I :
: went back and bought four more and hooked them all together into a :
: massive, winding loop. :
: :
: The only thing that disappointed me is that there only seems to be two :
: colors of car- orange and blue. With my five sets, I got three blue :
: cars and two orange. I have since remedied that with the help of some :
: paint markers. I now have the original orange and blue cars, plus ones :
: that now sport pink, red/black, green paint jobs. This is one of my :
: favourite purchases for the year! :
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: Big Leauge Chew :
: :
: This pink, shredded bubble gum tastes as you would expect it, but the :
: novelty of it is that is comes in a chewing tobacco pouch. Now baseball :
: loving kids can imitate their big league heros without to health issues :
: associated with tobacoo products. I gave Kadence some on Friday and she :
: seemed to like it too. I did notice that it lost it's flavour in about :
: 15 minutes, but that is better than you get with the dried up sticks of :
: gum that come with baseball trading cards. :
: :
: What else is there to say about Big League Chew? If I knew, this review :
: would be longer. 4/5 bases. I know, there are only 4 bases but 4/4 is :
: too good for this product and 3/4 is underselling it. Maybe the umpire :
: keeps an extra base in the trunk of his car in case of emergencies! :
: :
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: The Clapper Plus :
: :
: You've probably seen the commercials for this one. "Clap on! Clap off! :
: The clapper!" The clapper is advertised as a "sound-activated ON/OFF :
: switch for appliances." When I brought this home, I pluged my lamp into :
: it straight away and installed it in the wall receptical. I then :
: clapped and was rewarded with the light from my lamp. :
: :
: I see that there are now imitation clappers on the market. My parents :
: picked up one that is activated by the sound of an include remote, :
: which is essentially a dog toy in the shaped of a remote. Giving it a :
: squeeze makes it go squee-eek!. They use it on their bedroom TV to turn :
: it on and off. It works well for them, but for the me the real appeal :
: of the genuine Clapper is that you don't have to locate a remote-- I :
: am the remote. :
: :
: When I walk into my living room and it's dark I can just clap twice :
: and the lamp comes on. I don't need a search for a remote to do this. :
: The only issue is when I have my hands full-- any I haven't figured out :
: how to clap my feet yet. This is a simple device that does what it :
: claims. A round of applause for the clapper! :
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: The Episode of Andy Griffith That Was on Last Night :
: :
: I know it's not exactly a new series, but last night I actually saw an :
: episode of Andy that I don't think I've seen before. Opie joined a :
: secret society and was made the keeper of the flame, which meant he had :
: to buy new candles if their's burnt out. Anyway, they were meeting on :
: some fellow's property and said fellow came in the sherrif's office to :
: complain to Andy about the boys trespassing in his woods. :
: :
: So you asuume that this fellow was a right prick, but it turns out that :
: he is running a still out of his barn and he didn't want the kids :
: catching him. Well, the fellow burns down his own barn on account of he :
: is stupid and using a gas lantern in the still room, and the still :
: room's floor is covered in hay. Dude needed a visit from the moon- :
: shiner's version of OSHA. :
: :
: It does turn that he is a right prick after all because he decided to :
: use Opie and his friends as an escape goat by saying that he caught :
: them in the barn right before it went up in smoke. Andy and Barney go :
: out to settle up with him, Andy being responsible with his boy and :
: whatnot, and Barney drank from the bucket sitting by the well punch. :
: Wouldn't you know it, the bucket was full of moonshine and Barney got :
: gassed. Andy then put the peices togehter and arrested the prick for :
: running and illegal still. Good episode, 1/1 bullets. :
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: My Clock :
: :
: My clock looks pretty, but it sucks. It is a cross-cut of a piece of :
: wood with the bark still on it. It has a dark coffee-coloured heart :
: wood with a lighter brown sap wood. The bark is very dark, the color of :
: the heart wood. I think it might be walnut, but I am unsure. It looks :
: like it was dipped in epoxy. :
: :
: The numbers are about an inch high, bright brass in colour and glued :
: onto the heart wood. The fond has some fairly elegeant serifs. The 7 :
: and the 11 both seem to be a little off. It kind of makes me want to :
: get a slurpie. The hands are really ornate, but they are loose and I :
: cannot get them to tighten down so the clock is pretty much useless as :
: the hands catch on each other and the time is never accurate. :
: Final verdeict: Don't rely on my clock. :
: :
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: Book: "The Computer Nut""" by Betsy Byars (ISBN # 0670235482) :
: :
: Kate is using her dad's office computer when a message comes on the :
: screen to comment on the self-portrait she just drew on the computer. :
: When Kate tells her mom about the message, her mom is terrified of :
: stanger danger. The mysterious messager claims to be an outerspace guy :
: monitoring all the Earth's computers. :
: :
: It is never directly answered if Kate was online or not on her father's :
: computer (or what type of computer it is), but she later goes over to :
: a boy's house and uses his Apple, which was explicitly stated to be :
: offline. The talk to spaceboy using this isolated computer and say that :
: means that it has to be an alien if he can connect to an offline :
: computer. I am thinking that it must be a computer virus. :
: :
: Kate's older sister is in college and holds a party for their dog. She :
: is pretty weird but works really well as the comic relief. I won't :
: spoil the ending, but I can confirm that it does. 9 out of 3 frisbees. :
: :
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: Tozai Video Tape Rewindeder (Item # 808366) :
: :
: Someone gave me this thing--the box says it sells for $9.99. It also :
: says it "saves wear and tear on VCR" and it boasts "fast, quiet :
: operation." The device itself is black and pops open when you push the :
: big button. Slip a video cassette in it and push it back shut and man :
: does it make a lot of racket! After 2-3 minutes it pops up and if you :
: haven't crapped yourself you can then put the video back in it's sleeve :
: and put it back away. It seems like a good device even if it doesn't :
: made good on it's "quiet operation" claim. This is maybe not for the :
: high strung. 12/17 stars. :
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: Realistic Universal Remote Control, Model 150, Cat# 15-1902 :
: :
: This sure is a nice remote, but for $49.95 it should be! This thing :
: controls my Curtis Mathes console TV, my Zenith VCR, and probably any :
: other IR device you throw at it! How does it work? There are no codes :
: to enter because this is what they are calling a learning remote. I :
: left it to read it's own manual while I made a turkey sandwich, but it :
: didn't learn anything in that time. The remote has a little windows on :
: the side you don't point at the TV that you can feed it codes from your :
: existing remote. It learned all my remotes without much issue. I :
: recommend this remote if you have a bunch of remotes and would like to :
: simplify your life. :
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I have dreidel
two rocks
a container of paper clips
a wooden cat from the caribbean
and a green duck...