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The English Surgeon

A good documentary does more to stimulate my mind than the best fictional films. The English Surgeon is above and beyond a spectacular documentary. Most scriptwriters couldn't dare compete with the sheer drama and uncomfortable tension filmmaker Geoffrey Smith captures in his real-life story of English neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, who became fed up with the inability of Ukrainian doctors to treat patients in need of brain operations and decided to do something about it. When a young Ukrainian man needs an operation to remove a tumor in his brain, Doctor Smith is his only hope for long-term survival. Unfortunately for this patient, modern luxuries are nowhere to be found in modern-day Ukraine and the only the way the operation can move forward is by using nothing but local anesthetics to reduce the pain of drilling thru the scull and scraping away the cancerous cells growing on his brain--In other words, doing the entire operation while completely awake and conscious. Beyond the unbelievable situations throughout the film, the simple message of humanitarianism shines.  In today's consumerist smorgasbord of a world we live in, it can be easy to forget the simple things that make being a fellow human being a rewarding experience. This film helps remind us. -Clayton Hauck

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Podcasting

Brain Stuff.
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HowStuffWorks.com offers a nice variety of interesting podcasts but the first one I stumbled upon was Brain Stuff. It's a short but sweet look into, well, how stuff works. Each podcast gives a straight and to-the-point explaination on a wide variety of topics of which you are sure to find a few that interest you.

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Dispatches from Istanbul...

Hello people of Chicago. I return home on Wednesday from my little two week vacation. It has been fun. I just got back to Istanbul from Beriut and am fighting off some mysterious Lebanese sickness but I think I will survive. I also had dinner at this great spot last night in Turkey. My friend and I met up with two others from the States and randomly, one of them lives in Humboldt Park as I do myself. Even crazier, upon talking we find out he is an investor in Chicago's Beauty Bar! Small world, I say. I do Tuesdays there!..

Which reminds me, later tonight it's TUESDAYS ARE FAMOUS at Beauty Bar. No cover, affordable drinks and good times this week with DJ Major Taylor in the house. He's one of Chicago's best so it should be a great time for all... and be sure to give my friend Nina a big goodbye for me! And don't forget that Wednesday night I'm back and will be spinning with A-Cup at Lincoln Hall for Just Desserts Lite. No cover there either! Plus there will be free cupcakes and $2 Syn Vodka all night!! Like, whoa! And now for some flyer with girls on them...

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