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Movie Reviews

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.
(itunes link, web link)

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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Wednesday
Feb242010

Trippell Dubbell Launch 2-24-10

DateWednesday, February 24, 2010 at 2:28AM

Hi my name is Dylan and I'm a Timberwolves fan...

Now that you have full disclosure... welcome to Trippell Dubbell!! A site that I hope will be a nice outlet for my compulsive and fanatical obsession. I invite you to listen to my observations, ramblings, and complaints about the NBA, its players, fantasy basketball, and basketball relevant pop culture.

I am starting with a very informal format and am hoping that as I gain feedback and experience to evolve the blog into something unique, analytical, and ridiculous.

Your first assignment is to learn these names:

Darren Collison
Omri Casspi
DeJuan Blair
James Harden
Stephen Curry
DeMar DeRozan

If all you're hearing is Jennings and Evans... ROY! ROY! ROY! It's time to plan long term and get familiar with some of the guys destined to be the building blocks of young and changing teams. Also look for these names to come up as untouchables and sticking points in MAJOR off-season trades in the coming years... So check the date. 2.24.10 because I'm calling it right now: WE ARE ENTERING A NEW GOLDEN AGE OF POINT GAURDS IN THE NBA. More on this soon!!

But for now:

I'm askin y'all
Which park, are y'all playin basketball?
Get me on the court and I'm trouble
Last week f***** around and got a TRIPPELL DUBBELL!!
Freakin niggaz everyway like M.J.
I can't believe, today was a good day (s***!)

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