Reviews by dianall

dianall says "Awful, inept company that has has no idea what it's doing." about Verizon DSL

dianall — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:09:09 GMT

We'd had troubles with Verizon's telephone and service many times. We used to have two phone lines and I'd asked for AT&T long distance on both phone lines, but Verizon had assigned it to only one line and left the other bare, allowing a skeezy company to put their service onto the line at $1.50 per minute long distance. After my first bill from that company, I had to call Verizon to ask them what the heck was going on and get it corrected, but that horror story is nothing compared to their DSL internet service, which is so incredibly inept, I'm surprised they have any customers at all.

I should start by explaining that I make my living with an online storefront, so being connected to the internet and having phone service is vital to my livelihood. For me, no internet service equals no way to make an income.

Seven years ago we moved. I called Verizon to switch our internet service and phone service. They took over two weeks to reconnect our internet service. If...

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dianall says "Enjoyable, disjointed, film with some truly funny moments." about Nim's Island

dianall — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:47:29 GMT

I took my seven-year-old daughter to see this film and she thoroughly enjoyed it.

Nim is a young girl who lives with her scientist father on an uncharted island in the Asiatic Sea. Her best friends are a sea lion, a lizard and pelican. She is fiercely independent and treasures their secret island.

Alexandra Rover is an agoraphobic author who writes best-selling novels about Alex Rover, a world-traveling adventurer, a la Indiana Jones. She only eats Progresso soup and uses a lof of hand santizer because she worries about germs. And she occasionally imagines Alex Rover, the male character from her books, as a real person who sometimes talks to her.

Nim's dad, Jack, reluctantly agrees to let Nim stay behind while he goes off for two days to search for a new type of flourescent plankton. But when Nim's dad doesn't come back after two days, Nim becomes worried, especially after a cruise ship carrying Australians on holiday stumbles upon their island and plans to turn it...

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dianall says "Top 15 Best Romantic Comedies" about Best Romantic Comedies: My Top List

dianall — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:42:44 GMT

The best romantic comedies for me should stand-up to repeated (ad nauseum) viewings, inspire me to cuddle with my husband and make me laugh as well.

In no particular order, here they are:

1. When Harry Met Sally This movie isn't just about romance and humor. It's also about how friendship is the best possible foundation for a marriage. The most well-known scene of Meg Ryan faking an orgasm in a diner still makes me laugh, but the rest of the movie does too, especially when Harry and Sally's two best friends, Marie and Jess, ditch their respective title dates in the midst of their double date and run off in a cab together. A great movie with some poignant moments and a lot of heartfelt romance.

2. 50 First Dates This was a movie that surprised me. A wonderful movie with a sweet romance at it's center surrounded by odd characters and a truly unusual obstacle to the main romance - permanent short-term memory loss! Drew Barrymore is Lucy, a sweet young...

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dianall says "Review moved to appropriate service, Verizon DSL" about Verizon Wireless Broadband

dianall — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:38:35 GMT

This review has been moved to the appropriate service, Verizon DSL by the reviewer.

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dianall says "Polite service people who even come out on Sundays!" about Comcast - Cable Company

dianall — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:55:08 GMT

We've been Comcast subscribers for many years now. Since moving to Snohomish County (in Washington state), we've had really good Comcast service. When needed immediate service due to our cable box going out, the service people showed up exactly at the time they said they would. They were polite, set up the box quickly, answered all my questions and really listened. When we had the service re-connected after our move three years ago, the service tech spent an hour working to boost our signal strength so we'd get a great signal instead of just a so-so one. The last time a service rep was here he gave us two extra remotes because our old ones had lost the battery covers in the back.

The only complaints we have about Comcast is their cable boxes tend to fritz out more frequently than I'd expect and their cost is a little higher than we'd like, but then isn't everything lately? We've had to have ours replaced two or three times already.

Overall, they have great customer...

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dianall says "One of the best series ever made for TV." about Firefly - The Complete Series

dianall — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:40:47 GMT

This late, great TV series created by Joss Whedon, who also created Buffy the Vampire Slayer, remains one of the best TV series ever created for TV, even more than four years after it's premature cancelation by Fox Television. Featuring a cast that clicked from the very first episode, this 14-episode series had humor, action, drama, intriging characters and even romance. The series is set in a future world where humans, having outgrown earth, have ventured out into the depths of space to settle a new solar system run by a meddling conglomerate-style government called the Alliance. The only super powers left are the United States and China, who have merged into one entity. When the crew of the spaceship, Serenity, take on passengers to try to make money between smuggling jobs, illegal salvage operations and legitimate transport runs, they get more than they bargained for when they accept Dr. Simon Tam and his cargo. His cargo container contains his teenage sister,...

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