Monthly Archives: November 2011

What have they done to my myths?

Movie review: Immortals. Starring: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Frida Pinto, John Hurt. Directed by Tarsem Singh. (Published in The Marshall Independent TV Guide.) Years ago at a graduate school party I was having a typical grad student discussion of Deep … Continue reading

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Another reason I love this job

Note: Cross-posted from my newspaper blog. Friday morning I got to climb up one of the two interior ladders of the wind tower simulator at the Minnesota Emergency and Response Industrial Training (MERIT) Center in Marshall. Very cool. That evening … Continue reading

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Is the Occupation over yet?

I recommend Sarah Palin’s editorial in the Wall Street Journal, “How Congress Occupied Wall Street.” If you want to dismiss Palin as an intellectual lightweight, go ahead. This may after all be basically a book report on something written by … Continue reading

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News flash! Michael Moore is filthy rich.

Note: My personal blog is on indefinite hiatus, however I am cross-posting from my newspaper blog at The Marshall Independent and the print-only TV Guide. Michael Moore recently tried to deny the blindingly obvious on Piers Morgan’s TV talk show. … Continue reading

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Veteran’s Day/Polish Independence Day

Note: My personal blog is on indefinite hiatus, however I am cross-posting from my newspaper blog at The Marshall Independent and the print-only TV Guide. Jeszcze Polska nie zginela, Kiedy my zyjemy. Co nam obca przemoc wziela, Szabla odberizemy/ Poland … Continue reading

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Movie review: In Time

Note: My personal blog is on indefinite hiatus, however I am cross-posting from my newspaper blog at The Marshall Independent and the print-only TV Guide. “If the rich could hire the poor to die for them, the poor would make … Continue reading

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Occupy everything!

Note: My personal blog is on indefinite hiatus, however I am cross-posting from my newspaper blog at The Marshall Independent and the print-only TV Guide. The Occupy Oakland protests have turned a tad violent the news media reports. The country’s … Continue reading

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