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Indiana Groans in Raiders of the Last Quarter
Penn State left Bloomington, Indiana with a 45-31 victory, but the outcome was far from established as the Lions trailed 24-14 with 3:13 left in the third quarter.
The first half was so boring that the TV network concentrated more on how some kids were going to get a football out of a pine tree near the stadium. At one point, there were three footballs stuck in the fir tree, because some future brilliant IU students thought the best way to get the ball out of the tree was to throw more balls at it. Amazingly, this did not work. But just so you can sleep tonight–they got all the balls safely out of the tree. And we know this because of the stellar off the sideline reporting. At least, the TV network this week showed the correct game.
The dramatic come from behind win over the Buckeyes–faint memory of the past, fading with each tick of the clock as the Hoosiers out-gained us, out-first downed us, and in the end, ultimately out-fumbled us. Total domination over Iowa a week before–may as well have been centuries ago. Football wasn't even invented then.
All of the good feeling of this resurgent season came to rest on this team as they mounted a 5 play, 74 yard drive scoring drive in 1:41 to pull within three points before going into the final quarter of play.
As we sat in Champs to watch Indiana play us to a 14-14 draw at the half way point, I mused that we were definitely a second half team. We always seem to play better in the second half. We make adjustments. Just wait.
As we fell behind by 10 late in the third, I was amending my assessment. We are a fourth quarter team. We always play better in the fourth quarter. If we go into OT then we will definitely be a better over-time team. We are like wine–we get better with age.
Something had to be done. During the Ohio State game, my niece, sitting behind us, somehow managed to spill her hot chocolate on us, if you define spill as splattering us from head to toe (yes, we were wearing white jackets!), the people in front of us, and the lady across the aisle. It was like being in the Shamu splash zone. But it somehow was the pivotal point where Penn State started took control of that game.
In the second half of the Purdue game, we ordered victory egg rolls. And Penn State rolled to a victory over the Boilermakers. Do you see a pattern here? I don't either. I am digressing at an alarming rate, and I appear to be obsessed with food and drink.
Hot chocolate wasn't on the menu. I was reluctant to put that much pressure on egg rolls again. They can only handle so much, you know. So I ordered a pretzel.
The team came alive as I enjoyed that soft pretzel. McSorley added some razzle dazzle flea flicking passing and the Lions surged ahead. But Indiana would not stop.
THEY. WOULD. NOT. STOP. Were they not the least bit distracted by the football eating tree in the back of the endzone?
They were relentless. They were really starting to irritate me. Die Hoosiers! Die! All hail the magic pretzel. My friend ordered a pretzel, and Penn State surged ahead once again after the annoying Hoosiers took back the lead 31-28.
In the end, the defense came up with the biggest play of the day, stripping Indiana's QB of the ball and then scooping and scoring the final seven points to cap victory number 8. I wonder if Torrence Brown had a pregame pretzel?
Later, John sent out this text to some of his other buddies:
Down 24-14 and things looking bleak my friend Todd made what at the time seemed like a selfish move by ordering a bowl of soup and a pretzel. What I didn't know at the time was the pretzel was a good luck pretzel. As soon as it hit the table the comeback started.
After Michigan lost to Iowa, he texted me:
That pretzel looks even bigger now.
Harbaugh losing capped a wonderful day of football. Pitt upset Clemson and USC took out Washington, as numbers 2,3 and 4 all fell. None of those teams fell behind us in the polls, but we moved up to 9th in the AP poll as Auburn tumbled out of the top ten.
Penn State opened as a 24.5 point favorite over Rutgers. The Scarlet Pimpernel's are coming off a 49-0 loss to the Spartans, which is MSU's first and only Big Ten win on the season. RU notched wins over New Mexico and Howard (the football team not the duck,) solidifying Rutgers claim to being the Birthplace of (REALLY BAD) football.
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Go to Hell, Michigan!
I have come close to walking away from blogging before.
But this 18-13 loss to THEM is the straw that finally broke this bloggers back.
If you can't beat a 2-4 team with a head coach who is a dead man walking and a starting quarterback with one leg . . .
This was not the worst loss in PSU history. It was not the most embarrassing. But it is the one that ends this blog. Maybe I'm just getting old–staring fifty in the face next week. Maybe it's the recent loss of my father. Maybe it was just a bad week on-call. Maybe, it's just time. I will always be a Penn State fan. I will continue to watch and go to the games. But I can no longer publicly share my thoughts with you. Mere words and funny pictures cannot begin to express my disappointment at this time.
To all my faithful readers, I thank you for reading my blog all these years.
Good bye.
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Foe Pause: Hoke-y Pokey Edition
As in The-M. A big block letter, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. (Apologies to William Shakespeare and The Nittany Turkey.)
Since entering the Big Ten, it has been us against THEM. In their first match-up at Beaver stadium, the Lions were penalized for "crowd noise." Are you kidding me???? This was before Guido D'Elia and piped in music, mind you. And it only went down hill from there.
A bad call on Tony Johnson in 2002. (Replay appeared the next season, I believe.)
Two seconds and the infamous heel-toe in 2005.
At one point, they defeated Penn State 9 consecutive times over 11 seasons (as they rotated off the schedule for two years.) They still lead the all-time series 7-10, but Penn State has won the last four meetings, and has not lost to THEM since 2007.
Ann Arbor University is still the only Division I school that I know of that honored a retiring referee, Dick Honig, who coincidentally has/had a shrine to UM in his office.
We could go on and on, but rehashing the past doesn't affect the match-up this weekend between these two traditional powerhouses. There is no Lloyd Carr or Joe Paterno on the sideline. No Chad Henne or Mario Manningham. No Daryll Clark or Matt McGloin either.
Penn State opened as a two point favorite, but the line has fluctuated since then, with THEM being a two-point fave at one point, but currently nursing a one point favorite at home as of the time I type this. The oddshark power ratings have PSU at 37 and the wolverines at 69. They still have PSU as a two-point favorite.
The outcome of this game will hinge on the answers to the following questions:
1) Can Hoke save his job, and does he think by winning, that will change the outcome? Let's face it, if Hoke has given up, all bets are off.
2) Can Penn State rebound from the loss to Northwestern, and show improvement on the offensive line? Even a modicum of improvement will go a long way.
3) Can Gardner play without being a turn-over machine?
4) Can Hackenberg regain his confidence?
Here is the wolverines season in a nutshell:
They avenged their loss to Appalachian State in the home opener, defeating the Mountaineers 52-14. Of course, Appalachian State is only 1-4 this season so far, while the 2007 unit that upset THEM in Ann Arbor went on to a 13-2 record and won the FCS Championship that year. Interesting that although Appalachian State beat THEM in 2007, the wolverines still managed to beat us. This year, THEM won the Appalachian State game . . . does that bode a WIN for us?
Unfortunately for wolverine fans, that one game was not a season. Any good feelings were gone the next week as the Irish drubbed the wolverines 31-0.
Miami (OH) gave the wolverines another chance to feel good about themselves, and they beat the Redhawks 34-10. Of course, the Redhawks are now 1-5 on the season.
THEM then lost to Utah in a rain-delayed game, 26-10.
Minnesota then spoiled the conference opener in Ann Arbor, handing the Brady Hokies a 30-14 loss.
And last week, the mighty Scarlet Knights of New Jersey defeated the wolverines 26-24 in Piscataway. In case you forgot, or Brady Hoke played you with a concussion, PSU beat Rutgers on the same field 13-10.
So at 2-4, and accusations of playing a player with a concussion, the wolverines are a team in apparent disarray. The opponents they are victorious over are a combined 2-9 (0.182). Contrast that to Penn State, whose defeated opponents are 10-11 (0.476) and is skewed lower because UMass is 0-6! UCF is currently losing to BYU 24-17 in the third quarter.
But a team in disarray can be a dangerous beast. Hoke has nothing to lose at this point. His job is in all likelihood lost, unless he can somehow figure out a way to beat Ohio State and/or win the Big Ten title. Neither are likely, and the issue isn't if he will be fired, but when.
We cannot discount the referine factor.
This game will be anything but a cakewalk, but I hope that Penn State learned something from the loss to NW. Hopefully they answer that wake up call with some inspired play on Saturday.
I predict a Penn State win, 27-20 with the defense making a stand late in the game to seal the victory. But I have been wrong before.
In the Big Ten:
Maryland, Rutgers, Ohio State, and Nebraska are off.
Michigan State takes on Purdue in West Lafayette. GO SPARTANS!
Indiana travels to Iowa to take on the Hawkeyes. GO HOOSIERS!
The Illini travel to Madison to take on the Badgers. ON WISCONSIN!
Northwestern travels to Minnesota to attack the gophers. GO WILDCATS!
In games featuring past opponents:
UCF is taking on BYU tonight. GO KNIGHTS!
UMass looks for their first win against Kent State, which happens to be looking for their first win. Good luck with that guys! GO MINUTEMEN!
Akron takes on Miami (OH). GO ZIPS!
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Sunday Sermon: Get Behind Me, Saban
And it was written,
And the old miss answered, "Get thee behind me, Saban, for it is said, 'only Rebel not ye against the Lord.'"
–Luke 4:8 and Numbers 14:9
Oh, how the mighty hath fallen!
Look at this place! Not an empty pew to be seen! I have never seen so many repenters at one time!
So many denominations in one place! Baptists, Episcopalians, Ducks, Aggies, Huskers, Sooners, and Elephants alike!
Come now and here the word!
And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up horned frogs upon the land of Oklahoma.
–Exodus 8:7
And the Spartans laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
–Genesis 42:26
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of purple, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof.
–Numbers 4:11
As we look down the list of those anointed teams, we see much suffering and gnashing of teeth.
#1 F$U managed to avoid the upset omen, beating the Demon Deacons 43-3. Ironic isn't it? Demon Deacons. In this church???
#2 Oregon got upsot by Arizona 31-24 on Thursday night, a premonition of pain to come.
#3 Alabama got spanked by the Ole Miss, losing 23-17.
Not to be outdone, #4 Oklahoma lost to TCU 37-33.
#5 Auburn prevailed over #15 LSU.
#6 Texas A and M was beaten by #12 Mississippi State. Lot's of rejoicing in that state today!
#7 Baylor took care of Texas 28-7.
# 8 UCLA lost to Utah 30-28.
#9 Notre Dame used some Irish luck to overcome the #14 Stanford Cardinal 17-14.
#10 MSU outlasted #19 Nebraska 27-22.
Fifty percent of the Top 10 teams lost yesterday.
#16 USC went down to Arizona State 38-34. Arizona is another state rejoicing today!
#17 Wisconsin fell to the Northwestern Wildcats 20-14.
#18 BYU fell to Utah State on Friday night. Still no one paid attention to the signs!
All told, ELEVEN top-25 ranked teams choked yesterday, with the five of those ranked in the Top 8.
What can we learn from this?
Pride goeth before destruction? (Proverbs 16:18)
The people ranking these teams don't really know what they are doing?
It's a really good thing Penn State didn't play this weekend?
It ain't over till you actually play the games?
And we will part with the wisdom and "been a dick shun" of ESPN's premier prognosticator, Mark (Dis)May:
Breaking BIG
Welcome to your weekly game guide, where we'll guide you through the upcoming BIG Ten match-ups this weekend and who to root for, using our own blend of seasoning, reasoning, and irrational thinking.
The Ohio State Buckeyes are going to ride the Colum-BUS to College Park, Maryland to take on the Terrapins, led by former UConn commander Randy Edsall. In his fourth season, he sports a record of 15-24 or thereabouts. Good move for UConn, if you ask me. But, you didn't.
The opening line favored the Bucks by 10, but has dropped to 7.5, depending on whose line it is anyway.
The Buckeyes are not the team you're rooting for. (Jedi mind trick. Works on the weak-minded. Covers most Buckeye fans.)
Indiana is hosting North Texas. I'm too lazy to look up a line. Let's assume for a moment that someone outside of Bloomingdales Bloomington actually cares about this game. We here at the Lions Den have no particular beef with Indiana, since we don't care about basketball. The Hoosiers are on our schedule, so in terms of schedule strength, it makes sense we root for the Hoosiers. Whatever.
The Mighty Men of THEM head east to New Joisey to take on the Scarleted Knights of Rutgers. This is a concussive juggernaut of a game if ever there was one. Rutgers is already calling it a rivalry. Just what the wolverines needed. Another rival in scarlet. The wolverines are reeling from accusations of playing players in a coma (which would at least explain their poor record and on the field performance.) Hoke is on the Hot Seat, but the head hunters are looking for Athletic Director Dave Brandon as well. It's a-maize-ing what mischief those Michiganders can get into when they don't have football to distract them.
The reddish knights are actually favored by 2 in this contest. Can Brady Hoke find enough injured players to beat the Knights?
I'm really torn on this one. First, there is the generally accepted school of thought that you never root for THEM. (Unless they are playing Notre Dame, or an undefeated Buckeye team, and even then, it goes against the natural laws of the universe to do so.)
On the one hand, if the wolverines lose, there collective backs will be against the wall more than ever, making them more desperate. The only thing more dangerous than a nasty varmint, is a desperate one. BUT . . . another loss could be demoralizing. It could further erode their confidence and team spirit. It might break their collective backs for the rest of the season, making them an easier target for us the following week. Decisions . . . decisions . . .
Strength of schedule is meaningless since we play both teams.
We've already bested Rutgers, so the only logical conclusion is to say . . .
The Wascally Wisconsin Badgers take on the highly annoying purplish Wildcats of Northwestern. Boy did we here in the Lions Den underestimate the size of the fight in that cat. Even on the road, and despite an upset over Penn State by the Cats, the badgers are the betting favorite by 8.
I personally don't think Northwestern is that good, but I'm not convinced that Wisconsin is all that either. Take away their run game, and they are beatable. I also wonder whether Northwestern can sustain the level of intensity they showed last week. I kind of doubt it, but we will go with:
Purdue and Illinois will face off in Champaigne. This game barely eclipses the Indiana-North Texas game in terms of interest. We do not like Illinois. We do not like their poaching coaches. But since we don't play Purdue, we'll throw the Illini a bone. And the Illini are favored by 8.5 anyway.
So let's see, what else do we have. Minnesota is off. Iowa is off. Penn State is obviously off. Is there anybody else?
Oh, look what we have here!
Two ranked BIG teams colliding?
The Nebraska Corn Shuckers are heading to East Lansing to take on the Spartans. The 5-0 Shuckers are ranked 19th in the AP, while the 3-1 Spartans come in at #10. Sparty is favored by a touchdown. And while there is no hate here at the Lions Den for Nebraska fans, we still have not forgotten 1994, nor the non-touchdown a couple of years ago in Lincoln. We have no love for Dantonio either. We don't play the Shuckers, but our strength of schedule will be enhanced and seasoned by a MSU win.
And, in case you missed it, UCF defeated Houston 17-12 in a wild finish tonight. Houston was driving and had goal to go. A holding penalty backed them up. The UCF D let the cougar quarterback squirt free, but as he sprinted and danced toward the end zone, pirouetting and stretching to cross the goal line, the ball was knocked loose, and ruled a touch back as it rolled out of bounds. UCF ball. Replay confirmed. Game Over. And just for the record, that was not a fumble in Lincoln two years ago, but an unrequited touchdown. GO SPARTANS again!
On Second Thought
As I reflect on the nightmare that was the Northwestern game this past Saturday, I realize that perhaps my recap was a bit harsh. At one point I even said something like, "There are no bowls for that kind of effort, unless you count your own toilet bowl." A bit melodramatic. It's true . . . I haven't seen that much sucking since I toured the Hoover Vacuum Factory.
The game of football often comes down to a few inches or a couple of plays (or in some cases a couple of freaking seconds on the clock!) Even as crappy as we played most of the day, we were only down 8 points before the Hackenberg's pick six, that was then followed by his fumble. That was a nine point swing on basically two plays. You change two plays against Rutgers or UCF and this team is 2-3. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, we couldn't make those plays on Saturday.
But the end of the season it is not. There are a lot of games left to be played, a lot of opponents who have their own issues and struggles, and an exciting group of players who will entertain us later, even if they failed to make us happy in Happy Valley last weekend.
But while it is not the end of the season, it is the end of a perfect season.
Granted, no one expected Penn State to go undefeated. But be honest. Didn't the thought cross your mind? Didn't you start to think that this team could just find a way? Even down 20-6, didn't you expect Hackenberg to suddenly ignite, do that thing he does with his arm and just start scoring?
Didn't you start to look ahead . . .oh, the wolverines are struggling . . . we could go into the Ohio State game undefeated. Don't you look away from me. Look me in the eyes and say you didn't start thinking about it! Didn't you want it to happen so badly, that your brain started thinking it could happen? Didn't you want to see Penn State crash the final four party in their first post-sanction season? Can you imagine the look on Emmert's face when that happened? Or even some members of our own BOT?
Damn it! You wanted that to happen! I know you wanted it. We all did. We all wanted to see James Franklin do a Terry Bowden at Auburn impersonation, but actually compete for the mythical national championship instead of a perfect season with an asterisk.
And when it didn't happen, not only were we disappointed that we didn't beat Northwestern, but we were disappointed that we didn't see our dreams come true. It's only natural to over react and panic.
And then I wonder . . .
Did the players start thinking it? Coaches talk a great talk about one game at a time. James Franklin went out of his way to make that point. Doth the coach protest too much? Maybe the kids were trying too hard, instead of playing loose and free. Lifting the sanctions freed this team in one way, but bound us to how important winning each game is now. They knew they were 4-0. They saw tape of Northwestern. You have to live under a rock and have never heard of Geico not to know about the troubles Brady Hoke is having in Ann Arbor. Those players knew the score! Yet, they couldn't play hard enough to win.
Multiple people have discussed the game with me, and almost everyone asks why our players weren't playing with the intensity of the Northwestern players? I can't answer that, but our team enthusiasm did seem to be muted. We played tight, uncomfortable and tried too hard. And how can that be with over 100,000 fans, beautiful weather, and the best atmosphere in college football to play a game? It's almost unfathomable.
One player having a bad day? Maybe he's catching the flu. Maybe he had a rough week in classes. Maybe his girlfriend is giving him crap about something. Maybe his mom is sick. Just a usual athletes slump. Who knows? But the whole team??? How is that possible?
We all know our offensive line is having troubles, but at what point do these guys get tired of getting pushed around and start pushing back? Every time your quarterback is hurried, that's your fault. Don't you want to get up the next play and just hammer the enemy back? Franklin talks about getting off the bus and going after them. He talks about determination and playing with a chip on their shoulders. The word swagger was thrown out there.
So where was the swagger last Saturday? What happened to attacking them as soon as they got off the bus?
I don't know. But whatever cosmic alignment of forces brought about the complete team failure we saw is unlikely to occur again in this season. That is not to say they won't lose more games–there are teams that are playing better with full scholarship complements that are simply going to be better than we are, no matter how well we play. But I still think that Maryland, Illinois, Indiana, and Temple are still winnable games, as well as the trip to Ann Arbor.
It does seem that every team has their best game against us. The wolverines were 7-5 in 2005 yet were the only team to beat PSU. Iowa in 2008 couldn't beat Pitt, but managed to knock us out of #3 in the nation. But if those same cosmic forces that aligned against us last week choose to align against the buckeyes or the Spartans, then watch out.
Silly me. We have no chance of winning those games. The bandwagon fans are already dusting off their 5-7 and 6-6 predictions they hid away after we started 4-0. Smug they are, now.
But you know and I know that those little doomsday bastards were thinking undefeated season somewhere deep in their puny little gray matters. They'll never admit it. They never said it. They staunchly stand by their dismal predictions. But deep down, they were just as disappointed as the rest of us. The difference is they will now revel in being so smart at predicting a bad season. They are football gurus. We should bow down and lick their shoes clean.
Personally, I'd rather be disappointed with high expectations, than satisfied with lower ones. And I don't think I'd like the taste of shoes.
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The question is...to what ends? That is our ultimate dilemma is it not? Growing and learning are words used to describe what goal?
If I may, can a play a bit of devil's advocate? I could be wrong but when I read this I think that budging, growing and learning are directly related to me relaxing my boundaries around men entering our lives. To me (and I would suspect a lot of mono people) that would not be growth...but a sacrifice that I will ultimately have to look very hard at if I am to be in your life the way I am today. What else could these words refer to in the context of this thread?
For me...."growth" implies an "increase in". There's no guarantee that "stretching" one's self to "grow" will create "increase" in one's life. It could also result in a rubber band effect of snapping...thus lessening one's capacity/abilities...or in this case the "sacrifice" that Mono talks about. For some, stretching one's self to grow....to remain in choice...may be setting a firm boundary or limit and saying "NO!" No this isn't ok. No this won't work for me. No I don't know how to explain myself so you'll understand, or even so that I'll intellectually understand my position. I just know (intuitively?) this won't work for me. Growth wouldn't necessarily be that "I will attempt to see things from your perspective....or try things from your perspective"...it may be "I will respect my perspective and know it is right for me." (This is coming from someone who has been co-dependent in the past and so busy trying to see things from other's perspectives to be "fair" that I often neglected my own wants and needs! For me, "Growth" was learning to say "No" and "Yes" to my wants and needs.)
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Telematics and Government
Ablex Publishing Corporation, 1982 - Business & Economics - 237 pages
This books systematically assesses the role of government in the computerization of U.S. and world society. Part One traces the evolution of postwar policy for domestic telematics--in parallel with growing corporate demand for merged computer-communication services under private mastery. Part Two extends the arguments to the international sphere, as the structure of corporate enterprise is now essentially transnational. Part Three returns to Government's other critical role in the computerization process, as a market for advanced telematics equipment and services.
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Guide To The Emmys
Guide To The Emmys
The Emmys are the Oscars with much less crying. The claim that TV is rivalling movies is shown to be ridiculous by just how little the nominees themselves care in comparison to the Oscars. But still, they act as a good moment in time to take stock of the big TV shows of today.
Words: Niall Murphy // @murphyniall2012
Another difference to the Oscars is the sheer amount of nominees. There are categories for everything, and seemingly no limit to the numbers in each category. So here is just a taster, of some of the more interesting races at this year's Emmys.
Probably the Best: Silicon Valley
Mike Judge hit zeitgeist gold with Beavis and Butthead in the 90s, but don't let that turn you off his newest show. Ostensibly set in Silicon Valley, it is in fact set in the heart of corporate America, where capitalists are no longer traders and bankers, but programmers and bloggers. Judge has a fascination with the idiocies and idiots at the heart of modern America, and here he challenges the idea that the information revolution is being driven by geniuses. It's obviously milked for comic effect, but the message is pretty clear – people will follow the money.
The show doesn't romanticise Silicon Valley as a Big Bang Theory style commune where people have been drawn together by their thirst for knowledge. Instead, it's the Wall Street of the West Coast, where people are drawn together by their love of money. The only difference being they don't wear suits.
The rest (in no particular order):
Is Louis CK the funniest man alive? At the end of last season it was very much in doubt. For a man who keeps making jokes about how fat he is, he stretches himself extremely thin. He does as much as he can on the show, even down to the editing, while still doing a few movies and comedy tours. The wheels came off the wagon last year when half the season consisted of a storyline based around silence. He is probably convinced it was arty and worthy, when really it smacked of a man out of ideas.
But he's back on form and less ambitious now, with a strong season, made up of a modest eight episodes. Yes, he does just put a fictionalised version of his life on camera. But Woody Allen is getting old, so there is space for it.
The comedy companion piece to House of Cards, but arguably more cynical, and landed with the same problem of what to do when your character becomes President. This is more of a problem for this series than Kevin Spacey's show, because this is actually called Veep. The fact the title character actually becomes President is a sure sign the writers are making it up as they go along. Which is actually only a criticism for a politician, making it up as they go is what a writer is supposed to do.
It's just that they are straying so far from the source material mothership they are at risk of drowning. The original series, The Thick of It, rotates around foul mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker, who doesn't translate into American. There is no guy who bullies American cabinet members, there's just too much deference to their status. No one bursts into their office to tell them they're about as useless as a marzipan dildo. And that's a real shame.
Modern Family
It's so successful we have to be reminded it's ok to like it. The show's creators had previously worked on Cheers, then made Frasier, so are the definition of classy comedy writers. But much in the way they lost interest in Frasier after four or five seasons they seem to have wandered off the set of Modern Family and left it to the interns to run things.
The show has never failed to win this award, like Frasier it has won five times already, but it is on a downward trajectory. Everyone in the show is now paid a small fortune for every episode, so they're all given something to do. And now the kids are getting older they're even getting their own story lines. Which all just serves to distract attention from Phil and Cam, who are the only characters we want to see.
All that being said, a Modern Family episode at its best is still better than everything else. Even a broken tv show can be right once a year.
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Box set marathons are now part of life, whole weekends and entire relationships are lost because of them. So Netflix started the idea of launching an entire show all in one go, to feed the beast. Now you can binge on new shows too, not just the ones from years ago the guy next to you in the office is always banging on about.
It remains to be seen if this system works. It does for low quality shows, like their Marco Polo show, which many people watch before they realise it's awful. And it may not work for comedies like this. The 'Just one more episode before bed' delusion is really a drama thing, wanting to know what happens next on Breaking Bad or Sopranos. But comedies like Unbreakable don't leave you on the edge of your seat.
This is a new show from Tina Fey, starring a lot of the players from 30 Rock, except herself. It has the same seemingly random comedy, which somehow gets better with repeated viewings, as though she's trying to hide the fact the show is really funny. So, a success, but likely to be forgotten, or go unnoticed, by most.
Parks and Recreation
The opening theme music of this show puts you in a good mood. And it is relentlessly upbeat and genteel comedy thereafter. To the point you feel they've given everyone in the show a storyline and something to do, just to be nice, so no one feels left out. And this good vibe engenders good will, so it's difficult to say anything bad about it.
Difficult to point out it's so tame and restrained it's no different to a show the Christian Coalition would produce. Yes, so difficult to say anything bad about it. So let's leave it at that.
Now that we're all modern and liberal and love each other, and no one is remotely disturbed seeing two men kissing, we're being tested. Tested by wrinkly people. It's all well and good to be comfortable with a good looking 20-something-year-old guy just being himself, just being true to himself. But this story about an elderly father who wants to be a woman will really challenge your ability not to laugh. Granted, that's perhaps not a good approach for a comedy, shaming people who laugh at it. But the show is really more of a thoughtful drama, even if its creators think it was born a comedy.
BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY (random order)
Lily Tomlin in Grace and Frankie
Much like Transparent, this show challenges our liberalism by making the gay characters wrinkly and old. Lily Tomlin's plays Frankie whose husband comes out and leaves her for his best friend. Frankie seems particularly zen about this, perhaps because in real life Tomlin has been out since the 70s, and doesn't do surprise, she's seen it all.
Amy Schumer in Inside Amy Schumer
The joke about Inside Amy Schumer is she only talks about men being inside Amy Schumer. This is almost completely true, but she does sometimes stray into other less sexed up territory, and can be quite good when she does. But sex pays the bills, and has made this show quite popular. Her movie career is also doing ok, even after the unfortunately titled Trainwreck. A brave title. A bit like calling your movie Utterly Disappointing or Goes Off the Rails in the Middle.
Amy Poehler in Parks and Recreation
There are two Amy Poehler characters. The one who lives in Pawnee and is the nicest person in America. And the one who presents the Golden Globe awards and is one of the funniest people in America. And unfortunately there seems to be little overlap between the two.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep
In the real world she is the daughter of a real life billionaire. So tone down the sympathy you feel that she's relatively typecast as Elaine from Seinfeld. She made a fortune from that show too, by the way. So she's going to be fine. But more seriously, credit where credit is due. She is superb in this show, squeezing every ounce of insecurity and ambiguity from each scene. A master class in comic acting.
Edie Falco as Nurse Jackie
After years of handwringing and conflicted judginess, as Tony Soprano's wife, she finally decides to give something back as a nurse. All the expensive jewellery and mink coats are gone, just leaving one of America's finest actresses at her best. She keeps that accent though.
Lisa Kudrow in The Comeback
Perhaps the most typecast of them all. Phoebe is one of the most internationally recognised characters on the planet. Friends isn't just always on your TV, it's always on everyone's TV, all over the world. It's a particular shame in her case, as she was always the most talented of them. This meta show, about a typecast star of a sitcom trying to make a comeback, actually started ten years ago, but didn't work and was shelved. HBO have re-launched it in the hope the world is now ready to see Kudrow in another role.
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Probably the Best: Game of Thrones
The most absurd and admirable thing about the culture surrounding Game of Thrones is the omerta amongst its fans, the Mafioso conspiracy of silence over who knows what, over who whacked who, or who is about to get whacked. And to break this omerta, to break the code of silence, can lead to the same social shaming and loss of status.
Do we dare reveal anything? Do we dare risk a horse's head being delivered to The Prowlster's offices? No, we don't dare. We're already expecting a horse's head from the producers of Mad Men (see below), and two would just make a mess.
But the culture is still absurd. Game of Thrones is filmed in Northern Ireland, which is small enough, but the actors also all stay in the same small village. So who lives and who dies at the end of a season is no secret: Did that actor renew his lease for his house next year? Is he still hanging around that same small village? If yes, he's coming back, his character isn't dead yet.
There are problems with the show, but it is still probably the best by dint of its own self promotion, if nothing else. It's perhaps the first show guys gather around the water cooler in work the morning after to vent about, and let out gasps as though discussing an episode of Eastenders. And there's no denying it's by the boys, for the boys. For now, that is. Not to give anything away.
The rest (in no particular order):
Better Call Saul
The success of the new show Narcos about Pablo Escobar shows us what this show could have been, a spin off about the rise of Gus Fring, the fast food manager and drug lord from Breaking Bad. But they didn't choose him, they chose Saul Goodman instead, the Irish lawyer who pretends to be Jewish to drum up business.
The choice makes sense for the shows' creator, Vince Gilligan. What Saul and Walter White seem to have in common is they're both relatively ordinary and decent men, who start making more and more moral compromises just to get by in life. While, though probably also a victim of circumstances, the Gus character was perhaps made of sterner, steelier, more psychotic stuff.
It's difficult to know where the show is going to go. It's certainly a huge let down from the end of Breaking Bad. But it wasn't a follow on from that, it is better compared to that show's beginning. And in truth this season was probably better than season one of Breaking Bad. So if it just throws in a couple of meth heads digging holes, we have ourselves a show.
Yes, this show is still going, and America still hasn't been blown up yet. Another series in which a character gets Presidential notions, it started becoming too incredible when Nic Brody the Muslim terrorist became a Congressman and was set to become Vice President. Good thing nothing gets past agent Claire Danes – after Jordan Catalano broke her heart she's never really trusted men.
After a dramatic fall off in quality, when the series kept going by itself, after the Israeli show it is based on had ended, Homeland is finding its feet again.
House of Cards
Much like Veep the writers wrote themselves into a corner with this show. A story about a man who double –crosses and kills his way to the Presidency is a story worth telling. A story about a man who is now President has nowhere else to go. Yes, it's based on the British books/show, but the wiser course would have been to digress from the material and postpone the inevitable.
However, the quality of writing is generally poor anyway. Most scenes are conducted in silence or with minimal dialogue. The writers hope they will therefore get credit for being so plainly different to the wordy West Wing, when in fact it's just a ruse, because they can't think of anything for the characters to say.
Downton Abbey
The writer and creator of the show, Julian Fellows, has been accused of plagiarism, accused of lifting one particular story line straight from the classic novel Little Women. This is at the heart of the problem with the show: How different can stories be in a world before electricity? Didn't people just spend all day sitting in dark rooms waiting for the internet to be invented? Aren't all these costume dramas the same?
And, more cuttingly, in a medium where people are trying to lay down new ground, Downton Abbey doesn't really rise above the novels which inspired it. Everyone watching knows they really should be reading an EM Forster or Evelyn Waugh book instead.
Mad Men
Like its characters, the show does a masterful job of selling you something you don't want or need. A victory of style over substance, which sells us the 60s, by showing us how naive consumers were back then, while hoping you, the modern audience, is naive enough to buy the lazy narratives they pedal.
The creator, Matthew Wiener, has a formula he revealed in his previous show, the Sopranos: Take an interesting context, like gangsters. Then strip it of all pace and try to make it as ordinary as possible. Strip away anything interesting, anything that makes it different and just make it about a guy with family troubles. Which is exactly the ruthless, lazy simplification he brings to bear on this show too.
Mad Men leaves you feeling the golden age of television is itself an advertising gimmick. A soap opera, just with more expensive sets.
Orange is the New Black
The accusation that women can't be funny is obviously offensive and ridiculous. Though this 'made by women' show proves some women don't put any humour in their comedies. Which isn't really a mark in their favour.
A comedy without any jokes is a very tough sell, and by the rules the show was placed in the drama category. The show's producers pleaded it should be considered a comedy, but the appeal was rejected. They were actually told the show isn't funny enough to trade itself as a comedy.
Which, at the end of the day, made OSTNB the most hilarious show on the entire list, for all the wrong reasons. But somehow this nearly all female show with casual lesbianism has its fans and gets a nomination here. It's inexplicable really.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – COMEDY (in no particular order)
Ty Burrell in Modern Family
And then there was one. Usually three of the Modern Family cast are nominated here. Cam has won the award twice. But time has not been kind to his character and now it is Phil Dunphy who stands alone.
Andre Braugher in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
This is the only major nomination for a successful show. It's created by and starring Andy Samberg, the guy who appeared in That's My Boy with Adam Sandler. And Samberg needs to choose if he's the new Sandler, or if he's better than that.
In the meantime Braugher is good value as his boss, gay Captain Ray Holt. The gay part is only important because Samberg keeps mentioning it.
Adam Driver in Girls
The only main boy character in the series Girls is also the only member of the cast to get nominated. He has also been cast as one of the bad guys in the new Star Wars movies. So this show has been good to him. Suffering through the other character's torturous self analysis has finally paid off. He survived.
Titus Burgess in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
D'Fwan from 30 Rock gets his own starring role. And it's as d'camp and d'over the top as you would expect.
Tony Hale in Veep
His inclusion seems like a bit of a hangover from Arrested Development, where he played Buster Bluth. He won here last year, for the same role, beating the Modern Family posse. But it's a bewildering choice. He's fine in it, but he probably wasn't even recognised at the show's wrap party, because he just doesn't feel part of it.
Keegan Michael Key in Key & Peele
Probably the most controversial nomination of them all – playing favourites between Key and Peele. Obama played favourites too, asking Key to help him with his Press Association dinner speech.
The comedy duo aren't as famous in Europe as they are Stateside. And though the intention wasn't to give out homework, not to shame people about how they're not in touch anymore, really we have to draw the line if you don't know these guys.
So get ye to youtube. To keep with the theme, start with the clip Spoiler Alert and strike out from there.


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From Miley Cyrus' twerking to Justin Timberlake's reunion with 'NSYNC, the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards created enough buzz to serve as conversation fillers for the next few days.
However, even with everything the VMAs offered, the Sunday night airing could be summed up with one word: Justin.
Mr. Timberlake received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and prefaced it with an awesome medley of various hits combined with incredible dance moves that make you wonder, "How does he do that in a 'Suit & Tie?'"
His medley included a brief visit from his former boy band members of 'NSYNC, which kind of made you feel sorry for how they have really disappeared into the background of mundane society while their dreamy, curly-haired leader is still making 15-year-old girls squeal as we speak.
Timberlake's hits, moves, humor (think "D— in a Box") and charm make him liked by virtually all demographics of people, not just 15-year-old girls. I thought the award was very well deserved, and it made me realize how JT has been there throughout nearly every stage of my 23-year-old life. His talent and knack for entertaining is truly timeless, and that's the sign of a real celebrity. He also snagged Video of the Year for "Mirrors."
That being said, a lot of things have changed since I was a preteen watching the VMAs. Miley Cyrus would not have gotten away with her performance when I was in middle school. Remember how upset everyone was when Madonna kissed Britney Spears? Like comedian Kevin Hart said, "Miley better go get a pregnancy test after all that grinding." It was tacky, bizarre and overtly sexual. The highlight of her act for me was Vanessa Bayer introducing it with her hilarious impression made famous on "Saturday Night Live."
Inappropriate twerking aside, at least Macklemore & Ryan Lewis made a good impression on the night. They won Best Hip-Hop Video for "Can't Hold Us" and Best Video with a Social Message for "Same Love." The latter they also performed toward the end of the show. It takes guts to address the civil rights movement of our day in such a blunt fashion while being the forefront of a genre that thrives on masculinity and sexually degrading women. If you're going to speak to a million young people, you might as well have something important to say. Kudos to the duo and songstress Mary Lambert, who is featured in the song, for tackling the issue.
Lady Gaga and Katy Perry delivered their usual eye-catching performances — Gaga's with some incredible mid-performance costume changes, complete with a mermaid thong outfit and Perry's with an adorable boxer-themed closing performance of her new hit "Roar." These ladies are now staples of pop performance, and watching them is comfortable and fun.
The Song of the Summer Award went to One Direction's "Best Song Ever," but I maintain that "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk featuring Pharrell was completely robbed. Who was listening to One Direction this summer? Preteen girls. Who was listening to "Get Lucky?" Everyone else. If college kids had the time to vote all day in text messages, I think Daft Punk would have come out the winner. Given the chorus of "boos" greeting One Direction, it will be interesting to see where the boy band is next year. Probably where Justin Bieber was this year — old news.
A lot of buzz has also been about Taylor Swift, and not for winning Best Female Video for "I Knew You Were Trouble." At one point, she was seen in the audience supposedly dropping an F-bomb while her One Direction ex-boyfriend, Harry Styles, was talking onstage. And then, she commented that the inspiration for her winning song knows who he is. She reminds me of that girl in high school who thrived on drama, even while her life was going perfectly well. Spare us Taylor, it's time to grow up.
Throw in pretty rad performances by Bruno Mars and Drake and this year's VMAs were pretty exciting. And as someone who couldn't name 10 people on the Top 40 charts, that's saying something.


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Exactly two years ago today I took a train to Paris and flew to Madagascar to spend two months in a remote village and embark on a new journey. The time I spent as a volunteer in Andavadoaka was absolutely fantastic (read about it in more detail here) and as we were saying goodbye to the local staff I promised to myself that I would be back one day.
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Reaching out to 58.000 people all at once
Although I ended my latest blogpost with the promise to write nasty stuff about uncool clients, the turn of events continues in a way that I'm obliged to keep writing with a positive tone. (But no worries, sooner or later, I WILL write about the dark side.) For now, I wanted to share the article that was published about me earlier this week.
Good start to the week- postcards for sale!!!
I was miserable last week in a way I haven't experienced in years. I had the flu and it took all my energy and motivation away. All I was capable of was being in bed, sleeping or staring at brain-damaging videos online. I couldn't breath properly, I had no appetite and my other half was on the wrong side of the Atlantic… =( Luckily, after 6 days of vegetating like that I somehow came back to life. Continue reading
Brussels, my inspiration
If you have seen my architectural drawings, you know that I am inspired by Brussels. This continues to be the case, although it is not always the beauty of early 20th century buildings that gives me an urge to create…
I live in a residential neighbourhood and until recently I used to cycle whenever I wanted to get somewhere. Lately, I've been walking and confronted to something incredible!
Story of a home-made, Franco-Hungarian Christmas present
I decided to put my contemplation about the potential project aside and instead talk a bit about Christmas presents. My family members are really creative and we've seen some really awesome, home-made gifts over the years. One of my personal favourites was a big ceramic plate I received for my 25th birthday. It was decorated by my grandmother, my two brothers, my father, his wife and her daughter.
Facing a new year's (resolution) dilemma
A few weeks ago, I had a brilliant idea. Okay, maybe it wasn't brilliant, but I liked it a lot, and when I shared it with my other half he sounded enthusiastic as well. It was about an art project I could enroll in, that would be creative, provide me with a framework for a long time, increase my visibility on Facebook and hence (hopefully) bring me some paying clients.
From illustrated journal to urban sketching
I loved drawing when I was a young child and this hobby remained with me until the end of high school. I would spend my freetime sketching, painting, drawing on paper, canvas, T-shirts etc. (These are also my most vivid memories of the pre-computer era.) Then, as I slowly became a "grown-up", I drew less and less. =(
My drawings printed on fabric
I used to dye clothes when I was a teenager. Then my parents got me some textile paint and I started experimenting with that (its really fun, you should definitely try!). Soon after I had the chance to design the official T-shirt for the annual girl football tournament in my school. This was the first time one of my drawings was printed on fabric. There were about 10 participating schools in total and the T-shirts were up for sale. I was overexcited to see people buying them and hearing positive feedback.
Comic strip – Phase 2
It took me a long time, but I finally finished the outline of my two page comic strip. It was a personal topic "describing" some of the things that happened to me earlier this year and processing the different experiences took time. I couldn't rush that process and I allowed myself to take forever on this drawing as well.
Comic strip: work in progress
As I slowly make my way back to normal life (after two months in Madagascar), I actively restart drawing and have an exciting assignment for my comic strip class. I have to create a double page, with a "time-lapse" in between, that is not explicitly explained.


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A giant inflatable Despicable Me minion caused havoc in traffic in Ireland after it broke free from its ropes on a windy afternoon.
The balloon character was being used as advertising at a fairground on the Swords Road. Over 10 metres tall, the minion fell into oncoming traffic and clipped the wings of a car.
Police say the incident was have appeared funny to those watching the giant balloon blow around but say that it could have caused a serious accident.
The council is looking into the incident to determine how the balloon managed to make it onto the road and how they can prevent similar situations in the future.
cook cook Crazy!
any way. I LOVE MINIONS!
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha i will kick it
hahahahahaha i would drive through it
Were did the minion come from
I think that mite be bob off despicable me but that is funny. I am soooo glad I was not in that traffic that would be a minion blast!!!! =-) =-) XD XD funny!!! haha hehe


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JASON STATHAM AND VIN DIESEL aside, baldness isn't a style statement most people can pull off with panache. Global figures indicate that currently 70% men lose their hair—both complete and partial baldness—compared with 30% to 35% in the '70s to the '90s. For females, that stat is at 35% to 40%, up from 6% to 7%. For India, the averages are similar to those globally.
"We are dealing with an area that is very sensitive, emotional, and debatable," says Sanket Shah, the CEO of Advanced Hair Studio India, a hair restoration company with eight outlets and a turnover of about Rs 125 crore. "On the one hand, everyone wants to look their age or even five to 10 years younger, and on the other, the percentage of men and women in the young age bracket losing hair is increasing."
Even as celebrities age, their endorsement choices change. Cricketers such as Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Jacques Kallis, and Shane Warne have found lending their balding pates for hair restoration commercials both lucrative and opportune. "This space, which was once viewed as a medical intervention, has become all about wellness," adds Ankur Bisen, senior vice president, retail, at retail consultancy Technopak.
Little wonder that organised hair restoration here is a Rs 453 crore market, growing 25% annually. According to a December 2013 report by consultancy firm Frost & Sullivan, 2009-10 onwards, various national and international chains such as DHI, Berkowits, Richfeel Trichology Center, B Perfect, and ADHI have set up clinics in key Indian cities.
There are also standalone operations run by doctors and homoeopaths. The NCR and Mumbai have emerged as leading hubs for hair transplant with a huge inflow of patients from across the country.
"Hair restoration is still an urban phenomenon. Mumbai and Delhi combined contribute about Rs 200 crore, followed by Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Pune," says Ankit Goyal, programme manager, health-care practice, Frost & Sullivan.
Here's the science: A human is born with approximately 100,000 hair strands—50,000 on top of the scalp and the rest on the sides and back. In normal hair-loss, one loses hair only from the top of the scalp. And the minute one loses 15,000 strands or more, medical science doesn't have an answer.
A single hair restoration session can plant no more than 4,000 to 5,000 strands. A client can sit for a maximum of four sessions, via clinical or cosmetic processes. Shah admits that it is still a service aimed at the classes. Costs can be as high as Rs 6 lakh, but the price points will need to be worked on when these companies start targeting smaller cities if the business is to make further headway.
Bisen says, "A sizeable men's segment has emerged because people now are well travelled and consume media extensively. Looks matter a lot to them. That's why some things, like balding, that were earlier non-issues are suddenly issues." He points to a few trends like the growth of the deodorant market five or six years back, followed by whitening crèmes, with hair care the latest to be woven into the narrative.