Tag Archives: Reviews

Zipcar – A Review

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

When not riding one of the dozen bicycles in the quiver, or being driven around by Mrs TTE in a Dodge Ram, your correspondent drives a Zipcar. Here’s how it works…

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Café Gratitude – A Review

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

Café Gratitude is a restaurant chain around the Bay Area. On the surface, it is just another place to buy over-priced food mixed with a new-age hippy philosophy, thus initially I intended this review to be a thinly veiled pretext … Continue reading →

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Dodge Ram – A Review

Posted on February 12, 2010 by

The specs for the Dodge Ram 2500 speak for themselves: it has a 5.7 litre V8 engine, weighs almost 2.5 tonnes, the length is almost eight meters, it’s red. Driving a car like this is a quintessential American experience and … Continue reading →

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Meredith Music Festival – A Review

Posted on December 13, 2009 by

I attended the Meredith Music Festival, centred around a grassy downhill just outside the town of Meredith, in rural Victoria.  Two nights and three days of bands and celebration.  I had never been before, but I loved it.  Before the … Continue reading →

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Rabbit Run – A Book Review

Posted on December 9, 2009 by

I read Rabbit, Run by John Updike.  It’s a mid-century American novel. I got one of those orange Penguin Classics that sell for ten bucks.  I love those.  I think that’s how much a book should cost.  I’m far more … Continue reading →

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Inglourious Basterds – A Review

Posted on August 23, 2009 by

Inglourious Basterds hinges on ‘good and evil’, and blithely depicts evil actions as good. Oh, btw, I may ruin this movie for you. Sorry. ;)  

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Costco – A review

Posted on August 20, 2009 by

Bringing big- box retailing to Melbourne’s thriving Docklands precinct is the Costco Wholesale Corporation, the largest membership warehouse club chain in the world, based on sales volume! Imagine If Kmart, Bunnings, and the Melbourne Cricket Club had a baby.

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