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The Dogs of Epinions

'Baseball and diamond dust reviews'

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'Lean-n-mean'

Everything Iowa

My reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic reviews

So where are those 'darn cats' ??

I've read 'em all!

Things I've Rated 'Most Helpful' !!

All sleeper's 9-11 related reviews

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Spam Vegetable Strudel - Bake 20 minutes or until golden, serve with soy sauce
Spam Confetti Pasta - Preparation time 30 minutes
French Fry Spam Casserole - Bake 30-40 minutes
Spicy Spam Kabobs - Serve with hot cooked rice
Ginger Spam Salad - Serves 1, refrigerate overnight
Spam Skillet Casserole - Broil until golden
Spam Breakfast Burritos - Bake 5-10 minutes, serve with salsa...
Spam Fajitas - Serves 8, add extra salsa if desired
Spam Hashbrown Bake - Serves 8.
Vineyard Spam Salad - Combine grapes, spam, peapods and onions in large bowl...
Savory Spam Crescents - Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown...
Spam Primavera - Toss with linguini, serve immediately...
Creamy Spam Broccoli Casserole - Makes 8 servings...

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Baseball and diamond dust reviews Book reviews unless otherwise indicated
Reviews
• Cubs Forever
• Baseball Eccentrics: The Most Entertaining, Outrageous, and Unforgettable Characters In The Game
• Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me
• Unhittable: Reliving the Magic and Drama of Baseball's Best-Pitched Games
• This Old Cub . . .DVD
• Classic Baseball: The Photographs of Walter Iooss, Jr.
• Baseball Prospectus - Baseball Between the Numbers
• Grand Slams: The Ultimate Collection of Baseball's Best Quips, Quotes, and Cutting Remarks
• The Hardball Times Baseball Annual
• Nine Innings from Ground Zero || Oil and water . . .film/DVD
• The World Series: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Fall Classic
• Jugs Dimple Softballs . . .a softball product
• Concrete thoughts on an Abstract
Reviews
• The Heckler
• The Cubs Fan's Guide to Happiness
• It's Outta Here!: The History of the Home Run from Babe Ruth to Barry Bonds
• Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game
• Stephen Jay Gould - Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball
• Forever Loyal: A Salute to the Cubs Fans and Their Field . . .DVD
• 1,001 Baseball Quips and Quotes: Baseball's Funniest Quips, Quotes, Zingers, and Malapropisms
• Covering Home: Lessons on the Art of Fathering from the Game of Baseball
• Baseball Tales....and a few pics
• When You Come to a Fork in the Road, TAKE IT!
• The Softball Handbook
• The Joy of Keeping Score
Reviews
• The Baseball Trivia Book to End All Baseball Trivia Books
Reviews
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'Lean-n-mean' times Six 'Lean-n-mean' is simply an effort to write a 'Helpful' or 'Very Helpful' review in less than 666 words. I first invited my fellow users on the site to join me in writing 'Lean-n-mean' reviews in November, 2002. I repeated my invitation/challenge in November of 2003 and again in November, 2004. Each time I was stunned by the response of the community. I found many looked forward to the annual challenge and reminding themself to indeed write 'Lean-n-mean'. I invite you to check out each of the 'Lean-n-mean' write-offs at the links below. 2002 . . . 'Lean-n-mean' 2003 . . . 'Newbie' do be 'Lean-n-Mean' . . . 'Lean-n-Mean-Two' Write-Off 2004 . . . hey there... Lean-n-mean III is here... 2005 . . . Lean-n-mean IV . . .hard to believe, ain't it..? 2006 . . . Lean-n-mean Five ...because you know it is a good thing...   2007 . . . Lean-n-mean VI || Here we go again..!! 2008 . . . 'Lean-n-Mean' VII ... is this really possible..??   Here is a simple online word-counting tool: Word counting tool ...courtesy of javascriptkit.com   Do not sweat it too much. The word count is your responsibility. You are probably going to be the only one counting your words. Follow your own conscience as what to count and what to not count. H3ll, there is no reward for 'cheating' so why would you..??

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"The First Great user-name 'Comment-Off' !! . . .and "The Second Great user-name 'Comment-Off' !!" ...are two chances to tell your fellow 'epinioners' how and why you chose your user-name and what you think of your choice. It also your chance to see what others have to say about their own user-name . . .and now...it is your turn.

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Everything Iowa, sleeper's reviews of Iowa-related products

Everyone has a bit of pride in their home town, in the state and country they call 'home'. Here I have collected links to all my reviews related to my home, the place we call Iowa. I hope you find some value in them.

Iowa's Tradition: An ABC Photo Album of the Iowa State Fair	Iowa's Tradition: An ABC Photo Album of the Iowa State Fair
H is for Hawkeye || Not much 'Iowa' found here	H is for Hawkeye
Stadium Stories: Iowa Hawkeyes || 'Go Hawks'..!!	Stadium Stories Iowa Hawkeyes
Iowa 24/7 . . .a slice of time...	Iowa 24/7
Iowa Curiosities: ... more than corn and pigs...	Iowa Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
Iowa's Lost Summer: The Flood of 1993	Iowa's Lost Summer: The Flood of 1993
Iowa: simply beautiful . . .delivering on a promise.	Iowa: Simply Beautiful
Iowa Birds	Iowa Birds
Iowa: The American Heartland	Iowa
H Is for Hawkeye: An Iowa Alphabet	H Is for Hawkeye: An Iowa Alphabet
Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America	Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America
Ledges Park good for soul/body.	Ledges State Park

 

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My reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic reviews

I have collected here some of the books I have reviewed here on Epinions that relate to making reading more productive, enhancing your skills at writing, or understanding better the language of mathematics. I hope you find some value in them.

Teens, Technology, and Literacy... || LOL ... RUFKM?? NFW!!	Teens, Technology, And Literacy: Or, Why Bad Grammar Isn't Always Bad
. . .better than conjugating irregular verbs...	When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better and/or Worse
Superior in your own mind perhaps...	The Superior Person's Books of Words
What Johnny Shouldn't Read: Textbook Censorship in America	What Johnny Shouldn't Read: Textbook Censorship in America
Anguished English || laughing and crying at the same time...	Anguished English
The Kids' Book Club Book... || good words, good eats, good times...	The Kids' Book Club Book: How to Organize Terrific Book Clubs for Kids
Another 100 Words... this one misses the target...	100 Words Every High School Freshman Should Know
Naked Reading: ... || Have I got your attention yet..??	Naked Reading: Uncovering What Tweens Need to Become Lifelong Readers
Painless Grammar || ' Really. This isn't going to hurt at all...'	Painless Grammar
The Oxford Dictionary of Slang || ' Say what..?!? '	The Oxford Dictionary of Slang
Webster's New World Dictionary and Thesaurus || Two, ...two, ......two books in one..!!	Webster's New World Dictionary and Thesaurus
100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know || Spice up your vocabulary...	100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die || the clock is ticking...	1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
The Meaning of Tingo: ... || not another existential exercise...	The Meaning of Tingo: And Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World
Perplexing Pattern Problems & Other Puzzles || Phairly Phun	Perplexing Pattern Problems & Other Puzzles
Common Errors in English Usage || Yes, you DO need this...	Common Errors in English Usage
Battle of the Books: Literary Censorship in the Public Schools 1950-1985	Battle of the Books: Literary Censorship in the Public Schools 1950-1985
Categories on the Beauty of Physics: ... || Elegance for the mind...	Categories on the Beauty of Physics: ...
Traveling Literary America: A Complete Guide to Literary Landmarks	Traveling Literary America: A Complete Guide to Literary Landmarks
Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading:...	Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding And Losing Myself In Books
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time:...	The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time:...
Do You Speak American? || 'Like, fer shur'	Do You Speak American?: A Companion To The PBS Television Series
Vocabulary Cartoons:... humor for the eyes and the mind	Vocabulary Cartoons: Building an Educated Vocabulary With Visual Mnemonics
A Word A Day: ... || A word a day keeps the ...?? away..??	A Word a Day: A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English
A triskaidekaphobe's and triskaidekaphile's delight	13: The Story of the World's Most Notorious Superstition
A light but filling snack	The Polysyllabic Spree
'Taking the 'numb' out of numbers'	Adam Spencer's Book of Numbers
One thousand reasons to read 1000 Most Important Words...	1000 Most Important Words
How to Spell It: A Handbook of Commonly Misspelled Words	How to Spell It: A Handbook of Commonly Misspelled Words
The Grouchy Grammarian: A How-Not-To Guide to ...	The Grouchy Grammarian: A How-Not-To Guide to ...
Remarkable Reads: 34 Writers and Their Adventures in Reading	Remarkable Reads: 34 Writers and Their Adventures in Reading
Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason	Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words	Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
The Writer's Idea Book	The Writer's Idea Book
It Figures! Fun Figures of Speech	It Figures!
Checking Your Grammar / A Scholastic Guide	Checking Your Grammar Scholastic GDS
Cliches, Over 1500 Phrases Explored and Explained / "Cliche Soiree Write-Off"	Cliches, Over 1500 Phrases Explored and Explained
!! "Math on Call" answers 9-1-1 calls !!	Math on Call
It's s-I-mile !! NOT smile !!	Let a Simile Be Your Umbrella

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Epinions' Cats !!

Finally, sleeper54 is putting up some CATS stuff!!

When I returned here in late 2001 and started actively participating, I was struck by the 'feline' presence in the community. So I began to seek out cat pictures, icons, user-names, etc. Some I found on my own, others were sent to me in response to info I left with comments In October of 2002 I posted an essay, ...Epinions's felines... that invited readers to visit my smaller collection at the time and to leave me pointers to any other users they knew of. I had thought about posting the pictures directly here, but that would have required a lot of contacts to get all the required permissions. So instead I'll just post links to the specific user pages. Some have actual pictures or avatars of cats. Others have user names that are (apparently) based on the idea of cats. If any of you reading this know of additional cats that I might include, please forward them to me! And thanks to all that have already sent me 'pointers' to specific user pages! These great epinioners include lyagushka, wordwalker, mr_calcul8r and uhhhh..., OK so the response has been under-whelming. . .

Epinions has gone to the CATS !!!
Last update: August, 2006
clikc	A classic look.
ladyconsumer	'Yes, I am paying attention..!!'
bigcat76	'Comfy place to lay, warm fire going . . .life is good'
stuleg	'In this corner, wearing the white fur . . ..'
cr01	Scroll down to find a pic of 'Elf'...
aeval415	A writer found while still new . . .always a good thing!
patriciak	Perhaps my 'senior' cat user . . .??
cubmomma	This is one serious sourpuss!
brettkatt	Found from a read/rate/comment
sunnydayM	Most creative use of a 'cat motif' that I have found!
qualia	Hey, a little learning never hurts!
agathafroo	. . .found while 'reading-n-rating'. . .
CyndiA	Yet another kitty 'gettin' some loving'...??
owling	Is Heather getting some loving or giving some loving...??
lilscamp	Well, it sure ain't a cat...but I guess there has to be a place for him/her(?) some where...:-)
aldalindil	Definitely the most unusual cat I have encountered here!!
veda815	Is that an angry kittty? Or a hungry kitty? Found at eaforums.com
groverchick	Heck, a kitty and a kitty. Can't beat that !!
beecharmer	Ahhh, cute kitty. . . [OK, she moved the kitty down on her page...but we'll let her stay...]
mjfrombuffalo	Two for the price of one !!
palmerLD	Thanks to lyagushka again! for this latest real cat picture! (There are two!)
lernerj	Thanks to wordwalker for this real cat picture!
lapook76	It's the 'Wonder Bread kitty' !! (Actually, I have no idea where that cat is from. . .
skbreese	New, different...and spooky !!
blackcat2	~,,,^..^,,,~ .......is Heidi's trademark asci signature!
kittyokc	Meet Cuddles and Frisky...or is that Frisky and Cuddles ??
badkittyM	Sadly. . .gone . . .and definitely missed.
aloha_kitty	Nothing here but the name and 'living in paradise' !!
kiko_cat	Again, just the name and her "...not...very personal..." picture.
wordwalker	Once again, a real kitty is in the house...!
donnamr	Hey, I don't know. I guess beauty is in the eye. . .
naphtalia	Uhhh, no! That's a barbary ape named Mikey !!. . .
dragonfire88	The worlds' best known cat!!
And a few inactive users...	MagickCat / JulieLMatthews / diversion4u / kittie74 / einahpets / starcrossedkat

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'Who let the dogs (of Epinions) out..?!?'
Last update: February 22, 2007
criteeker
hddan
pestyside
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Please drop me an e-mail or leave a comment somewhere on my reviews/essays if you know of other 'dogs' here on Epinions. ...tom...

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....sleeper54's '...Most Helpful...' Ratings.... MHs given as an Advisor are labeled: (Adv.)	user / author
A Girl and Her Music (Adv.)	jc_hall
An overstuffed 'Basket' (Adv.)	mrbrown
A delicious high speed flight of fancy! (Adv.)	cpw1952
Love's Possibilities (Adv.)	skbreese
ONCE--ME AND YOU VS THE WORLD (Adv.)	jarvococker
Nights in Rodanthe's leads shine through thin plot (Adv.)	darthmary
I Said I Wasn't Gonna Love Hugh Grant, But Then Pop! Goes My Heart... (Adv.)	bilbopooh
King David....but not the King David you remember (Adv.)	morela10
Let Me Introduce You To "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"	befus
How many kisses does it take to put your little one to sleep? (Adv.)	dandj
Nymphomaniac Vampires Exposed - Transylvania 6-5000 (Adv.)	Freak369
No faux sex for me, thanks.	imagine_stars
Dreams That Might Never Come True? (Adv.)	donnamr
Looks good, feels good & a good read, too (Adv.)	kentmom
I Saw a Film Today, Oh Boy... (Adv.)	da_matty
The Astronaut Farmer: Schmaltzy, Predictable, but Pretty Darn Good. (Adv.)	JediKermit
You play the harp, mister? You keep pushin, you'll end up learnin'. (Adv.)	hbala
The Mother of Zombie Flicks Finally Done Right (Adv.)	bilavideo
Magically appropriate for kids and 'tweens. It's a Hollywood miracle! (Adv.)	millinocket
Strange times in Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Adv.)	telynor
Health professionals - not as perfect as you might expect... (Adv.)	icicleie
"Vivien, Are You Sure You Did This?" (Adv.)	befus
Koontz Sure Kept Me Turning The Pages & Scared Hubby While He Watched Me! (Adv.)	bonnieleigh
The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Special Extended DVD Edition) (Adv.)	kknox0616
Light on Snow, by Anita Shreve (Adv.)	by theworm
Reclaiming the American Dream (Adv.)	by janesbit1
A High School Romance Adventure What?! (Adv.)	by carradee
"You're in the picture, you raised the flag, that's the story we're selling, boys." (Adv.)	by alexdg1
..."The Night Before Christmas" as Only Robert Sabuda Can Do It (Adv.)	by mind-full
Muskrats and Water Strider Parades and Ripples on Tinker Creek (Adv.)	by pestyside
The Science of Sleep (Adv.)	by lemon_lime
Classic Tale Revisited, With a Twist! (Adv.)	by soulkissed2003
" 'Elephant Fidelity' is not the name of an insurance company!: HORTON HATCHES THE EGG" (Adv.)	by wordwalker
Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain (Adv.)	by MattA75
Move Over, Nancy Drew. (Adv.)	by slayer_girl
We Are Marshall (Adv.)	by quasar
Signing Time Volume 2: Playtime Signs (Adv.)	by pippadaisy
A Tree Grows in Calcutta: Born Into Brothels (Adv.)	by trust12345
The first DRACULA: important work best on Image or Kino DVD	by robertseletsky
Jonathan Demme's Something Wild: 80s Fer Shur W/O	by d_fienberg
White Dog by Peter Temple	by damieng
California Split Lesser Known Altman Gem with...	by ChrisJarmick
Humanity's Burden	by jc_hall
Excellent, Intelligent Filmmaking	by bilavideo
Jim Riffel vs. Steven Spielberg: Night of the Day of the Dawn of...	by WilliamJones
"If you hate your wife, you'll love this movie"	by halfsweet
"HIVE to tell you: It's a HONEY of a book! "	by sandimck
"Melissa's 'Truth' Comes Out "	by icariusrex
"Letters of Love to Christopher Reeve ~ Care Packages"	by Jev04again
"Always a mix of sweetness and sorrow" (Adv.)	by befus
"The Colour of Magic is Octarine" (Adv.)	by dizzybint
"Good Owners, Great Dogs: Awesome resource!" (Adv.)	by pearannoyed
"Executive Compensation and Benefits…" (Adv.)	by buffoonery
"T-pini•n: I see, said the milky blind man — Blindness, Jose Saramago" (Adv.)	by tipu
"The Paper Bag Princess, Our Favourite Book! " (Adv.)	by MumMumMum
"Wolf and Human, Predator and Prey...Blood and Chocolate!" (Adv.)	by arianej
"She Was Asking For It"	by katmar
"A Book and So Much More" (Adv.)	by mizgnomer
"Unfair Trade" (Adv.)	by disinclined
"Tribute to an American Band (a brief novel)"	by mistermeaner
"Whose WOT Is This, Anyway?"	by counsel
"The "Lean N Mean" Nature of Giving -- the Snow Tree" (Adv.)	by wivabef
"Can You See What I See?: Picture Puzzles to Search & Solve" (Adv.)	by Lisa_J
"The Ultimate Sex Book"	by jenb123
"When a Man loves a Woman..who loves a woman, who loves herself..."	by tjolims
"California Hotel Guide… vacation planning bliss"	by jsaunt
"The Oxford Color Dictionary - Three out of Four Book Editors Recommend It!!!" (Adv.)	by cletta1201
"On Becoming "Mr. Epinions": My Ten Point Pledge to YOU"	by AggieBrett
"How to Write a Good Music Review"	by aerocat
"A Picture Book of Endless Possibility – The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Van Allsburg)"	by mind-full
"This Review is a Bedtime Story --- at least OF one! Twinkle Twinkle W/O"	by mind-full
"You're Aboard Spaceship Earth"	by bonniesayers
"Worldwise Certified Organic Catnip"	by foxfroggy
"Free Common Sense – No Waiting"	by pogomom
"Design for Epinions"	by gracef
"How Things Work Today: An Educational Book That Belongs in Every Home"	by beckish
"I am the Molten Heart of the World!"	by QuinnElaine
"That Thong (Thong, Thong, Thong, Thong)!"	by DavidK93
"Frozen Nipples and Fantasies of Mattjoe"	by Chalathra
"The Mysteries Of Harris Burdick - Some Mysteries Will Remain Unsolved For Eternity"	by swoeste
"Go Around the Block AND Around the World on a Journey of Imagination…"	by irbykb
"A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words"	by lapook76
"Kama Sutra: The Arts Of Love...The Ultimate Book for Lovers and Lovers of Sex."	by jo.com

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September 11, 2001 related reviews by sleeper54
...Books...
September 11, 2001 A guide to the the day and the following months for the older grade-school-age reader
A Nation Challenged: A Visual History of 9/11 and its Aftermath, Young Reader's Edition
911: The Book of Help related 'non-Epinions' website: Families of Freedom
9-11: Emergency Relief
Do Not Be Sad: A Chronicle of Healing related 'non-Epinions' website: The Children's Aid Society
Portraits: 9/11/01 The Collected Portraits of Grief from the New York Times related 'non-Epinions' websites: NY Times Portraits of Grief home page Pulitzer Prize citation page
September 11, 2001: A Collection of Newspaper Front Pages
"Last Man Down" ...Last job done. The story of one firefighter's experiences on 9-11-2001. My most-valued review here on Epinions . . .by me anyway!
...Movies...
Inside 9/11 related 'non-Epinions' websites: National Geographic Inside 9/11 web page Preview of film, photographs, timeline, comprehensive Resources list, etc.
Nine Innings from Ground Zero Baseball, the 2001 World Series, and the events of 9-11
World Trade Center: Anatomy of the Collapse related 'non-Epinions' websites: GreatBuildings.com Detailed look at the former WTC towers. Photos, history, additional sources, etc. Leslie E. Robertson biography University of Sydney Dept. of Civil Engineering analysis of the WTC collapse. PBS/Nova 'Why the Towers Fell'
The Guys || Remembering the personal side of 9-11 related 'non-Epinions' website: NYC Fire Department Memorial Page

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Creating a link to specific content on your user-page

On an Epinions user-page the following code can be used to link to another spot on your user-page: <a href="#sample">sample in-page link</a> Elsewhere on your user-page, perhaps near the bottom you will create the 'target' for your link: <a name="#sample">sample in-page link</a> This 'link-target' combination would be useful for creating a link to a collection of review links farther down on your user-page. A link at the top and the 'bulkier' content farther down. The 'target' can also be used as a direct link to that specific spot on your user-page from other Epinions pages (i.e. your review pages.) The #sample text will simply append to the URL of your user page: http://www.epinions.com/user-sleeper54/show_~View_Profile#sample Using your URL (with your user-name and your choice of 'target name') on other pages (i.e. your 'Lean-n-mean IV' review pages) will direct your reader directly to that anchor on your user-page. Where all your 'lean-n-mean' reviews (or other 'collections') could be listed and linked. If you need some additional 'insight' to perhaps figure this out, check out this resource: Annabella's HTML Help . . .I have found it a great resource for all things HTML If you are really lost, e-mail me and I will try to assist you if I can. ...tom...

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