Welcome

Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.  

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time.  As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree. 

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Saturday, March 22, 2025

DVD/Movie Review: Bikini Summer

 


Bikini Summer is a 1991 late-night cable D-level comedy starring Melinda Armstrong, David Millbern, Kelli Konop, Shelly Michelle, Rebekah Alfred, and Alex Smith. It is one of those films that is something between the soft-core "Skinemax" movies that use real porn stars but don't show anything and the mainstream coming-of-age comedies of the mid to late1980s. It has a few plotlines (that are quite silly and stupid) that converge at the end, providing an excuse to hold a bikini contest fundraiser. However, the plotlines are mostly filler between scenes of models in various stages of undress. 

The DVD is a transfer from the VHS, and as you would expect from a low-budget comedy with no major stars, it did not get any kind of upgraded A/V transfer. The DVD is now out of print, so it can be hard to find at a reasonable price. There are no bonus features specific to the movie, just a bunch of trailers/previews for other low-budget direct-to-video movies that can be played from the main menu. Ultimately, the movie is a dumb comedy with several good-looking models in it. There is a bunch of nudity and some swearing (although not much of the latter). Despite the nudity, there are not really any sex scenes (only one that you mostly hear through a door). It is kind of a blast from the past if you grew up in the 90s and remember seeing it on TV, but you will not miss much if you skip it. 

Sunday, July 4, 2021

Movie/VHS Review: Bikini Summer 2

 


Bikini Summer 2 was a "Skinemax" special from the early to mid-1990s. Basically, a Playboy-style movie that had a loose, and very stupid plot, that was basically there between scenes of B-movie models nude or in softcore simulated sex scenes. The big casting coup was Jessica Hahn who was cashing in on her 15 minutes of fame from her affair with televangelist Jim Bakker, and the Playboy shoot that she had around the same time this came out. Ironically, Hahn was never nude in the movie at all, just sat around in lingerie, bikinis, and one dominatrix outfit. Avalon Anders had most of the noteworthy nude scenes in the movie. It does have one of the great lines in b-movie history when the sleazy rich guy is banging his hot Latina maid..."Senior, senior, is it in yet senior?"

Overall, the movie is pretty much what you would expect. Stupid, with bad acting, but a lot of good-looking people. For those of us who were teenagers in the mid-1990s and remember it from late-night cable if you really want it, it is available on DVD, but it is out of print, so you will spend way more than it is worth. I bought it on VHS back in 1999, watched it a couple of times, and now have it in a box with my last few remaining VHS tapes likely never to be watched again.