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If you're going to read this, don't bother. After a couple of (posts), you won't want to be here. So forget it. Save yourself. There has to be something better on television. Or since you have so much time on your hands, maybe you could take a night course. Become a doctor. You could make something out of yourself. Treat yourself to a dinner out. Color your hair. You're not getting any younger. -Chuck Palahniuk, from the opening of Choke.| [::..archive..::] |
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If you're sticking around, let me say that this is an early attempt at creating a blog -- something of a test -- and hopefully the endeavor will evolve into something worth the time spent by both you and me. If not, I can think of two words: "Disappear here." Thank you. Please don't litter. -Matthew W. Beale- |
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:: 9.25.2004 ::
:: "Iraq War Tale Wins at Spanish Film Fest" :::: 9.23.2004 ::
MADRID, Spain (AP) - A film about Iraqi villagers desperate for a satellite dish as they await the U.S. invasion won the top prize Saturday at Spain's leading film festival.
The honors for "Turtles Can Fly" concluded the San Sebastian festival, after nine days of showings that featured the debut of Woody Allen's new film "Melinda and Melinda" and lifetime achievement awards for Allen, Jeff Bridges and Annette Bening.
Director Bahman Ghobadi's Iraq war film relates the story of Kurdish villagers who receive news that the war is drawing closer. Ghobadi, who was born in a Kurdish area of Iran, won an award at the Cannes film festival in 2000 and in Chicago in 2002 for other films.
The award for best actor went to Ulrich Thomsen for his work in the Danish film "Brothers" - another military story, this time about Afghanistan. The woman who play the soldier's wife, Connie Nielsen, won best actress.
The trophy for best director went to China's Xi Jinglei for her film "Letter from an Unknown Woman"- about a man in the late 1940s who learns he has a child from a short-lived romance with a woman he does not remember.
The jury's special award went to Goran Paskaljevic for his story of Bosnian war refugees squatting in the apartment of a Serb returning to seek a new life.
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:: Mr. TRONA 10:21 PM [+] ::
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:: "Morphine Apparently in Your Head" :::: 9.20.2004 ::
From Wired News
Med-Tech ยป Researchers find that humans produce their own morphine. If naysayers finally believe it, the discovery could boost pain and addiction research. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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:: Mr. TRONA 10:44 PM [+] ::
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Why You Should Never Lose Your Digital Media
Posted by michael
from the lost-and-found dept.
kkrista writes "What would you do if you found someone's digital media card from their camera in your taxi? One such individual has decided to provide the world with 227 days of entertainment. I Found Some Of Your Life will post a photo a day and accompanying fictional narrative for the next 227 days using the photos found on a digital media card left in a cab. Is it pure genius or pure evil? Who cares? Just be thankful they're not your photos."
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:: Mr. TRONA 2:03 AM [+] ::
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