Thursday, December 30, 2010
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
We'll even tie it on your bike
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Today is the day!
Friday, December 3, 2010
My First (read "new" come on, give me some credit) Reading List
Wikipedia's "Social Criticism" references, i.e. I want to read up on a lot of these things, not simply that I am making some lame plan to read a bunch of wikipedia articles. Sadly I cannot limit this list to items pertaining to America, or its foundations, tenets, or world's-police-officers sort of policies or programs. Nor can I limit the list to people, eliminating some items such as events or concepts like "erotic literature", which I don't know that I would need to read.
Things I see as wantonly missing from this list, so I may add red-linked articles very shortly:
- The Principles of Totalitarianism,
- Howard Mehlinger, (note to self, get a copy of Mr. Chavis's version of the above and compare to Mehlinger and this Mr. Charon's)
- any reference to Totalitarianism: An Inductive Approach.
I sense a conspiracy.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Can we PLEASE stop dumbing things down in the name of the Almighty dollar?
Monday, November 29, 2010
tsa FAIL!
Of all the people to let slip through, a celebrity!?! Whatever happened to the terrorist playing card concept? "Hmm, I know that face... Oh he's that one guy I'm supposed to just let through." Incredible.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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Monday, November 15, 2010
They speak about the weather because they are afraid of the passing time
Amelie says to Colignon "Meme les artichauds ont du coeur" (Even artichokes have a heart). In french, "un coeur d'artichaud" (an artichoke heart) is a person that falls very often and easily in love.
Colignon calls Amelie "Amelie-melo" (pronounce "ah-may-LEE-may-low") which sounds like "un meli-melo", a muddle or mix-up.
In the cafe, people discuss about time and weather, as the same word "temps" means both "le temps qui passe" (time that passes) and "le temps qu'il fait" (the weather). So goes Hippolito's theory : they speak about the weather because they are afraid of the passing time.
Collignon says about his mother : "Elle a une memoire d'elephant, un elephant de mer" (literally: she has memory like an elephant, a sea elephant). A "sea elephant" is a sort of walrus, and "mer" (sea) and "mere" (mother) are pronounced the same.
When Amelie is in a theater, she watches "Jules & Jim", a movie by Francois Truffaut. There are many references to Truffaut in the movie : Claire Maurier plays the mother in "the 400 blows" and many scenes refer to "Bed and Board", which itself refers to Hitchcock's "Rear window". I still have to figure which was the movie whith Spencer Tracy driving without watching...
When Amelie watches her projected life on TV, a scene that refers to Woody Allen's "Zelig", the voice over is from Frederic Mitterand, nephew of his uncle, who is famous for commenting weddings or funerals of aristocrats on french TV.
The "likes/dislikes" narration was experimented by Jeunet in a short movie "Foutaise" with Dominique Pinon, that will be included in the collector edition of the DVD. It also refers to "La vie, mode d'emploi" (Life: a user's manual) from Georges Perec, although Jeunet admits he could never finish the book.
Most TV scenes are stock shots. The story about the horse running in the Tour de France is true. Most stories told in the film are true, including the one about collecting discarded pictures.
There are numerous references in the movie, including to other Jeunet films. The scene in the mystery train is almost a copy of a similar scene in Alien : Resurrection where Ripley has an almost tender behaviour with the alien.
Finally, "Amelie" comes from "Emily", as Emily Watson was supposed to play the role, and "Poulain" is both a young untrained horse and a chocolate brand. And this is not a coincidence.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
250 characters that may just change my life
-- Thanks, -James. /.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Heather's thing in her back
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Domain name FAIL
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010
I forgot about this amazing "Country" singer Kasey Chambers! Here are two Samplers I've enjoyed hundreds of times.
I need to see what this chick has been up to since '02!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Monday, September 13, 2010
BIG NEWS! REALLY BIG NEWS!
I just got offered a job with Zions Bank! I will be starting October 1st as a Department Systems Analyst where I will run their "Great Cross-Sell" benefits systems! I have been given the reins to the whole project! Wish me luck and that by commenting below.
Friday, September 10, 2010
[Meridian Magazine] Photo Essay: Ukraine Temple Cultural Celebration
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By Steven Kapp Perry Listen to stories and songs from a recent concert featuring LDS singers/songwriters Cherie Call and Sam Payne.By Stan M. Gardner MD, CNS Statins or no statins? Dr. Gardner gives an opinion that may be different than what you've heard.
By Wm J. Monahan The billions spent on plastic surgery in the quest to 'look' younger is a false front. It is form without substance.
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Friday, September 10, 2010 LDSPRO is currently being restructured and should launch this weekend. Thank you to all you daily readers of LDSPRO's First Line News Business headlines and stories. Thank you for your patience and stay tuned for www.ldspro.com to be back, up and running, very soon.
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Business Week: Admissions Q&A for Brigham YoungBrigham Young University's Marriott School of Management offers students more than a rigorous business education. Students at the school, owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are required to abide by a strict honor code, based on the tenets of the Mormon religion.
Decision to Suspend Quran-Burning Met with ReliefReligious and political leaders across the Muslim world welcomed a decision by a small American church to suspend its plans to torch copies of their holy book - but some said Friday the damage has already been done.
Imam and Developer: No Deal for Moving NYC MosqueNEW YORK - A threat to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. A deal to move a proposed Islamic community center and mosque away from ground zero. An offer by Donald Trump to buy out a major investor in the real estate partnership that controls the World Trade Center site. All were canceled, reinstated, disputed or rejected within a matter of hours Thursday - a back and forth that showed no signs of slowing down on the eve of the 9th anniversary of the attacks.
Has California Supreme Court Ruling 'Wiped Out' Prop. 8 Opposition?Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown are not required to defend against a legal challenge to Prop. 8, the law banning same-sex marriage, the state supreme court found. So who will defend it now?
Federal Judge Rules "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy is UnconstitutionalA federal judge in Riverside, California on Thursday declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional, saying the "don't ask, don't tell" policy violates the 1st Amendment and due process rights of lesbians and gay men.
Wildfire Sets Sights on Boulder as Wind Picks UpBOULDER, Colorado - Weary firefighters hoped the worst was over from a wildfire that destroyed nearly 170 homes in the Rocky Mountains foothills, but crews monitored were monitoring hot spots early Friday amid concerns that erratic winds could fan the flames and send them into Boulder.
Blast, Fire Raze Bay Area HomesReporting from San Bruno, Calif., and Los Angeles - A massive explosion believed to have been caused by a gas line break sparked an inferno that consumed a San Bruno neighborhood Thursday night, killing at least one person, leveling 53 homes, forcing residents to run for their lives and leaving about 23 people injured, a number of them with severe burns.
Rahm Emanuel: Expected Departure Could Lead to West Wing ShakeupIn the past, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has expressed an interest in being mayor of Chicago. The position will be open in 2011. If Emanuel leaves, it could have a knock-on effect.
Are Senate Races Really Tied? Why New Polls May Not Tell the Whole StoryThree key Senate races - Florida, Kentucky, and California - come out virtually tied in new polls. But the Republican candidates may be doing better than these polls reflect.
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