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You've Always Known When Best to Say Goodbye
$19.85
from one of the greatest bands that indiepop has never known, the arrogants deliver their finest (and most prolific) release to date. giving the listener a beautiful mix of up-tempo dance parties to down-tempo cry-fest soundtracks and much more in between, one is left to wonder, can there a more beautiful sounding band be? i leave that up for you to decide, but i know my answer. 23 gorgeous tracks that span the dial and to top it off, a bonus dvd of a bunch of extras that normally wouldn't accompany a disc twice the price of this one.

i know that this whole review sounds over-the-top, but that's only because it is. because so are the arrogants. when they're sad, they're very sad. and when they're happy, they're really happy. but i don't listen to music to perfectly reflect my life, do i? i want my music to change me. and the arrogants deliver at that. if i want to get in a better mood, i listen to 'cool shoes' or 'lovesick' (well, that one makes me both happy and sad) and if i feel like a good cry, 'butterflies' or 'another cold morning' might take me there. so, do yourself a favor and let the arrogants take you there, won't you? i can promise you that you won't regret it.

p.s. - the band has one of the most generous websites in music history. check it out and you'll see what i mean.

1946 LIFE Magazine Movie of the Week Article, "THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE," The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) is a drama-film noir based on the 1934 The Postman Always Rings Twice novel by James M. Cain. This adaptation of the novel is the best known, featuring Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, and Audrey Totter. It was directed by Tay Garnett, with a score written by George Bassman and Erich Zeisl (the latter uncredited). A3230A **THIS IS AN AD / POSTER, NOT A DVD**
$15.99
This Item is an original three page Magazine article, taken from a vintage magazine of the year indicated. The article is complete and opens the door to the time during which it was written and the social beliefs of that era. The scan of this item was taken through plastic film, however it is an accurate representation of the item. The nominal size is 10.5 inches by 14 inches.

The Secret Is Out: Medifast, What Physicians Have Always Known About Weight Loss
$19.49
This book is just like all the Medifast products: Full of hype.

If you are thinking about going on a Medifast diet, you will find that various Internet sites have been heavily loaded with "consumer reviews" stressing the effectiveness of the diet and the "tastiness" of their packaged foods. I cannot answer for the effectiveness of the diet, having entirely failed to get past the foods, which are unbelievably nasty. I expected them to be merely bland and boring. However, both the taste and the smell--and the smell is very strong if you heat anything on a stove top--are entirely and rawly chemical. There is absolutely no relationship whatever to any natural taste of food or flavoring. I tried adding flavorings (produced by other companies) to their shakes, as many people advised. I tried getting the foods very cold to reduce the flavor. I tried pouring them down the back of my mouth to avoid tasting them. But absolutely nothing is enough to overcome that chemical taste.

As for the book, it is very long on success stories and very short on recipes. For example, if you are a vegetarian, they give you no idea what to do with the 14 egg whites or the 15 ounces of tofu that are among the very few vegetarian options for the one "real food/Lean & Green" meal of the day. But since this diet, unlike many others, forbids more than three "condiments" a day--and no-calorie sweeteners, sugar-free flavor drops for the shakes, and a sprinkling of herbs or spices are all condiments--I think even the meat-eaters will have problems cooking tasty Lean & Green meals. A decent selection of good recipes would be extremely helpful, but this book is far more interested in advertising the product.

Besides, the entire contents of this book are posted free on the Medifast website. And if you can't find them, their customer support staff is only too happy to cut and past sections of them in answer to any and all questions (don't look for any real personal advice or customized programs there).

I am absolutely kicking myself for not having gotten samples of the foods before buying them. My only excuse is that I was misled by the mountain of Medifast hype.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (Widescreen Edition)
$14.98
When I purchased this DVD it was used and I was a little skeptical but after having recieved it and watched the movie I am very pleased at the picture quality and how it was packaged when I recieved it.