http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/MoodyMoodyMoody Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:31:36 GMT Reviews by MoodyMoodyMoody http://www.viewpoints.com/Knights-Inn-Bourne-MA-review-f7501 We have stayed in many hotels, motels in many states over several decades.  Sometimes the lodgings have been 'fancy', other times just a place to stay the night.  The Knights Inn in Bourne, MA is hands down the worst place I have ever stayed.  The $29 a night Super 8 was a palace in comparison. — I booked two rooms together weeks in advance.  Upon arrival we were told our rooms were on different floors (the hotel was NOT, by any means, full).  They did correct the problem by moving us to the same floor, but there was a huge walkway between our rooms.  The covered outdoor walkway made up one  wall side of the room which proved to be acoustically perfect for elevating the already annoying level of outside noise created by other guests (inebriated or underage or both) passing through the walkway throughout the night.  None of us slept that night.  — Upon entering the room we were greeted by an... Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:31:36 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Knights-Inn-Bourne-MA-review-f7501 MoodyMoodyMoody 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/Smithsonian-Magazine-review-d3da2 Smithsonian magazine is intelligent without being 'stuffy', informative without being 'dry', and entertaining without 'dumbing down'.  I find myself reading every article, because the presentation is consistantly interesting and hooks me within a few sentences.  Without looking to be educated, I find myself learning.  The articles present fresh ideas even about topics with which I am well acquainted.  I continue to renew my subscription and gift subscriptions as gifts, year after year.  Through discount magazine services a subscription costs about $12 a year! — In addition, signing up for a subscription makes you a member, which garners discounts at the online (or actual) stores as well as discounted fees for visiting the museums.  — While the media (and written word) seems to be more two dimensional and consumed with sensationalism, Smithsonian magazine continues to shine through, never forgoes its character, and presents... Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:07:38 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Smithsonian-Magazine-review-d3da2 MoodyMoodyMoody 5