Advantages: 22 Fantastic episodes to watch plus lots of extras.
Disadvantages: Is addictive (e.g. watching 11 episodes in one night)

...***************** • Lucas Scott- played by Chad Michael Murray (Freaky Friday, Cinderella story, House of Wax and Dawson's Creek.) Lucas has had a tough life. Bought up by single mum Karen after her high school boyfriend Dan got her pregnant and left for college. Having nothing to do with his father has left the pair struggling for money and seeing Dan around Tree Hill with his wife Deb and other son Nathan. His best friend Haley is like a sister to him and he plays basketball on the riverside court with a group of 'outcast' friends because he fears playing on his high school team will make him like his dad. • Karen Roe- played by Moira Kelly (The West Wing, the voice of Nala in the Lion King, Daybreak.) Karen is Lucas' mum. She runs her own café and has bought Lucas up as a single mum. She has a great friendship with her ex-boyfriend Dan... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Easy to grow, lovely fruit
Disadvantages: Lots of pests

...Along with the Apple, Orange and Banana, the Pear is one of the most familiar British fruits. Oranges and Bananas do not grow naturally in the UK so I have always considered Pears to be the second British fruit, after the Apple. When I was growing up my Auntie always had an Orchard that was full of Apple trees and Pear trees, and even the odd Gooseberry bush. I was always very envious of my Cousins and longed for an Orchard of my own, but as my Parents explained an Orchard in our Garden was not practical. And so my dream of having my very own Orchard stayed with me into my Adult life. About 3 years ago I decided that I would plant a variety of different tree seeds with the intention of transferring them to my Garden when they were large enough. These seeds included native British trees like Oak, Beech and Sycamore as well as Apple... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: twas something else amongst all U2 albums and blessed are the fruits of its groove Joshua
Disadvantages: just another doze of some Irish "silliness" ? accd to snobs

...of life's struggles and difficulties. At least in the way that i see it. RED HILL MINING TOWN [4:51] Something that is incredible about THE JOSHUA TREE album, is that it contained one too many powerful emotionally driven songs that just wont quit. This track which opens the second side of the LP is one among the most poignantly emotional heavy tracks that could be ever encountered from the band. Again it is a song about a staggering relationship, which akin to 'With Or Without You' is a stark contrast with the line admitting "You I can't live without", given with its refrain composed of a narration, something like from one of those 50's song where such structures are made about; and actually those were on of the aspects that Bono and the Edge have an argument about, dealing with that Bono would like to center their band's music... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: A musical masterpiece by the Dublin Masters
Disadvantages: Only drawback? Its success inspired U2 to make "Rattle and Hum!"

...peddle their musical wares these days would do well to study. Because with this honesty comes both vulnerability and integrity. Vulnerability, in that people are invited to enter into the point of view of the singer. Vulnerability, in that people are invited into the head of the writer. And integrity, because only when someone is vulnerable through their honesty, and invites us to be vulnerable, as well, can true integrity happen. And then there's God. The lads of U2 are openly Christian; they "came out of the chancel," so to speak, in their second album "October." Whilst not as blatant as "October," "The Joshua Tree" is admittedly a highly spiritual album. It is honest in the struggle to live "with or without" God in one's life, and how hopeless life can be when one denies the spiritual side of life. Both "Where the Streets Have... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: great show, actors.
Disadvantages: bit too dramatic.

...One Tree Hill At the time that One Tree Hill came out, one of its biggest rivals was fellow teen show The OC and I have to admit I was a bigger fan of The OC than One Tree Hill, but the ratings for One Tree Hill must have been a lot better, as The OC was cancelled and One Tree Hill is currently in it's fifth season and lately I have been watching re-runs and the current series and really enjoying it. Here is why. The Plot When the show first started it follows the basketball team of the Tree Hill Ravens in their school life and their home life. The show started off based around two main charecters, Lucas Scott who is the only child of Karen and distant father's other son from another relationship. Dan Scott is the two boys father and disowned Lucas and Karen when he was young and favours his other son Nathan and his... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Good storys, acting
Disadvantages: A bit brain numbing

...game on the court. Then, they get thrown off the bus on the way home to walk back to Tree Hill. They get found by a car full of the other team and a fight ensues, meaning Nathan and Lucas must work together to get away. Brooke gets some really strong painkillers from a med student at the game and she is in such a state Hayley and Peyton must team up to get her home. 7) Life in a glass house Nathan backs off of Lucas and Dan throws a party which Deb makes sure Karen, Keith and Lucas all attend. 8) The search for something more Brooke and Peyton go to a college party where Peytons drink is drugged and she is nearly raped. Karen gets offered a cooking course in Italy but is worried about leaving Lucas until Keith offers to move in for 6 weeks and she gets the suprise of her life when Deb Scott offers to look after the cafe! 9... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: variety of fragrancies, cheap, smells really good
Disadvantages: not many places to hang it, not exactly cool

...Everyone has probably got these someplace. They smell good, look good and come at a good price....no, not a hooker or a bottle of Budweiser, it's the most common car freshener, the Magic Tree. I don't personally own a car but my older sister always buys these and nothing else. Even some of my friends have them also, infact, anyone that i know who has a car has these dangling under their mirror. OK, i'll start taking lessons when i can get myself away from the T.V and realise i have no life. So, i decided to write a review on something i don't own but been in it's presence. When i spot these in a store, they come around the 99p region. I'm not sure if you can get them cheaper elsewhere but i guess you can. You can pick these up from your nearest auto store of even your supermarket. Smell: Depending on which kind you buy, it... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: steve buscemi!
Disadvantages: err.. nothing really happened..

...Trees Lounge: written by, directed by, and starring, Steve Buscemi. You may know him of Reservoir Dogs fame (Mr. Pink), or perhaps from The Big Lebowski (Donny). Or you may not. Either way, this film appears to be very much His brainchild, and his physical appearance very much lends itself to his character (Tommy). He's a bit of a puny specimen of a man, with a pained looking visage, and a set of curious teeth, so playing the loser Tommy seems inspired casting! This is Buscemi's second offering as a director, but his first full-length film, and shows what he has to offer for us in the future. Trees Lounge is 'a story about one man's search.. for who knows what', filmed in 1994, but set in the 80s (if their clothing is anything to go by.. I could be wrong though!). It follows the confused, aimless life of Tommy, who has recently lost... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Fantastic music, brilliant live band
Disadvantages: None, unless you hate prog-rock

..., a hugely gifted guy who quite apart from being a multi-instrumentalist and fantastic (not to mention prolific) songwriter, is also a great singer. The ironic fact about this band is that it startd pretty much as a joke, in 1987, when Wilson (then 20) and a friend created a mythical "lost band" from the 1970s and created a band history, discography- and then some songs meant to be by this band. Somehow, some of this music got into the hands of someone in the music industry, and eventually, five years later, the best songs that had been created were included on Porcupine Tree's 1992 debut album, "On the Sunday of Life". This is a wildly experimental, often weird listen, with a couple of shorter tracks that defy description ("No Luck with Rabbits", "Queen Quotes Crowley") and some ambitious, progressive soundscapes that capture perfectly a mood... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Smells nice and is refreshing
Disadvantages: Stings sensitive areas

.... What is special about their products? Well, a lot, apparently. Their products are based on the bush remedies of Ellen Wakeman who was an Australian missionary’s daughter in the 1850’s who used many different ingredients including tea tree, lavender, lemon and eucalyptus oils. Apparently her life story was found in a book in a provincial museum, and is one of the most controversial documents to come out of the Victorian era. Apparently she was known as ’A Sheila with more balls than blokes’, and caused a scandal when she ran away from home to join the Gold Rush in 1857. With regard to the product in question, it tells us here that tea tree is a natural antiseptic, and peppermint is cooling and reviving. I have come across tea tree before as an antiseptic, and found it very effective. Original Source also says... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful