1.  I've started a website for research I'm doing in conjunction with my Masters thesis.  My thought was -- I'm doing all this research, all this work, that no one will EVER read.  And if I manage to get my article published in a scholarly journal, I'll have probably max 10 people read it.  And so I decided to put my research, my thoughts, my ( Read more... )

is Obama.  It's proved anywhere you go on the web--even my friends page.  I'm even making my students, on our class blog, analyze the rhetoric of Obama's speech, and how he uses his words to unify the country.  (My students probably haven't posted yet, by the way, seeing as it's due on Thursday.)

So, my favorite lines from the speech, the lines ( Read more... )

I thought this video I watched on BBC News was hilarious, so I thought I'd post the link here ( Read more... )

And now, that tomorrow's the last day of class in the term (which with reading days, finals, etc. ending on the 19th), my update on being a graduate student.  Update is:

1.  I can't wait for summer term because I'm not taking classes and will be able to take a break!  I love the weather--it's nice and warm, but not too hot.  I went and played tennis ( Read more... )

For the last few months, I have been talking with
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Episode 204, “Early Animation,” draws its strength from this wraparound information-of the three films (“Gobo: The Basketball,” “8 Minutes at 325 degrees,” and “Nocturnal,”) perhaps only “Nocturnal” can stand on its own as a complete story, worth recognizing on its own merits without a discussion of the filmmaking process.

Yet with the ( Read more... )

Bold the ones you've seen.    (I must admit, there's a few of them I've seen "edited"--with the most graphic parts taken out--like Schindler's List and Braveheart)

Wings
The Broadway Melody
All Quiet on the Western Front
Cimarron
Grand Hotel
Cavalcade
It Happened One Night
Mutiny on the Bounty
The Great Ziegfeld
The Life of Emile Zola
You Can’t Take It with ( Read more... )

I often read Forbes picture slide shows (whenever they pop up as links from my gmail.) 
Today I read, “In Pictures: The 20 Most Intriguing Billionaire Heiresses”, which you can find at the website:

http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/15/billionaires-mittal-hariri-biz-cx_1115heiresses_slide_2.html?partner=email

What I thought was interested is ( Read more... )

In this commercial, which advertises a product to treat Restless Legs Syndrome, 4 lines go to represent everything from frustration to excitement to pain to worldly adventure-they express emotion and moment, they take on a personality of their own, and experience a character arc, all in a 30 second commercial.

The commercial is found online at:
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