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I was reading an editorial recently that suggested that abortion rights and access to contraceptives should be vote changers for women. It made me wonder if those were the issues making up most women's minds.
So which issues are most important to you this election year? Which issue will decide which candidate you choose?
Access to contraception
Equal pay for equal work
Energy independence
Economic growth ideas
Taxes/tax cuts/breaks/increases
Defense/Foreign policy expertise
Education – money for, improving
Party affiliation
Personality of candidate
Race/religion of candidate
Wife/family of candidate
Do you think women base their votes on different things than men? Are there "women's issues?"
October 22nd, 2012
12:20 pm
I only support candidates who support freedom, the free market, personal liberties, civil liberties, the constitution, sound money, a common sense foreign policy based on defense, not empire building, and a long record of consistent support of these priciples. That's why I continue to support Ron Paul and will not give my precious vote to the lesser of two evils or whatever Mr. Romney wishes to call himself these days.
October 22nd, 2012
12:21 pm
Every one of these issues is a women's issue as women are negatively impacted by the destruction of the american republic as much as men are.
October 22nd, 2012
12:31 pm
Whew! This one's almost too hot to handle, but I'll give it a shot.
As a registered Republican, and a married woman of 28, I find it insulting that Democrats consistently assume that the only issues women voters care about are abortion rights and free contraception. There are many, many problems in this country right now that need to be addressed. To me, what's most important is:
-getting this stagnant economy going, through tax cuts and incentives for employers to GROW
-making sure our military has the resources it needs to defend our country
-ensuring we are actively working to pay down our giant defecit and not burden future generations
-restoring America's position in the world…we have lost footing these past few years and it shows in many areas
-reforming social security and Medicare. I've already accepted these programs will not be around by the time my husband and I retire, and that's fine; we are self-reliant and are taking steps to ensure we will have a comfortable retirement and our own healthcare
-eliminating ObamaCare…there are some good points, but overall it's a disastrous plan that's going to hinder economic growth, employment, and the healthcare industry
I'm pro-life and personally wouldn't have an abortion, but don't believe they should be outlawed. However, I don't think Anerican taxpayers or insurance companies should be footing the bill for anyone's contraception. Not my responsibility, and there are many other places where that money could be more effectively spent.
This is why Obama is losing ground among women voters–because the Democrats have marginalized women by saying we are only concerned with abortion and free birth control. Wrong.
October 22nd, 2012
12:44 pm
It depends entirely on how my husband wants me to vote.
October 22nd, 2012
12:47 pm
I'll await for the response for the pious, pretentious suburbanite of Mother Jane Goose
October 22nd, 2012
12:51 pm
October 22nd, 2012
1:01 pm
The current administration is rapidly ensuring I vote Republican!
October 22nd, 2012
1:30 pm
Just asking the women TWG?
I feel as left out as a Christian cheerleader in Texas.
October 22nd, 2012
1:30 pm
Immigration – As an immigrant who went through all the right channels and waited patiently for my visa, and green card, and citizenship (in that order), immigration should be addressed. There are too many illegal immigrants (from all countries) here, claiming benefits and being catered to.
Also why do I have to "press 1 for English"? Moving from Europe, English wasn't my first language. But I studied and learned it. You don't hear the option to press "2 pour le français" or any other foreign language.
Birth control and abortion are individual issues; you can't cover all women with one umbrella in this case.
October 22nd, 2012
1:38 pm
I still can't believe we are [realistically] still a two-party system. Neither party really represents my opinion, and I'm sure the majority of 'middle America' feels the same way.
I have an opinion about women's rights, abortion, equal pay and healthcare but the bottom line is that the economy is my highest priority right now. So I'll support the candidate who I think can make a difference with the economy and fight for those other issues once he is elected (most likely on the local/state level where my opinion actually matters).
October 22nd, 2012
1:39 pm
Concur with Navy Wife.
October 22nd, 2012
1:50 pm
"I still can't believe we are [realistically] still a two-party system. Neither party really represents my opinion, and I'm sure the majority of 'middle America' feels the same way."
And neither will get my vote this time. I know that some say I should vote for the lessor of two evils but why? Since I live in GA, I know that Mitt will win no matter what. I will not vote for him or the other. I plan to show my disapproval but NOT voting less of two evils (which ever one that may be).
October 22nd, 2012
1:59 pm
ah, only 766,000 less working, still a great record, The number of American women who are unemployed was 766,000 individuals greater in May 2012 than in January 2009, when President Barack Obama took office, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
If you can get people working, people will pay the bills, buy stuff and the other things come into play.
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology all parts of self-esteem must be built on physiological need (food. water, shelter, clothing) jobs provide those!!!
October 22nd, 2012
2:09 pm
Navy wife… You said it so much better than I could. I am insulted the democrats think reproductive choices is at the top of the ticket. We have much bigger issues.
October 22nd, 2012
2:09 pm
To not vote is to give your voice to someone else.
October 22nd, 2012
2:10 pm
AND if you DON'T vote, you have NO right to complain about WHO is elected.
October 22nd, 2012
2:19 pm
It is unconscionable that any American, male or female, would lend spiritual, satanic support to the entity Our Founder Thomas Jefferson identified as "the real Anti-Christ," "an engine for enslaving mankind," by voting for candidates of the party whose platform demands the law force impregnated victims of rape and incest to reward genetically their rapists by bringing full term and providing the biological fruit of abomination, regardless of the lies Romney or Ryan are willing to tell on the subject.
October 22nd, 2012
2:24 pm
if you are against abortion, don't have one.
October 22nd, 2012
2:26 pm
NavyWife @ 12:31pm expressed my feelings almost to a T. I feel the spending is out of control and I'm very concerned that we'll get to the point where we can't recover. I fear for the debt that we're leaving for our children. The only thing NavyWife left out was enforcement of illegal immigration. The costs associated with paying healthcare, education, food stamps, prisons, etc. is overwhelming and is putting many hospitals on the brink of bankruptcy. Not to mention that it rewards people who break the law to come here & makes the waiting time that much longer for those who apply to come here legally. I'm a married woman with two young kids and registered as a Democrat, but I'll be voting for Romney.
October 22nd, 2012
2:36 pm
Will Jones- abortion laws have exceptions for rape and incest. Surely you aren't as big a bufoon as you seem to be. Unfortunately, you probably are.
October 22nd, 2012
2:36 pm
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October 22nd, 2012
2:37 pm
My husband wants to know how you registered as a Democrat in Georgia.
Can you please explain it?
October 22nd, 2012
2:37 pm
For all those talking about how they aren't going to vote- if you don't vote you have no right to complain, because you didn't participate in the process. So either vote or shut it.
October 22nd, 2012
2:46 pm
I will vote for whomever will stop sending our tax money (actually borrowed money from China) to bolster third world countries. There is a reason they are third world and we cannot change that cutlure. Let them fend for themselves and let's focus on what we CAN change!
October 22nd, 2012
2:47 pm
A_mom, completely agree with you on immigration. Well said!
October 22nd, 2012
3:00 pm
@Navywife, I understand that you don't want to pay for my contraception or abortion, but I don't want to pay for your breeding habits either (I assume you take that federal child tax credit on your return each year). These issues shouldn't be on my list of concerns in 2012, but as the Republican party continues to pander to extremists' views on the subject, I'm compelled to make this a top issue for getting my vote. Also, any candidate drinking the "corporations are people too" kool-aid definately will not get my vote.
October 22nd, 2012
3:05 pm
@Laurie – why should anyone other than yourself pay for YOUR abortion? I didn't get you pregnant, so why should I pay for your mistake/birth control with my tax dollars?
And you only get the child tax credit unit your child turns 18…..
October 22nd, 2012
3:09 pm
1. Concern for others, you know, the least among us (health care, housing, education etc)
2. Protecting our world from ruin (environment, economic exploitation, war)
3. Using money and other resources wisely (economic policy, human resource and development policy, education policy)
October 22nd, 2012
3:09 pm
For example, I do not care if Sudanese women have access to family planning, but my government has spent $300 million in the last three years to promote that very cause. How does that affect me and my family?
Nor do I care about protecting the fishing rights of the Japanese vs. the Russians, but we spend millions a year on that very project.
I know I sound a little (OK a lot) xenophobic, but we will never solve all of the worlds problems, so let's stop trying, OK?
October 22nd, 2012
3:10 pm
@ Catlady- By the least of us, do you mean Americans?
October 22nd, 2012
3:16 pm
1. Economic growth ideas
2. Defense/Foreign policy expertise
3. Immigration
October 22nd, 2012
3:30 pm
1. Economic growth ideas
2. Defense/Foreign policy expertise
3. Immigration
October 22nd, 2012
3:36 pm
By the way, who doesn't "have access to contraception"?
October 22nd, 2012
3:45 pm
I will gladly pay for non-pill more permanent based method of contraception if you are a current welfare recipient. Keeps you from simply having more kids in order to get more government support.
October 22nd, 2012
3:47 pm
As an FYI, 450 million condoms are sold each year in the US.
October 22nd, 2012
3:49 pm
@ Navywife, I agree with you. I think our President should focus on making sure our nation is safe and prosperous. Considering the problems facing the United States right now, it's petty and foolish to drag reproductive issues into the debate.
Personally, I think abortion, and many other social issues, should be regulated at the state level. Beliefs on these issues can vary widely from state to state, so why try to force a 'one size fits all' solution on the whole country? All that does is create more discord in our federal government. Overall, voters in Georgia have dramatically different views on such issues than voters in, say, New York. They shouldn't be forced to live by the conservative values that prevail here, and we shouldn't be forced to have a share in their shame.
October 22nd, 2012
3:49 pm
@Chaos, I used to handle the financial side of my former employer's medical insurance. I suggested that we cover vasectomies at 100%. The cost of all of the surgeries would be offset by cost of the first unwanted employee's child.
October 22nd, 2012
3:59 pm
No, I don't think there are "women's issues." There are issues, and there are priorities. I wouldn't expect the priorities to be the same between all women, and the same for all men.
@Techmom – Wholeheartedly agree. Most people I know (and I include myself here) are social moderates (some are social liberals) and fiscal conservatives. The current 2 parties don't fit the bill, so a viable 3rd party would be a wonderful thing.
October 22nd, 2012
4:03 pm
Perhaps that should be "cost of the employee's first unwanted child". :)
October 22nd, 2012
4:14 pm
@JOD…of course there are women's issues! Are you in charge of your own body, or is someone else?
October 22nd, 2012
4:16 pm
I want the government to stay the hell out of my personal life and personal decisions. I want a strong defense and support for economic growth. I don't give a damn about social engineering, or any other "isms" that seem to have become talking points. The government shouldn't regulate if I choose or not choose to have an abortion, use contraceptives, and frankly, I really wish they'd stay out of my healthcare choices, too. There is NO government bureaucracy that "works" well enough that I would trust my life to it. And abolish the Department of Education — all that money can be turned back to the states for educational uses.
I don't give a rat's ass about their wives, their religion, their race or their dogs. Give me someone who is strong enough to make decisive decisions that put this country's economic well-being first and foremost, someone who understands how economics work, and someone who doesnt run around the world being an apologist for the United States of America.
October 22nd, 2012
4:20 pm
I don't understand why birth control would not be covered by a health care plan if pregnancy and child birth is; the pill/patch/shot/IUD certainly are cheaper than a pregnancy, same goes for a vasectomy like Jarvis said! (Are there really plans out there that don't cover contraception?? All of my plans have.)
And as much as I don't like handing out free anything, I'm with Chaos- if you're on welfare, I'd be happy for my taxes to provide you with a tubal ligation or even an IUD at a minimum. I'm all for helping people get back on their feet, not providing them with a reason to continue having offspring they can't afford.
October 22nd, 2012
4:29 pm
The amount of self-loathing a woman must have to vote for the GOP misogynists is truly sad. Why not vote for representatives who care about YOUR rights, Ladies? Love yourself, and others will love you. This martyr thing whereby you reward those who disrespect and punish women for being women — NOT attractive, and NOT smart. I taught my daughter to respect herself, and to recognize when she is being disrespected. I'm appalled at the number of her friends whose mothers failed them in that regard.
October 22nd, 2012
4:36 pm
…your mother failed to teach you how to have any economic common sense, and for that matter, any common sense, period…
October 22nd, 2012
4:42 pm
I have to protect my first-class citizenship as an American. I dream of someday having TWO pro-choice candidates, so I could actually make a decision. But until then, I simply can not vote for anyone who thinks they know more about my body, my ethics, and my future than I do.
October 22nd, 2012
4:43 pm
Isn't it odd how so many people want to impose tubal ligation on mothers who receive assistance, and NEVER talk about vasectomies for men who refuse to pay child support?
October 22nd, 2012
4:44 pm
@ Tiffany: Are you in charge of your own body, or is someone else?
THEN YOU take the steps to prevent the baby. And last I check there is a man involved too. Assuming that you are both adults in a relationship where are his rights? I realize the situation and show were fictional but for some reason your response has me seeing Ian and Chritina on "Grey's Anatomy" and how he had to watch her abort her child b/c it was her body she made the rules.
You don't want to have kids, then don't. Get a tubligation, wear a condom, take the pill, or whatever but don't expect ME to pay for it.
As far as the child tax credit that is a joke…there is SOOOOOOOOOOO much more parents pay out of pocket on their kids. Then of course there are personal damages when they break something in your house or wreck your car. But by all means get them to give you a similar credit for tying your tubes or buying your pills…then only those actively being responsible for SOMETHING will be getting the "break".
October 22nd, 2012
4:45 pm
@ DB if you run on: "abolish the Department of Education — all that money can be turned back to the states for educational uses" Then I will campaign my @$$ off for you!
October 22nd, 2012
4:46 pm
@GaBlue: I don't vote with my vagina. I vote with my brain. And from I can tell, YOU are the only one name-calling women who may vote differently from you.
October 22nd, 2012
4:47 pm
@ Tired: vasectomies for men who refuse to pay child support?
I can support that cause too!


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Canter's Deli
people kept telling me i had to try this place so i did. met up with Jess and we had lunch. while waiting i was happy just people watching and there were so many old jewish people. it was awesome. i sat on a bench next to an old lady waiting on her old friends.
i ate a french dip and fries and a pickle, jess had a cheeseburger. VERY GOOD. i have another half to eat later.
i want to go back in the morning and get a pastry for breakfast.

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April 29th, 20149:23 pm
The Master is PT Anderson's most accomplished film to date. It exists in a realm only partially occupied by There Will Be Blood, a sign of ascendence and filmic mastery. Its score is harrowing, its photography almost blinding, and it features the best performance in an Anderson movie to date-Joaquin Phoenix as the tortured sailor Freddie Quell. The film adheres to no sense of convention, narrative or otherwise, and demands repeated consumption. Phil Hoffman, in an equally astounding role, enlivens The Master with an exasperating tension as we are eager to see if his religion will crumble before him, at the hands of the untamable Quell. The Master is PTA's most affecting drama to date.
— Jack Cranfield, Athens, OH
April 7th, 201412:12 pm
Joaquin Phoenix is so creepy in this movie, that I found it difficult to watch. It was boring and seemed to have no purpose. Can't recommend it.
— elduke, wisconsin
February 3rd, 20147:23 pm
Few films have induced in me the desire to flee the theater, as did this one. Some movies I'll start checking my watch hoping to somehow expedite the end of the movie--but Master was pushing me out early on. Yet I stayed, mostly out of consideration to my fellow theater-goers and spouse. Some movies lack a denouement--though that presumes there was plot fiber to begin with. This movie had none. Instead it went searching for plot lines, character development, empathy, relevancy, etc. and on each journey came up maddeningly empty-handed. It had great cinematography you say? The epitome of damning with faint praise. Watching Joaquin Phoenix mumble and stumble his way through his scenes was close to painful. Hoping that PSH would somehow rescue scene after scene was futile. Thinking that there may at some point be some sort of cinematic miracle that might suddenly make this celluloid mess tolerable kept me hopeful through the first half, but not surprisingly no such miracle was forthcoming. Here is why I, and I believe so many others were disappointed. The advent of cults has been a common thread in our global societies. Unraveling or at least exploring the psychological dimensions of the leaders that entice and the followers who follow, and the will exerted on those who follow is what I believe many came to see and understand from this movie. It is potentially a powerful and taboo topic, and one that few have adequately explored in the movies. If your expectation was to gain an understanding or have a vision of the dimensionality and dynamics of being absorbed into a cult-like movement, then avoid this movie at all costs.
— Brianj, Columbus, OH
April 29th, 20134:45 pm
Well, there goes 2 & 1/2 hours that I won't get back. P.S. Hoffman should have won the Oscar; he's proven himself again and again to be a great actor, but it's too bad one of his most brilliant performances had to be in this dog of a film. When he and Phoenix wander into the desert and the latter digs up a trunk, I thought, "Ah, finally, they've located the point of this truly annoying film!" But, alas, whatever point the director/writer might have had remains locked in that trunk, out of our sight.
— CRMc, Decatur, GA
April 29th, 20134:45 pm
A glorious flop, commercially and artistically, "The Master" is must-see eye candy for anyone who loves movies and a late-night harangue for guru devotees. The signature shot is seawater whipped white in the wake of a Navy ship — an image of nature disturbed by human action.
Allegedly about Scientology, "The Master" is more concerned with delusion and subordination in male relationship, i.e., bromance. Joaquin Phoenix, fully recovered from "I'm Still Here", plays a violent, alcoholic WWII vet who finds a daddy in Philip Seymour Hoffman, an L. Ron Hubbard without the galactic bits. Amy Adams moves beyond adorable mode, as woman who has her husband's power firmly in hand.
This movie doesn't work, but who cares? Director Paul Thomas Anderson seems to be a divine idiot out of Dostoevsky, immeasurably gifted and totally nuts. For my moneym "There Will Be Blood" was the only Anderson movie that worked, but I know people who liked "Boogie Nights" and even (burp) "Magnolia". (I don't know what makes me want to die more, Tom Cruise or plagues of frogs.)
In this one, visual beauty and authentic acting more than compensate for a head-scratcher story.
SEE: http://krundt.tumblr.com/post/43920085066/oscar-roundup-2013#.UX0COYI9W6Y
— Roland Krundt, Grundy Center
March 31st, 20136:27 pm
The line in the movie about Dodd, the Master, just making it all up as he went along rings true about this movie`s director as well. It was a long trip to take....and not much to show for it at the end.
— Bernie15, Liberty, MO
March 16th, 20136:17 pm
No great film was ever universally accepted. But I suspect The Master, like so many great films before it, will be remembered and discussed for decades to come, not only within Paul Thomas Anderson's oeuvre, but by itself.
Harvey Weinstein regretted how The Master was marketed. Audiences expected a film about Scientology, but instead received a meditation on themes perhaps uniquely American.
For me, there is a Gestalt aspect to The Master. Very rarely does a film, especially one made today, come together to produce a feeling of bliss. The combination of score, cinematography, acting, production, and yes, directing, creates a shocking example of modern film at its greatest.
Perhaps The Master was unsatisfactory to those who "didn't get it", but that was their unfortunate mistake. For those of us who thoroughly enjoyed The Master, it is something worth being devoured, again and again. I encourage anyone who has seen The Master to watch it at least one more time.
— areuinsane, Austin
March 4th, 201311:35 am
Nice music, great acting, terrible movie, boring!
— Ts, Ny
March 4th, 201311:33 am
Phoenix and Hoffman capture a level of creepiness and realism that shifts from enlightening to frightening on a dime. Watching the characters' questing for liberation from their perhaps-imaginary inner wounds causes the viewer to wonder exactly who is The Master (if anyone), and why liberation looks so much like subjugation or maybe even a death wish.
— Sequel, Boston
February 27th, 20139:05 am
reading these comments its seems like most people want structure and coherence. does art have to be about structure and coherence? this is not a story with a beginning and an end - this is a moody character study, a beautifully rendered piece of art.
— RJB, Boston
February 27th, 20139:05 am
What a waste of time. The shoe never drops. It is too bad so much money and talent were wasted on a meaningless tale. Horror movies designed for nothing more than the sale of expensive confections and Friday night slumber parties hold more interest than this mess. Why do otherwise reasonable people invest in these kinds of projects?
— Silence Dogood, Texas
February 27th, 20139:04 am
A masterfull film. We are all confronted with a life we never asked for. Science can explain with limits. There may be no operational definition for "spirituality" but we all know what it is. And as we live sans the basic understandings of the inexplicable -- religions serve that purpose.
The rubric of the three Abrahimic religions when viewed by an outsider seem to provide similar answers. If one (usually via the family one grows up in and the indocrination of clerics) the probability is that one will be influenced by it for life -- for better or worse.
Obviously the Master, brillantly portrayed (as usual) by Phillip Seymour Hoffman is obviosly a spin on L. Ron Huberd's Scientology. We do not know if he is a con artist or true believer of his self-created brave new world religion or psuedo-religion.
The theology seems to be a merger of Freud, Jung, science-fiction and other influences. Whether it emenates from a psychosis in not important. (It can be posited that many creators of religions were a bit or a lot crazy.
To judge the tenets of the Master, or Scientology and assume that they are beyond belief... But, many people embrace what others believe to be beyond belief and it offers peace and solace.
Take Christianity: a virgin birth, Jesus as God and man; he had to be crucified to pay for the sins of humanity? If you were never exposed to Christianity before, it would sound quite "nuts." But it has become embued in our culture for almost 2,000 years. So, if you believe in the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost... Well that's accepted.
If only one person believes these kind of ideas -- they are considered to be psychotic. As the number grows it becomes a cult, which Christianity was thought to be at its inception. But, if it lasts, then it has the distinction of being labeled as a religion.
Observer of all of this: I ask what are the similarities of all these "faiths" including that of the Master?
They all help you get through the night!
— David Chowes, New York City
February 9th, 20135:51 pm
More excellent work from Mr. Anderson. Although I agree with some other reviewers that the plot of the movie is unusual and potentially confusing, all parts if the movie are exceptionally well-done.
Regarding the acting, I have to admit that I fail to see anything exceptional in Ms. Adams' performance. Not much there. She does a good job, so far as I can tell, with her part, but it is quite meager. Mr. Hoffman, as usual, is exceptional in his role. Mr. Phoenix is also very good. One cannot tell from one moment to the next what his character might do. Ms. Dern, although her presence in the film is even more meager than that of Ms. Adams is exceptional in what she does with the role. Acting by other actors in various parts is also very good.
An excellent piece of film art, if not quite as entertaining as one might like. The USA 1950s are well-presented. The mystery and experimentation in the post-WWII era, particularly in southern California, are well rendered by the movie.
— Wendell Murray, Kennett Square PA USA
January 12th, 20135:46 pm
Magnolia is one of my all-time best films, so "it pains me" as another reader wrote, to feel so let down by this movie. It begins several strands of story, character and thought that are all most promising, but they are slowly, slowly, just thrown away and the result is....nothing. It hold shots for far too long, is too slow, and simply does not follow through on all the stories, character, promise.
For 20 minutes I thought I was in for the most wonderful mocking of cults like Scientology.... what happened?
The acting, design, clothes, cars, music, photography are great, but there is a fine line between 'leaving something' to the viewer's imagination and not exploring or resolving a story or character.
A wasted opportunity for what could have been a truly great film.
— Carlton Harold, Spain.
January 12th, 20135:46 pm
I thought The Master was a fascinating depiction of a cult and of what a mixed bag we are as human beings and of life's ambiguities. It was also very evocative of the post WW II period . I saw it at the Brattle in Cambridge, MA, in January 2013 and the theatre was quite full.
— Paul Emile Anders, Boston, MA
November 28th, 20128:43 pm
One word might describe this film:"gutsy"! One scene was sufficient criticism of the theme of the film: that of the "pardon me" attendee of a function showcasing "The Master". The film depicts the failure to find a remedy for the essential sickness of modern society: take it or leave it. it was well acted largely and artistically and emotionally effective in its presentation.
— Walter J Machann, Bangkok
November 26th, 20128:54 am
My headline is not referring to the fictional master in he movie. Instead it is referring to the brilliant director Paul Thomas Anderson, who has done it yet again. An absolutely brilliant peace of movie.
— Rasmus, Stockholm
November 17th, 20125:58 pm
It really pains me to write this since I think "Magnolia" is one of most amazing films I've ever seen and after reading A.O. Scott's review couldn't wait to see "The Master," but despite the wonderful performances of Hoffman and Phoenix and Laura Dern (Amy Adams has never seemed like anything but a wooden doll to me) I felt like I was being tortured for two hours. Would have walked out except for friends. Kept waiting for some point, but nothing. I don't want to dump on PTA because of the genius I believe he showed in "Magnolia." All I can say is forget "The Master," order "Magnolia" on Netflix and hope that his next effort brings that power and sensitivity back.
— theresa, New York
November 12th, 20126:21 pm
At one point a character says, "He is making it up as he goes along." I believe that is what the director did, great actors creating characters you don't care about in a plot less movie. Go to the park and watch the wind move the trees, at least you'll still have your money.
— Peter, Brooklyn and Rosendale, NY
November 10th, 20122:12 pm
I hope the performers will not get one Oscar nomination. Not one. Why? An actor has a responsibility for the roles s/he picks - not just what s/he does with them. They all picked these roles because of the hype of the director, a giant scharlatan if there ever was one. They abused the trust an audience places into them for their choices, especially PSH. If you want to see him in a great chamber piece drama - go see A Late Quartett.
— citizentm, NYC
November 10th, 20122:11 pm
After leaving the theater, I could not help but ask myself, "what just happened?" Even now, several weeks and a second viewing, I'm still not entirely sure what Anderson is trying to say with The Master.
Is it a story about an alcoholic and the world he inhabits? The power of a charismatic leader and those who gather around him? Or is it bigger than the master and his protégé and an overarching roller coaster ride on being human?
Although Phoenix and Hoffman deliver stellar performances, some of the best I've seen, and the cinematography of The Master is truly remarkable, the story is a meandering spectacle divided up by geographical changes - the only discernible act structure I could see. Pheonix's character doesn't go through any recognizable arc. Hoffman's character remains true to himself, which is to say instead of changing his ways he adapts by running away. The energy is just as negative in the opening scenes as it is when the credits roll.
So why do I still find myself drawn to this film?
No matter how much we might try, sometimes we just can't stop being who are are. Freddie Quell, Pheonix's character, either can't or doesn't want to change and there is something irresistibly interesting about that. You want him to pull himself up and end the story on a positive arc, but he doesn't and this portrayal could be a release of sorts for the viewer. You get a taste of stubbornness to the extreme and thereby, possibly, purge a bit of yourself along with it. Don't we go to the movies to experience a range of emotions and experiences that are normally forbidden to us? Maybe Freddie is that release. Maybe that's the draw.
— lpauljames, Minnesota
November 5th, 20123:18 pm
Phoenix and Seymour Hoffman are the reason to see this picture. Both performances are riveting (and nomination 'worthy') but the narrative and direction are dull and inprecise.
— singabob, Singapore
October 30th, 20126:57 pm
The Master was truly terrible. I was the only one in the theatre for an afternoon showing, which tells you everything. True, the Master was not mainly about a cult, which might have been interesting, had it revealed any insights, character motivation, or any significant changes in any of the main characters. Instead, It starts with twenty minutes (count them!) of scenes depicting the debilitating life of an alcoholic in motion and segways into cliches about a sort of cult, where characters are slightly interesting but static and incomprehensible....as is the reason for this film. Cliches indicate lazy screenwriting (frontal nudity of the women in Hoffman's community, but not of the men, though in certain scenes men turn away from the camera to masturbate.) No forward moving plot--no sense of inner feelings, nothing to enlighen the audience about the purpose or meaning of this endless story. The group leader is played by Hoffman, a fine actor, but the scenes hardly challenge his acting abilities. Phoenix plays the nonreflective alcoholic admirably, but a manipulative man unredeemed, as addicted to alcohol and sex at the end as at the beginning. I squirmed and checked my watch and waited for something to happen, but nothing ever did. Compare it with the movie Leap of Faith for character insights, plot development, and positive identification with the main characters....and save your money for another day.
— PamS, Wisconsin
October 28th, 20122:40 pm
i've been a movie buff all my life, carefully select the movies i want to see, but walked out of The Master in short order, judging it to be a piece of trash...guess I won't be following the reviews of A.O. Scott any more.
— larry murray, san diego
October 24th, 20126:28 pm
Joaquin Phoenix is mesmerizing...but at times a bit over the top. Seemed more about look of the movie than substance. Frankly, a bit disappointed.
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Charlie Richards and the Road to Life at the Pond
- Monday, October 15, 2007
What advice would you give to Christians trying to break into the business?
I wouldn't discourage anyone, as long as their faith is strong. If I was young, I would go into the comedy side. You have a million dollar budget to do a play every week, and that's fun. It's fun to do it in front of a live audience, even with the canned laughter, which they call "sweetening it." But if I had a family, I'd head into drama.
And there are Christians in Hollywood, you say?
Yes, definitely. It's great to have Christians out there going at it. It seems like God is calling a lot of Christians out of the industry to do things on their own. It's a great place to learn the industry, and I've had the privilege of mentors who have taught me how to make a story work. Taking all that I've learned through those years and strangely enough, apply to children's animation. You can probably see those years in Life at the Pond.
Which is a great segue. So how did you go from Hollywood to creating The Pond series?
When House Rules got cancelled, I was working on another story, but my agent told me that Disney was interesting in me pitching some children's shows. I did but they rejected me. I was so discouraged but then my agent called and said that they had loved me. So I came up with some more ideas—which they again rejected. Then Nickelodeon called. I pitched them and they rejected me.
Finally I asked one of the guys at Fox Family what they were looking for, and he said, "We're looking for something like Action, on HBO." That was a show that had bleeped-out swear words. I realized that they didn't care about teaching morals—which I did. And they also didn't care about what parents thought.
But aren't parents the ones filmmakers have to please with kid's movies?
No. When I brought up parents, they'd throw up their arms and mock me, saying, "We don't care what parents think!" He just wanted something that got attention. They wanted hype, even if no one watched. They knew they could turn hype into product.
That had to be discouraging.
Well, I went from a guy thinking that I was going to spend the rest of my life writing television for grown-ups to having a burden for writing television for kids. But nobody was going to hand me the money to make a video. So I started with a radio show. We moved to Atlanta, where I could afford to do the first video. That came out in 2005, and it sold 100,000 units.
How did you learn how to do animation? You were a writer—that's a whole different ballgame, right?
On House Rules, when there was down time, the other writers would take naps. To me, that was ludicrous. I'd go down and watch the director or see what the editor was doing. I started talking to people who did animation for a living, to find out how it worked. For the videos, I eventually hired a company to do the animation.
How did it do so well?
I had a lot of help. I was working with Salem Radio, who gave me a lot of support. It was also building on the radio show. And Family Christian Bookstores did a five-week sale on it that shot the numbers up.
Well, I loved the video. I thought it was funny and smart at the same time—with a great message. My five-year-old was enthralled and kept singing the music afterwards. She also learned the concept of idolatry.
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"In life you don't really get to chose your family, your siblings – you get what you're given. I got lucky cause I got two great sisters and two great brothers, but I got extra lucky because around 1982, I got the chance to choose two other brothers: Mike Diamond and Adam Yauch. And together our families have grown. I'd like to thank the New York Parks Department and the people of Brooklyn for honoring my friend and brother, and recognizing how cool it is to have an Adam Yauch park for other crazy New York kids." - Ad-Rock
Adam Yauch's loved ones helped rename a Brooklyn park in his honor today. Read about the ceremony and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz's full tribute to his late friend and bandmate.
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Love ZB. LOVED Garden State (& its incredible soundtrack). Yep, definitely kickstarted this bad boy.
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Microsoft's marriage of easy communications
The combination of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 brings voicemail to the in-box, and speed and flexibility to how Windows workers communicate
There are also two transport roles, one internal and one external. On the outside, it's the Edge Transport server, which is not so much a router as a DMZ-safe filtering instance. A good move, but SMBs might do better to forego the DMZ-based filtering strategy and instead look to an externally hosted solution such as Microsoft's own Forefront line or something from a competitor such as MessageLabs. Internally, your transport role is the Hub Transport server, basically an e-mail router for large, distributed enterprise deployments. Sub-1,000 user installations need not apply.
The last server role is that of Unified Messaging. This one routes all the required data between CAS and Mailbox roles and external communications platforms including IP PBX systems and, yes, Office Communications Server 2007. Microsoft has made the actual user configuration of OCS/Exchange surprisingly straightforward, but you'll need a Unified Messaging server running and it needs to be updated with Windows Server 2003 SP1.
Postdeployment, administrators will be working with the new face of Exchange management, Exchange 2007's ESM (Exchange System Manager). ESM's tree-style view is quite different from the 2003 manager. Once you get the hang of it, ESM is more efficient than the previous generation, but getting the hang of it is not a trivial exercise. ESM is also different under the hood. This version has been built entirely on the Exchange Management Shell, which is an extension of the Windows PowerShell scripting environment. The upside is that folks willing to dig into EMS will be able to write their own scripts to automate tasks. The downside is that Microsoft has made every facet of Exchange management functional within the command-line EMS environment, but not quite every facet functions within ESM. Parts of Exchange Server 2007 SP1 are supposed to address this inequality and make both views equal in terms of management muscle (here again, see "Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 packs plenty").
Another weakness of the new management scheme is that Microsoft has placed everything inside Exchange itself. Exchange 2003 and earlier versions had MMC (Microsoft Management Console) snap-ins one could deploy to take care of frequent management tasks (including user creation and account management) from a central console outside of Exchange. That's gone. To manage that stuff going forward, you'll be using MMC's Active Directory snap-ins and then clicking back to ESM to finish the job. Not our favorite admin model, and we hope Microsoft figures out a way to keep those often-used functions in a single console somewhere.
On a more positive note, high availability features are hugely improved in Exchange 2007. You've got an LCR (Local Continuous Replication) option that simply copies the entire Exchange message store database again on the same machine. However, Microsoft says that LCR isn't an exact mirror of the repository, as it would be if you used disk mirroring, for example. Instead, LCR uses Exchange APIs so that corrupted data isn't copied over. This is a decent option for small businesses, and SP1 improves on it by supporting replication to a separate server without requiring clustering.
Enterprises will want to examine CCR (Clustered Continuous Replication), which allows full message store replication to another server node on the network. What's nice about this feature is that building distributed fail-over architectures now comes with Exchange out of the box. You can even combine LCR and CCR to double-protect critical servers. Frankly, being able to build this kind of reliability straight out of the box makes the 2007 upgrade worthwhile all by itself.


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The Goal: $10,000 by December 15th
For What: Public school classrooms around the country
What You Raised: $12,109
Now What? We drop everything in New York and get our groove on, with a little help from our editors in Los Angeles and (temporarily) North Dakota! The Apartment Therapy core team is thrilled that our readers helped make this happen. Happy Holidays!
Help Us Give Back!This year, Apartment Therapy is celebrating the spirit of giving by partnering with DonorsChoose.org for our 2010 Holiday Giveaway. Just as we're giving away something to you, you can give something back by helping us fund classroom projects around the country. Our goal is $10,000 by December 15th. You don't have to donate to DonorsChoose.org to be eligible to win one of our giveaway prizes; we just think it's a cool thing to do. Need extra incentive? We'll be tracking our fundraising progress every Friday in a special DonorsChoose.org post, where we'll also reveal what things the Apartment Therapy Staff is willing to do if we make our goal!
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Loved the dance made me want to get up and dance too. You guys are awesome. Apartment Therapy, the kitchen and re-nest are the very first places I check out in the morning..Love it!!!
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Updated: Manchester mailman who allowed children to play in truck pleads guilty on assault charge
MANCHESTER— A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier accused of sexually assaulting children on his West Side route pleaded guilty Monday in Hillsborough County Superior Court to a misdemeanor charge of simple assault, for spanking a child as part of a game of "playing house" in the mail truck.
Francis "Frank" Saucier, 44, of 260 Pawtucket Blvd., Tyngsboro, Mass., was sentenced to 12 months in the Hillsborough County House of Corrections, with 11 months suspended for two years of good behavior. Saucier, who had been free on bail, was taken into custody to begin serving his sentence.
Saucier was indicted in July on six counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, one felony count and two misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure and lewdness, and a misdemeanor count of simple assault in connection with his alleged behavior involving three youngsters between April 1, 2011, and April 9, 2012.
Assistant Hillsborough County Attorney Kenneth Perkes said the remaining charges were not pressed, but Saucier is required as part of the sentence to undergo a sexual offender evaluation and follow-up with any recommended treatment. The plea also specifies that he spanked the child on the buttocks, not just that he had unprivileged physical contact.
Saucier is also barred from direct or indirect contact with the three children, is barred from going within 150 yards of the trio's residences, and is barred from going to Conant Street. He is also barred from contact with any minor child, except family members, until that is approved by the sexual offender evaluator.
Perkes said there are a number of factors that must be considered in such a case, including what has to be proved and what the victims are capable of doing on the witness stand, including undergoing cross examination. He said sometimes the victims have issues that complicate their testimony and, by extension, prosecution.
"We don't get to choose our victim, the defendants do," said Perkes, adding that offenders often deliberately select the most vulnerable children.
He said Saucier picked the wrong child to spank in April 2012. The 10-year-old boy told his parents what had happened to him.
The 10-year-old, a younger boy and a young girl told authorities that Saucier invited them into his truck where they would "play house."
The 10-year-old boy told police that when they played house, Saucier would be the father and when the children were "bad," he would spank them.
The father of two of the children said in court: "This has been a long time coming for me and my family. My boys went through a lot."
Parents in the Amory Street neighborhood became suspicious of Saucier's behavior and contacted police April 9, 2012, after learning the children were in the postal vehicle, and Saucier was arrested on the assault charge. The additional charges followed an investigation by police and the U.S. Postal Service.
Saucier was suspended after his arrest. U.S. Postal Service spokesman Tom Rizzo said Monday that he was trying to find out what effect Saucier's conviction will have on his employment status.
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When you hear about Achim Anscheidt - Bugatti Head of Design - you would probably expect him to drive a supercar like the Bugatti Veyron , right? Nope, he isn't that kind of guy. Instead he opted for something a little bit more classic, and a lot cooler: a 1981 Porsche 911 .
This is no normal old 1981 Porsche 911 either, oh no. This one is completely gutted and all of the removable panels – trunk, bonnet, doors, front fenders, etc. – are all made from Kevlar. Yeah, you read that right: Kevlar! He also cleaned up the engine bay a little bit and replaced the windows with plastic, which brings the 911's weight down to a svelte 820 kg (1,807 pounds).
Unfortunately, Anscheidt didn't let us in on the 911's performance numbers, but we'll just assume it's pretty dang fast.
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Pastiche and Parody, from Pomo to the Present.
Recently I gave a lecture to my design students on three interrelated Ps: pastiche, parody and Postmodernism. The first two are strategies widely associated with the latter, from Charles Moore's Piazza dell'Italia to Vivienne Westwood's Harris Tweed collection and Cindy Sherman's Untitled film stills series.
Piazza d'Italia, Charles Moore & Urban Innovations Group (with Perez Associates), New Orleans, 1975-77. Image: V&A.
Harris Tweed crown, Vivienne Westwood, 1987. Image: V&A
Untitled Film Still #21, Cindy Sherman, 1978. Image: MoMA
In different ways, Moore's and Sherman's work flag up what Fredric Jameson saw as the problem of parody. As he argues in Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, in the fragmentation of postmodern society, there are no norms to ridicule, and thus parody is impossible; all that is left is empty pastiche, or what he termed 'blank parody.' This led him to round on the widespread application of pastiche in postmodernity, deriding the nostalgic impulse in the Star Wars films as symptomatic of the end of our creative energies.
Star Wars, dir. George Lucas, 1977. Image: Sound on Sight
Given the benefit of historical distance, we know what Jameson could not. As Roger Beebe has noted of music videos such as Weezer's Buddy Holly and Björk's It's Oh So Quiet, pastiche is not necessarily shorthand for creative exhaustion.
Björk, It's Oh So Quiet, dir. Spike Jonze, 1995. Image: Tumblr.
The lecture got me thinking about the widespread presence of pastiche and parody in today's pluralistic, often contradictory, creative landscape: if these can be seen to be two of the defining strategies employed today by creative practitioners what, if anything, can this tell us about the wider state of the field?
Take some recent work by the British ceramicist Richard Slee, such as his wonderfully named Sausage from 2006. A found DIY bench and elastic straps house a phallic white ceramic wurst; a parodic equation of the female overtake of DIY with male impotence (see Amanda Fielding's excellent essay for more on this).
Richard Slee, Sausage, 2006. DIY Bench, elastic straps, earthenware. Image: V&A
While Sausage is assertedly parodic, other works demonstrate the slippage between pastiche and parody - an ambiguity that informed the criticism of works such as Moore's Piazza d'Italia and was based on the negative perception of the latter as mere revivalism. Today, this ambiguity is something that FAT Architecture embrace. Rebecca Rourke celebrates their social housing in Manchester's Islington Square as 'a reworked pastiche of vernacular English row houses at a refreshingly bold scale.'
Islington Square, FAT Architecture. Social Housing, New Islington, Manchester 2006. Image: FAT.
On the other, FAT celebrate the potential of parody, as one form of the 'deep copy' that Sam Jacobs in particular has done much to promote at London's AA School.
Yet whether a work is conceived or received as parody or pastiche, both these strategies have had a problem.
Take the work of Timorous Beasties, a successful Glaswegian design duo who I much admire - and am the happy owner of their plates (although not using the designs discussed here). They are most know for their Glasgow and London Toile textiles, reworkings of the Toile de Jouy wallpapers that originated in late 18th century France.
Timorous Beasties, Glasgow Toile. Image: Timorous Beasties.
Like many examples of the original French toile, the seemingly bucolicscenes are actually disturbing depictions of tower blocks and tramps, of depraved and deprived sectors of society. Yet there's something amiss here; a disconnect between those that can afford to buy the plates, textiles and wallpapers, and have sufficient Bourdieu-esque 'cultural capital' to know of the French precedent, and those being parodied in the scenes.
For another way in which the issue of exclusivity shows up the problem of these strategies, look no further than Studio Job's Robber Baron cast bronze furnishing series from 2006.
The cabinet is based on an ornate seventeenth century design by the Parisian cabinet maker André-Charles Boulle and was designed to parody the predilection for ostentatious displays of wealth amongst American industrialists of the 19th century. Yet the irony is of course that arguably often the only individuals with the means, and taste, to buy designs such as these are the equally unscrupulous oligarchs of today.
So here's the crux of the matter: is the problem of parody and pastiche not only their exclusiveness, but also the knowing, often empty irony that pervades much of design today? This at a time when design needs to get back its conscience, to recognise its ethical imperative. If it is earnestness that designers should be striving for, does that make parody and pastiche motivating or moribund ways of achieving this?
Answers on a postcard for this one I reckon.
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Jun 21, 2012 6:42 PM
I misread NOTHING. I lived in Germany 6 years recently, and am familiar with Hanson's "German-Hate" penchant. PITY, for such an otherwise smart guy. You DO prove my point, however, in that the Germany of today IN NO WAY wants to "own" Europe...yet that is what Hanson suggests in his writings of this year on this matter.


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Sony NEX-3 review
Sony NEX-3 review - Design
The NEX-3's design is likely to divide opinion: It appears very compact-like at first glance, but this entirely depends on which lens you have attached to the front. Anything more than the 16mm f/2.8 and the balance between lens and body feels overly front-heavy, especially considering the lightweight polycarbonate finish. The lenses are big too - the optics need to make an image circle large enough to cover that large APS-C sized sensor and, with many offering a wide aperture too, the physical size simply can't be skimped on.
Compared to the NEX-5, the NEX-3 loses much of the right hand grip which, again considering the weight and size of the lenses, makes holding it a little bit tricky at times.
It's not just the physical design which has issues either - the menu system, while successfully simplified for ease of use in most situations, does bury many of the options that would be nice to quickly access instead. ISO sensitivity, for example, takes a whole series of button presses and wheel rotations to successfully adjust between one shot and another.
A flash unit is also included in the box, which attaches using a unique fitting on top of the camera. It's a fiddly process to screw it in and takes far too long - a shame that Sony didn't opt for a hotshoe-type fitting for greater ease of use. The flash itself is fairly mild in terms of brightness too, though has its uses for fill flash.


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A vastly underappreciated film and the target of much critical scorn, Ben Stiller's The Cable Guy might have been better understood were it not both Jim Carrey's first $20 million payday and a major departure from the lighthearted outings that brought him huge box-office success. Carrey is brilliant as a lonely cable installer who overstays his welcome, pathologically latching onto customers to breed companionship from brief encounters. But the movie wouldn't be such a compelling study of the complexity of ending an unwanted friendship were it not for the subtle performance by Matthew Broderick, who balances out the hyperactive Carrey and struggles with how to handle this enthusiastic pest. With a savvy media critic like Stiller at the helm, The Cable Guy is actually more of a wicked satire of popular culture than a Jim Carrey vehicle. Lou Holtz's screenplay is a succession of dynamite set pieces: a testosterone-laden basketball game, a creepy game of "Porno Password" at a family dinner, a gonzo karaoke jam, and a duel with real weapons at a Medieval Times theme restaurant, which is the film's most memorable scene. The key is that each represents the increasingly unbalanced Carrey's attempt to mimic something he's seen on TV, which serves as his only behavioral guideline and standard for how his life should be. Stiller's own turn as a famous child actor involved in a televised murder trial lends backbone to the film's biting satirical thread. A supporting cast that includes Jack Black, George Segal, Leslie Mann, and Andy Dick adds humor and depth to the dark commentary, and Stiller's inventive camerawork elevates the film further. The Cable Guy may one day earn the reputation of an overlooked gem in the rich careers of both Carrey and Stiller.
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things go poorly
And Now For Something Completely Relevant
...by which I mean GT-ND tape review. Not exactly a full Armageddon-style UFR, but I did go back and re-watch the Georgia Tech game with a critical eye to see what was there to be seen. As follows.
Brady Quinn was ass. Is this good news or bad news? I have no idea. The prevailing theory re: only 14 points was that Quinn was under seige and rattled. I buy the rattled part. He was indecisive, inaccurate, and all-around bleah. He displayed signs of hennebriation on many simple, chain-moving throws that were winged yards wide of the receiver. After the game Notre Dame fans were forced to wax poetic about his incredible determination on quarterback draws and scrambles and stuff.
But it wasn't really Georgia Tech's doing. For the most part Quinn had time to find receivers even when GT blitzed. There were very few instances of unblocked players bearing down on him, though when they did it was ugly: intentional grounding on a screen followed by a near-safety on another screen on one series. For the most part Quinn killed ND's first half drives with inaccuracy or indecision all by himself.
He was a bit better in the second half and even in the first there were a couple impressive throws mixed in, including a critical third down throw made with a GT player's helmet in his chest, but if Chad Henne turned in a performance like that Michigan fans would start calling for Carlos Brown.
I'm not overjoyed by this revelation: I think I'd rather have a clear distinction between GT's attacking defense destroying ND and Penn State's passive one being destroyed. Quinn committing largely unforced errors is something Michigan has no control over, and those errors can be attributed to first game jitters, especially on the road and double especially in this era of impossibly high expectations for Notre Dame.
Notre Dame got its points in a distinctly Lloydball fashion. The resemblance between the Notre Dame offense in this game and Michigan's 2005 abomination was eerie at times. They weren't that effective running the ball, the quarterback was incapable of converting a third and four, and the wide receiver screen was the most effective weapon available. Notre Dame did have better pass protection and two guys who you can just hurl jump balls to, FSU style.
And! And! When Notre Dame found itself in a hole following penalties in the red zone they basically went to a series of give-up plays -- Walker draws and screens -- that worked because Robot Jesus commanded them to. Then when they had the lead they decided to Lloyd it up some more, pounding the ball into the line. (Incidentally, this worked much better than relying on temporarily-unreliable Quinn.)
I don't think anything ND's defense did is particularly relevant. Tiny, ethnic, mobile Reggie Ball is the platonic opposite of a Michigan quarterback. They can't cover Calvin Johnson: we don't have any 6'5" pirate-ninja receivers. They got lost sometimes defending GT's all-finesse running game: finesse running game? Pa-fooey, we spit on finesse. Now finesse all gooey. What are you going to do about it? That's right, run another quarterback draw.
Some things I did notice:
- Zbikowski and Ndkuwe -- no doubt the only starting safety combo in the history of football to feature the letters N, D, B, and Z in the first two letters of their collective last names -- are big hitters but sometimes don't wrap up. There's a potential there for a missed tackle and Mike Hart trying desperately to stay away from pursuing secondary members.
- The corners had much trouble containing the few WR screens GT threw. I've come around on the WR screen -- most of the problems we had the first week were caused by poor throws or missed blocks and not defensive preparation -- and expect to see it deployed effectively.
- There was very little penetration from ND on running plays. It resembled Michigan's hold'em up and let the linebackers flow thing. Interesting thing you might want to look for: is Michigan getting the seal on these guys and getting to the second level quickly enough to plow the undersized linebackers?
- ND's performance was greatly aided by stupid GT playcalling on second and short. Three or four times during the game GT found themselves in second and one and instead of doing something reasonably safe and reward laden (like, say, hurling one skyward to Calvin Johnson), they did stuff like run speed options that lost four yards. They killed many of their drives by screwing up second and one.
- Chan Gailey: go for it on fourth and one from the ND forty! What, do you think your mighty offense of offensive might is ever going to get there again?
Conclusions from this in the preview Friday. For now, chat amongst yourselves.
Note: please keep it civil. Last year the run-up and aftermath of the ND game was extremely ugly in the comments section; this year I'm going to torch things to prevent an unmoderated Rivals-free-board-style free-for-all. Yes, I love oppressing Irish speech. It's what gets me up in the morning.
You're On Notice: Week 3
- Steve Breaston's Traitorous Hands: Eh... did okay.
- Tom Deinhart's Last Brain Cell: we've got a new media whipping boy.
- Pass Protection: now seems far too general.
- Rueben Riley: ...is clearly the one who needs the harsh wakeup call only seeing your name on the dread board can provide.
- Kick Coverage: Obvs.
- Vodka Drenched Monkey: AKA Cory McCartney, who either typoed his way into the VDM designation or just plain changed his prediction once its overwhelming stupidity became clear. More @ AOL, check the comments for the revision.
- PUNTING (THE CONCEPT): as opposed to the execution of same.
How To Get Your Ballot Spiked
This is probably of faint interest to most, but I may as well give my side of the story in this minor BlogPoll brouhaha, since I'm getting comments claiming I'm a pre-emptively sore loser or something:
San Jose State, whose inclusion on BGS' ballot for last week's blogpoll (long story) got us kicked out of the poll by Brian at Mgoblog, did what most of the top 25 did not do. They beat a school in a BCS conference, the second one they've played in as many weeks. Mgoblog threw out our ballot because he thought we were not taking the poll seriously enough and that we were screaming for attention with our unconventional Week 1 approach in which we rewarded teams that played well in week one, regardless of reputation or previous years' performance. Well, whatever. Mgoblog's preseason #2 (five spots ahead of Ohio State) and current #5 (one spot ahead of Ohio State) Iowa somehow managed to derail Syracuse (1-10 in 2005) in overtime. Mgoblog PRESEASON #2 IOWA scored 10 points in regulation against the Orangemen, who have won 1 of their past 13 games. They're just that daggone good.
Oooooooh... so... irritated. Let's leave aside Drew Tate's abdominal strain and my preseason research to focus on the matter at hand. This is a horrific misrepresentation of what happened. The bottom half of the BGS ballot was filled entirely with week one losers. So they "played well" but lost narrowly, and not necessarily to the cream of D-I. Other strong winners who featured high up in their preseason ballot disappeared entirely.
As a matter of course I review ballots that show up on any of the lists. That's what they're there for: to keep an eye on outlying ballots. Occasionally I'll come across something that's goofy and remove the ballot. For instance, YAYSports submitted a ballot after the deadline for the first week and then didn't update it for week two. His poll -- which still had Cal over Tennessee -- was clearly a preseason one; it got removed.
Also getting the boot last week was that wack ballot from Blue-Gray Sky. To my eternal regret I did not save a copy of it, but remember how SMQB's ballot was declared the BOLDEST(!) in the history of the poll? Well, BGS's ballot was fully two points higher on average deviation than SMQB's ballot, which is a huge margin. It also beat SMQB's ballot in the swing category by more than 100 points. When you have a devation that high it's less a matter of what's wack about your ballot than what isn't, but I remember two outstanding features of the poll that were foremost amongst the many reasons it got killed:
- Ohio State dropping from #1 to unranked after beating NIU 35-12 and being up 28-0 in about ten seconds.
- San Jose State... San Jose State... rocketing from unranked to #12 after a loss to Washington.
When SJSU entered the ballot they were 0-1, having lost to Washington. Washington features nowhere on their ballot and never did, but because they had a "good loss" against a BCS team they were inserted into the poll; UW was not. It was beyond the bounds of reason. My initial reaction was one of regret -- I assumed that the ballot entry form had developed some horrific, obscure bug and that I was going to be forced to kill BGS's ballot because of my own coding failures. I sent an email to that effect. I got this response, reprinted in full, from Jay:
No, believe it or not, I filled it out with some care. I was hoping we'd make one of the titled lists so we could talk about the folly of first-week polls in your comments section. If you notice, the first half of the poll are teams with what we deemed were good opening-week wins, and the second half are mostly teams that had close losses to otherwise "better" opponents. This is not an attempt to sabotage the blogpoll -- we think things will shake out to a more "sensible" ranking once more games are played -- but much like you vaulted Tennessee from unranked to #1, we figured we'd go nuts on the conventional rankings and just focus on teams that we thought played well against good competition.
This didn't change my mind, as it seemed an admission that the ballot they entered was not an attempt to rank the teams in order of projected competence but rather one to get on a List of Wacky to make a statement. I'll accept honest ballots no matter how deranged and perhaps even submit some deranged-ness myself, but there is a line and BGS crossed it. It was a cynical attempt to game the poll. I said as much, they responded, and I left it there.
So, moral of the story: if you do crazy things for attention I'll spike your ballot. BGS is welcome to submit ballots in the future, but they'll probably go on hunger strike instead. Dylan from BGS has anger management issues. A just and right God will smite Notre Dame this weekend.
Blogpoll Ballot Week 2 (Draft )
|Ohio State
|Southern Cal
|Notre Dame
|Am pretty sure that Penn State is awful and that without a bevy of marginally forced errors would have been competitive but... yeah. Sigh.
|Louisiana State
|I dunno. You find a team to put here.
|Game against Syracuse close because backup quarterback threw 4 interceptions. Tate's return should solve issues.
|My top ten ended at #7.
|Thanks, Longhorns, for not going all USC on us.
|West Virginia
|Holy bipolar, batman!
|Virginia Tech
|Voters getting all riled thinking about VaTech should note their 224 yards against UNC and be wary.
|Hi! You haven't done anything like almost lose to Troy.
|Florida State
|You did.
|Miami (Florida)
|Damned by association.
|Boston College
|Eh... shutout of South Carolina and displacement of JTIII with mewling babe Stafford evidently has me nonplussed. Remember: no looky week-to-week.
|Boise State
Games Watched: Michigan-Central, ND-PSU, FSU-Oregon, Minnesota-Cal, Texas-OSU, and bits of EMU-MSU. Oh, and the first couple drives of Ball State-Indiana. Because the only other game on was Penn State 3, Notre Dame 800. Stop looking at me like that: they're both future opponents(!).
Ballot Notes:
- I don't think there's anything wildly controversial this week. I will say that I don't get voters who had VaTech way down low and then shot them up the poll this week.
Rather, I do get it on one level ("aah aah aah I've reached number eight PANIC"), as FSU's victory over the Troy Trojans of Troy (We're From Troy) was as uninspiring as they come and VaTech now looks like something resembling the ACC front-runner, but I don't think they've done anything to warrant massive leaps up the poll.
Belated CMU Open Thread
Whoops! All forgot and stuff.
Immediate reaction up on AOL.
Central Michigan: The Preview
Run Offense vs. Central
Michigan's grinding success running versus Vanderbilt (243 yards) may not be particularly meaningful but it is encouraging for a team that was totally awful a year ago. The new zone scheme has been discussed endlessly here, there, and everywhere. You know about it; I won't belabor it. Mike Hart had a consistent but relatively boring day, acquiring 146 yards on 31 carries. He missed a few cuts he should have made -- the hopeful theory is he was held out of most of fall practice to prevent injury and needs some time to adjust (this also may explain the thirty-one carries -- but also missed a few tackles that should have felled him. Backups Brandon Minor and Kevin Grady had one exciting, long ramble and a few less memorable carries. The offensive line crushed Vandy off the ball all day.
But, again, just Vandy. Oddly, Central Michigan's front seven represents a step up in the level of competition. The front seven from the MAC's top run defense in '05 returns nearly intact. The headliner is defensive end Dan Bazuin but several other players stepped forward and had good games against BC, most notably Bazuin's bookend Mike Ogle (first name found via entertaining "ogle central michigan" Google search), pictured felling Matt Ryan at left. Boston College's running game was squashed to the point that BC blogger Eagle In Atlanta has thrown in the towel on the running game this year:
The offensive line was the most troubling part of the game. First the good. The pass protection was pretty good and they worked well out of the no huddle and out of the shotgun. The problems -- where to begin? First Sheridan and Poles couldn't block anyone when pulling. Sheridan was either getting blown up our running without purpose. (Get in front of someone!) Their struggles left AC and LV out to dry. Marten looked slow and weak at Left Tackle.
This is understandable despondency from someone who's just watched his upper-level ACC team squeak out a touchdown victory over a MAC team, but given the stats and accolades carried by the Central front seven a good part of BC's struggles were forced by the Chips. I don't expect us to run like we did against Vanderbilt; if we do that means something.
Key Matchup: Everyone versus everyone? With this zone game it's more a matter of guiding players places they don't want to go. It's hard to pin responsibility on one player. We could point out Tyler Ecker, who was erratic against Vandy.
Pass Offense vs. Central
If we block their rushers we'll torch them. The Central secondary was the team's glaring weak point last year and given Matt Ryan's monster game in the opener it appears to be ready to glare again. Receivers will be open all day; Henne has to find them and throw it to them. The offensive line has to pick up blitzes and stunts. There's little analysis to be had here.
Key Matchup: Rueben Riley and Alex Mitchell versus Bazuin and whoever. The vast majority of the pressure issues against Vandy were due to miscommunication on the right side of the line.
Run Defense Vs Central
This would be a terrfiying prospect under Jim Herrmann: a spread offense featuring a quarterback who can run. We'd be mentally preparing excuses for Monday morning, expecting this redshirt freshman to torch us for 80 yards or whatever, and trying to pass it off as not meaningful.
While it's too early to start building a golden idol of Ron English, things do appear to be looking up. Michigan just got done burninating that exact same sort of attack with a combination of aggression and intelligence not seen in these parts in a very long time. Central's shotgun spread attack will no doubt see a defense similar to that run by Michigan against Vandy. For much of the game that was a 3-3-5 with Shawn Crable playing a sort of LB/DE hybrid and Lamarr Woodley featuring as a penetrating defensive tackle at times. It worked. Outside of a few successful quarterback draws, Michigan bottled the Vandy running game with few problems, racking up 11 TFLs. It might be a stretch to expect a similar performance this time around, but something along those lines but less outright dominant is certainly a possibility. Michigan will bring the heat again.
Key Matchup: Shawn Crable versus Lingering Demons. He was outstanding against Vanderbilt, an entirely new player. Everyone would like to see him do it again before declaring him healed by the power of Michigan's faith healer.
Pass Defense vs. Central
Central's passing game is the usual spread melange of screens, screens, screens, and shots downfield when the defense has crept to within six inches of the line of scrimmage. LeFevour was 22 of 37 against Boston College but was not often pressured; when he was there were running lanes available for him to take.
Michigan, of course, swarmed the poor Vandy quarterback. They totaled six sacks and a further number of bone-rattling hits; Nickson hardly had time to throw all day. I would expect more of the same While Vandy's line was a mis-mash of experienced talent and question marks, Central has more experience (four of five starters) but no one who featured on an All-SEC team last year. Tackle Joe Staley has been invited to the postseason Hula Bowl and features on a few preseason All-MAC teams, but will have his hands full all day. The rest of the line seems like a typical MAC line: all right in its way but not prepared for 330 pound guys who can move like Branch.
Key Matchup: Woodley, Biggs, and Jamison versus Great Expectations.
Nothing of note.
Cheap Thrills
Worry (for Notre Dame) if...
- Riley and Mitchell continue the hilarious clown antics into a second week.
- The defensive line suddenly reverts to being mortal.
- Henne doesn't clean up his mechanics after a few instances of pressure.
Cackle with knowing glee if...
- It turns out that all those problems on the line really were eminently fixable miscommunication errors.
- Charles Stewart or Morgan Trent has a big, I-can-cover-McKnight game.
- Henne turns in an OSU-esque performance.
Fear/Paranoia Level: 2 out of 10. (Baseline 5; -5 for We've Never Lost To A MAC Team And Now Is Not The Time To Start, +2 for But Wait Central Seems Okay, +1 for I've Got A LeFevour And He's Better than Nickson; +1 for Bazuin EAT Riley, -1 for Kelly is *!ing Crazy, -1 for And Condoleeza Rice Can't Cover Manningham).
Desperate need to win level: 10 out of 10. (Baseline 5; +5 for It's A Team In Our State Named After A Portion Of Said State.)
Loss will cause me to... Good lord. Wake up and say "it was all a horrible dream," read the paper, find out that it's not, and then flee into the hills assuming the apocalypse is nigh.
Win will cause me to... shrug.
The strictures and conventions of sportswriting compel me to predict: victory but an uncomfortable one. I expect the run game to be less consistently grinding and pass protection to kill a few promsing drives. I also figure Central will have a few more opportunities to score than Vanderbilt did after 350 yards against a consistently good BC defense despite making some stupid moves that cost them opportunities to add to that total. Michigan wins but does not cover.
Finally, three opportunities for me to look stupid Sunday:
- Jamison debuts and gets a sack.
- Morgan Trent emerges as the star
ter opposite Hall.
- 27-14; panic spreads like wildfire.


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sorry about the crappy english of my sister… she's 16 years old and she doesn't really speak english, mine is bad and hers is waaaaaaaay worst :D anyways since you liked the two ideas I'll be posting both. I'll try to post every day but, you know it's hard. well my sister want your comments or wathwever :D reblog so she can see the comment. xoxo-katie
it was the first day of shooting the second season of the voice, the first one was a nightmare for Christina and Adam, they just hate each other without a doubt, she thought he was an asshole since the day he started dating her best friend, and she hated him even more when they split, her friend was destroyed and he seemed not to even care! He's an idiot.
Adam was thinking almost the same… it was horrible the first season but he was sure it would be better this season, he would go and talk to Christina today, ask her for forgiveness, he knows she was rough all the season and it was his fault but, it was just that he couldn't stop remembering his ex girlfriend seeing Christina. He kind of missed her since they'd been apart but he knew it was for the best. Anyway he's just going there and says "hey, I'm sorry, let's start again!" and with a little bit of luck he would be fine.
Christina arrived to the studio looking stunning, red dress with the lowest neckline ever! The guys are going wild for sure! But, she wanted it to be a surprise so he wore a jacket, she headed up stairs to see the guys sitting in the couches messing around, she goes towards them and say hello
-Big brother! *hugging Blake* I missed you so much!
-oh I missed you too!
-Cee!! *running towards Cee lo* how's the funniest man in the building doing?
-fine! How's my pretty lady?
-oh I'm perfectly fine! *she says ending the hug*
-hi *says adam*
-oh… Hi Adam *giving him a fake smile* well guys I'm going to my trailer to you know, let my people do their magic!
And she goes away, the guys make fun of themselves for few minutes and Adam decides it's time to do what he has to do… so he excuses himself with a lame excuse and goes to xtina's trailer, he knock at the door and came in. Christina's eyes went wild when she saw him.
-oh, Mr. Levine! What a surprise to see you here.
-hmm, Christina… can we talk? Please… *estrange face*
-sure *seeing his face and start thinking* leave us alone please, 5 minutes *says to the hair and makeup people* alright, we're alone now… what's wrong?
-hmm it's just that I wanted to say sorry for all that happened on the last season..
- are you trying to like me so you can be with Candice again? *her best friend name*
-what? No! I'm just trying to do things right! And make things more comfortable for everybody this season.
-I can't believe it! You're saying sorry! *smirk on her face*
-yes, I am. Buy I'll stop if you keep making fun of me. This is hard for me girl…
-I was just teasing with you! Your face is so funny! *she laughs hard*
Adams turn away and walks towards the door ready to leave when Christina grabs his arm, he felt something weird going on but he forgot it when Christina took her hand away and said
-I'm sorry too… I was pretty bad with you too… I think we can start all over and… at least try to be friends, like you aren't the ex boyfriend of my bf.
-that would be great! 'Cause I think you hate me because of her.
-yes but, since I LOVE to tease you…
-I can tease you too
-you'll never be better than me!
-oh it's on baby IT'S ON.
They were laughing hard when the makeup artist return and said that the show must start in a few minutes so Adam leaves and she do her thing with Christina. she ended up looking like the most beautiful-sexy-singer ever. She was sure her new friend Adam would be amazed and she was hoping for it. Yes, weird was the perfect word to explain she wanting the ex boyfriend of her bf to be amazed and think she's hot. Even though, he already thinks that. Anyway… she headed down stairs and arrives to the big red chairs where Blake and Cee were talking, before sitting on it she takes off the jacket.
Adam barely can see the red chairs when he sees miss xtina taking off her jacket. "Oh Fuck" he thought "maybe I'll need that jacket to hide the thing going on down here" he almost fell down stairs staring at her. Oh and she knew it… she felt his eyes scanning head to toe, so she sits in the chair and watches him sit in his. The show started and the first thing Carson did was asking the crowd and the other judges what the thought about the *low-low-low-lowest-neckline-ever* dress of Christina. Cee lo said
"Damn girl, you're about to find a boyfriend in the crowd, I mean, who wouldn't marry you on this dress?"
Adam cuts him off "well… marriage isn't the first thing coming to my mind seeing her in that dress" the crowd gone wild.. Even Christina was shocked, she blushed at the second "maybe the second" an "aww" came out of the audience and the blind auditions started.
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