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When Norman Parke was crying after admitting being involved with the phone probably thinking he was going to be sent home really showed how much winning the show and a UFC contract meant to him.
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Why get a doctorate?
Think earning a doctorate means becoming a college professor? "This is a common myth," says Ruby Rouse, PhD, a marketing consultant and an instructor in the University of Phoenix School of Advanced Studies (SAS).
"People think there is only one flavor of a doctorate — a PhD," which trains people in academic theory and research, she notes. In addition to PhDs, the University also offers many other advanced degrees, including Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Doctor of Management (DM), Doctor of Education (EdD) and Doctor of Health Administration (DHA).
"These are practitioner degrees," Rouse explains, which can offer suitable courses of study, depending on one's goals. "Practitioners are scholars and leaders who solve problems by putting theory and research into action."
Here's what a doctorate can give you:
The years you spend studying for a doctorate can lead to new discoveries about yourself and the world."Earning a doctoral degree shapes, sharpens and expands thinking skills," says Elizabeth Johnston, EdD, a public school administrator and SAS online instructor. "[Doctoral] graduates think differently, and some think radically differently. Many graduates report that the change in thinking was the most valuable aspect of the doctoral degree."
Personal fulfillment
Advanced knowledge is a doctorate's immediate payoff, but the degree can pay unexpected career dividends later, says Heath Boice-Pardee, EdD, an online instructor in the University's higher education administration program.
"I pursued a doctorate because of personal motivation," he explains. "At the time, I didn't realize the doors that my doctorate would … [open] for me." He notes that many of his students are pursuing doctorates primarily for personal enrichment.
In addition, selling your services in a knowledge-based economy often requires professional credibility — and doctorates provide that, he believes.
"Possessing a doctorate … implies a level of accomplishment, skill and knowledge," he says, that especially benefits entrepreneurs, such as high-level business consultants. Kortens adds that obtaining a doctorate can help you gain access to a community of high achievers who might be potential future clients for your entrepreneurial ventures.
High-level job opportunities
If you work in health care, education or government, you'll likely need a doctorate to attain the most senior-level positions.
"A doctoral degree is a requirement for most administrative jobs in K–12 [education]," such as superintendents or curriculum managers — especially in larger school districts, Johnston notes. Boice-Pardee stresses the same holds true for jobs in higher education.
Former SAS students have advanced- to executive-level positions at NASA, the National Institutes of Health, the Institute for Healthcare Communication and in academia, Rouse points out.


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Images of North Korea Nuclear Test Site Show ... Volleyball
What are North Korean workers doing when not preparing for a nuclear test?
Letting loose on the volleyball court, apparently. "Unusual" satellite images of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, snapped on Sunday and described in a 38 North report, reveal not the expected preparations for the country's sixth nuclear test but rather three concurrent games of volleyball, reports the New York Times.
Since North Korea knows when satellites zip overhead, analysts say the games at the main administrative area, guard barracks, and support area of the command center—plus an apparently unused volleyball net at the command center—were likely meant to convey some sort of message, though they aren't exactly sure what.
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Few finales have let down their audience quite like Seinfeld did in 1998. There were no real surprises or shocking elements, no dreams or snowglobes. It was just a reunion show that ended with four of TV's most beloved characters — Jerry, George, Kramer, and Elaine — going to jail for being assholes in a small Massachusetts town. Wah wah.
But I dare you to rewatch the run of the show and not believe it's the perfect ending to TV's undefeated champion of sitcom. Because, for all the lies and manipulations and schemes, for the hurt feelings, the people fired, the lives and businesses ruined, the stolen breads, deported foreigners, and Bubble Boys popped, the cavalier attitude toward sex and relationships, and for the lack of remorse for everything up to and including the accidental death of George's fiancee, Susan, the ending to Seinfeld was the ultimate comeuppance for the acts of four truly awful human beings.
"I do not know how, or under what circumstances the four of you found each other," the judge remarks, "but your callous indifference and utter disregard for everything that is good and decent has rocked the very foundation upon which our society is built. I can think of nothing more fitting than for the four of you to spend a year removed from society, so that you can contemplate the manner in which you have conducted yourselves. I know I will."
Fans of the show didn't like the finale because they had just spent nine seasons laughing at the misfortunes of others while spouting catchphrases and comparing themselves to the different characters. Now they realized the characters they loved so much were actually just assholes, and that probably meant they were, too. —Matthew Kitchen
You'll never see a series finale done as perfectly as "Flip," the last episode of The Larry Sanders Show, which ended its six-season run on HBO in 1998 and still stands alone at the summit of television satire. The concept was simple — lay bare the bones of a late-night talk show and its hyper-neurotic host — and the execution was, season after season and without exception, brilliant beyond telling. Garry Shandling, Sanders co-creator and star, co-starred with Rip Torn and Jeffrey Tambor (playing, respectively, Larry's swinging dick of a producer and his lickspittle sidekick), and featured a cast that at various times included Jeremy Piven, Sarah Silverman, Janeane Garofalo, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and Bob Odenkirk. David Letterman, Warren Zevon, Ben Stiller, Jon Stewart, Laura Dern, Alec Baldwin, Adam Sandler, Dave Chappelle, Paul Westerberg, Don Rickles: All of them, and countless others, showed up as guests over the years, playing mainly nasty versions of themselves.
I never loved a TV show more, or was so sorry to see one end. But "Flip" — it was like dying at the peak of orgasm, with a pastrami Reuben in one paw and a fatty in the other. The double-length episode opens with Larry watching a tape of Jack Paar's actual goodbye to his own talk-show viewers in 1965 — no show ever warped the metaphysics of televised reality the way Sanders often did, and no episode did so more than this one, particularly when Sean Penn, appearing as a guest, leans over to Sanders during a commercial break and vents his loathing for his real-life Hurlyburly co-star, Garry Shandling.
"Flip" also features near-brawls in the green room between Tom Petty and Clint Black, and Petty and Greg Kinnear (Petty winds up leaving the studio before his guest spot), a Jerry Seinfeld walk-on, a Warren Beatty cameo, and a scene with Greg Kinnear and the late, great Bruno Kirby that should blaze for all eternity in every actor's heart. The show ends as Shandling, Torn, and Tambor walk out of the darkened studio together. "I hope we beat Leno," Larry Sanders says, just before the final credits roll. A fitting epitaph. —Scott Raab
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Tom Petty planning new Heartbreakers album for 2014
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Tom Petty says he's "tremendously excited" about his new album with The Heartbreakers.
The rocker tells "Rolling Stone" the group's upcoming studio project is "not like anything" they've ever done before. Petty admits it's tough to describe what's different about it.
But he explains that they started out by playing the blues, and it's "morphed into something that's kind of like songs on 1994's "Wildflowers or 1979's "Damn The Torpedoes."
Petty adds that he's "just so into it," and he can't wait to return to the studio to finish it. The group expects to release their still-untitled effort next year.
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Neck dissection - dischargeRadical neck dissection - discharge; Modified radical neck dissection- discharge; Selective neck dissection - discharge
Neck dissection is surgery to remove the lymph nodes in your neck. Cells from cancers in the mouth or throat can travel in the lymph fluid and get trapped in your lymph nodes. The lymph nodes are removed to prevent cancer from spreading to other parts of your body.
When You Were in the Hospital
You were likely in the hospital for 2 to 3 days. To help get ready for going home, you likely received help with:
- Drinking, eating, and perhaps talking
- Caring for your surgical wound in any drains
- Using your shoulder and neck muscles
- Breathing and handling secretions in your throat
- Managing your pain
What to Expect at Home
Your doctor will give you a prescription for pain medicines. Get it filled when you go home so you have the medicine when you need it. Take your pain medicine when you start having pain. Waiting too long to take it will allow your pain to get worse than it should.
Do not take aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), or naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn). These medicines may increase bleeding.
You will have staples in the wound and mild redness and swelling for the first couple of weeks after surgery.
You may have a drain in your neck when you leave the hospital. The nurse will tell you how to care for it.
Healing time will depend on how much tissue was removed.
Diet and Nutrition
You can eat your usual foods unless your doctor has given you a special diet.
If pain in your neck and throat is making it hard to eat:
- Take your pain medicine 30 minutes before meals.
- Choose soft foods, such as ripe bananas, hot cereal, and moist chopped meat and vegetables.
- Limit foods that are hard to chew, such as fruit skins, nuts, and tough meat.
- If one side of your face or mouth is weaker, chew food on the stronger side of your mouth.
Keep an eye out for swallowing problems:
- Coughing or choking, either during or after eating
- Gurgling sounds from your throat during or after eating
- Throat clearing after drinking or swallowing
- Slow chewing or eating
- Coughing food back up after eating
- Hiccups after swallowing
- Chest discomfort during or after swallowing
- Unexplained weight loss
- You may move your neck gently sideways, up and down. You may be given stretching exercises to do at home. Avoid straining your neck muscles or lifting objects weighing more than 10 lbs for 4 to 6 weeks.
- Try to walk every day. You can return to sports (such as golf, tennis, and running) after 4 to 6 weeks.
- Most people are able to go back to work in 2 to 3 weeks. Ask your doctor when is it is OK for you to return to work.
- You will be able to drive when you can turn your shoulder far enough to see safely. Do not drive while you are taking strong (narcotic) pain medicine. Ask your doctor when it is OK for you to start driving.
- Make sure your home is safe while you are recovering.
Other Self-care
You will need to learn tocare for your wound.
- You may get special antibiotic cream in the hospital to rub on your wound. Continue to do this 2 or 3 times a day after you go home.
- You can shower after you return home. Wash your wound gently with soap and water. Do not scrub or let the shower spray directly on your wound.
- Do not take a tub bath for the first few weeks after your surgery.
You will need to see your doctor for a follow up visit in 7 to 10 days. The staples will be removed at this time.
When to Call the Doctor
Call your doctor if:
- You have a fever over 100.5degrees Fahrenheit(38.5 degrees Celsius).
- Your pain medicine is not working to relieve your pain.
- Your surgical wounds are bleeding, are red or warm to the touch, or have a thick, yellow, green, or milky drainage.
- You have problems with the drain.
- You cannot eat and lose weight because of swallowing problems.
- You are choking or coughing when you eat or swallow
- It is hard to breathe.
Robbins KT, Samnt S, Ronen O. Neck dissection. In: Flint PW, Haughey BH, Lund LJ, et al, eds. Cummings Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2010:chap 121.
Review Date: 11/28/2012
Reviewed By: Seth Schwartz, MD, MPH, Otolaryngologist, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, David R. Eltz, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.


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Now we can enjoy the convenience of reading dharma texts either from our iPhone, iPAD, Sony Reader, Netbooks, Notebooks and/or any other devices that can read PDF files. Just download or open them accordingly by clicking the link below.
The printed materials of the below are also available at the ground floor of the Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC) for free.
Daily Reflections by our Resident Teacher, Geshe Thubten Chonyi
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Kadampa Teachings by Geshe Lama Konchog
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Teachings from Lama Konchog by Geshe Lama Konchog
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How to Generate Bodhicitta (English) by Ribur Rinpoche
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How to Generate Bodhicitta (中文版) by Ribur Rinpoche Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
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The Path to Happiness by Ven. Thubten Chodron
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Freedom Through Understanding by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, from Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
The Kindness of Others By Geshe Jampa Tegchok, from Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
Virtue and Reality by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, from Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism by Lama Thubten Yeshe, from Lama Yeshe Wisdom
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Nvidia has introduced the GeForce GTX 590, the fastest dual graphics card available from the company. It is powered by dual Nvidia Fermi-class GPUs on a single card.
With 1024 Nvidia CUDA architecture cores, 3GB of GDDR5 memory, six billion transistors and over 2200 individual components all packed into an 11-inch dual slot card, the GTX 590 delivers a 32 tessellation engines that can power DirectX11 games at resolutions of 2,560x1,600 and higher. With four separate video outputs on each card, consumers can configure their PC with four independent displays, or they can span their gaming across three 3D displays, at a resolution up to 5,760x1,080 for a stereoscopic gaming experience utilizing Nvidia 3D Vision Surround technology, the vendor said.
With Nvidia SLI technology, gamers can increase their PC's gaming performance by adding a second GeForce GTX 590, for enabling Quad SLI gaming mode.
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College student Marc Hawley discovers a never before seen doorway in the wall of the attic of his old family home. The door opens into a passageway where none can exist in the ancient Queen Anne and leads to a strange new land filled with wizards, magic and 'people' Marc never before realized were possible. Tvek, the land's chief seer soon sends Marc and his new found companion Jono a quest to recover a missing 'Smoke.' The teens meet a young winged equi...
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Computer whiz Kevin Wilson has become convinced that he is jinxed and has somehow hexed a series of murders into happening. It is only by the help and intervention of down to earth literary agent Nolly Penderson that Kevin comes to realize that the murderer plaguing Kevin's thoughts is a flesh and blood person and not any hex. Nolly and Kevin use Kevin's expert computer skills to track the Arlington, Virginia woman they are sure is creating havoc amon...
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Lord Henry, medical director, must struggle to save the life of the latest victim of 'the blue death.' The virulent biohazard has gone missing from a secret MI6 lab and is being used by person or persons unknown against a group of people who appear to have no link to one another. Chief Inspector Patrick Edwards and his Scotland Yard force are brought into the picture when the deadly vials of the 'blue death' are discovered to have again gone missin...
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Samsung NX20 review - A great performance among stiff competitionBy Ben Boswell - Wednesday February 27 2013 Sensor Review
Samsung NX 20 vs. Sony NEX-6 vs. Pentax K 01
Among this small selection of Hybrid cameras the comparison that really stands out is that the Samsung is the cheapest and has the highest Mpix. It scores slightly lower but not by very much: 75 for the NX20, 78 for the Sony NEX-6 and 79 for the Pentax K 01. The individual measures are very close too until you get to the low light score where the Sony scores 1018 and the Pentax 1135 against the 785 for the NX20. The specifications are very similar too, each camera excelling in some respect: The Samsung for instance has the largest sensor, the fastest shutter speed (1/8000th), and the only Wi-Fi connectivity. The Sony NEX-6 has the highest capture rate at 10 FPS for stills and is the lightest of the three whilst the Pentax K 01 has the best sound recording for video (and the highest overall score).
Samsung NX20 vs. Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 vs. Olympus OM-D E-M5
In terms of size and styling the NX20 looks a little like the Lumix DMC GH3 or the Olympus OM-D E-M5, both of these are 16 Megapixel, Micro 4:3 hybrid cameras with DxO Mark scores of 71 and both are more expensive than the NX20. While the Low Light score for these two is fractionally better than the Samsung they fail to match up to the NX20 for either Color Depth or Dynamic range. Given the lower price it seems like opting for the Samsung NX20 in this comparison is inevitable if only IQ is taken into account.
Samsung NX20 vs Nikon D3200 vs Samsung NX 200
This price bracket in the market is very crowded, nearly all brands have several models aimed at slightly different sectors of the camera buying public. The Samsung NX20 is one of the best available hybrid cameras for the price, but there are alternatives at a similar price that bear comparison. The Nikon D3200 is a case in point. It is an SLR camera with an even higher pixel count than the Samsung: 24 MPix. It won't capture at the same rate as the Samsung: 4FPS rather than 8 but all of the measures are better, with the overall DxO Mark score of 81, 6 points clear of the NX20. For the sake of balance, it is also interesting to see that Samsung has made a huge improvement over their last model: the NX200. The Samsung NX200 which has been on the market since the middle of 2011 also has a 20Mpix sensor and scored well with a DxO Mark score of 69. It is better than some much more expensive cameras but the NX20 has beaten it in all respects.
Further readings for the Samsung NX20 review - A great performance among stiff competition
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Fuji X-Trans sensors
I understand that they are outside your normal current system.
Still, it would be great if you could test these. PLUS you might benefit from looking outside the box - there must be a common ground to Bayer and X-Trans, and all other sensors, after all isn't human vision the final arbiter?
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Re: Fuji X-Trans sensors
Thanks for your comment.
The test of the Fuji X-Trans cameras is not planned for now.
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Have you heard about Fuji ?
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Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
If you are referring to the Fuji X cameras, you probably know that they do not use a Bayer matrix but a "X-Trans" matrix. We will try to test this sensor, but although we try to respond to your requests to provide tests for specific camera models, there are no plans for doing it in the short term.
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Tornados win "Mud Bowl" over Catawba, 7-6October 31, 2009
Ray returns blocked punt in for score as Brevard improves to 7-3
Brevard, N.C. - Several Tornados burst through the line of scrimmage with five minutes left in the fourth quarter and launched their way into the path of Colby McKanna's punt, blocking it to the turf before junior defensive lineman Richard Ray scooped up the ball and rumbled in from 12 yards out to give the Tornados the come-from-behind 7-6 win over Catawba on Senior Day.
Brevard (7-3, 3-3 SAC) was unable to move the ball throughout the game as the constant rain and pounding Brevard Memorial Stadium took during the week turned the field into a mud pit, gaining only 88 yards total offense in the game, with fullback Neville Bryce gaining the majority of those yards with 43 yards on 10 carries.
Michael Crumbaker, back after missing a game due to surgery, suited up and carried the ball 11 times for 12 yards and threw a shovel pass to fullback Derek Church as the Tornados offense focused on not turning the ball over in the game and allowing the battle for field position and the Tornados defense to take control.
Stanley Jones broke the 100 tackle barrier that had eluded him so far in his collegiate career in the first half on his way to 16 tackles on the game, with two coming behind the line of scrimmage. Prince Simunyu added nine tackles and three for loss, while Brandon Rawls and Chris Lumbu continued the Tornados 12-game sack streak, dropping Daniel Griffith in the fourth quarter on Catawba's last drive, before Donald Hudson picked off his second pass of the season on the Tornados seven-yard line to seal the win.
Catawba's (4-5, 1-5 SAC) offense found the going difficult in the game as well, fighting both the Tornados stiff defense and the mud, which at times was caked up to the players ankles, but managed to out-gain the Tornados, more than doubling Brevard with 175 yards in the game, with 73 coming through the air.
Running back Levon Curtis carried the ball 21 times for 85 yards for the Indians offense, while Antonio Hall added 33 on 12 carries to move the Catawba offense up the field.
Catawba did not attempt a pass through most of the first quarter before their last drive when Pat Dennis found Brandon Bunn in the middle of the end zone for a nine-yard scoring strike. Dennis finished the game six of 12 with one touchdown for 68 yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, Cory Johnson had 10 stops in the game and the Indians racked up six tackles for loss in the ball game. Terrence Jones stopped a Tornados drive in the third quarter with an interception on a Crumbaker pass as the Indians held the Tornados rushing attack, coming into the game ranked #7 in the nation, under 100 yards for the third time this season.
The first quarter was a series of three-and-outs as the teams' punters attempted to keep the offenses in check. Brevard sophomore Eric Watts pinned the Indians inside their 10-yard line twice in the first quarter with directional kicks in averaging 31.6 yards per attempt on the afternoon.
Catawba broke the string of three-and-outs in the second quarter when Curtis took off on a 22-yard scamper down the left sideline for just the second-first down of the game. However, the Indians drive stalled at the Brevard 45-yard line and Catawba was forced to punt.
On Brevard's next punt attempt, Gerron Bryant picked up the ball before the Tornados could down it and returned it back to the Brevard 36.
Eight plays later on fourth-and-goal, Dennis dropped back and found Bunn in the end zone for the first score of the game. Thomas Trexler came in to attempt the extra-point and pushed the extra-point wide, leaving Catawba to go into the half up 6-0.
Catawba picked up the first first-down of the second half in their third drive, moving the ball up to the Brevard 21 before Daniel Griffith fumbled the snap, where it was recovered by Brevard's Andrew Barrentine, stalling the drive.
The Indians threatened again on their next possession, starting the drive on the BC 14-yard line after Curtis returned the Watts' punt 35 yards, but the defense again stood strong and Dwayne White knocked the pass to Julian Hartsell away on fourth-down to force the turnover.
The punters swapped kicks on the next two possessions before Watts hammered his best offering of the afternoon, booting the ball 44 yards before it was swallowed up by the field on the Catawba 26.
Four plays later, after a Catawba fumbled snap moved the ball back to the 22, the Tornados came through the punt team and swarmed the kick, sending it back into the mud before Ray picked it up and carried it the 12 yards needed to tie the game up at 6 with 5:33 on the clock. The snap to Hudson and the hold were perfect as Chase Henry drilled the kick through the uprights to give the Tornados the one-point lead.
Catawba took the ensuing kickoff and started their drive on their 41-yard line. Dennis moved the Indians into Brevard territory, taking the team to a third-and-one on the Brevard 26 before the ball slipped out of his hand, floating in the middle of the field where it was snatched by Hudson.
The Tornados offense ran out the clock to finish out their home schedule with the win, 7-6.
Brevard finishes up the 2009 regular season on Saturday, November 7th, as they travel to Newberry, S.C. to take on Newberry College. Kickoff between the teams is set for 7 p.m. Catawba returns home to Salisbury, N.C. for their final game of the season next Saturday as they host Lenoir-Rhyne, with game time set for 1:30 p.m.


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My apartment building used to have so much promise. I remember when the realtor cheerfully pointed out the hardwood floors and the large windows before spending an inordinate amount of time on the stainless steel kitchen fixtures, as if I'd previously lived in a place without working faucets. Her hard sell on the running water worked, though. I signed a contract and for a while everything was as delightful as it looked in the brochure.
Then other people started living here.
After two years, the turnover rate is higher than at even the most dismal fast food establishments and I'd bet that Sonic's Senior Frito Crusher has been making Chili Cheese Wraps longer than anyone has been on my floor. Most of the original owners have long since U-Hauled out of here, renting their units to other people who have, in turn, rented them out to someone else, with each generation getting crankier, dirtier and more willing to somehow triple-park their Tinkerbell-stickered Mini Coopers.
Or even to own a Tinkerbell-stickered Mini Cooper.
The current property managers are the second in a series of increasingly unconcerned, unhelpful companies who only materialize on the premises if there are free gelato samples in the coffee shop downstairs. A pair of Saturdays ago, someone spent the early morning hours prying my gas cap off and helping themselves to all the Exxon in my tank. The property dudes shrugged it off, telling me it was "probably just my friends pulling a prank", which is the crappiest explanation ever since 1) I don't even have friends and 2) if I did, they wouldn't be the kind who'd autograph the side of my car with a series of deep scratches.
And then there are the elevator rides, which are more terrifying than anything this side of a carnival in a strip mall parking lot. You haven't experienced misery until you've descended top to bottom with either the fiftysomething woman whose face is frozen in a permascowl and always smells like Band-Aids or the elderly medical experiment who will corner you to tell you all about his latest exploratory surgery. Yesterday, I awkwardly balanced two bags of groceries while he breathlessly explained the benefits of no longer having a functioning asshole.
After unpacking my Fruit Rollups and Bagel Bites and debating whether to soak my short-term memory with bleach, it was time to drag Pigpen around the block. As I held his leash and mashed the DOWN button, I braced myself for whatever reeking, recently-stitched creature could be on the other side.
Instead, it was...a guy. He was fortysomething with an expensive haircut and the kind of sharply chiseled features you see either advertising cologne or tempting a very married Judith Light in a number of Lifetime movies. I dragged The Pig onto the elevator and pressed the already-illuminated LOBBY circle because I'm increasingly nervous around attractive men. Or any men, really.
"R.E.M., huh?", he asked, jerking his chin--covered with carefully-cultivated stubble, natch--toward the image of Michael Stipe wrapped around my ribcage.
"Yeah, R.E.M." I said, because I'm good with words.
"Are they still alive?"
"Yes, all four of them are still kicking. Although original drummer Bill Berry left in 1997 and has been replaced by Bill Rieflin." A pause. "He used to play for Ministry."
"Right, only Bills can drum for them, got it."
"Well, they did have Barrett Martin for a minute and then Joey Waronker but yeah, it's mainly Bills."
The doors graciously opened before I could bury myself beneath a deeper pile of Dork. "Hey, do you live beside the stairwell?" he asked, thumbing one of the toggles on his overcoat.
I nodded.
"Can I tell you something? I apologize if it sounds a bit forward."
I nodded again--ever the master of social interaction--hoping it would be complimentary. That from a distance, I didn't look like a complete disaster. That my new clearance-rack shower gel did, indeed, make me smell like pears. That I would make an excellent first wife.
"Well, it's just that you, um..."
I waited, holding Pigpen's leash with one hand and adjusting my Bruins hat with the other, hoping that my ears protruded in the sexiest possible way.
"You...uh...you really play some shitty music."
And with that he walked out into the parking garage, a cold blast of air coming in to take his place. I stood at the window watching him, my breath fogging the glass as I waited to see which car he climbed into. You know, just in case someone would need to park uncomfortably close to his driver's side door.
P.S. It's totally unrelated to my unfortunate mailing address, but my review of Nick Lowe's all-acoustic, all-amazing concert has been posted at BitchBuzz. It's an article I'm reasonably pleased with, especially since it prompted a discussion with my mother about Lady Gaga's genitals.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Like a Good Neighbor
My apartment building used to have so much promise. I remember when the realtor cheerfully pointed out the hardwood floors and the large windows before spending an inordinate amount of time on the stainless steel kitchen fixtures, as if I'd previously lived in a place without working faucets. Her hard sell on the running water worked, though. I signed a contract and for a while everything was as delightful as it looked in the brochure.
12 comments:
- Michael said...
Your talent makes me speechless. If you play shitty music, I hope it's being played in heaven when I die.
- Shieldmaiden96 said...
That's it. You need to pack up and move out of Douchebagonia.
Philistine. Him, not you, natch. I loved the Elvis Costello song you posted the other day.
- Deidre said...
What a jerk! Even if you did play shitty music - which you clearly don't because you're awesome - who says that?
Well, I nevah! The guy is obviously musically impaired/impotent/illiterate. It's much more important for a guy to have good musical taste and great ideas than having those damn, good cheekbones!
- Scribe said...
What an assclam! I bet you thought of lots of witty repartes once he pulled out - I notoriously have many comebacks hours and even days later. "I hope you don't take offence, but you're an assclam" - there's one for ya!
- Kitty said...
and THAT'S why that asshole is still single. You just can't trust a good looking guy over the age of about 24.
- Bitterly Books said...
You know, he's probably also the guy who siphoned gas from your car. Parking uncomfortably close just makes it that much easier for him.
- Kathleen @ ForgingAhead said...
Handsome but no taste. Yep, that about sums up the world.
Does your place, perhaps, have stairs? Or are they scarier than the elevator?
Great post by the way!
- reinventingamy said...
dude. seriously? who tells people that? to each their own asshole.
some people have all the nerve...
- Phil said...
I bet all that cologne went to his brain and killed any sense of taste he may have had re: good music. Let's classify him shall we? As I do with all people who showcase rudeness especially in the area of musical tastes, I'd say his favorite band is probably... Godsmack. Yeah, definitely.


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(Yahoo!) - The Jonas Brothers don't want fans to give up hope just yet.
Last week it looked as if the band was headed for splitsville, but on Tuesday, Nick and Joe Jonas broke their silence on Twitter for the first time since reports surfaced earlier this month that there were major problems going on with the trio.
"Please hold while we get our s--t together," Joe tweeted, 45 minutes after Nick, 21, posted:
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Two weeks ago, the Jonas Brothers announced they were canceling their tour two days before it was set to kick off, due to a "deep rift" within the band. Camp Jonas has maintained "the rift" was due to creative differences.
Apparently Nick, 21, Joe, 24, and Kevin, 25, could not agree on anything from musical direction to the band's name. E! reported that Joe, who wanted a rock sound, and Nick, who wanted a combination of their old sound with a jazzy feel, were clashing when it came to the vision for their new, more mature band.
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The share market has achieved a third straight day of gains, with miners leading the way.
Wall Street provided a positive lead for local investors, as it climbed to record highs on strong jobs growth.
Growing industrial activity in China and hints of future interest rate cuts in Australia have also boosted local sentiment.
Investors appeared to be moving on from recent worries caused by profit downgrades from several retailers, Morgans private client adviser Alistair McCorquodale said.
"The new senate is now sitting and we are starting to see some resolution to some of those budgetary issues and a bit more certainty," he said.
"As the market can see that certainty lining up I think its prepared to keep buying up."
The ASX200 and All Ordinaries indices rose by 1.5 per cent for the week, the first of the new financial year.
Iron ore prices rose strongly to $US96.50 a tonne, boosting the miners.
BHP Billiton added 34 cents to $37.57, Rio Tinto rose by 15 cents to $62.60 and Fortescue Metals gained five cents to $4.68.
The major banks also rose, with National Australia Bank adding 42 cents to $33.73, ANZ rising 14 cents to $33.78, Westpac lifting 21 cents to $34.40 and Commonwealth Bank closed 40 cents higher at $81.95.
Telstra gained six cents to $5.34 amid speculation the telco may announce a $2 billion share buyback.
The only areas of weakness were in the property sector and among some industrials, such as Transurban, which lost 12 cents to $7.62.
* The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 33.8 points, or 0.62 per cent, to 5,525.
* The broader All Ordinaries index gained 32.3 points, or 0.59 per cent, to 5,511.8.
* The September share price index futures contract was 29 points higher at 5,482, with 21,539 contracts traded.
* The price of gold in Sydney was $US1,320.90 per fine ounce, down $US1.50 on Thursday's price of $US1,322.40.
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I have read every thread purtaneing to my problem but havent found the info 4 my situation,or i have but its not working 4 me,
lo, no wireless devices
eth0, no wireless devices.
its not seeing my card for some reason,
im running a ibm thinkpad A/T/X/series(T30) With xp pro as the main OS,and have installed BT3final to the HD
i think the chipset is Intel 82845 845 Brookdale rev 04
with a SoftGate 802.11b wirless PCMCIA card.(WavePlus)
in xp i can see my 2 network adapters in device manager,and can connect 2 my home modem/router,and surf no probs.
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when i run lspci,Ethernet controller is there but not my network controller.
short of trying ndiswrapper,or autoNDIS, i have browsed a thousound different forums,and tryed many diff methods but no success,i seen on wiki that the ibm T30 is a compatible laptop,so i dont see what 2 do,
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I couldn't find the WavePlus chipset on the hardware list.
No me neither,and i just found out that waveplus is not supported by linux.
So do i install a chipset into the card that does work?
or could i install a linux based driver 4 the intel 100,i think i found one,but not 2 sure how2 install it....... rpmbuilder is not working,or im doing it wrong.
is there a how2 on loading drivers in linux?
so can anyone suggest something?
or should i just use ndiswrapper?
thanks 4 the reply Recycle.....
So no help ah?hmmmm
what are the disadvantages 2 using ndiswrapper?some tools and attacks wont work?
thanks again.im sorry 4 being a pain,but this has got me so frustrated,i cant stop trying 2 figure it out.going on 5 days now.lol
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i think i found the right linux driver,e100-3.5.17.tar.gz
so if i install it while running backtrack that should do it?
thanks again.......
Alright im going with the driver install,but now im at make install,and im getting kernel error.
Makefile:65: *** Linux kernel source not found. Stop.
any ideas?
So nobody has ever seen this error?
i know im new 2 the site,but this is no way 2 keep peeps here or get new 1s.
does anyone have any clue as 2 why im getting this error?Makefile:65: *** """""""Makefile:65: *** Linux kernel source not found. Stop."""""""""
Linux kernel source not found
The CD version of backtrack didn't include the kernal sources. USB version did.
Search the forums, seem to remember that someone .LZM'ed one.
here and installed using the following command:Code:lzm2dir kernel.lzm /
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Two sources from some of Apple's suppliers confirmed that Apple is testing designs for a high-definition, large-screen TV set. They also mentioned that Hon Hai Precision Co. (which trades as Foxconn) is working with Sharp Corp. on the project.
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Player InformationFlames Home > Lacrosse Home > Lacrosse Roster > Roster Detail
Chloe McIntoshClass: R-Senior
Position: D
Height: 5-7
Previous School: Richland HS
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
2012 (R-Jr.):
• Started all 16 games in which she played
• One of two captains along with Jen Moyer
• Finished second on the team in ground balls (42) and caused turnovers (19)
• Ranked 17th in the country with 2.63 ground balls per game
• Collected six ground balls and caused three turnovers in a 22-21 overtime win versus Presbyterian College (April 15)
• Garnered the NLC Defensive Player of the Week award on March 19
• Named to the NLC All-Conference second team
• Is current program career leader in ground balls with 110
2011 (R-So.):
• One of five Lady Flames to start in all 18 games in 2011
• Served as team captain
• Named to the National Lacrosse Conference (NLC) All-Academic Team for second-consecutive year
• Led the team in ground balls with 46
• Collected a season-high five ground balls in a loss to Longwood (April 21)
• Ended season with 12 caused turnovers
• Connected on two goals on the year
2010 (R-Fr.):
• Started all 14 contests for the Lady Flames
• Tabbed as team captain
• Named to the NLC All-Academic Team
• Co-leader on the Lady Flames in caused turnovers with 10
• Led the team in shots on goal percentage (.862)
• Finished fourth on the team in goals (11), third in ground balls (22) and fourth in draw controls (13)
• Netted two goals in the Lady Flames' home opener against Anne Arundel (March 19) … posted a hat trick at St. Francis (Pa.) (March 23)
• Picked up three ground balls in games against Long Island (March 14), UC Davis (March 22) and Central Connecticut State (March 26)
• Scored three goals and scooped up five ground balls in Liberty's final game of the season against Howard in the NLC Tournament (May 1)
• Played basketball at Richland High
• Led team in points, blocks, assists, steals and free throw percentage
• Earned MVP honors
• Daughter of John and Gene McIntosh
• Niece of Jim Mellado, who ran track at Southern Methodist and went on to compete in the decathlon at the 1988 Olympics, finishing 26th
• Majoring in kinesiology with plans to start a career as a physical therapist upon graduation
• Birthday is Jan. 31


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David Drabkin Named GSAs Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer
January 11, 2008
Contact: Dirk Fillpot, (202) 501-2699
WASHINGTON – U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Lurita Doan today announced David Drabkin's appointment as GSA's Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer and Senior Procurement Executive.
"I am very pleased that David has agreed to serve in this critical position," said Administrator Doan. "David's vast acquisition policy experience will be vital to ensuring federal agencies have the products and services they need to fulfill their missions."
Molly Wilkinson, GSA's chief acquisition officer, added, "David Drabkin is an acknowledged leader in the acquisition community and in the federal government. I have had the great pleasure of working with David during this past year and have learned a tremendous amount from his advice and counsel. I am glad to welcome him back to the OCAO family."
OCAO is responsible for developing and reviewing acquisition policies, procedures and related training for both GSA and federal acquisition professionals through the Federal Acquisition Institute, Civilian Acquisition Advisory Committee, Federal Acquisition Regulation, and GSA's acquisition manual and training programs. As GSA's Senior Procurement Executive, Mr. Drabkin is responsible for all contracting matters with GSA, GSA's acquisition workforce, and serves as GSA's Federal Acquisition Regulation signatory.
Mr. Drabkin said of his appointment: "I'm very glad to be back at GSA and in the best acquisition job in the government. Now we have to get to work."
Mr. Drabkin has served GSA for seven-and-a-half years and recently completed a detail to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.
He was appointed by the President to be a member of the Acquisition Advisory Panel (SARA Panel). He has served as Deputy Program Manager, Pentagon Renovation Program; the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Process and Policies), Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform) (ODUSD(AR)); and the Director, Regulatory Reform and Implementation, ODUSD(AR), where he served as the Project Manager for FASA Implementation.
He is a native of Mount Vernon, N.Y.
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 208,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 425 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and E-Gov travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
Did You Know? The Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer was established in 2004 as a result of the Services Acquisition Reform Act and focuses on three broad issues: compliance, capacity, and competition.


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5'-nucleotidase (5'-NT) is a protein produced by the liver. A test can be done to measure the amount of this protein in your blood.
Blood is drawn from a vein, usually from the inside of the elbow or the back of the hand. The site is cleaned with germ-killing medicine (antiseptic). The health care provider wraps an elastic band around the upper arm to apply pressure to the area and make the vein swell with blood.
Next, the health care provider gently inserts a needle into the vein. The blood collects into an airtight vial or tube attached to the needle. The elastic band is removed from your arm.
Once the blood has been collected, the needle is removed, and the puncture site is covered to stop any bleeding.
In infants or young children, a sharp tool called a lancet may be used to puncture the skin and make it bleed. The blood collects into a small glass tube called a pipette, or onto a slide or test strip. A bandage may be placed over the area if there is any bleeding.
Your health care provider may tell you to stop taking some medicines that could interfere with the test. Drugs that may affect results include:
- Acetaminophen (Tylenol)
- Halothane
- Isoniazid
- Methyldopa
- Nitrofurantoin
You may feel slight pain or a sting when the needle is inserted. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Your doctor may order this test if you have signs of a liver problem. It is used mostly to tell if the high protein level is due to liver damage or skeletal muscle damage.
The normal value is 2 to 17 units per liter.
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The examples above show the common measurements for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
Greater than normal levels may indicate:
- Cholestasis (when bile, which is made by the liver to help digest fats, is blocked from flowing out of the liver
- Destruction of liver cells
- Hepatitis (liver inflammation)
- Liver ischemia (i.e. loss of blood and oxygen to the liver)
- Liver tumor
- Use of a liver-damaging drug
Veins and arteries vary in size so it may be harder to get a blood sample from one person than another. Other slight from having blood drawn may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
- Bruising
Pratt DS. Liver chemistry and function tests. In: In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 73.
Review Date: 3/11/2013
Reviewed By: Paula J. Busse, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Bethanne Black, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.


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Three Students Hurt In Pittsburgh Shooting
(Pittsburgh, PA) -- Three students who were shot as they left a Pittsburgh high school are said to be in good to stable condition. Pittsburgh Police spokesperson Diane Richard says all the victims are male, one was shot in the leg or foot, and the other two were grazed. Richard remarked that it's unclear whether there was a single gunman or multiple gunmen who fired shots from a wooded area near the school. She also said that it's believed the shooting may be related to an incident that happened in October.


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5th Annual Mihalyo College of Business Tailgate
organized by CSUF AMA | open to all.
Friday, April 12, 2013 from 4:30 PM to 10:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
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Event Details
Game Tickets Have Sold Out for This Year's Event.
Purchase a Tailgate Only ticket if you want to come to the tailgate. We are sitting in sections 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, and 538. You can purchase a game ticket separately at AngelsBaseball.com.
Join Mihaylo College of Business Alumni, Business Clubs, and Orange County business professionals for the 5th Annual Angels Tailgate Mixer! The Angels are playing the Houston Astros on Friday, April 12th. We will be tailgating starting at 4:30pm. The game starts at 7:05pm.
Please share the event on LinkedIn and Facebook and feel free to invite your family.
Ticket options: Tickets for the tailgate and the game are $25. We encourage you to purchase a Student Clubs Support Ticket to support business club fundraising efforts.
What you get: A game ticket, networking, food, including burgers, hot dogs, tailgate snacks, drinks, and bottled water to take into the game. At the tailgate, you will also receive a voucher for an autographed CJ Wilson Angels hat, which you can redeem once in the stadium at guest relations. Actual game tickets will be distributed at the tailgate ONLY; no refunds, transfers, or exchanges.
Tailgate Location: Orange County Credit Union Parking Lot, 2390 E Orangewood Avenue (southside of Angels stadium).
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2390 E Orangewood Avenue
Friday, April 12, 2013 from 4:30 PM to 10:00 PM (PDT)
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Same story as before: A look back at a year's worth of movies that had a U.S. release, comparing what was important and impressive then with what is seen as important and impressive now. Or, put another way, which are likely to be enshrined in the canon, and which are likely to be fired out of a cannon. Icons after the titles to indicate my impression of their momentum.
To quote the great Arsenio Hall: Let's get this show busy.
All The Movies of 2001
And The Ones That Still Matter Today
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Amelie (=): Sugar wafer of a movie with strong visual inventiveness. Juenet subverts his usual dark sensibilities to channel some of that Wes Anderson twee. A cute trifle, but one that is going to keep bringing people back.
A Beautiful Mind (-): A perfectly respectable, professionally-made movie that really doesn't do anything notably enough to compel you to put it on your Netflix queue 12 years later. Russell Crowe gives a strong performance in a movie that treats mental illness in the most reductive way possible, though I do still think the reveal halfway through, imaginary friends aside, is a trick well done. Anyway, I don't think anybody hates this movie. I don't think anybody thinks it's awful. People probably remember that it's pretty good, but I don't think anybody thinks much of anything about it anymore. It won Best Picture, which is what it was created to do.
Bridget Jones' Diary (=): Surprisingly (to me) sturdy romantic comedy, mainly on the strengths of the lead actors. Notable for being one of the earliest movies to figure out that Hugh Grant works much better as a cad than a nice bloke.
Donnie Darko (+): The movie that launched a thousand Gyllehaals (give or take 998 Gyllenhaals). A box office squib upon release, this dark time-travel fable has ridden INCEPTION-grade obsession about its twisty plot (which ultimately makes INCEPTION-levels of sense, not that it matters), a fantastically quotable plot, and a director (Kelly) with a knack for creating indelible visual moments, to become the cult classic of this year. The fact that Kelly can't make good movies anymore appears (rightly) not to have hurt the regard in which this movie is held. Feces are baby mice.
The Fast and the Furious (=): Kicked off a franchise that will not die, though it will drift. This movie will be remembered by humanity for as long as they keep making the sequels. It will be forgotten approximately twelve seconds later, and then remembered again very briefly at the 127th Oscar ceremony as a mourning nation says goodbye to Vin Diesel (choked on a shrimp).
Fat Girl (-):When they talk about uncomfortable sexuality and shocking endings that make you queasy to think about, oh yeah, they talk about FAT GIRL.
Ghost World (+): The movie that launched a thousand Scarletts Johannson (Kidding. It was only five, but they do star in a lot of movies nowadays). Highly regarded these days and gaining momentum, it deals honestly and painfully with the awkwardness of adolescence turning slowly into adulthood. Great performances, too, especially from Thora Birch (and where did she go?) and Steve Buscemi.
Gosford Park (-): Might be the Robert Altman movie that came closest to winning a bunch of Oscars, given that (1) the nominee pool was pretty weak, (2) the movie was pretty good, (3) Robert Altman was pretty old, and (4) British! It's still awfully good stuff, deftly threading upstairs/downstairs intrigue while keeping straight around 30 speaking characters, but I don't think it's going down as ruling-class Altman. It's upper-middle class Altman, which is pretty good Altman (and even lower class Altman is superior to royalty from most directors), but it won't get you invited to table at Downton Abby, squire.
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone (-): Considered to be pretty dire thanks mainly to an uninspired director (what about MRS DOUBTFIRE and HOME ALONE made anybody think Chris Columbus was the man for this?), but it did kick off a well-loved series of adaptations from a beloved book series, so this movie will have legs for a good while yet.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (+): A cult favorite that I can't speak to with much authority, as I haven't yet seen it (I do need to correct that, if only to confirm absolutely that this isn't a movie about the glam rock double life of Harry Potter's owl). It's possible that what was once seen as edgy will seem quaint as the transgendered become happily less marginalized, but I'm guessing that as long as the stage show keeps being performed, people will seek this movie out.
I Am Sam (-): This movie, I can't talk about. I only saw the trailer. But it was such a dumb trailer, I had a difficult time believing it was really for a real movie that was really starring the real Sean Penn and the real Michelle real Pfeiffer. It seemed exactly like a parody of an actor playing somebody with a mental handicap as a magic saint in order to get an Oscar. And then he actually got an actual Oscar nomination. Then Ben Stiller made specific fun of it in Tropic Thunder, in a parody trailer within that movie, which wasn't really any more ridiculous than the actual I Am Sam trailer. And now this movie's legacy is the line "Never go full retard," delivered by an ex-druggie white movie superstar in the most extravagant blackface ever, and for which he received...yep, an Oscar nomination. This is a weird universe.
Ichi The Killer (+): A classic of over-the-top Japanese ultraviolence, and beloved among connoisseurs of such things. I'm not one of those, but if you want to see human skin doing things you hope your human skin won't ever do, I'm told you should run, not walk, to this flick.
In The Bedroom (-): The other movie (along with Gosford) that probably came close to winning gold. Still well-remembered today, though not often-remembered. Stands out for its performances (Spacek and Wilkenson in particular), probably forgotten for being a little too reserved. This movie happily resuscitated the career of Marisa Tomei (very talented, very hot).
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (=): Not remembered for being particularly good, but amusing enough (applesauce, bitch). Notable for being the moment that Kevin Smith finally pulled the ripcord on his career as a director and began his career as a guy who tweets 800 times a day and curates all things Jay and Silent Bob.
K-PAX (=): Not a success when it came out. All but forgotten today. I need to put this one in the list because it killed Kevin Spacey's career as a Big Deal Actor, making such a sharp rift between his decade of greatness and his decade-plus of dreck that "The K-PAX Moment" has become my shorthand for the movie version of "Jump the Shark" in an actor's career arc (example: Father Of The Bride was Steve Martin's K-PAX moment). Jeff Bridges survived this thing, but he did have to change himself into a wookie to do it. You thought he got too lazy to shave. No. He's in hiding.
Late Marriage (+): Still very obscure, generally speaking but then so are movies like Women In The Dunes. In other words, among cinephiles a highly-regarded foreign film that keeps getting love. I oughta see this.
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (=): Hard to know exactly how to rate this one, since the trilogy is increasingly just seen as one massive movie (the Academy put their stamp on this view in three years, when the award-valanche for installment three was largely seen as a valedictory for the series). Taken alone, its probably the strongest film in the series (unsurprising, since the same is true of the books). Jackson's world-building still amazes. This will be a part of the fantasy gold standard forever, basically.
The Man Who Wasn't There (+): One of the most under-rated Coen Brothers movies, given that it's got an emotional vacuum at its center (Billy Bob Thornton in an amazing performance), and that it didn't get much in the way of a release, and it certainly didn't catch on with audiences, probably because black and white isn't popular even if it's the most beautifully-shot movie of the year. It's really good.
Monster's Ball (-): Oof, is this one not aging well. At all. It's a movie that thinks it's being clever by having Billy Bob Thorton (hey, look at this - back to back Billy Bob!) display a sudden proclivity for chocolate ice cream. Whether the gross racial dynamics are ham-fistedly dumb or knowingly dumb is debatable, but the histrionic tone is going to put me off either way.
Monsters, Inc. (+): Still one of the sweetest entries in Pixar's ongoing and nearly unbroken streak of awesomeness. One of my favorites in the Pixar library. Boo.
Moulin Rouge! (-): Huh. I keep writing this, but I think this movie also had a credible shot at winning best picture back in the day. Again, I think this is indicative of the relative weakness of the nominee list. However, I have to say that nowadays this is the movie among those that were actually nominated I'd be happiest to remember as a Best Picture winner. It's so completely the unique and shitbat-crazy product of Baz Luhrmann, it's so much exuberant fun, and all the principal actors are doing such good work, it seems a shame to notice that it frequently turns into a montage of music videos (albeit excellent ones). That set alone deserves a special Oscar.
Mulholland Drive (+): David Lynch's career-defining masterpiece. More on this movie shortly.
Ocean's Eleven (-): A huge hit in 2001. I'm sure it would still be fun to watch today, but it's legacy, such as it is, is losing steam, as is inevitable with a movie that is basically a bunch of rich actor buddies having fun together.
The Others (-): One of my favorite movies of the year, and one of the better ghost movies ever. I feel like it's been buried a bit, and hope it will be rediscovered. I wonder if it will be rediscovered. I don't think there's much of a sense out there that it is as good as it truly is. Perhaps I should revisit it just to confirm. Contains what I think is the best Nicole Kidman performance, though Birth is close.
The Piano Teacher (+): Haenke before Haenke became an Oscar darling, this is probably seen by consensus as his first major film, and one of the finer performances Isabelle Huppert's career. Man, I still have a lot of movies to watch. This is getting embarrassing.
The Royal Tennenbaums (+): The summit (so far) of Mount Wes Anderson, though some may argue for Rushmore, and I'm actually hearing some noise for this year's Moonrise Kingdom. For my money, this is the one where all the pieces (the meticulous diorama-like design, the font, the B-sides, the quirk) come together best. Also, I think this was the last great Gene Hackman performance — and a rare comedic one, at that.
Shrek (-): A mega-hit of 2011. Spawned who knows how many crappy sequels and spinoffs. Probably best-known as the movie that cemented the use in kiddie movies of low-grade toilet humor and Smashmouth songs. It's still borderline amusing, but the fact that it won the first-ever Best Animated Feature Oscar is going to look dumber and dumber as time goes on, especially given that it was in competition with...
Spirited Away (+): For my money, this is Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece, one of the most breathtaking imaginative works of the decade, probably the best animated movie of all time, and one of my favorite movies of any genre. So you could say I think it's held up over time. My opinion aside, this is still a highly-regarded film by an increasingly revered filmmaker, its reputation appears to be growing, and will apparently continue to be enjoyed for years to come.
Training Day (-): Denzel Washington won Best Actor for his against-type performance as the most crooked cop ever. It speaks well for him that this is still seen as a pretty good choice, given how otherwise unremarkable the movie is.
Waking Life (=): Pretty much seen as an afterthought now, unless the subject is "which Richard Linklater movies are worth checking out, after Dazed and Confused, that is?" I'll talk about this one in a bit.
Y Tu Mama Tambien (+): Alfonso Cuarón's road trip/sexual awakening opus is still seen as a minor classic.
Zoolander (+): I seem to remember that this didn't do so well upon release. Like many things which contain more than trace amounts of Will Ferrell, it was discovered on video, where it made people laugh, which made people happy, which made people quote it. It's a comedy with legs, though I wonder if it will eventually fade once vapid celebrity surpasses this to the point it seems less like satire and more like restrained documentary.
And The Time-Delayed Oscars Go To . . .
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Best Picture
Real List
A Beautiful Mind
Gosford Park
In The Bedroom
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
Moulin Rouge!
Winner: A Beautiful Mind
Today's List
Donnie Darko
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
Mulholland Drive
The Royal Tennenbaums
Spirited Away
My Pick: Waking Life
Probable Winner: Mulholland Drive
This is tough. It turns out that 2001 nominated all the wrong movies, or almost all the wrong movies. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a potential exception, but it's hard to know if, in my hypothetical alternate universe, it would now be seen as the single film and thus un-nominated until the completion (also, given lukewarm critical reception of The Hobbit, we may be seeing degradation of the original trilogy's critical regard). I could easily see it replaced by The Man Who Wasn't There, or The Piano Teacher, or Ghost World. I could also see Donnie Darko falling out to accommodate one of these. Furthermore, none of the films that were nominated are embarrassing Chocolat-style head-scratchers; the weakest of them is probably eventual winner A Beautiful Mind, and even it is a fairly solid if unremarkable film, not entirely out of place on a Best Picture nominee list. The worst you can say about In The Bedroom or Moulin Rouge! or Gosford Park is that they no longer seem like essential viewing, but they're still valid. I could see any one of them still edging into the short list. 2001 was just a very strong year for movies.
So it's difficult to know just what the nominee list would be. I think that once enough time has gone by, The Man Who Wasn't There is going to be understood as one of the very best of the Coen's entire filmography, so maybe here we're seeing that even 10 years is not enough for critical consensus to shake out, or maybe we're seeing that I love The Man Who Wasn't There more than most. (I think it's the former, though.)
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But I said this is tough. The difficulty here is knowing who my pick would be, given that that 2001 is a year that delivered not one but three of my all-time favorite films (I'm going to exclude LOTR for now, since I personally see it as a single movie, even if I don't think it would be treated as such).
Those three are inevitable-winner Mullholland Drive, Spirited Away (which I've already gushed in the 2001 recap above), and Waking Life, Richard Linklater's animated dreamscape, and no, it hasn't escaped my attention that all three of these essentially rest on dream imagery and a highly unusual internal logic. When you consider that one of the only other movies of the decade to impress me on the level of these three is Synecdoche, New York, I think it's safe to say we've found my movie sweet spot. Personally, I hope that Waking Life is due for a major re-discovery, though it's been largely forgotten due to (1) its awesome rotoscoping technique being co-opted by insurance commercials, and (2) by occasionally digressive and unpolished performance (which I think is a completely purposeful and successful choice for what it's doing); for (3) its episodic nature (ditto previous parenthetical); and for (4) the fact that some of the episodes are rather trite or sophomoric (triple-ditto previous parenthetical). Essentially, it does all the things that I wrote about Mulholland Drive a few paragraphs up, but it does them with a much looser, hopeful, contemplative energy. Waking Life is the dream, Mullholland Drive is the nightmare.
Since Mulholland Drive has (very deservedly) all the critical attention and love it will ever need, I'll throw my own personal love to Waking Life, a movie in a minor key that certainly wouldn't make the nominee list today, nor probably ever, but which will always be Best Picture for a small tribe of like-minded dreamers.
Best Actor
Maybe someday I'll lead off with these awards; I'm always tired by the time I get here and rush it. Personally, I'd love to have seen Gene Hackman win for The Royal Tennenbaums or Billy Bob Thornton for The Man Who Wasn't There or Haley Joel Osment for A.I., but it's hard to see this one getting away from Denzel Washington, even if the movie that contains his performance doesn't have much to distinguish itself. He transcends the material. I don't think people still get excited about Training Day, but when Washington eventually wins his career retrospective Oscar, the clip show will either lead off or close with him standing in the street, screaming "King Kong! Ain't Got SHIT! On Me!" And he'll be right. (I did guess that he'd have won already for Malcolm X if we were in alternate time-delayed Oscar universe, so that might offset matters somewhat, but if we keep speculating about alternate universes, we'll wind up spending hours making diagrams with straws.)
Best ActressHalle Berry became the first black actress to win the big prize, ever, which . . . guys. It was 2001. This was the 74th Oscar ceremony. I believe the next time a lady of African descent got close was last year, ten years later, when Viola Davis nearly snuck one away from Meryl Streep... and that was for, um, The Help. Putting aside the fact that there aren't that many great roles being written for women, doesn't it seem like there REALLY has been a dearth of good roles for black actresses, ain't it? So I feel churlish for alternate-dimension taking this moment away from Halle Berry, who was quite good in a movie that was quite bad, and who, based on her acceptance speech, I think it's safe to say wanted it the most. But I don't think she'd win a do-over, today, and it's got nothing (well, almost nothing) to do with her roles afterward *cough* Catwoman *cough* After all, we've already noted that there are only about 1.073 decent, challenging roles written for black actresses each year, and right now Viola Davis is getting 0.987 of them.
In ordinary years, I'd probably say this would be Nicole Kidman's prize. She ruled so hard this year, in Moulin Rouge! and (my personal favorite) The Others that the next year she won Best Actess for what was essentially a supporting role in The Hours as what sure looked like a countervailing measure. But that's only because it hadn't yet sunk in how much the Oscars missed the boat. Kidman wouldn't win this year, either.
You guys. It's Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive. Her wannabe-actress-gone-nutso (spoilers, sort of?) makes believable one of the most wild character shifts in movie history (and David Lynch's big narrative gambit). It's a role that shouldn't work, but does, and it's all due to what seems to be getting reassessed as one of the great performances of the last decade, or any decade. The audition scene alone, in which the big shift is first revealed (foreshadowed?) has become an all-time classic. One of the most acclaimed films of the decade hinges on her, and she simply nails every scene. Watts wins the do-over.


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