http://www.npr.org/2011/12/22/143974208/in-memoriam-musicians-we-lost-in-201
1?sc=tw
Friday, December 30, 2011
Skip the bar scene and take in a movie tomorrow night
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/11_dontgointhewoods.htm> Don't Go in
the Woods
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Now OnDemand, Select Cities Jan 13th - Horror and musical lovers unite, have
I got a movie for you! As far as low-budget horror goes, "Don't Go in the
Woods" is made in grand spirits and with undeniable know-how. It's
conventional and truly one-of-a-kind all at once. There's nothing else out
there like it.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/11_dontgointhewoods.htm> Read the
Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/11_innkeepers.htm> The Innkeepers
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Now OnDemand, Select Cities Feb 3rd - Never slow because it's never boring,
but Ti West does enjoy extending the quiet spaces in between the horror for
maximum effectiveness. It is a style that works exquisitely for an auteur
with his expertise. "The Innkeepers" is a beguiling entertainment as it
deals out its grab-bag of soul-searching, good-willed humor, and
particularly serious gasps.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/11_innkeepers.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/11_ironlady.htm> The Iron Lady
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - Feels especially biased, soft-centered, and unfocused, never
finding a concrete story to tell. Without Meryl Streep, there would be
nothing special to set "The Iron Lady" apart from a dime-a-dozen TV movie.
The material doesn't live up to the actress' uncanny commitment.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/11_ironlady.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
Happy New Year!
(c) 2011 Dustin Putman
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And if you still have not made up your mind about which movies to see and skip....
Here is what our own Movie Boy-Dustin Putnam has to say in his year end
review.
review.
http://www.dustinputman.com/essays_2011bestworst.htm#.Tv4o28P8cxY.facebook
Happy New Year
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Sunday, December 25, 2011
It's not too late to pick another movie..........
Opening Christmas Day:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/11_darkesthour.htm> The Darkest Hour
★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - A jumble of cringe-inducing writing and all-around idiocy. "The
Darkest Hour" would be a laughing stock of inanity were it not so thoroughly
unsatisfying. After this debacle and "Battle: Los Angeles," 2010's reviled
"Skyline" is fast becoming a beacon of visionary wonder in comparison.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/11_darkesthour.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
Have a Happy Holiday!
(c) 2011 Dustin Putman
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Friday, December 23, 2011
WOW! Four out of Four stars for "The Artist". A first!
Opening Christmas Weekend:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_artist.htm> The Artist
★★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - In a motion picture bursting with too many pleasures to count,
the most miraculous achievement of "The Artist" is its simple, genuine,
unabashed earnestness. The film is no less than a gushing ode to cinema
itself.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_artist.htm> Read the Full Review
>>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/e/11_elaic.htm> Extremely Loud &
Incredibly Close
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities, Nationwide Jan 20th - Stalwart and precious, independent-
minded yet pat, beautifully acted and with scenes of intense emotional
power within a screenplay that is uneven and not consummately satisfying.
The star is Thomas Horn, a first-time performer as expressive and truthful
as today's best and longest-working actors.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/e/11_elaic.htm> Read the Full Review
>>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/11_warhorse.htm> War Horse
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - "War Horse" can be uneven, two-dimensional, and even a little
soft in its treatment of World War I, but its refusal to compromise Joey's
travails is where it gets its power. Director Steven Spielberg does not
marginalize him for what he is, but touts him as a hero for who he is.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/11_warhorse.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/11_weboughtazoo.htm> We Bought a Zoo
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - The film offers exactly what the above synopsis suggests, and
not too much more. It's simple and poignant and appropriately a little
whimsical, too. "We Bought a Zoo" sporadically tests one's sugar endurance,
but there's no disputing its sincerity.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/11_weboughtazoo.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
Have a Happy Holiday!
ⓒ 2011 Dustin Putman
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
I say again, make your vote count! Send them all home permanently in November 2012!
This picture is worth a trillion $$ (literally)
Description: cid:012201ccb4c8$0724e8a0$7d01a8c0@eopea5eaa60609
House Minority Leader pictured standing, far right, speaks while colleagues
play solitaire Monday night as the House convened to vote on a new budget.
(AP)
The guy sitting in the row in front of these two....he's on Facebook, and
the guy behind Hennessy is checking out the baseball scores.
These are the folks that couldn't get the budget out by Oct. 1, and are
about to control your health care, cap and trade, and the list goes on and
on....
Should we buy them larger screen computers - or - a ticket home,
permanently?
This is one of their 3-DAY WORK WEEKS that we all pay for (salary is about
$179,000 per year).
KEEP THIS GOING! DON'T LET IT STOP WITH YOU!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Merry Xmas and enjoy the Holidays
Opening Wednesday:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_aotintin.htm> The Adventures of
Tintin
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - A pulp adventure done in the hair-raising style of a 1930s
serial colliding with Indiana Jones, "The Adventures of Tintin" is a
technically triumphant, if dramatically hollow, adaptation of the famed
comic book series. Based solely on appearance, the film is a hypnotic
aesthetic feat.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_aotintin.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_albertnobbs.htm> Albert Nobbs
★★ (out of ★★★★)
NY/LA - Glenn Close hasn't had a juicy part in ages, and this passion
project must have leapt out as seeming mighty special. The reality,
however, is not quite such a sure thing. Neither the movie nor the
performance is memorable enough to cause much stir.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_albertnobbs.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/c/11_carnage.htm> Carnage
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - Some stage plays translate to screen with ease, and others
do not. "Carnage," based on Yasmina Reza's Tony-winning black comedy "God
of Carnage," is stuffy and stilted, its real-time, single-location setup a
contrivance it never gets over.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/c/11_carnage.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
MovieBoy feels David Fincher misses the mark on this film
Opening Tuesday:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/11_gwtdt.htm> The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo
★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Not at all what most audiences will probably be expecting.
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" has been an enthralling, meticulously
woven allegorical potboiler in all its former incarnations. This time, it's
been rendered overheated, dumbed-down junk food with a lofty budget in the
place of thematic depth.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/11_gwtdt.htm> Read the Full Review
>>
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
Get in and see the movies before the Christmas weekend rush.
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_alvinandthechipmunks3.htm> Alvin
and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - While this entry blessedly does away with most of the
unsettling and mean-spirited themes of the earlier films, there simply
isn't enough material to withstand a feature-length running time in between
the musical numbers. For what it's worth (not much), it's still the best of
the trilogy.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_alvinandthechipmunks3.htm> Read
the Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/11_dangerousmethod.htm> A Dangerous
Method
★½ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - Pedantic, ineffectual, and dry in its soap-opera leanings.
"A Dangerous Method" is handsome in its period setting, but director David
Cronenberg has done nothing to vividly bring this story to life. He sets
his actors adrift and hopes for the best. The best never comes.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/11_dangerousmethod.htm> Read the
Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_mi4.htm> Mission: Impossible -
Ghost Protocol
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Now on IMAX Screens, Opens Nationwide Dec 21 - Pixar filmmaker Brad Bird
tackles his very first live-action feature and ably puts to shame most
veteran directors who have made a living in the action genre. As far as
properly choreographed, cohesively edited slam-bang action goes, popcorn-
munching audiences probably won't be able to do much better than this.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_mi4.htm> Read the Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/11_sherlockholmes2.htm> Sherlock
Holmes: A Game of Shadows
★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - The plot is stale, the dreary characters are no more fleshed-
out than they were before, and it all adds up to an ending that seems to
have been thrown together at the last minute and makes less sense the more
one considers it.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/11_sherlockholmes2.htm> Read the
Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/y/11_youngadult.htm> Young Adult
★★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - In a burnt-black dark comedy far removed from the warm and
fuzzes, "Young Adult" is a character study of uncommon originality and
perceptiveness with a protagonist as fascinating as nearly any seen in
2011. Charlize Theron kills it in a very, very good way.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/y/11_youngadult.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Make your voice heard!
Repudiate Calls to Stop Advertising on TLC's "All-American Muslim"
http://signon.org/s/1a7GJf #signon
http://signon.org/s/1a7GJf #signon
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
BJGE NEWS 12.9.11
<http://www.huliq.com/10178/greyhound-says-alec-baldwin-can-play-words-frien
ds-free-wi-fi-its-fleet> Greyhound says Alec Baldwin can play Words With
Friends with free Wi-Fi on its fleet
ds-free-wi-fi-its-fleet> Greyhound says Alec Baldwin can play Words With
Friends with free Wi-Fi on its fleet
.
Take a break from all the shopping......
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/n/11_newyearseve.htm> New Year's Eve
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - So many characters, so little substance! The cast list for "New
Year's Eve" is filled to bursting, but the film is practically as empty as a
barren desert with a tumbleweed blowing through. The film comes perilously
close to feeling like a spoof of a romantic comedy instead of the genuine
article.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/n/11_newyearseve.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/11_sitter.htm> The Sitter
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - It frequently splits the sides without needing to strain for
humor, is consistently entertaining for all of its brisk 81 minutes, and
concludes with characters who have learned a few things along the way and
are maybe a little wiser than they were at the start.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/11_sitter.htm> Read the Full Review
>>
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
The last minutes of Air France 447
A gripping blow by blow account of the last few minutes................
BJGE NEWS 12.8.11
<http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-57338546-10391695/documents-atf-used-
fast-and-furious-to-make-the-case-for-gun-regulations/> Documents: ATF used
"Fast and Furious" to make the case for gun regulations - CBS News
Investigates
fast-and-furious-to-make-the-case-for-gun-regulations/> Documents: ATF used
"Fast and Furious" to make the case for gun regulations - CBS News
Investigates
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
BJGE NEWS 12.6.11
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16040655> BBC News - Kepler
22-b: Earth
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
BJGE NEWS 12.4.11
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-asia-india-16021433?SThisFB>
Bollywood legend Dev Anand dies at 88 in London
Bollywood legend Dev Anand dies at 88 in London
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Good for you President Clinton
If you don't watch anything else this morning, take 8 minutes out of your
day and watch President Bill Clinton rip into Chris Wallace of Fox News.
Worth every minute!
day and watch President Bill Clinton rip into Chris Wallace of Fox News.
Worth every minute!
Friday, December 2, 2011
Popcorn?
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/11_shame.htm> Shame
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - Uncompromising, no doubt, but the picture doesn't add up to
as much as the viewer hopes based on the clear talent involved. If there is
no surprise in where "Shame" is going, it still provides a vigorous jolt to
the system.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/11_shame.htm> Read the Full Review
>>
ⓒ 2011 Dustin Putman
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
American Airlines
Like me, if you are worried about your American Airlines miles, you can
breathe a sigh of relief.............for now.
breathe a sigh of relief.............for now.
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-to-american-airlines-frequent-fl
ier-miles-2011-11
Monday, November 28, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
A Thanksgiving thought......
Shared as is from an old good friend Lenny Gutman.....
"Remember this Thanksgiving and Christmas when you're eating your dinner,
smiling and laughing, in another house there's an empty chair where a hero
should be sitting. They gave up their lives so you could sit with your
family, so light a candle for the Heroes who did not make it back and for
those who are still serving out in Afghanistan, Iraq, or another place. Show
some respect for those who give everything and ask nothing★
Happy Thanksgiving ."
"Remember this Thanksgiving and Christmas when you're eating your dinner,
smiling and laughing, in another house there's an empty chair where a hero
should be sitting. They gave up their lives so you could sit with your
family, so light a candle for the Heroes who did not make it back and for
those who are still serving out in Afghanistan, Iraq, or another place. Show
some respect for those who give everything and ask nothing★
Happy Thanksgiving ."
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Skip the malls this Friday.............
Mr. Putnam thinks it's good weekend for the movies!!!
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_arthurchristmas.htm> Arthur
Christmas
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - "Arthur Christmas" is imaginatively crafted and its computer
animation is divine. With its wide-ranging international locations and and
seasonal color scheme, watching the film once doesn't quite seem like
enough. For anyone into more traditional holiday fare over Harold and
Kumar's crasser, cannabis-laden antics, "Arthur Christmas" earns its
stripes as this year's festive cinematic go-to.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_arthurchristmas.htm> Read the
Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/h/11_hugo.htm> Hugo
★★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - A new classic has been born, one that blends tantalizing
historical fact with an absorbing fictional mystery, all wrapped up in a
theatrical 3D presentation as thrillingly immersive and effectively non-
gimmicky as the typically superfluous format has ever seen. "Hugo" is one
of the year's richest entertainments.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/h/11_hugo.htm> Read the Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/11_imeltwithyou.htm> I Melt with You
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Now OnDemand, In Select Cities Dec 9 - A cold-blooded snort of near-
hopeless cynicism that will divide audiences as sharply as quite possibly
any release of 2011. When so many movies can't even exact one strong
emotion from viewers, here is a motion picture that frustrates, haunts and
fascinates in equal measure.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/11_imeltwithyou.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_muppets.htm> The Muppets
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Eager to please but too problematic to overlook what's
lacking, "The Muppets" strives to be better than it is-the rare movie that
is completely worthwhile and disappointing all at once. In an age of
faster, flashier, soulless, child-targeted corporate enterprises,
reacquainting audiences to the charms of hand puppets is a victory in and
of itself.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_muppets.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_myweekwithmarilyn.htm> My Week
with Marilyn
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - What "My Week with Marilyn" captures accurately is the
mystique of this large-than-life personality and the compassion to see her
as more than a face and a body and a baby-doll voice. At its center, making
all of this a reality, is Michelle Williams' mesmerizing tour de force.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_myweekwithmarilyn.htm> Read the
Full Review >>
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
for your viewing pleasure........
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/11_breakingdawn1.htm> Breaking Dawn
Part 1
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - The decision by studio Summit to expand the novel, "Breaking
Dawn," into two features really does strike one as desperate and
uncalled-for. They clearly aren't ready to say good-bye to the blockbuster
franchise, but that doesn't take away the nagging feeling that "Breaking
Dawn Part 1" is stretched as thin as a run-on sentence.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/11_breakingdawn1.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/11_descendants.htm> The Descendants
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - Tough, touching and unsentimental, writer-director Alexander
Payne's low-key hymn to loving, losing and learning to move on is a pleasing
addition to an impressive oeuvre. With any luck, he won't go another seven
years between projects.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/11_descendants.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/h/11_happyfeet2.htm> Happy Feet Two
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Only the series' bread and butter-the song-and-dance
performances-are able to occasionally buoy the flagging energy. When the
music stops, "Happy Feet Two" flounders.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/h/11_happyfeet2.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
(c) 2011 Dustin Putman
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
US Congress' job approval remains at record-low 13% in November
Frankly, I am surprised that it is this high!!!!
http://www.gallup.com/poll/150728/Congress-Job-Approval-Entrenched-Record-Lo
w.aspx
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Myron Radio DREAM MAKERS - Escape from the Shadows of Fear
My dear friend and BJGE's strategic partner, Myron Radio has just published
his first novel. DREAM MAKERS - Escape from the Shadows of Fear. It's now
available on online bookstores. To preview parts of the book please go to
http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Makers-Escape-Shadows-Fear/dp/1462048471/ref=sr_
1_1?s=books
<http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Makers-Escape-Shadows-Fear/dp/1462048471/ref=sr
_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320867873&sr=1-1> &ie=UTF8&qid=1320867873&sr=1-1
Remember, if Myron visits your town for a book tour signing ceremony, be
sure to attend!
his first novel. DREAM MAKERS - Escape from the Shadows of Fear. It's now
available on online bookstores. To preview parts of the book please go to
http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Makers-Escape-Shadows-Fear/dp/1462048471/ref=sr_
1_1?s=books
<http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Makers-Escape-Shadows-Fear/dp/1462048471/ref=sr
_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320867873&sr=1-1> &ie=UTF8&qid=1320867873&sr=1-1
Remember, if Myron visits your town for a book tour signing ceremony, be
sure to attend!
Friday, November 11, 2011
A thought for Veterans Day 2011
Take a moment today and give thanks to all who are serving so that you and
I can live free. Also, say a prayer for the souls who sacrificed life in
the pursuit of and the preservation of this freedom.
I can live free. Also, say a prayer for the souls who sacrificed life in
the pursuit of and the preservation of this freedom.
Take a break from raking leaves this weekend..........
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/11_immortals.htm> Immortals
★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - It all boils down to buff adults playing dress-up in front of
green screens without a thing of consequence to say or do when they're not
ripping apart or beheading their adversaries. In between the meticulously
choreographed swordplay is an absolutely deadening pace and tone, so
gloomily self-serious that whatever pleasure one might have gained from the
sights of pretty people and graphic violence is rendered null and void.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/11_immortals.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/j/11_jackandjill.htm> Jack and Jill
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - "Jack and Jill" isn't awful or particularly successful. It is,
however, the curiosity piece expected, totally undemanding and just bizarre
enough in concept to keep one's interest up. Adam Sandler is obviously
having fun, and it is his endearing spin on brother and sister Jack and
Jill that keeps the film watchable.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/j/11_jackandjill.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/j/11_jedgar.htm> J. Edgar
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Director Clint Eastwood and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black do
not shy away from the rumors that swirl to this day around Hoover's mythos
and character, but they are respectful rather than sensationalistic to his
memory. Whether the events are fabricated or not from what really happened,
the emotions ring true.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/j/11_jedgar.htm> Read the Full Review
>>
ⓒ 2011 Dustin Putman
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<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
J. Edgar
Perhaps a good weekend for the movies…………
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/j/11_jedgar.htm> J. Edgar
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities Wednesday, Nationwide Friday - Director Clint Eastwood and
screenwriter Dustin Lance Black do not shy away from the rumors that swirl
to this day around Hoover's mythos and character, but they are respectful
rather than sensationalistic to his memory. Whether the events are
fabricated or not from what really happened, the emotions ring true.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/j/11_jedgar.htm> Read the Full Review
>>
ⓒ 2011 Dustin Putman
<http://www.dustinputman.com/> dustinputman.com
<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
True or False?
As we consider who to vote for today, read this OP-ED before you cast your
ballot....
ballot....
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-goldberg-media-20111108
,0,7311393.column
Monday, November 7, 2011
our new partnerships..
BJGE LLC welcomes Amy and Scott from Aesthetic Answers,
http://aesthetic-answers.com/ and Steve from the Acer Group
http://www.acergroupllc.com/index.php?pg=2 to the team.
<http://www.bjglobalenterprises.com/strategic_partners.htm>
http://www.bjglobalenterprises.com/strategic_partners.htm
http://aesthetic-answers.com/ and Steve from the Acer Group
http://www.acergroupllc.com/index.php?pg=2 to the team.
<http://www.bjglobalenterprises.com/strategic_partners.htm>
http://www.bjglobalenterprises.com/strategic_partners.htm
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Renovating or remodeling soon?
Here is some food for thought.
http://financiallyfit.yahoo.com/finance/article-113739-11532-2-6-worst-home-
fixes-for-the-money?hp=true?ywaad=ad0035
<http://financiallyfit.yahoo.com/finance/article-113739-11532-2-6-worst-home
-fixes-for-the-money?hp=true?ywaad=ad0035&nc> &nc
As always, if you need to discuss anything, just drop us a note at
info@bjglobalenterprises.com
Waiting on the Cable Guy!
Americans Lost $38 Billion Waiting for the Cable Guy
Waiting for a visit from a cable TV service person or other at-home
appointment cost American workers nearly $38 billion in lost wages during
the last year, a new IBOPE Zogby poll reveals.
The survey of more than 1,000 adults found that 58 percent of Americans
waited for a delivery man or technician to pay a visit, with an average
total waiting time of four and half hours on three separate occasions.
Half of those polled said they used a sick day or vacation time to wait for
the visit, and the average customer lost $250, according to the poll
conducted on behalf of TOA Technologies, a software firm that has partnered
with cable companies to provide alerts to consumers waiting for a visit.
The chief culprit was the cable guy, the survey disclosed. And Americans
voted Comcast Corp. the worse company in the nation last year, AOL's Daily
Finance website reported. Comcast has vowed to reduce its repair and
installation windows from four hours to two hours or less by 2012.
The number one reason Americans believe companies don't show up punctually
is that they "don't care about my time," according to the Zogby poll.
The survey also found that 70 percent of respondents would recommend a
company simply for showing up on time.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Anticipated movie for the Holidays
I will wait to see what Dustin "MovieBoy" Putnam has to say!
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/most-anticipated-movie-holiday-seas
on-183557118.html
It's gummy bear time!
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/l/11_likecrazy.htm> Like Crazy
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - "Like Crazy" captures the transcendent emotions and one-of-
a-kind rush of being in love, but sidesteps the depth to match it. Films
are often criticized for being too long, but here's one that suffers from
being too brief and plot-centric. Who knows what an extra half-hour might
have bought the filmmakers.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/l/11_likecrazy.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/11_towerheist.htm> Tower Heist
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - "Tower Heist" moves with such a fleet foot, with such know-how
in interweaving its many cast members while using each one of them to their
strengths, that it pleases and entertains for just about every one of its
104 minutes. Rock-solid production values and a perilous third-act action
set-piece proving to be downright armrest-clinching only sweeten the pot.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/11_towerheist.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/v/11_vhk3dxmas.htm> A Very Harold &
Kumar 3D Christmas
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas" knows and embraces its
coarse vulgarity. It clings joyously to its absurdity. Perhaps this viewer
has become a victim of desensitization, but what might have come off as
shocking a decade or less ago now has a bland, "been-there-done-that" air
to it. It's definitely not the gut-buster it thinks it is.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/v/11_vhk3dxmas.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
ⓒ 2011 Dustin Putman
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<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
A Sister's Eulogy for Steve Jobs
If you don't read anything else for a while......read this.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/mona-simpsons-eulogy-for-steve-job
s.html?_r=4
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/mona-simpsons-eulogy-for-steve-jo
bs.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all> &pagewanted=all
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Appliance buying tips
If you are thinking of buying appliances, keep some of these points in mind.
1) Extended warranties typically don't pay.
2) Price is always negotiable
3) Energy star doesn't guarantee savings
4) Free hauling can cost the planet
5) Smaller appliances are often cheaper online
To read the full article, click here
<http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/113700/appliance-stores-
secrets-consumer-reports>
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/113700/appliance-stores-s
ecrets-consumer-reports
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
For your weekend entertainment consideration........
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_anonymous.htm> Anonymous
★ (out of ★★★★)
In Select Cities - "Anonymous" is muddled beyond belief, a prestigious-
looking debacle of weakly ineffectual screenwriting, inane casting that
only serves to confuse its time-jumping narrative, and an alienating lack
of human connection for characters who, almost to a fault, are physically
interchangeable.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_anonymous.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/11_intime.htm> In Time
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Even if the rest of it had been a wash, "In Time" would still
have a socko, attention-clenching premise, the kind of uncannily ingenious
idea that one would expect to have been taken from a Philip K. Dick or Ray
Bradbury novella. Instead, believe it or not, the film is an original work,
written and directed by Andrew Niccol in an era where creative output is
frowned upon in Hollywood.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/11_intime.htm> Read the Full Review
>>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_mmmm.htm> Martha Marcy May
Marlene
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
In Select Cities - Whether or not this firmly spirited indie becomes a
breakout success, the one element destined to be remembered is the
strikingly complex performance of newcomer Elizabeth Olsen. This is Olsen's
picture all the way; she is such the captivating centerpiece that everyone
else should feel lucky to be in her orbit.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_mmmm.htm> Read the Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/p/11_pussinboots.htm> Puss in Boots
★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - When "Puss in Boots" is over, having gone nowhere special,
aspired only one or two laughs, and touched no hearts, it is difficult not
to dwell on what a lost cause the film has been. Where are Shrek, Fiona and-
gulp-Donkey when you need them?
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/p/11_pussinboots.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/11_rumdiary.htm> The Rum Diary
★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - "The Rum Diary" will not be winning an award for truth in
advertising; rum is in short supply and a diary might have come in handy to
understand who Paul Kemp is beneath the surface. That is, if the viewer had
been given a reason to care in the first place.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/11_rumdiary.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
ⓒ 2011 Dustin Putman
<http://www.dustinputman.com/> dustinputman.com
<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Helpful winter preparation hints from BJGE
Just a quick note to thank you for your continued support over the years.
As we enter the fall and winter seasons please accept these helpful hints
and related links to maintain the safety of your home or office:
As we enter the fall and winter seasons please accept these helpful hints
and related links to maintain the safety of your home or office:
1) Winterize your external faucets
<http://www.ehow.com/how_5630644_winterize-outside-faucets.html>
http://www.ehow.com/how_5630644_winterize-outside-faucets.html
2) change batteries in your smoke alarms and check carbon monoxide
detectors
3) change the filters on your heating/air-conditioning system
4) if your heating system has a humidifier, turn it on now and set it
on medium
5) check your gutters in two weeks and remove leaves and limbs
6) stock up on Ice melt and salt for your walkways and driveway
7) check flash light batteries and locations
8) keep a blanket, ice/snow scraper, water and emergency kit in your
vehicle
9) follow these safety tips if you have young kids
<http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/decwintertips.cfm>
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/decwintertips.cfm
10) winterize your home
<http://homebuying.about.com/od/buyingahome/qt/92607_WinterHom.htm>
http://homebuying.about.com/od/buyingahome/qt/92607_WinterHom.htm
Finally, if you have any questions or concerns, we are available at any time
to answer or address them for you and if you would like to receive the BJGE
daily news roundup, click here <http://paper.li/f-1319366677>
http://paper.li/f-1319366677 and then click on the "subscribe" link.
Helpful winter preparation hints from BJGE
Just a quick note to thank you for your continued support over the years.
As we enter the fall and winter seasons please accept these helpful hints
and related links to maintain the safety of your home or office:
As we enter the fall and winter seasons please accept these helpful hints
and related links to maintain the safety of your home or office:
1) Winterize your external faucets
<http://www.ehow.com/how_5630644_winterize-outside-faucets.html>
http://www.ehow.com/how_5630644_winterize-outside-faucets.html
2) change batteries in your smoke alarms and check carbon monoxide
detectors
3) change the filters on your heating/air-conditioning system
4) if your heating system has a humidifier, turn it on now and set it
on medium
5) check your gutters in two weeks and remove leaves and limbs
6) stock up on Ice melt and salt for your walkways and driveway
7) check flash light batteries and locations
8) keep a blanket, ice/snow scraper, water and emergency kit in your
vehicle
9) follow these safety tips if you have young kids
<http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/decwintertips.cfm>
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/decwintertips.cfm
10) winterize your home
<http://homebuying.about.com/od/buyingahome/qt/92607_WinterHom.htm>
http://homebuying.about.com/od/buyingahome/qt/92607_WinterHom.htm
Finally, if you have any questions or concerns, we are available at any time
to answer or address them for you and if you would like to receive the BJGE
daily news roundup, click here <http://paper.li/f-1319366677>
http://paper.li/f-1319366677 and then click on the "subscribe" link.
Friday, October 21, 2011
movies anybody?
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_melancholia.htm> Melancholia
★★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Now OnDemand, In Select Cities Nov 11 - Awesome special effects emulating
the terrifying splendor of the end of days collide with the more important
story in "Melancholia," an austere portrait of the varying reactions and
outlooks that people are apt to experience as they stare death irrefutably
in the face.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_melancholia.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/p/11_paranormalactivity3.htm>
Paranormal Activity 3
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Judged wholly on its own merits, "Paranormal Activity 3" one-
ups both of the previous films in quality and quantity of its scares.
Returning fans will get what they came for, and then some. As All Hallows'
Eve approaches, it's the ideal moviegoing choice for anyone yearning to get
into the holiday spirit.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/p/11_paranormalactivity3.htm> Read
the Full Review >>
The Three Musketeers
Summit Entertainment did not screen "The Three Musketeers" for the press
here in the DC market. I will not be reviewing the film as I refuse to pay
inflated 3-D ticket prices for something that I have little interest in and
that the studio, apparently, has no confidence in.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/11_woman.htm> The Woman
★★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - In "The Woman," the suburban ennui of 1999's "American
Beauty" collides head-on with the graphically violent nature of 2005's
"High Tension," and the results are nothing short of excitingly unique,
deeply disturbing, and beautifully macabre. Why can't more films be as
proudly one-of-a-kind as this one? Lucky McKee makes it look so easy.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/11_woman.htm> Read the Full Review
>>
ⓒ 2011 Dustin Putman
<http://www.dustinputman.com/> dustinputman.com
<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Over 800 worldwide newspaper front pages are just a click away
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Friday, October 14, 2011
Friday evening bitch session!
Well, here we go. For years, many of you along with me have been engaged in
social media. Most if not all of us are in one way or another connected on
LinkedIn. I have nearly 11,000 first level contacts and if LinkedIn's
statistics are correct, in one way or another I am connected to millions of
people. Every month for the last six years, we write to LinkedIn requesting
an additional allotment of invitations so we can continue to grow our
networks. And in 48-72 hours, as LinkedIn's service standard states, the
additional invite allotment is provided and we are on our way to happy
networking. So, what's the bitch you ask? Well, three weeks ago, I went
through the same routine. A few days passed and I inquired on the status. A
few more days passed and I pressed the issue. Once again I am asked to be
patient and the matter will be dealt with in 48-72 hours. Two weeks have
passed with no action and you begin to see my frustration. So I ask for the
third time. Holy smokes! I get an email back telling me how busy they are
and perhaps it be better I drop the issue and request since enough time has
passed since the original email and THEY assume the matter resolved. You
have got to be kidding right! I think it's a practical joke....but...NO.
This is the real thing! Needless to say I inform them that the matter is not
resolved and I am still waiting to clear up my backlog of friends waiting to
join my network. Three more days have passed and not a word. So, I ask you,
have any of you experienced this nonsense? Write me at
info@bjglobalenterprises.com
social media. Most if not all of us are in one way or another connected on
LinkedIn. I have nearly 11,000 first level contacts and if LinkedIn's
statistics are correct, in one way or another I am connected to millions of
people. Every month for the last six years, we write to LinkedIn requesting
an additional allotment of invitations so we can continue to grow our
networks. And in 48-72 hours, as LinkedIn's service standard states, the
additional invite allotment is provided and we are on our way to happy
networking. So, what's the bitch you ask? Well, three weeks ago, I went
through the same routine. A few days passed and I inquired on the status. A
few more days passed and I pressed the issue. Once again I am asked to be
patient and the matter will be dealt with in 48-72 hours. Two weeks have
passed with no action and you begin to see my frustration. So I ask for the
third time. Holy smokes! I get an email back telling me how busy they are
and perhaps it be better I drop the issue and request since enough time has
passed since the original email and THEY assume the matter resolved. You
have got to be kidding right! I think it's a practical joke....but...NO.
This is the real thing! Needless to say I inform them that the matter is not
resolved and I am still waiting to clear up my backlog of friends waiting to
join my network. Three more days have passed and not a word. So, I ask you,
have any of you experienced this nonsense? Write me at
info@bjglobalenterprises.com
Some good.......some not so good. You decide.
Dustin Putman's Movie Reviews
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/11_bigyear.htm> The Big Year
★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Unsuspectingly miserable, a relatively low-key affair that
nevertheless manages to go wrong in every way while wasting a tip-top
ensemble of actors in throwaway parts. As funny as Alzheimer's and as
entertaining as catatonia, "The Big Year" is more pet peeve than pastime.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/11_bigyear.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/f/11_footloose.htm> Footloose
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - A generational update more than a re-imagining, the film
ultimately achieves what it sets out to do, winning over nostalgic fans of
the original while exposing younger audiences to a movie most of them
probably don't even realize is a remake.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/f/11_footloose.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/h/11_humancentipede2.htm> The Human
Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
OnDemand & Select Cities - Make no mistake, this little cinematic burst of
savagery and bathroom pornography is as balls-out as its predecessor was
comparatively restrained. Like it or hate it, you can't say you weren't
warned.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/h/11_humancentipede2.htm> Read the
Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/11_takeshelter.htm> Take Shelter
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - "Take Shelter" is a psychological horror picture either
about a sick mind, the end of days, or both. Whatever the case, the film
blankets itself with a pall of hopelessness, kind of like a person's
inescapable tragic destiny barrelling straight for him or her.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/11_takeshelter.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/11_thing.htm> The Thing
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Minor quibbles aside, "The Thing" enraptures and impresses as
one of the better mainstream horror releases of the year. A creepy-crawly,
more-than-worthy companion piece to John Carpenter's superb 1982 sci-fi
thriller.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/11_thing.htm> Read the Full Review
>>
ⓒ 2011 Dustin Putman
<http://www.dustinputman.com/> dustinputman.com
<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
YOUR stimulus dollars at work......
And do I have a shovel ready job for you!
http://www.businessinsider.com/sallie-krawcheck-gets-6-million-check-one-yea
r-salary-2011-10
http://www.businessinsider.com/sallie-krawcheck-gets-6-million-check-one-yea
r-salary-2011-10
I think it's a good fall weekend for the movies!
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/11_dirtygirl.htm> Dirty Girl
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - The bedeviling writing-directing debut of Abe Sylvia,
"Dirty Girl" is what you get when an audience crowd-pleaser flies past its
indie roots and achieves success as a comedy, a drama, and an identifiable
slice-of-life without feeling the need to talk down to viewers.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/11_dirtygirl.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/11_idesofmarch.htm> The Ides of
March
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - A thoroughly absorbing thriller. Moodily photographed and
portentously scored, "The Ides of March" matches its memorable title in
sheer foreboding. Even when it is crossing well-worn paths, the film
engenders to leave its own stirring mark.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/11_idesofmarch.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/11_realsteel.htm> Real Steel
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - It's a competent family-drama-action hybrid, but there is not
enough heart-to-heart interaction between the two leads to wholly buy into
their eventual changeover from petulance to adoration. The dancing, fist-
throwing robots keep getting in the way.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/11_realsteel.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/11_weekend.htm> Weekend
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
OnDemand and Select Cities - Minimalist and gritty, the film's mumblecore
aesthetics are all firmly intact even if its narrative intentions are
bogged down by not bothering to confront the characters' very underlying
issues that may, in the long run, spell doom for their relationship.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/11_weekend.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
ⓒ 2011 Dustin Putman
<http://www.dustinputman.com/> dustinputman.com
<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Unbelievable!
Once again, the gang at Reston Sports and Health are demonstrating how out of touch they are and defining new levels of incompetence! Why, you ask? 6 TV's on. Redskins game-NO. MSNBC repeating 09 programming-yes! Internal TV station occupying 2 TV's playing awful music! ESPN-yes. CNN-but who cares? They just don't get it! Too bad options are limited, or else, it's BYE BYE!
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Anthrax attacks-10 years later
For those of us who lived through the aftermath of the anthrax attacks, the
article is an interesting read, but doesn't go far enough. Hours, days,
months and years have passed, and many including myself are haunted with
memory of the sorrow in the faces of Joseph Curseen's and Thomas Morris'
families.
article is an interesting read, but doesn't go far enough. Hours, days,
months and years have passed, and many including myself are haunted with
memory of the sorrow in the faces of Joseph Curseen's and Thomas Morris'
families.
Three guesses!
downspout drain lines. If you don't pay attention, water will end up in
your house!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Tired of football yet? Take in a movie this weekend.
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/11_dreamhouse.htm> Dream House
★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Not knowing ahead of time where things were going may have
added some intrigue to the front half, but it wouldn't have solved the
movie's deeper fundamental issues. Overly familiar and rather dull, this is
a tepid, excitement-free Hallmark telepic dressed up in an A-list
thriller's clothing.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/11_dreamhouse.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/f/11_5050.htm> 50/50
★★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - A beautifully written, achingly truthful slice-of-life
directed by Jonathan Levine. With no stereotypes to speak of and very few
contrivances, "50/50" is an uncompromising gem, the kind of film that hits
all the right notes as it navigates from gentle, unforced humor to knowing
pathos.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/f/11_5050.htm> Read the Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/11_whatsyournumber.htm> What's Your
Number?
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - The biggest sin of "What's Your Number?" isn't that it's so
ordinary, but that it squanders its chances over and over to break free
from the hum-drum antiquities of the genre. It's deeply frustrating, made
all the worse since Anna Faris is clearly trying her hardest with
substandard material.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/11_whatsyournumber.htm> Read the
Full Review >>
ⓒ 2011 Dustin Putman
<http://www.dustinputman.com/> dustinputman.com
<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Be forewarned!
This is a piece of krap and does not have Wi-Fi!!
http://mashable.com/2011/09/29/best-buy-slashes-blackberry-playbook-prices/
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
BJGE continues to impress!
New days have brought a new challenges and the team at BJGE has stepped up
and delivered! See for yourself.
and delivered! See for yourself.
The work on a new kitchen begins.....
Sunday, September 25, 2011
NFL Kickoffs
Given the new rule,why even bother kicking off? Just let the opposing team start from their 20 and save us all a lot of time. Fewer commercials to watch and maybe achieve the unique milestone of and actual 60 minute game and 15 minute halftime! Wouldn't that be novel?
RIP Murray Comarow
Murray Comarow
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COMAROW MURRAY COMAROW (Age 91) Lawyer, public official, and professor, died
of cancer at his home in Bethesda on September 23, 2011 He spent more than
70 years and his entire professional life as a resident of the Washington,
D.C., area, serving two Presidents and playing a critical role in reshaping
the postal system and significant parts of the federal government. Born in
1920 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn to Jewish immigrants from
Russia and Hungary, Murray Comarow spoke only Yiddish until he was five
years old. He graduated from Boys High during the Great Depression. Sixteen
percent of the labor force was still jobless, among them his father, a
furrier. The new graduate managed to find work sorting dirty diapers in a
commercial laundry, hefting iron ingots in a foundry, and hawking household
glue and personalized neckties in several small Pennsylvania cities as a
"demonstrator" for Woolworth 5 and 10 Cent Stores. A year of such jobs was
enough. He moved to Washington, D.C., where he thought his prospects would
be brighter, but he had only a high school diploma and a ferocious work
ethic to offer. His first job when he arrived in 1939 was as an assistant
messenger in the War Department, which paid $41.54-before taxes-every two
weeks. He began taking night classes at the National University School of
Law (later absorbed by George Washington University), enrolling during the
last year high school graduates in the District of Columbia were permitted
to go to law school, and graduated in 1942. Enlisting in the
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00> Army that year, Comarow received reserve training and entered active
duty in the Army Air Corps at Warner Robins Field in Georgia. He was a drill
sergeant, and years later, men he had trained recalled the last quarter-mile
of their 25-mile hikes, when their pitiless drill instructor spurred them
into a full run into camp, wearing full packs and singing loudly. He went to
Officer Candidate School, was commissioned as a Captain, and served in a
judge advocate's office. Following World War Two he was an editor for the
Military Air Transport Service. In 1951 he moved to the Pentagon as a lawyer
in the general counsel's office of the Air Force and became an assistant
general counsel (as well as office touch football team quarterback,
nicknamed the Gray Ghost for his ability to sidestep onrushing opponents).
His problem-solving assignments involved bases around the world, from France
and Greece to Guyana and Libya. In 1965 Comarow was legal counsel to a
special committee charged with unearthing the roots of a major cheating
episode at the Air Force Academy. It was difficult for him to accept that
many young men at a service academy had routinely and systematically
cheated; he later called the investigation the most painful professional
experience of his life. In 1966 longtime friend Lee White, chairman of the
Federal Power Commission, named him executive director of the agency, which
at the time regulated interstate electric and gas utilities. (Comarow called
the appointment "pure nepotism.") The next year, President Lyndon Johnson
tapped him as executive director of the President's Commission on Postal
Reorganization, which a year later handed Congress a detailed blueprint for
a self-supporting, patronage-free federal corporation. Three years of
congressional deliberation culminated in the creation of the United States
Postal Service that resembled the commission's version; Comarow worried that
the differences could jeopardize its long-term viability. To be proven right
decades later did not bring him satisfaction. Following Richard Nixon's
election, Comarow joined the consulting firm Booz, Allen and Hamilton, where
he played a key role in the launch of a Washington, D.C.-based School of Law
for Antioch College. He was then drafted by the White House to run the
President's Advisory Council on Executive Organization. The council's
recommendations included new agencies such as the Environmental Protection
Administration. After a brief return to Booz-Allen, Comarow joined the
Postal Service as Senior Assistant Postmaster General, overseeing retail
operations and mail delivery. Teaching administrative law at Antioch in
1974, Comarow discovered the appeal of the classroom, and in 1975 he
accepted American University's offer to teach law-related subjects to
students majoring in political science and public administration. He was
distinguished adjunct professor in residence for 20 years, including one
year as acting dean of the College of Public and International Affairs. He
liked to inform his students in the first session that he didn't have a
college degree, let alone a Ph.D, so he was a "fake professor" or "fake
dean" who should never be addressed as "Dr. Comarow." In 1974, Comarow was
elected a Fellow and served as a director of the National Academy of Public
Administration. He participated in studies of intelligence activities and
prison reform, among others, consulted for the Brookings Institution and
other think tanks, and contributed two chapters on government in books
published by the Johns Hopkins University Press and NAPA. Comarow strongly
resented the routine denigration of government workers by politicians
looking for easy scapegoats. He felt that it discouraged top graduates and
highly talented people from seeking government careers, and he wrote and
lectured repeatedly on this issue. His Op-Ed pieces in the Washington Post
in 1981 decrying the "War on Civil Servants" were reprinted in the
Congressional Record by Sen. Patrick Moynihan and Rep. Patricia Schroeder.
His honors include commendations from Presidents Johnson and Nixon,
Distinguished Service Awards from the Department of the Air Force and the
Federal Power Commission, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Association for Postal Commerce. He was president of Temple Emanuel in
Kensington, MD, and later a board member of the Washington Hebrew
Congregation. He attended services at Sixth & I Synagogue and was a longtime
member of the Cosmos Club. And he took up tennis at age 59, laying down his
racquet more than 20 years later when his damaged rotator cuff could no
longer be repaired. His first wife, Dena Blitz, died in 1978. Survivors
include Donna Duhe, his wife of 31 years; a son, Avery, of Potomac, MD; a
daughter, Beth, of Reston, VA; stepchildren Mark Duhe of Kansas City, MO,
Marie Elaine Aronson of Virginia Beach, VA, and Elizabeth Stohr of Temple,
TX; a sister, Helen Lipson of Glen Oaks, NY; two grandchildren, two
step-grandchildren, and a great-grandson. Services will be held on
Wednesday, September 28, 10 a.m. at JOSEPH GAWLERS SONS CHAPEL, 5130
Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC. Interment private. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to the American University School of Public Affairs,
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington DC 20016-8060, to Montgomery
Hospice, 1355 Piccard Drive, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850, or to a
favorite charity.
Published in The Washington Post on September 25, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
A little bit for everybody if you feel like missing a few football games......
(Apologies if you've received this twice, but a number of subscribers reported not receiving it yesterday. Thanks!) Opening This Week: Abduction Nationwide - Sure, Taylor Lautner looks good when he's ripping off his shirt and turning into a werewolf, but does he have what it takes to carry an entire film? "Abduction," his first solo headlining gig since hitting it big with the "Twilight" series, answers this question with a doubtful shrug. In the meantime, the viewer is left to marvel at the number of bad lines, choppy editorial cuts, and just plain asinine occurrences that take place throughout. Dolphin Tale Nationwide - Director Charles Martin Smith and screenwriters Karen Jaszen and Noam Dromi may be guilty of some overdone flourishes and a few hamstrung plot developments, but no one can accuse the makers of not being genuinely sincere. Curmudgeons could probably pick it apart 'til the cows come home, but "Dolphin Tale" is exceedingly hard to dislike. Killer Elite Nationwide - It's not about aesthetics, and it's certainly not about people, so the film settles on a lot of chaos and whirring bullets. Thank goodness for the opening title text, which informs the viewer right off the bat that "the world is in chaos." Point taken. "Killer Elite" is a waste of time and resources. Moneyball Nationwide - "Moneyball" is not your ordinary, run-of-the-mill sports movie. It takes a brave studio picture to recognize that there's sometimes more to the genre than the common trifles and clichés audiences have been predisposed to expect these days. If all a baseball fanatic is looking for is some on-the-field action, they would be wise to look elsewhere. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Now OnDemand, In Select Cities Sept 30 - More depth and levity to counterbalance the silliness would have lifted the project a notch above being a merely airy confection, but maybe next time. Make no mistake, "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil" is a total lark, yet it's also very clever. Real thought and ingenuity were brought to its making, and it shows. |
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