tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55614592011-04-21T20:03:44.543-07:00Because if I can't be a genius, I'd at least like to be sitting on the same bench.... Davidnoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561459.post-1107451165699247162005-02-03T09:19:00.000-08:002006-11-15T14:12:11.951-08:00

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Just the Right Word whoops - excl - as in, I forgot to post on Friday Artist Awareness Fountains of Wayne - They have three albums out: Fountains of Wayne, Utopia Parkway, and Welcome Interstate Managers. They are led by Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood, two young men who must think and dream in melody and hooks, because the pop riffs they pull off are simply the best the world have seen

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Just the Right Word jaguarundi - n - a mid-sized Central and South American wild cat with small ears and a broad tail. Growing up, this was the word I always chose to stump people playing 20 Questions or Hang-Man. Book Brief Lost Light - Harry Bosch, now retired from the force, decides to open up a case that he never solved during his stint as an L.A. cop. Michael Connelly does not need this

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Just the Right Word palladian - adj - referring to wisdom or knowledge (also an architectural term after 16th-century Italian architect Andreas Palladio) Book Brief The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time - A fifteen-year-old boy tries to solve the murder of a neighborhood dog. The kicker--the boy is autistic. A slim debut novel with some powerhouse acclaim and reviews, this book turns

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Just the Right Word apomixis - n - process by which a plant reproduces without sexual fertilization. If scientists discover how to modify crop plants (i.e., corn, rice, etc.) genetically to achieve this, the entire world of food production could change. Keep an eye out. Movie Minute The Pianist - The true story of how concert pianist and Warsaw Jew Wladyslaw Szpilman survived the Nazi

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Worth a Visit - Trailer for The Passion, Mel Gibson's take on Jesus' last hours on earth. Just the Right Word ostension - n - in sociologic terms, this means to take something that had been "legend" or "story" and live it out in real life. (i.e., if the movie Urban Legend were real, and thank goodness its not, that would be a case of ostension) Movie Minute Rabbit-Proof Fence - In 1930s

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Just the Right Word Polonian - adj - a bit of a gas bag, in the tradition of Shakespeare's rambling Polonius (from Hamlet) Movie Minute Heaven - A woman, angered that the police won't stop a known drug dealer, decides to takes vengeance in an act that ends tragically. This movie was co-scripted by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski as the first part of a trilogy (Hell and Purgatory were to come)

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Just the Right Word hirsute - adj - a fancy way of saying, "hairy" (make sure you check out the link!) Book Brief Under the Banner of Heaven - Crack investigative writer Jon Krakauer turns his attention to a heinous murder committed by two Mormon Fundamentalists and looks through the past at the religion's violent underpinnings. This book has the LDS pretty stirred up and I'm not surprised.

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Just the Right Word declisionist - noun - one who thinks that things have been getting steadily worse, particularly in addressing society (i.e., those who believe the 50s in America were the apex of culture and history) Book Brief Dogs of Babel - A linguist mourning the suspicious death of his wife sets out to teach his dog, the only witness, to speak. This is a brilliant, high-concept set-up

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