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All This Defies Logic

According to the Knight-Ridder News Service, the man who killed defrocked priest and convicted pedophile John Goegan in prison, Joseph Druce, yelled “Let’s keep kids safe!” and “Hold pedophiles accountable for their actions!” as he was led away after his arraignment for the slaying.
Geogan was an old man when he went to prison and [...]

modern racism

In my inbox this morning:
——Original Message——From: G.
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:44 AM
To: P. H.; S. D.; K. D.; S. H.; ‘Roxanna’; ‘monoye@gg.com’; ‘Priss D’; ‘ll@yahoo.com’
Subject: FW: Fw: Must read poem!!!

> > ILLEGAL ALIEN’S POEM
> >
> > I visit US, get treated regal,
> > So I stay, who care I [...]

Too much theory in film school?

Lights, Camera, Action. Marxism, Semiotics, Narratology.
This piece by David Weddle, special to the LA Times, posits that theory has overtaken film school, particularly after his daughter brings home her final and shares a sample question.

This is a particularly timely article, since I’m incredibly pleased to announce that Jake Euker will be writing film reviews [...]

If you miss the Retrocards . . .

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Tack-O-Rama Home Page
While I wish they did more research in the design and other sections, it’s still a fun site. The promise of fonts and clipart are nice, and I’m sure one of the wallpaper patterns might end up on one of the computers I manage. You can see their e-cards are similar to our [...]

The Power of Babel

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Lost in Translation
English: “Something tells me I’m into something good.”
Back into English from Korean: “The I in my place the good thing the fact being it silence silence it
is thin and it pays attention.”
T.S. Eliot would wet his bunched-up widdle shorts in glee with the multi-lingual possibilities.

Thin veal cutlets . . .

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ABCNEWS.com : Wienerschnitzel
A follow-up to a conversation on Tuesday. (I win!)

MIT Open Course Ware

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You can get all smart and stuff, at least if you have really good reading comprehension skills and don’t need feedback, online for free now. Of course, MIT is just not MIT without the wacky pranks. See the syllabi, course resources, and so on for classes like “Does Poetry Matter” and “The Art of Counting”. [...]