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September 2011

Can you "surmount the obstacle of the umlaut"? Silly NYTimes on blaufränkisch

This diacritical mark, a mere two dots, is simply intended to communicate a particular pronunciation of the vowel it tops. Instead, it often signals to consumers that they must flee in terror to the nearest bottle of pinot grigio. Yet if they can surmount the obstacle of the umlaut, I believe they will find a lot to like in a glass of good blaufränkisch.

Newsies the Musical? I will fly to New Jersey just to see this show!

I'm completely boggled that they keep talking about it being a flop. Everyone I knew loved this movie musical so hard, and it shaped my middle school glee club years. And boy did I have a crush on Christian Bale back then.

Filed under  //   middle school   musicals  

Susan Sarandon on why movies are important

Susan Sarandon in Vito Russo’s The Celluloid Closet:

“Oh, movies are important and they’re dangerous because we’re the keepers of the dreams. You go into a little dark room and become incredibly vulnerable — on one hand all your perspectives can be challenged, you could feel something you couldn’t feel normally. It can encourage you to be the protagonist in your own life. On the other hand it can completely misshape you.”

CNN America parked across from Cava 22 - Reporting on the lost iPhone5?

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Spotted at 9am (9/06/2011) in the Mission at 22nd & Bartlett

Filed under  //   apple   cnn   iphone5   news