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It's been a beautiful day here in Ucluelet and I'd say it's been a beautiful summer here too. Unfortunately for me, as August is ending it's time for me to leave the Princess and head back to university.
I do want to give a big hug to all the awesome crew here at the Canadian Princess. It's been a crazy fun season; the days never drag here and I hope to be back next season.
Now there's just time for one last picture: Mr. Nick O'Coin with his 17.6 lb. Chinook. What a smile he's got!
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See link below for story. Basically, some dumbass applied a type of Roundup product to the grass instead of fertilizer. |
Here is a link that might be useful: The Courier
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Yikes, that was a lot of grasses they had. Perhaps in some cases they could plant something else instead (I realize they do need a fair amount of grass for foot traffic). |
- Posted by ken_adrian MI z5 (My Page) on Fri, May 16, 14 at 8:21
you ought to read a bit closer.. it says: after a chemical similar to "RoundUp," a weed killer, was accidentally applied to the grass ... and ... The "RoundUp"-like chemical sprayed on the grass shouldn't cause issues with trying to regrow grass, if i were RU.. i would sue ... one of the most blinding irresponsible piece of journalism i have ever seen.. the author ought to have his card taken away .. or her .. whatever .. the article does NOT even bother to name the actual product... that i saw anyway ... and i read it twice .. ken |
- Posted by hairmetal4ever Z7 MD (My Page) on Fri, May 16, 14 at 9:56
Probably just generic glyphosate or an off-brand, but why wouldn't they just say that? |
- Posted by mikebotann 8a SE of Seattle (email@example.com) on Fri, May 16, 14 at 11:28
I've killed lawns on purpose with glyphosate and then reseeded a week later. The dead and dying grass acts as a mulch for the sprouting seed. It's a good way to get rid of unwanted grasses and weeds in the lawn. Broad leaf weed killers only kill broad leaf plants. It seems someone would really have to go out of their way to mistake glyphosate for fertilizer....or not be able to read labels. Heads are gonna roll on this one. Probably all ready have. Mike.... |
- Posted by fairfield8619 Zone 8 NW LA (My Page) on Fri, May 16, 14 at 12:11
This must have been a liquid fertilizer, this would be the only way to mix up with a "round-up" like product. Liquid fertilizer would very expensive itself. Or maybe I'm not reading it right, something like Tru-Green or Chem-Lawn or whatever it's called now. Surely they are not fertilizing all that land. |
'Surely they are not fertilizing all that land' I dunno............I wouldn't bet on that one. Uhm............those folks are supposed to hold chem applicator's licenses, or be under the direct supervision of someone who does. I know, having had one myself, it is DRUMMED into your head to read labels. Expensive and totally unnecessary mistake. Ditto to people who use sprayers for glyphosate and then load them up with a different chemical. Keep your sprayers separate. I once worked with a landscape crew who would 'borrow' my sprayers I would use for foliar applications on touchy ornamentals. I would not take them back. |
I find this story fishy. Maybe someone working for the contractor knew that Uncle Ed's sod farm was struggling and could really use a large order. |
It does say in the article that the cause was failure to properly rinse the spray tank. In California you must triple rinse all empty product containers before you can legally dispose of them or face big fines if you are caught by the California EPA. |
Yes, it talked about rinsing tanks, but was relating to another occurrence and not this one. Yes, one triple rinses before disposing of used containers, but sprayers are reused and why the ones used for herbicides should not be also used for anything else. Sixty acres was not sprayed with backpacks.........it was done by some sort of tractor and that's why it at least suggests to me that the college must do some sort of broadleaf/fertilizer applications routinely. We maintain a lot of turf on our property and made the decision early-on that we would do it without chemicals for the most part, and accept the occasional patches of less desirable grasses and weeds and control them by keeping the turf healthy with proper cultural methods and not chemicals. I think it's time people accept that and give the o/c turf expectations and chemicals up. |
"control them by keeping the turf healthy with proper cultural methods and not chemicals. I think it's time people accept that and give the o/c turf expectations and chemicals up." Exactly, grass for anything institutional except playing fields and children's play areas should be cut at least 4" high. Not to mention most people's lawns. Someone really needs to research whether tick bites are more common on correctly mown grass instead of scalped lawns, which is often the reason given. I'm skeptical for a variety of reasons. Anyhow, my lawn is so healthy now weeds can barely get established and I no longer need to broadcast a selective with my ATV sprayer, I just spot treat as needed. It totally disgusts me to see local municipalities cut medians and whatnot down to 1" or less (lowest setting: "It's gonna have to be cut less if you cut it lowest! Yeehaw!") No, you dipsh-ts, it just means it becomes a big field of crabgrass, dandelions and thistles. |
just saw this. this was our University that this happened at. The company laid down new grass. it was a terrible accident and a lot to replace. Looks great now. |
*** Posted by davidrt28 7 (My Page) on Mon, May 19, 14 at 9:53 Exactly, grass for anything institutional except playing fields and children's play areas should be cut at least 4" high. Yup. Seems most everybody cuts lawns every week whether it's needed or not, and then too low. I've seen brown lawns during wet periods, as they're cut down to nubs. |
The worst part of the story is not getting and publishing the name of the company that did this. Now every firm in the area that does turf maintenance will be suspect. This is unrelated to pesticides, but the landscaping company that maintains a certain hospital property in my area repeatedly fails to take proper care of plantings, resulting in annuals and shrubs that wilt and die because no one bothers to water them in after they're put in the ground. Really, when there's a dry spell and no significant rain expected for a week or more, it doesn't occur to you to water? |
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Perhaps more than any other regular player on the 2011 Toronto Blue Jays, Aaron Hill has been the target of derision from the fans and media alike. Once considered among the best up-and-coming young infielders in the game, Hill has fallen off dramatically in the last two seasons after his breakout 2009. In that season, at just 27, Hill accumulated a 4.1 WAR smacking 36 home runs and posting a .357 wOBA, but there were signs that regression was on the way.
The most important sign was his 14.9% HR/FB rate, a mark that tends to be an indicator of luck for a hitter if it's vastly different from his career norm, which for Hill at the time was 5.9%. But Hill's batted-ball average was .288, a mark that was actually quite a bit lower than his career norm, so the suggestion could have been made that his .286 average and .330 OBP were actually the result of being a tad unlucky.
Regardless, the season put up by the 27-year-old Hill served as a beacon of hope that the Jays had found their second baseman of the present and the future. Then came 2010.
Fuelled by an historically low batted ball average of just .196, Hill posted a terrible slash line in 2010 of .205/.271/.394 with a .291 wOBA. The BABIP combined with his highest walk-rate since his rookie campaign and 26 home runs had some people (me, mainly) thinking that Hill would rebound and put up a nice season in 2011, but that simply has not happened.
Even with his great night last night in Seattle, Hill has a dismal slash line of .229/.276/.321 so far in 2011. His wOBA is worse than his 2010 mark at just .272, he's hit just six home runs, and with help from his poor defensive numbers has put up a negative WAR rating for the first time in his career. Things are so bad that John McDonald, and his .268 career wOBA, is now taking at-bats away from Hill.
So, what the Hill has happened?*
Looking over his numbers, I started to notice that despite all of his inconsistencies in performance over the last few seasons, a lot of his peripheral numbers are very consistent. His walk-rate, although terrible at 5.6%, is nearly identical to his 2009 rate (and lower than his 2010 rate), while he's posting his lowest strikeout rate since 2006. His BABIP has risen to .248 this season, but that's a mark that still has to be considered a tad unlucky since his career mark is .283.
Looking at his batted ball information, things get even weirder. Although Hill is posting a full-season career-high infield-flyball rate, his mark isn't a whole lot higher than his 2009 rate (11.6% to 13.9%) and it's nowhere near the top of the leader board. Hill sits 28th in infield-flyball percentage behind the likes of Brett Gardner (who leads the league with a 21.8% mark), Carlos Santana, Edwin Encarnacion, Danny Espinosa, Troy Tulowitzki, Ichiro!, Carlos Gonzalez, and Colby Rasmus. Looking at Hill's line-drive percentage, there was a huge dip in 2010, but his 2009 and 2011 rates are nearly identical, while his groundball and flyball rates are also similar.
Along with the low BABIP, Hill's HR/FB rate is also indicative of luck. Although no one expecting him to duplicate his high HR/FB rate of 2009, Hill's 2011 mark of 4.2% reeks of unfortunaety.** That mark sits as the 25th lowest in baseball among qualified players and the 24 players in front of him are all players who rarely, if ever, hit homeruns. Names like Michael Bourn, Ichiro!, Brendan Ryan, Alcides Escobar, and Elvis Andrus populate this list, and no matter how much vitriol you would like to spew at Hill (trust me, I'm there with you) you can't deny that he has far more power than the names on that list.
Is it possible that Hill has had an unluckily long unlucky streak? I'm not suggesting that he is as good as he looked in 2009, but I also have a hard time believing he's as bad as he has been since then. The problem is that Hill's prime years are running out and the inevitable decline he's about to experience may balance out any increases in luck.
Reading over a scouting report of Hill's published back in January of 2005, this sentence flew off the screen:
"On offense, Hill features a quick bat and excellent strike-zone judgment. Plate discipline is his best overall attribute: he seldom swings at bad pitches, and does not strike out much."
For anyone who has watched Hill over the past few seasons, even in 2009, the bolded sentence (emphasis mine) seems an odd one. To the eye, at least, Hill appears to constantly swing at bad pitches, and although he doesn't have a particularly high strikeout rate, "excellent strike-zone judgement" isn't the first thing that pops to mind when you think about Hill lunging after a slider down and away and popping it up to the first baseman.
Hill's walk numbers and plate discipline have taken a noticeable nose-dive since Cito Gaston's first full year in 2009. Is it possible that our favourite manager drilled the plate discipline right out of Hill, rendering him overly aggressive? It's certainly fathomable, at least to me. Once pitchers starting catching on to his newfound ultra-aggressive approach, maybe they started throwing him pitches he had no hope in driving.
There is an $8-million team option remaining on Hill's contract for next season; an option that has little-to-no chance of being picked up by the Jays, so there is now quite the dilemma facing the franchise. Hill projects to be a Type-B free agent, but declining his option and offering him arbitration is a dangerous proposition. If Hill were to accept arbitration, he cannot, under the collective bargaining agreement, make less than 80% of his current salary of $5-million, meaning in that scenario, Hill would make at least $4-million, a number he is unlikely to garner on the open market. In most cases, even when the player has struggled, arbitrators award raises, meaning he may be given more than $5-million in such a case.
Alex Anthopoulos and his group of skilled ninjas have to decide if potentially bringing Hill back for that kind of money is worth risking the arbitration offer. If it isn't, what options does Toronto have at second base for next season? The free agent market is thin and big contracts to other middle infielders like Brandon Phillips or Jose Reyes seem like foolish plans, especially for a team that doesn't seem to have a penchant for making questionable long-term commitments. There doesn't seem to be a lot internally unless Adeiny Hechavarria makes big strides at the plate and can take over at short next season, bumping Yunel Escobar to second.
If, in fact, Hill is better than his last two seasons suggest and is just experiencing a prolonged bout of bad luck, would it be the worst thing in the world to decline his option, not offer him arbitration, and re-sign him to a cheap one-year deal? Discuss.
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2009 Fall MAG Swap: Plants you Want List
Sunday, September 27, at 10 am (ish) at Black Hill Regional Park in Boyds, Maryland DIRECTIONS for the WANTED list: If you're new to the swaps, please take the time and have the courtesy to read these posts. They're here to help everyone have a good time. Yes, you can come if you don't have any plants. 1. Post a list of the plants you want, ideally with Latin names to avoid confusion and cultivar names if they have them, and you know what they are. 2. Read other people's lists. If you see things you want and would like to swap or trade for, e-mail the person to arrange it. 3. Do NOT arrange the swap or trade on this thread. 4. Do NOT post a list of plants that you HAVE for swapping or trading on this list. There is a separate HAVE thread for this purpose. 5. Do NOT discuss who will be bringing what kind of Bavarian apple tart or other food to the swap. There is a separate HAVE thread for food. 6. Do update your member page with your Haves and Wants. 7. Much more info on the Haves list thread. Wishing everyone a great swap! Happy gardening! |
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Sweet woodruff (as much as I can get for my deer away border around the daylilies) Interesting daylilies, especially that will do well in part shade (no ditch or stella dora) Crazy daisy Hollyhock seeds (specific colors/types) Inca sun brugmansia Angel's Summer Dream brugmansia |
Highbush Blueberries Pussytoes (Antennaria) Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke) Phlox (tall, not pink or white--have those) Anything perennial and purple (love daylilies and irises) Jen |
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Hi, Here are my wants # 55 (or similar) Gallon Food Grade Container (for rain barrel) See you at the swap! |
- Posted by tvalenti 7a (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sun, Sep 13, 09 at 9:29
Opps should have added to my wants above: 3 foot high or so Pink Canna's |
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- Posted by busyasabee 7MD (My Page) on Wed, Sep 16, 09 at 22:39
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Liriope - green one, either the spreader or the clumper |
The swap will be on Sunday, September 27, starting at 10:00 am (or so) at the south end of parking lot #3 (associated with shelters D, E, and F) at Black Hill Regional Park near Germantown, Maryland. Bathrooms are across the street at the visitors' center. There is an extremely nice playground nearby (not in sight of the parking lot), and there is an off-leash dog park a little further away. There should be at least some shade in the parking lot, and there are picnic tables and a grill, up a trail, that will definitely be shady. |
Alfie, thank you for reminding us that the swap is on SUNDAY. I was all set to show up on Saturday. Actually, this works out better for me. Wanted - ajuga. Yes, I know...boring, but its like having potatoes on the plate, you've got to have the boring groundcovers to set off the flowers. |
- Posted by gardnwatch z7MD (My Page) on Mon, Sep 21, 09 at 23:26
ChrisMd. I sent you mail but perhaps you didnt get it. I will have some Liriope and Ajuga for you. Bonnie (gardnwatch) |
Bonnie - THANK YOU! I appreciate it. I did get your email and replied, but it came back "not accepted". |
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- Posted by gardnwatch z7MD (My Page) on Sun, Sep 27, 09 at 9:35
Wanted... sunshine and a closer drive to the swap. I've got a 1 and 1/2 hour drive from B'more and it's already 9:30 and still raining... so I think I will forego the wet drive and uncertain weather today. Jett ...Chrismd and Pat.....I will keep your few plants for you until the spring swap. Have a good swap everyone...see you in the spring. Bonnie |
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Halloween is magic for Abbott and Cal. I don't really think it's so much about the candy - they still haven't eaten all of the candy in their Easter baskets. I think it has more to do with the costumes, the mystery, the element of suspense.
You may recognize Cal's costume - this is the third year in a row he's worn it. Every year we buy him a new one and then he changes his mind at the last minute and goes for his old favorite. Next year I don't think I'll be able to stuff him into it; hoping he'll be up for wearing something else.
I hope you've had a nice weekend. More tomorrow, including pictures from our trip. xoxo
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- Lyndsay said...
We just asked Finn what movie he wanted to watch as he went to bed tonight, as a treat. He said, "Harry Potter and the Shark!" HA!
Really great Goodwill poster. - Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 9:11:00 PM PDT
- Francesca said...
It is a very special costume, I see why he'd want to wear it three times in a row! Welcome back, glad you had a good trip!
- Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 10:28:00 PM PDT
- Formerly known as Frau said...
Awesome pictures....Happy Halloween! Boys look great in their costumes! I need 4 seasons & Holidays to match!
- Monday, November 1, 2010 at 2:33:00 AM PDT
- Purple Flowers said...
Love the costumes. You have a way of capturing both of your sons' facial expressions that are priceless.
- Monday, November 1, 2010 at 3:39:00 AM PDT
- KPiep said...
Meanwhile, my girls have planned what they are going to wear for next year...and had made that decision BEFORE they were done trick or treating!
Your boys look absolutely adorable! - Monday, November 1, 2010 at 5:14:00 AM PDT
- Kwana said...
They are so cute. I love that he loves his costume.
- Monday, November 1, 2010 at 5:49:00 AM PDT
- Sammi said...
Looks awesome :)
- Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 9:04:00 AM PDT
- A Day That is Dessert said...
thank you!! xoxo
- Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 6:43:00 AM PDT


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SERGEANT BLUFF – A 13-year-old Sergeant Bluff girl was injured Sunday afternoon after falling from an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on a public wildlife area southwest of Sergeant Bluff.
Jayden Vanwyk was a passenger on an ATV being operated by her brother, Tanner Vanwyk, 17, when she fell off, breaking her leg. The incident occurred on the Weedland Access Area shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Both of the riders were wearing helmets at the time of the mishap.
Jayden Vanwyk was transported by ambulance to Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City. The incident remains under investigation by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.


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When broadcasting students at Walker Valley High School have not been working on their in-school news show, "The Spill," they have been recording audiobooks to help children at local elementary schools learn to read well.
This semester, they began recording the reading of children's books, adding music and sound effects and editing it together. After the recordings are ready, they are made available for local elementary school teachers to use in the classroom.
Broadcasting teacher Scott Webb said he got the idea after speaking with his wife about how some children struggle with learning to read. For some students, it really helps to hear the words while they are looking at the words on a page.
His wife, Jessica Webb, is a second-grade teacher at Charleston Elementary School, and they wondered how his students might be able to help hers.
"We wanted to find a way for the kids who use the books to follow along," he said.
The Walker Valley's broadcasting students routinely work on projects beside "The Spill" if time allows, and he gave one of his classes the option to record audiobooks. After he found out which books the second-graders used most often, he gave the high school students a list of titles from which they could choose.
They have since chosen to record audiobooks of titles like "Duck Means Business," "Pete the Cat," "Moose's Loose Tooth," "Pinkalicious" and "The Giving Tree."
Once students record reading of the books, they can add in any sound effects they choose. Using editing programs on the computer like Audacity and Adobe Premiere Pro, students work to get the books ready for children to read.
Student Christian Cross said it takes about a week to make an audiobook from start to finish, since they only work on it during class time.
After the audiobooks are finished, they make labels bearing QR codes that can be placed inside the covers of paper-and-ink books. Using devices like iPads that the elementary students already have in the classroom, they can scan the code with the device's camera. The code then takes them to a website where the audiobook sits ready to be played.
So far, the students at Walker Valley have recorded about 12 books. By the time school is out for the summer, the students are expected to have recorded 15 audiobooks.
Many of the students said they were excited to get to do something new, and help children with their reading at the same time.
Student Joeli Poole has been in the process of recording the main vocals on one of the books for a third time.
"I loved it," she said. "It was so fun."
Poole said her favorite book to record so far has been "Pinkalicious," because she got to give the main character a high-pitched, cheerful voice.
Her classmate Sarah Tarver said her favorite books have also been ones where she has been able to practice making different sound effects with her voice. Tarver pointed out reading a book to a child means getting to speak differently than the students do in the newscasts.
She added Webb regularly updates the students on the reactions of students in his wife's class. Sometimes, the children will offer constructive criticism by pointing out something like one of the high schoolers talking too fast, but Poole said that helps them make future books better. However, the main piece of feedback has been that they want more titles.
"If it makes reading more fun for them, I'm all for it," student Jessa Turner said. "It's been fun for us, too."
Some of the students said they thought the idea of recording audiobooks for elementary-aged children was such a good one, they hope their friends at other local high schools might someday get to do the same.
Student Andrew Sterrett pointed out more high school students getting to record audiobooks for children in local elementary schools would mean more titles for the children to use.
"More people should get involved with it," he said.
The project has offered Walker Valley broadcasting students the chance to practice their skills, and Webb said it has already proven to be beneficial to students at his wife's school. His hope is other elementary school teachers will embrace the project and make it available to their students.
"Ultimately, it will not be just Charleston — we hope," Webb said.
While all of the books that have been recorded so far have been at a second-grade reading level, Webb said he hopes to have students record audiobooks for other grades next year, though they will likely still be just for elementary grades.
In the future, Webb said he would also like to get students in Walker Valley's Spanish classes involved by recording children's books written in Spanish, so Spanish-speaking children can have a little extra help learning to read in English. The audiobooks would help them translate the words on the pages.
Anyone interested in listening to or downloading the audiobooks for free can visit www.thespill.org/AudioBooksHome.htm. A document that includes copies of all the QR codes is also available at the website.


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Mashup Monday: Watch One Guy 'Duet' on Beyonce Medley
We're seeing double in this week's killer mashup, featuring a medley of Beyonce songs.
Though it appears there are two singers (who look like twins), there's actually only one in this video and his name is Cameron J!
Beyonce Teases New Song 'Standing on the Sun' in H&M Commercial
Blending all our favorite Bey songs into one, including "Run The World (Girls)," "Irreplaceable," "Love On Top," and more, Cameron harmonizes with a double of himself to create the illusion that there's two people singing together.
We're impressed, are you? Check out the video above and let us know!


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My three hairy little angels are now down to two slightly less hairy little angels – Menyn has gone to the big dog park in the sky.
Every so often I feel the need to make some lovely pedigree labrador puppies, the last time was a couple of years ago when we paired Gerty off with a local stud muffin Kingskare Pioneer and she produced a great crop of poppets, one of which we kept – Sipsi. You can see the results and the process on the website I made for them here.
We're planning to have another go in the summer, this time with Sipsi – so keep an eye out. I usually set up a live webcam so you can see the pups growing, or even being born if you're lucky. Wow it's like Autumn Watch only with more afterbirth!


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Announcing the news on its Facebook page, HTC said that the upgrade will come to Europe first, before coming to Flyer owners in the US.
"Ready for some 'sweet' news? The GSM version of the HTC Flyer tablet, available in Europe, is beginning to receive updates to Honeycomb beginning today!" said HTC's Facebook post.
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I was wondering how each region is holding up weather wise.
I will be heading to Wyoming (NW of Rawlings) and Colorado (East of Meeker) in Sep- Oct so I am very interested in the severity of the weather this winter. Can anyone share 1st person perspective?
Not that we get many nonresidents for hunting on the Oregon Coast but, but in case anyone is interested;
The coastal regions of Oregon are still a little behind on rain even after a wet Feb. We are catching up quickly but snowpack is only 80% in south Cascades and 65% in the North Cascades. Good for animals, bad for fish, and bad for hunters trying to gain access during fire season. Overall still a pretty mild winter especially when it comes to storms hitting the beach.


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Have fun but be safe! And please, follow the example of Noel and Gertrude and put some class into your evening. I'm going home right now to put on my smoking jacket and pour myself a cognac in preparation for a classy, high falutin' evening. See you in the New Year.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
"And a Happy New Year to you...
... in jail." So says Old Man Potter (Lionel Barrymore) to a crazed with joy George Bailey (James Stewart) in It's a Wonderful Life. Mr. Potter is the heavy of the movie and we're supposed to dislike him but the thing is, Lionel Barrymore does such an exemplary job at portraying him in all of his nastiness that I kind of like him. The "jail" line, referring to George Bailey's Savings and Loan customers as a "bunch of garlic eaters" and hanging on to the money even when George Bailey comes to him in a desperate panic, knowing it will destroy Bailey and his family if he loses everything and goes to jail. Jesus, what a bastard! And yet, Mr. Potter makes me smile, that old curmudgeon. Probably because I already know everything turns out fine so I can sit back and enjoy Old Man Potter's bitterness. But a part of it also comes from the fact that at this time of the year I'm pretty much an old bitter curmudgeon myself.
Join me in my bitterness. Specifically, Oscar bitterness.
I wrote last year on this blog of the recent Oscar phenomenon of awarding the lead acting Oscars to impersonations of real life characters and the trend continues. Four of the last six Best Actor winners (Adrian Brody, Jamie Foxx, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Forest Whitaker) and a whopping five of the last six (and seven since 1999) Best Actress winners (Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon, Helen Mirren, Marion Cotillard) all portrayed real life characters. That's 9 to 3 in favor of impersonation. And if you don't think this is something new you're wrong. Want to know how many Best Actress winners were for portrayals of real people before 1999 (remember, seven of the last nine have been for portrayals of real people)? If you said "seven" you're right. That's right, in the Oscars handed out before 1999, the same amount were given for impersonation performances for the first seventy one Oscars as for the last nine! It could be argued that it's eight if you count Ingrid Bergman for Anastasia, loosely based on real characters and events. That's how, last year on this blog, I was able to correctly predict in December before any nominations were even out that Marion Cotillard would win Best Actress. I hadn't seen her performance or any of the others yet that would end up getting nominated and it didn't matter. She was playing a real person. I knew she'd win. This year's Best Actress hopefuls don't have any big impersonation performances to get in the way so we'll have a brief respite from it this year. But don't worry because the two front runners for Best Actor are...
Sean Penn and Frank Langella! And who do they play again? Oh yeah, real life politicians Harvey Milk and Richard Nixon. Penn already has an Oscar, Langella's been around for ages without one (or even nomination) and someone has to finally win for playing Nixon right? Right. Go with the even money and the recent impersonation trend of the Oscars. Frank Langella gets the Golden Boy.
So why does all this make me bitter (remember, that's how all of this started)? Not because I think it's easy playing a real life character, in fact, one could argue it's more difficult because you're working against audience expectations of how the character should look and sound. On the other hand, if you get the look and sound just right (Jamie Foxx, Philip Seymour Hoffman) you can fool a lot of people into thinking you just gave a performance. Not that those two actors didn't give a performance, but the look and sound of their characters took precedence over any emotional arcs or deeper reflection. Heath Ledger gave a performance in Brokeback Mountain. He inhabited a character, made him real and filled him with loneliness and pain. Hoffman played Capote. Sorry, that probably sounds snide or flippant, but the two performances don't compare and the fact that the Oscars increasingly looks to see who is doing the best impersonation onscreen annoys me. But what really bothers me about is...
I can't stand biopics! Okay, that's too harsh. There are many I like actually, but on the whole, biopics bore me. I'd bet good money there are plenty of good wholly fictional stories out there in the minds of talented screenwriters that will never see the light of day because come Oscar time the studios want to put their "prestige movie money" into a biopic where everyone can "oooh" and "aah" over how much Charlize Theron looks like Aileen Wuornos! Wow! I mean, she's ugly and everything! So if only for the sake of less biopics, I hope Oscar eases away from this trend sooner rather than later.
I'm still catching up on 2008 releases so a post on Best Picture bitterness will have to wait. We've made it seven years since a biopic last won the top award (A Beautiful Mind, 2001) so we're probably due, which means, being the Oscar completest I am, I will have to see Milk and/or Frost/Nixon and even though I know I'm pre-judging here, I'd rather have my teeth drilled. But I'll do my duty and take them in soon. In fact, I'll go online right now to get my tickets. Hmmm... my teeth do feel a little sensitive right now though. No, no, I'll get the tickets. Hmmm... maybe I'm getting a cavity. Yeah, you know what, first things first. I'm making an appointment for the dentist.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Ladies and Gentlemen...
...I've traveled over half the internet to be here tonight. I couldn't get away sooner because my new film and photo blog was coming in at Blogspot and I had to see about it. That blog is now flowing at two to three posts a week and it's paying me an income of zero dollars a week. I have two others blogging, The Invisible Edge and Cinema Styles and I am one of sixteen blogging in harmony at The Oldest Established Really Important Film Club. So, ladies and gentlemen... if I say I'm a blog man you will agree. I do my own blogging.
I'm a family man- I run a family blog. This is my son and my partner, H.W. Lapper. We offer you the bond of family that very few blog men can understand. I'm fixed like few other blogs in this field. I have a string of posts all ready to go. I can load a screengrab into my photoshop and have a new banner up in a day. I have connections so I can get bad puns for the banner tagline; such things go by friendship in a rush like this. And this is why I can guarantee to start posting again regularly this week now that Christmas is over and I've put up this post to back my word. I assure you, whatever the others promise to do, when it comes to the showdown, they won't be there...
... okay, so I'm exaggerating. Of course they'll be there. We'll all be there. And Oscar will be there, that Golden Boy who throws his weight around Hollywood once a year, starting now and finishing up just weeks before Spring. Last year the man in the picture, Daniel Day-Lewis, took home the Best Actor Oscar and Javier Bardem took home the Supporting Actor Oscar (and don't we all already know who's taking home that award this year?). Here are two other former Best Actor and Supporting Actor winners... when they were boys. And they are?
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Happy Holidays
Be safe, be happy. I'll be around for comments but as for posting, that won't happen until next week so here's to the holidays and the New Year together. The Invisible Edge (for the three of you that enjoy going there) will continue posting on its usual Monday, Wednesday and Friday schedule. This video is my Holiday Card for all of you, whatever you celebrate, or don't. Peace.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Spread of Activation II: The Resolution Edition
The holidays are upon us again and a New Year just around the corner. Time for a change.
Lately, I've become restless here at Cinema Styles. I don't feel I'm doing enough of what I want to with this blog on a weekly basis. I want to do more reviews, introduce new features (that inevitably fall by the wayside), spark more discussion. Since November, I've let Cinema Styles slide a bit, not devoting as much time to it as I should. The last couple of months have produced far more picture posts than previous months and I want more than that. Don't get me wrong, I love my picture posts and have no intention of stopping them, it's just that there's more I want to do. And that 'more' is this: Opinion. What do I mean? I mean this: As the hits have increased I feel I have pulled back on writing from the gut and going with my instincts.
But more to the point, I've shied away from more controversial topics or just expressing an opinion that might land me in a bit of hot water with fellow cinephiles and I'm bored with it. I'm not saying I want to become that "jerk blogger" who's always burning bridges but I want to get back to why I started this blog in the first place: To write about movies, to express my love for them and to be honest in my reactions. A part of this feeling comes from reading bloggers like Flickhead, Marilyn, Kimberly and Arbogast. Not that there aren't other bloggers like them (so if I didn't mention you it's not an intentional slight) it's just that those bloggers come to mind as examples of writers who not only speak their minds (anyone can do that) but back their opinions up with solid writing, good examples and just the right amount of attitude. Flickhead and Arbogast consistently amaze me with their blunt, to the point reactions that don't come off as offensive or insulting like some young, scorched earth bloggers I've read. And Kimberly and Marilyn seem able to inject politics into their writing without fear of backlash. So I'm impressed and want to get back there myself (waits for collective groan about posts on racism in the movies and documentaries about nuclear arms starting up again).
So that's my New Year's Resolution, to stop second-guessing myself and my posts. It's an easy resolution to keep. Anyone who's been blogging any significant amount of time (and in the blogging world, two years is considered a significant amount of time) knows that you get to a point where you just don't care anymore about keeping up with Joneses, you stop worrying about how many posts you have and on what topic and you just start writing for yourself again and hope people will find you interesting enough to read. Just ask Dennis or Larry. It's clear they both arrived there in the last couple of years and seem more relaxed than ever with their blogging. The Siren got their long ago too it seems. And now, hopefully, so will I.
And now some parting morsels:
*In January I will, believe it or not, have a short post looking back at the scant few movies I've seen from 2008. I've seen a lot more in the last few weeks and am rotating through nothing but 2008 movies in my Netflix queue right now.
*Also, in January, Marilyn kicks off the first ever post for The Oldest Established Really Important Film Club at Ferdy on Films. The film will be The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia and all are invited to join in. Once the post goes up there will be a permanent link here. For now, it simply links to Marilyn's blog. In February I will take a hold of the reins with The Tin Drum. As for March, no word from Rick yet on what that might be but check in at the Film Club for updates.
*I've got movie books. Lots of movie books. And you're going to hear about them. I enjoyed writing up The Haunted Cinema in October and want to write about others as well.
*Name that Movie will continue and we may soon have a winner. Arbogast stands at eight (first to ten wins) but has not guessed the last three. Is Arbo slipping?
*Currently working on two movies. One is a montage that I'm very pleased with and is a little different than what you're used to here. It should be ready by February. The other is a short film in which I'm going for a specific reaction based on horror motifs and built-in genre expectations by producing a film ( about two-thirds done at this point) with no characters that are seen on the screen or dialogue heard and yet the viewer not only understands what is happening, and understands what characters are involved, but is viscerally affected by it. It won't be shown here of course, it will be on my personal blog. So why am I telling you? Because once I'm done I might e-mail a few of you to ask your opinion of it, that's why. Be completely honest of course, while somehow finding a way to kiss my ass at the same time.
*Tomorrow or Wednesday, I'll be putting up my Holiday montage, a video card for all my readers and wonderful friends I have made here on this blog. And then...
*I'm taking a few days off. I'll have a post here or there before the New Year but don't count on anything big until we're into 2009. I'll leave the video up for a few days, visit and comment on other blogs and generally just relax (so everyone write lots of important stuff that I can read while I'm taking a break from Cinema Styles). But that's not until Wednesday. For now, I'm still around, and speaking of resolutions, still smoking. Come Monday, January 5th, that ends too. Yikes. Wish me luck.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Bonus Round
I'll be out until later this afternoon so I won't be able to confirm guesses or provide clues for a while. But here it is anyway. Good luck.
Okay, I'm back and no one is guessing so... 1st clue - It's a British Comedy.
Let's do a roundabout clue. Recently, Marilyn did a short post about slang featuring a movie that was remade. It's musical remake won Best Picture. The star of our Name That Movie is in that musical remake and in it he must get somewhere... on time! Hell, he even sings a song about it. And did I mention the Bonus Round Name That Movie is a British Comedy. A very silly British Comedy.
The main targets of the film's gentle satire are the British Government and Nationalism.
*****We have a winner: Marilyn got it right. The mystery clip is from the 1949 comedy Passport to Pimlico. Congratulations to Marilyn.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
The Film Club is Up and Running
Okay, we're off and running. The site is up for the club and its links. Each time one of the members selects a movie, please let me know and I will update it. This is how it works: The site will be the one-stop place for knowing who has picked what movie and when it will be discussed. I have a list on the site for everyone who has signed on so far and Marilyn and I have our selections up as well as the dates of our posts. For now, the links are to the blogs in general but once each blogger puts up the post the link will change to that post specifically. Here is the site itself.
Also, once my post goes up in February it will move to the top and Marilyn to the bottom. In March, Rick goes to the top and I rotate down to the bottom and so on. The list will stay up permanently so that anyone just signing on, say, ten months from now will still be able to go directly to a previous discussion if they choose.
One last thing. To give everyone plenty of time try and let me know your pick around six weeks ahead of time. Thanks.
At the bottom of the first post and just below it in a second post there are sidebar buttons/widgets that you can put in your sidebar. For those who don't want a big banner in their sidebar, choose one of the simple buttons at the bottom. Just link them back to the main site and you're good to go. If you don't know how to do that I'll be happy to help. Thanks again everyone.
Name That Movie 14
Here is this week's edition of Name That Movie. Arbo is moving in on victory quickly. Can he seal the deal this week? Will Brian Doan be victorious again and move up the ladder? Will Bill ever get one of these? So many questions, so little time. The clip is in the sidebar. Good luck everyone.
Make sure you really look at the clip. Look behind the horses for clues as to when the film was made and when it takes place. And look at the scenery. That gives an idea of where.
It's a war/thriller/espionage movie.
Congratulations to Adam Ross (that kid's got panache) for guessing correctly. The answer is 49th Parallel, directed by the great Michael Powell. The Bonus Round won't go up until tomorrow as I have an update to run for the Film Club and will be offline most of the rest of the day/night. Thanks.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Calling All Bloggers!
In the last two days Rick, Marilyn, Fox, Miranda and little old me, Ed Herlihy... uh... I mean, Jonathan, have been discussing forming an elitist, nose in the air film society whereupon we spend all of our free time deriding others' film taste and congratulating each others' pithy statements with phrases like "Hear, hear!", "Jolly Good!" and "That's the spirit old sport!"
Okay, actually it's nothing like that. It went down like this. Marilyn and Rick were a part of a film forum whose purpose was to have a member pick a movie, write it up and then everyone would discuss it. All of this was done on a separately created blog. After the first post by Girish I was informed by Marilyn and Rick that not much happened. I chimed in by saying that, essentially, if you want discussion then forget the separate blog thing. Let's all of us do it on our own blogs. That is to say, Marilyn picks a movie for the month, we all watch it (even if we've seen it before, just so it's fresh in our heads) and then the host writes it up at their own blog and since we all visit each others blogs anyway there's no added pressure to be a part of some separate forum. My almost unnaturally brilliant and ingenious idea was met with happy acceptance. So...
Each month we rotate the blogs. Marilyn starts it off, I'll take second, Rick takes third and so on. The details of all of that can be worked out later. For now there are a few things to clear up.
One - What should we call it? Marilyn mentioned she'd like to start off with Guys and Dolls and mentioned the line from it, " "The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York." That's too long to put on a sidebar widget but I like it. Maybe just "The Crap Game." And it's got the word "crap" in it. You gotta love that. I'd like suggestions on a name for this discussion group but for myself I do favor something that isn't film related like "Film of the Month Club" or "Reel Talk" or something obvious like that.
Two - Anyone can be a part of it. We all put up an announcement in our sidebar (and I'd be happy to design a simple widget for it) as to the title of the next movie and the date and place its write-up will be posted. Then, join in. Now I've noticed that lately Rick's place has the same "comment frenzy" atmosphere as this blog and while I'm sure both Rick and I appreciate a good stream of consciousness comment section (I know I do - Really, I do. I find the comments here extremely entertaining and I don't want that to ever stop) for the movie of the month write-ups I'd like everyone to actually discuss the film at hand. That was the point of the forum Marilyn and Rick belonged to: To really get at the meat of the film and dissect it.
Three - That's up to you. Please comment away on this post as to any other ideas you have or suggestions you'd like to make for this but keep in mind, the simpler we keep it the better. Each month a blogger picks a movie, we all see it, they write it up at their place and we go discuss it. Let Marilyn, Rick and I know what you think. We've already got a few people (the five of us stated above and a couple of others I think) who want to do it. Let us know if you'd like to join in too. I know that anyone on my blogroll is more than welcome to be a part of it. Thanks.
The name of the club is the The Oldest Established Really Important Film Club, a combination of a line from Guys and Dolls, suggested by Marilyn and wholeheartedly endorsed by Wendymoon and myself and "The Really, Really Big and Important Club" jokingly suggested by Rick.
The order so far is:
Marilyn - January
Jonathan - February
Rick - March
Bill - April
Pat - May
Patrick McGoohan Flickhead - June
Ed - July
Fox - August
Miranda - September
Tom - October
Krauthammer - November
Ibetolis - December
Joseph Campanella - January
Others who have commented saying they want to participate but haven't said for sure if they want to pick a movie: Wendymoon, Joseph and Adam. If any of you want to pick a movie and write it up I say the next four spots are yours since you did comment that you'd like to participate. If you just want to watch the movies selected and join in the discussion, that's fine too. Let me know.
Also, I just want to let everyone know that if you have a date to do a post and don't want to, just let Marilyn, Rick or me know a little bit ahead of time and we can either take the date ourselves, see if anyone who hasn't done one wants to do a movie or if someone who has wants to do a second movie. Thanks.
By Sunday I should have the widget and centralized post done for the Film Club. Once it's done I'll let everyone know.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Alcohol and Tobacco, but no Firearms
Stars don't hawk sin products anymore. There was a time when that's all they attached their name to. Now it's beauty lotions, diets and exercise machines but back in the day Hedy Lamarr was proud to announce, for a bit of money, that Schaefer was a fine tasting beer. Okay, it must have been a lot of money. Here are some top ads from 1945, 1946 and 1947 (taken from my collection of Broadway Playbills of the period). Sadly, a couple of these stars died thanks to the products they were pushing.
That's Tyrone Power? That's the guy from Nightmare Alley? I'd swear it was Lord Stimson Throckmorton Pettisford III. Well, it was in a Playbill after all, maybe they were trying to appeal to the Theatre crowd. Despite the High Class Threads, there was nothing refined or high class about dropping dead at 44 from a massive heart attack due to years of chain smoking. That's way too young to go.*
Mmmmmm, Schaefer Beer. Goes down smooth. Hedy could pull off anything.
Another sad case. Ann Sheridan developed esophageal cancer. She had been a chain smoker for years. She died at 51.*
Adolphe was apparently too good for a photo and demanded a woodcut. He died of hepatitis, which can be caused by alcohol abuse but I'm not familiar with Menjou's drinking habits so I can't say for sure if that was the cause. If anyone knows, fill me in.
Claudette loved Chesterfields so much she did an ad a year (I have several more from other Playbills). She also lived to be 93.
And now my favorite, the Seagram's Ad praising The Lost Weekend. Milland isn't actually hawking the product for them here but I love how Seagram's understood that when the biggest film of the year is about alcoholism, a scant 12 years after it's been made legal again, it's time to save face - and fast! But my favorite part is this:
"...some men should not drink! Yes, that is our most earnest conviction. Indeed, we published back in 1938 a moderation message titled with those identical words... "SOME MEN SHOULD NOT DRINK" ...which might well have been the name for this great picture instead of "The Lost Weekend."
I think we can all be thankful to the powers that be that Seagrams was not in charge of naming movies for Hollywood. Still... it would have been kind of fun.
The Godfather --- Some Men Should Not Take Over the Family Business!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest --- Some Men Should Not Feign Mental Illness to Avoid Serving Time!
The Bridge on the River Kwai --- Some Men Should Not be in Charge of Construction of Bridges for the Enemy while Being Held as a Prisoner of War!Dracula --- Some Men Should Not Drink ... Wine. And Don't!Frankenstein --- Some Men Should Not Play God by Sending a Lab Assistant to Steal a Brain That They Can Insert Into the Skull of a Corpse They Have Stolen from the Cemetery!
20,0000 Leagues Under the Sea --- Some Men Should Not Build Atomic Submarines!
Psycho --- Some Men Should Not Run Motels!
*Can you tell I'm trying to get myself ready to quit smoking in the next couple of weeks?
Monday, December 15, 2008
Pony Expressionism
So I'm watching TCM Saturday night... uh, I mean... I'm out partying Saturday night with my peeps and hanging with my lady and... oh alright, so I'm home and we're watching TCM. Anyway, the first feature, 3:10 to Yuma, is over and it's only 9:36 so I'm thinking, "We're going to get a One-Reel Wonder to fill the time until 10," and wouldn't you know it, that's just what happens. As the One-Reel Wonder intro kicks in I start getting excited.
"Oh boy," I ask myself out loud, "what's it going to be tonight? Ooh, ooh, I hope it's one of those Boy Friends shorts they put on occasionally. Remember the last one, Ladies Last, directed by none other than George Stevens, where the boys refuse to go to the dance because the girls want them to wear tuxedos? Ha, ha oh my. That was hilarious!"
"Okay, okay," says my lovely wife, "calm down. Let's just wait and see."
"Boy Friends, Boy Friends, Boy Friends," I chant in wild expectation.
Then the short starts. It's in color from 1940 so I know it's not The Boy Friends but my disappointment is only temporary as I see the title, Pony Express Days.
"Hooray!" I exclaim, "A short historical narrative about the Pony Express!"
Then I see the cast and in the starring role is none other than Brent Tarleton/Clark Kent/Superman himself George Reeves.
"Oh boy, this is going to be good!"
As our story begins, Billy (George Reeves), is told he's too big for the Pony Express. The maximum weight allowed is 125 pounds because they ride those ponies fast across the plains and too much weight, along with the added weight of the mail, could cause events to occur that would be hard to work around. Like, for instance, the pony could die. And that would be hard to fix. So Billy is rejected but still gets to work for the Express at a relay station where he keeps the next pony ready. See what happens is, the rider switches ponies about every tenth of the way, and then takes the next pony to the brink of horrible exhaustive death all in the name of getting the mail from Missouri to Californ-I-A!
Billy is stuck at the relay station with some annoying old guy who claims he's a master buffalo hunter but he's really just a stupid drunken half-wit. Billy hates him. So anywho, there's this subplot going on over in California. Seems these Southern sympathizers are trying to get California to join what will become the Confederacy but there's a problem. They suspect that that meddling prairie lawyer from Illinois, Abe Lincoln, will get elected and if California gets the news in time they won't join the Confederacy, which hasn't even formed yet as South Carolina did not secede until December 20th of 1860, more than a full month after Lincoln's election. But somehow these guys just know there's going to be a Confederacy. They also know Lincoln will be elected. They further know that California is just itching to join the Confederacy, which doesn't exist yet, but if they find out Lincoln won the election they'll be all like, "No way Jose, we're not joining now!" So right there you've got some serious dramatic tension going down.
Okay, so, back to the Pony Express. They ride fast across the plains and the Indians there ignore them. I guess because they're so fast or maybe it's just because the Indians think they're totally awesome. Well, that's a problem for our Southern sympathizers. One of them finds some crooked Indians and pays them to kill the Pony Express riders so that word of Lincoln's election never reaches California (imagine if this plan had worked and people living in California today we're still asking, "So who was the 16th President? Doesn't anybody know?").
The Indians start shooting the Pony Express riders. Shooting them! One of the Pony Express riders rides into Billy's relay station shot. He can't go on and Indians have surrounded the cabin. Oh no! What's going to happen now? It was at this point that I hung my head low, "It's all over," I said, "Now California will join the Confederacy, when it forms I mean."
"Don't be so pessimistic," said my wife, reassuringly, "Something unexpected might just happen."
"Yeah sure," I said, utterly defeated, "I'm going to get a drink. I don't need this kind of downer right now."
"Wait!" shouted my wife.
I turned back around to face the screen and what do you know! Billy hops on the pony and takes off!
"Impossible!" I exclaimed, "He's too big! The pony won't last!"
And Billy didn't just jump on that pony. No. He didn't sneak around the back where the Indians couldn't see him. Hell no! He hopped on that pony, drew both six shooters from his side and rode RIGHT AT THEM!!! Man, there must have been 10 or 12 of them and not one, NOT ONE, managed to pull off a shot anywhere near Billy but Billy - oh boy! - he took 'em all out as he blasted his way through their defensive lines! I don't have to tell you (or maybe I do) that right about now my wife was readying a spoon in case she needed to hold down my tongue to keep me from choking on it due to all the excitement.
Then guess what happens. The pony, and Billy, become too exhausted to go on.
"I knew it," I said, bitter and resentful of being played for a fool by this short, "I knew it was too good to be true."
So there's Billy, exhausted and beaten, laying on the ground by his exhausted and beaten pony. All he needed to do was get to the border fort at California to drop off the mail but he couldn't do it. He just couldn't do it.
And then...
Are you ready...
Really ready...
He hears Reveille! Oh joy! Bliss! Rapture! The fort is just over the hill. He made it!!! The word goes out to California that Lincoln won the election and California decides against joining the not-yet-existent Confederacy. Whew, that was a close one.
So the story's over. Yep, what more could they possibly do at this point? And that's when it happens. As Billy walks away with that drunken half-wit we get the final AMAZING twist! The half-wit mentions something about buffalos and Billy thinks it might make a good nickname for himself. "I like it," Billy says, "Buffalo Bill. Buffalo Bill Cody."
Holy Crapola!!! It was Buffalo Bill the whole time! As the tears streamed down my face I turned to wife and said, "One day, I'm going to make a movie just like that, you wait and see."
"I know you will sweety," she said, reaching out for my hand, "I know you will."
Today marks the first day of what will be known in the future as my "Pony Expressionism" period. Pony Express Days, you will live in heart forever. Thank you. Thank you for everything.
Now how about an episode of The Boy Friends? Those guys crack me up.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Double Secret Probation Bonus Round
Okay Mr. Arbo Barbo Smarty Pants - Name that Movie!
Please, please, please - Someone else NAME THAT MOVIE! Up in the sidebar now, with audio track in place. Good luck.
Bonus Round - Name That Movie 12
Okay, here's the Bonus Round, minus audio track. Somebody, anybody, guess this before Arbo. I want this game to come down to the wire but it's looking more and more like Arbo is going to steamroll to the finish line. Good luck everyone!
****UPDATE**** Nevermind everybody. Arbo got it - again.
Name that Movie 11
And so we move on to number eleven. Last week's two clips enjoyed guessing in the comments section for two full days until the second was finally pegged by Krauthammer just before Sunday became Monday. The movie was Bulldog Drummond Escapes. The first lasted all Saturday and into Sunday before Arbogast got it (The Day the Earth Caught Fire), bringing his total points to six (one came from naming all four actresses in this pic). This one being a more recent film probably means it won't last long before someone gets it (and I've seen it written up recently so it's probably fresh in a few people's minds). Who cares anyway? First come, first served. Guess away and get your point. This one has the audio track in place, the Bonus Round clip will not (too much dialogue giving the game away).
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Dames in Frames
The official list is Beulah Bondi, Billie Burke, Ruby Dee, Mildred Dunnock, Dame Edith Evans, Glenda Farrell, Margaret Hamilton, Elsa Lanchester, Marion Lorne, Hattie McDaniel, Agnes Moorehead, Una O'Connor, Maria Ouspenskaya, Kate Reid, Thelma Ritter, Margaret Rutherford, Frances Sternhagen, Billie Whitelaw, Mary Wickes and Estelle Winwood. Even at 20 I had to make some cuts. I considered Marie Dressler but eventually decided she was a star (she did win a Best Actress Oscar after all which none of these did although Hattie McCaniel and Margaret Rutherford won Supporting Oscars) and dropped her from the list but she is most definitely an honorable mention.
And now as always I tag you, and you... and YOU!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Spread of Activation*
So I see on Coosa Creek Mambo Cinema that top ten lists are hitting the airwaves and I think to myself, "I never see enough new movies to do one of those but I enjoy reading them." Then I think, "Maybe each year around this time I could pick another decade exactly 40 or 60 years back like 1968 or 1948 and do a top ten from that year. And each year pick another decade so that next year I would do 1959 or 1929." Works for me. I think I'll do one this year but haven't picked a decade yet.
And speaking of 1959, for some reason the first movie that pops into my head from that year is Compulsion, starring Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman and Orson Welles, who chews the scenery so voraciously it's surprising there was a set left standing when the cameras stopped rolling. You know who directed Compulsion? Richard Fleischer. His birthday was this week, December 8th. He would have been 92 years old (he died on March 25, 2006). God I love 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (he directed that too). It's one of my favorite adventure movies of all time even considering it has Kirk Douglas singing Whale of a Tale which should have been enough to kill any movie but Fleischer did such a good job with it you didn't even notice. Well, almost didn't notice.
Fleischer was already in my mind the last couple of days anyway because he directed Tora, Tora, Tora which recounted the attack on Pearl Harbor whose anniversary was December 7. It's a movie that flopped badly with critics and audiences alike but for whatever reason I like it and I 'm not afraid to admit it. I think a lot of it has to do with the great models and miniatures used for the attack sequence at the end. I'm a sucker for old school special effects.
Which of course puts me in mind of new school special effects and CGI which I don't like. That made me think of Wall-E which, I probably don't need to tell you, I haven't seen. But I will see it soon. You see, as mentioned on this blog earlier, my wife and I have decided to revamp the DVD collection and we're currently purchasing old movies we want to see and renting the new ones, instead of wasting Netflix rentals on movies we want to own anyway. So I cleared my Netflix cache - yep, I cleared it - and started adding in nothing but movies from 2007 and 2008 that I hadn't seen yet in an effort to catch up with the present. Wall-E is one of those movies. I have absolutely no desire to see it, despite its good reviews, but when it shows up I'll give it a look anyway. At least it's Sci-Fi. I'm always game for Sci-Fi.
Speaking of Sci-Fi, one of my favorite cheesy effects Sci-Fi flicks from the seventies is Logan's Run. What's not to love? Filmed in a Dallas, TX mall it's got Farrah Fawcett, tunics and jumpsuits, soft porn, Roscoe Lee Browne providing the voice of Box (the slowest most awkwardly maneuvering robot imaginable and yet somehow it's killed dozens of runners), Jenny Agutter, hordes of cats at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. and lines like "Run runner!" Did you know they're remaking it and apparently are going to stick more closely to the book? And they've dropped the drop-dead age from 30 to 21. I'm sorry, but I had a hard enough time believing any society could properly function with only people aged 29 and under but 20 and under?!!?!?!? Sorry, but that place is going to be a wreck. I don't care how many computers are running it, I've got teens and I'm telling you that society will be a disaster on a minute by minute basis! I hate to judge a movie in advance but who else is with me on this assessment: Logan's Run the remake will totally suck. Big time.
Hey, that reminds me, Fox did a post on remakes recently and brought up Scarface. I didn't like that remake much but I did like the original and soon someone will be writing about it because it's an early Howard Hawks film and Ed Howard is doing the early Howard Hawks blogathon in January (details here). But here's the thing. I know as a bonafide classic Hollywood buff and a thirties movie lover I'm not supposed to say this but... I never really cared for Paul Muni much. I thought he was a good actor and I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is one of my favorites, and one of the best, of the early thirties dramas. It's just that Muni's performances seem very mannered to me. Around the same time Clark Gable and Gary Cooper and Spencer Tracy were breezing through their lines in movie after movie there was Muni, enunciating every syllable or adopting a thick accent that immediately signalled to the viewer, "I'm acting!" So I'm just not a big fan of him or his movies like I am with so many others of the thirties.
And speaking of thirties movies I love, I just recently purchased The Lady Vanishes to add to my collection. It's a favorite early Hitchcock of mine, one that has apparently been used for its plot devices in one way or another many times, including the recent Transiberian, which according to Arbogast did not live up to the standards of Hitchcock or even basic good-movieness (I just coined that word, use it if you like) so I guess I won't be seeing it on any top ten lists this year.
Which brings back to mind those top ten lists that started this spread of activation. I still don't know which 8th year I'm going to do this time, but 1938 is starting to sound like a good one. After all, I already have a movie to put on it, The Lady Vanishes. Thanks Arbo.
*According to psychologists J.R. Anderson and P.L. Pirolli "Spread of activation refers to the cognitive process of retrieving memory. When one part of memory is activated, other parts that are associated with that memory are partly activated as well. "


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Hebrew Names Version (HNV) | New International Version (NIV) |
4 Kefa answered, and said to Yeshua, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let's make three tents here: one for you, one for Moshe, and one for Eliyah." | 4 Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters--one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." |
The Hebrew Names Version is in the public domain. (Hebrew Names Version - The Holy Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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It's hard to believe that Easter is right around the corner, the weather can't seem to make up it's mind cold and dreary or warm and sunny (we all know which I prefer). I love Easter; it's my favorite time of the year, the warm sunny days, blooming flowers and the wonderful message of Hope. Between church services and Easter egg hunts we are on the move during the season.
I have been asked, "How do you teach your children the meaning of Easter and still let the Easter Bunny come for a visit?" The Easter Bunny always hops down our driveway and leaves yummy goodies and fun things like sidewalk chalk and bubbles, he knows just what the children enjoy doing on warm days. However, we also make sure that we discuss the meaning of Easter (in an age appropriate way of course). We have a wonderful little book titled "My Easter Basket" which gives meaning to each thing in an Easter basket. We also have a set of "Resurrection Eggs," which are a carton of a dozen plastic Easter eggs, each holding a symbol of the story of Easter. I love the resurrection eggs; they help tell the story to young children in a way that is not scary.
You can make your own resurrection eggs easily. You just need an egg carton and 12 plastic Easter eggs. Each egg has something in it representing the story of Easter, for example there are thorns to represent the crown of thorns, a tiny cross to represent the cross, a rock to represent the cave that Jesus was buried in and the last egg is left empty, representing the empty tomb. You can easily Google "Resurrection eggs" and find the list on what items are needed to fill your eggs. It's a fun and easy way to tell the story of Easter.
This year, Chester Baptist Church will be holding a community Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday March 30 from 10:30 am - 12 noon. All children (ages 3 through 3rd grade) who attend will receive their own set of resurrection eggs to take home. Please come join us in celebrating Easter with the children, all are welcome. Happy Easter Everyone.


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Ostervald (French) (OST) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 Jésus étant parti de là, vint dans sa patrie, et ses disciples le suivirent. | 1 Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. |
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain. (Ostervald - French Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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This bilingual blog - 'आन्याची फाटकी पासोडी' in Marathi- is largely a celebration of visual and/or comic ...तुकाराम: "ढेकणासी बाज गड,उतरचढ केवढी" (Tukaram: For a bedbug a bed is like a castle. so much climbing up and down!)... George Santayana: " Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence"...William Hazlitt: "Pictures are scattered like stray gifts through the world; and while they remain, earth has yet a little gilding."
G C Lichtenberg: "It is as if our languages were confounded: when we want a thought, they bring us a word; when we ask for a word, they give us a dash; and when we expect a dash, there comes a piece of bawdy."
H. P. Lovecraft: "What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world's beauty, is everything!"
Werner Herzog: "We are surrounded by worn-out, banal, useless and exhausted images, limping and dragging themselves behind the rest of our cultural evolution."
John Gray: "Unlike Schopenhauer, who lamented the human lot, Leopardi believed that the best response to life is laughter. What fascinated Schopenhauer, along with many later writers, was Leopardi's insistence that illusion is necessary to human happiness."
Art Spiegelman: "You know words in a way are hitting you on the left side of your brain, music and visual arts hit on the right side of the brain, so the idea is to pummel you, to send you from left brain to right brain and back until you're as unbalanced as I am."
विलास सारंग: "संदर्भ कुठलेही असोत, संस्कृत, इंग्रजी, बुद्धिवादी, तांत्रिक, इतिहासाचे, खगोलशास्त्राचे, आधुनिक पदार्थविज्ञानाचे, शिवकालीन व पेशवाईतील बखरीचे, अगणित ज्ञानक्षेत्रांचे, अशा वैविध्यपूर्ण ज्ञानावर लेखन- विशेषत: कवितालेखन- उभं राहत."
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Batman in Marathi: Wagle. Nikhil Wagle.
I don't think Batman has ever has been translated in Marathi. Not that lovingly anyway.
If I were to attempt it, I would translate 'Batman' in Marathi as 'Wagle'; in Devanagari: 'वागळे'.
Mr.Bal Thackeray's newspaper 'Saamna' derisively called Nikhil Wagle, the editor of a Marathi news-channel IBN-Lokmat आयबीएन-लोकमत , 'vatwaghaLe' (वटवाघळे).
It's a pun on Wagle's name. In Marathi, 'vatwaghaLe' means bats. It becomes a taunt because in popular Marathi culture bats don't get much respect.
Now they should.
I don't like majority of Indian electronic media and print media. I particularly dislike journalism of Wagle's boss: Rajdeep Sardesai and Times Now's Arnab Goswami. (I often imagine how Jon Stewart would have handled these two if he were in India.)
But I admire the courage of Nikhil Wagle. It reminds me of Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagrahis.
By saying this, perhaps I am thrusting too much of greatness on him. However, like the protagonist of R K Narayan's "The Guide", he deserves it in the end.
(By the way, taking financial risks, Wagle has published some excellent Marathi books.)
Wagle is brave. Like Raju-the-guide. Like Batman.
But I don't understand why IBN-Lokmat's tagline reads "चला, जग जिंकूया!!!" ("Come, let us conquer the world!!!".) What has journalism even to remotely do with 'conquering of the world'?
(Even a publication like 'The Economist' would go for a tagline like: "Come, let US conquer the world!!!")!
But now that I find Batman-like quality in Wagle, maybe the tagline makes sense. He really wants to conquer the world.
Artist: Danny Shanahan, The New Yorker, June 12 1995
My caption:
"I do love you, but I love you as a Shiv Sena fighter."