![]() The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [UMD for PSP] $19.98 This movie was a lot of fun to watch the first time i watched and it continues to be fun. Splattery joy and plenty of jumpy scenes, but not scary (im not easy to scare though). this did scare my two friends.Better than the old one and the prequel. Still the prequel is also worth a look. ![]() Relative Evil (aka Ball in the House) $2.99 The characters in this movie are people that you can actually imagine meeting: Real, working class people trying to make it through life subject to many constraints. The acing was good throughout and with all characters. One big problem was imagining that a psychiatrist could be coopted for a very small amount of insurance money ($50,000) to try to violate his ethics and prompt a patient to kill himself. The whole movie was not premised on this, and so the whole plot did not shatter when we found out that the psychiatrist was the "other person." It did, however, severely weaken the believability of the whole movie. ![]() Runner's World The Runner's Body: How the Latest Exercise Science Can Help You Run Stronger, Longer, and Faster (Runners World) $17.99 Are you a runner who wants to be enlightened? Then pick up this book, which challenges conventional wisdom in many areas including training, diet, fatigue, and injuries. I have been running for three years and trying to move up a level. This has helped me understand many things about my body and its adaptation to running. I've already seen my times improve. One point I will make is that the information may be overwhelming to a beginning runner or a non-runner who is considering the sport; however, for anyone who has been running seriously even for a few years, you will learn a lot and should be able to make some adjustments right away. The only people who may not be too keen on it are the makers of nutritional supplements and some sports drinks, whose effectiveness the book debunks. Another point is that I read this book on the Kindle, and some of the charts don't reproduce as well on its screen. I suspect that the paper version would alleviate that problem. |
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