If you are affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, or any institutions that Hopkins is associated with, you may be eligible to hold an account with their credit union. If you can join, you definitely should!I have not paid a penny in fees (including ATM) since I joined JHFCU almost 10 years ago. Every time I have had a question, I can call by phone or stop into...
Title: Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destiny Author: by Cathy Hopkins
Category:Books Movies & Music Subcategory:Fiction Books
Published:January 26, 2008 02:49
Overall Rating:
3.3
"Mates, Dates and Diamond Destiny"
This book is a book suitable for light reading. And also for those seeking some teenage romance and friendships. However, it's not for those who are expecting some angst or surprise twists here and there. In fact, i personally feel that the storyline is rather predictable.The story revolves around Nesta, a typical teenage girl who is obsessed with boys, and who actually got involved wi...
Title: Special Edition Media Type / Name: Sony Pictures
Category:Books Movies & Music Subcategory:Movie HD/DVDs
Published:November 15, 2007 15:35
Overall Rating:
5.0
"The Remains of the Day"
The story takes place in England, shortly before World War II and on the war's early stages. We see most of it in flashbacks, through the eyes of James Stevens, a butler, played (wonderfully) by Anthony Hopkins. Mr. Stevens is completely devoted to his master, Lord Darlington (James Fox), whom he considers a man far superior to himself and therefore believes it is his duty to do his best se...
Title: Region 1 (US & Canada) Media Type / Name: Sony Pictures
Category:Books Movies & Music Subcategory:Movie HD/DVDs
Published:November 22, 2007 00:52
Overall Rating:
5.0
"84 Charing Cross Road (1987)"
Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) is a writer and booklover who lives in New York. She loves British literature and finds it hard to believe that her beloved British authors are so difficult to find in the United States. She searches and searches, only to be quoted exorbitant prices when books she wants happen to be in stock. Finally, she gives up and sends a query letter to Marks & Co, a used b...
Title: Region 1 (US & Canada) Media Type / Name: HBO Home Video
Category:Books Movies & Music Subcategory:Movie HD/DVDs
Published:December 12, 2007 18:25
Overall Rating:
5.0
"Shadowlands (1993)"
This movie is based on a play by William Nicholson, which is in turn based on a true story of C.S.Lewis, a renowned British writer and scholar (the author of The Chroncles of Narnia) and his short but happy marriage to his wife, Joy. Joy Gresham (Debra Winger) is an American poet, an avid reader and a big admirer of C.S.Lewis's books. She writes him a letter, and they begin to cor...
Title: the unrated Directors Cut Media Type / Name: Beowulf
Category:Books Movies & Music Subcategory:Movie HD/DVDs
Published:February 27, 2008 00:38
Overall Rating:
2.0
"Beowulf - the unrated Directors Cut"
I rented the movie Beowulf, not knowing much about it at all. I have a Blockbuster online account that I often just throw interesting looking movies onto my list or different looking movies that contain actors that I enjoy watching.For me I was interested in seeing what Angelina Jolie and Anthony Hopkins would do in their roles. I had no idea that Angelina’s screen time was summed up in l...
Little did I know when I first became will with Wegener's Granulomatosis that this medication Prednisone would be one of the medications that would save my life. If you ask anyone who has ever had to take this drug, they will tell you of the munchies, the weight gain, and the moon face. They would grimace and tell you how happy they are to get off this drug.Prednisone is a corticosteroid th...