Chris Travers (einhverfr)'s Activity

review of Cuy con papas, "Tried this in Ecuador" was complimented.   March 05, 2012

review of The Servile State, "Fascinating and prescient" was complimented.   December 21, 2011

Quick Tip of Sangria, "Simple way to make it is to add a little sugar, apples, and other seasonal fruit to red wine in a bo ..." was complimented.   November 09, 2011

review of Tra, "Amazing music!" was complimented.   November 09, 2011

review of Marijuana Legalization, "Restore some sanity to drug laws." was complimented.   August 27, 2011

review of Tra, "Amazing music!" was complimented.   August 10, 2011

posted "Amazing music!" about Tra.   August 09, 2011

Amazing music!
  Ok, I didn't like all the songs on this album at first. However, even at first, I was entranced by a must of them. What a band!   …

updated and rated Tra a 5.0.   August 09, 2011

posted "Fascinating and prescient" about The Servile State.   August 07, 2011

Fascinating and prescient
The Servile State was written a hundred years ago as a criticism and analysis of the sort of plutocratic capitalism which had evolved in England and a …

rated The Servile State a 5.0.   August 07, 2011

review of Guinness Draught, "Pioneering, unique stout" was complimented.   August 05, 2011

review of Homebrew Beer, "Once you start, there is no going back" was complimented.   August 03, 2011

review of Norwegian Troll Tales, "Interesting look at trolls as they are perceived in Norway" was complimented.   July 30, 2011

review of Norwegian Troll Tales, "Interesting look at trolls as they are perceived in Norway" was complimented.   July 29, 2011

review of Norwegian Troll Tales, "Interesting look at trolls as they are perceived in Norway" was complimented.   July 29, 2011

review of Marijuana Legalization, "Restore some sanity to drug laws." was complimented.   July 28, 2011

posted "Interesting look at trolls as they are perceived in Norway" about Norwegian Troll Tales.   July 16, 2011

Interesting look at trolls as they are p …
  This book appears to me to be an attempt to portray the popular image of trolls to America. The book includes stories, descriptions of how they …

updated and rated Norwegian Troll Tales a 5.0.   July 16, 2011

review of The Civil Wars (Penguin Classics), "vivid account of the fall of the Roman Republic" was complimented.   June 30, 2011

review of The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion, "A classic in the field" was complimented.   June 24, 2011

review of The Civil Wars (Penguin Classics), "vivid account of the fall of the Roman Republic" was complimented.   June 24, 2011

posted "vivid account of the fall of the Roman Republic" about The Civil Wars (Penguin Classics).   June 24, 2011

vivid account of the fall of the Roman R …
  This work is the largest surviving piece of Appian's Roman History, and it covers the time from the fall of Gracci through the defeat of An …

updated and rated The Civil Wars (Penguin Classics) a 5.0.   June 24, 2011

rated The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion a 4.0.   June 17, 2011

posted "A classic in the field" about The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion.   June 17, 2011

A classic in the field
  First, I should stress that I do not entirely agree with all of Eliade's ideas. His ideas about the nature of religion strike me as interes …

review of The Ritual Process: Structure and Antistructure, "An Anthropological Classic" was complimented.   June 16, 2011

review of Bending the Boyne: A Novel of Ancient Ireland, "Not my view of history, but interesting story." was complimented.   June 15, 2011

review of So Close, "Fascinating, even feminine action movie." was complimented.   June 15, 2011

posted a comment on zephyr2050's list, "Edible Insects - De-lish!".   June 09, 2011

posted "Good beginner's book" about Heaven, Heroes, and Happiness: The Indo-European Roots of Western Ideology.   June 09, 2011

Good beginner's book
  In this work, Shan Winn summarizes up the generally accepted views of Indo-European comparative mythology, archaeology, and so forth. Summarizi …