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Wow. LOST gets 13 Emmy nominations. - LOST, Outstanding Drama - Matthew Fox, Outstanding Lead Actor, Drama - Michael Emerson, Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama - Terry O'Quinn, Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama - Elizabeth Mitchell in LOST episode "The End," Outstanding Guest Actress, Drama - LOST episode "The End," Outstanding Directing For a Drama Series - LOST episode "The End," Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - LOST episode "Ab Aeterno," Outstanding Art Direction For a Single-Camera Series - LOST episode "The End," Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For a Drama Series - LOST episode "The End," Outstanding Music Composition For a Series (Original Dramatic Score) - LOST episode "The End," Outstanding Sound Editing For a Series - LOST episode "The End," Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) - "Mysteries of the Universe: The DHARMA Initiative" on abc.com/lost [This was a short feature on the DI], Outstanding Special Class Program ----- My notes: Foxy finally got a nod for leading actor! Pulling for him, but I don't think he wins given the competition. Count this as a tribute from viewer-voters to how much he devoted to the show for 6 seasons. As Christian Shepherd said in the church alcove, "Nobody does it alone. You needed them... and they needed you." The friendly battle b/w O'Quinn & Emerson in the supporting actor category continues. Emerson won this last year, and was nominated in 2007 & 2008. O'Quinn won in 2007, and was nominated in 2005. The depth / ensemble this show had really propelled it to greatness. To all the haters out there, it sure looks like Hollywoodland loved "The End." (Best Writing, even with "Kiss me, James!" "You got it, Blondie"??? Well... OK!) Props to Michael Giacchino!!! Without his orchestral scores, LOST just would not have been LOST. Dude is the next John Williams. A little surprised that Allison Janney didn't get a guest actress nod for "Across the Sea." And that EM did get one for "The End" (She had, what? Five minutes of screen time?) Some nice recognitions for a superb final season on one of the best shows, ever. Even if they never touch an Emmy personally, my thanks as a viewer goes out to everyone who was involved in making LOST exactly what it was. (And, 12 minutes of what it has yet to be.)

If liberals ever "support" the 2nd/at best stop attacking it, the sneaky caveat will be that they don't support ready access to ammunition. After all, the 2nd guarantees the arms, but it says nothing about the projectiles. Have you seen the f---ing prices of ammo lately? I've read that the U.S. Gov't recently stopped selling scrap brass for a profit to ammo companies, and are shipping it overseas in a transaction that, with transport costs, likely loses money. Don't think for a minute that the process isn't already in the works with this administration.

Thanks. I looked last week. Tho, looking for anything on the EW page is weird. Sometimes, an article will be in the "MOST VIEWED ON EW" column on the right, and will not be listed when you click the "LOST" heading.... Right now, the part 1 to this latest string of the 'Island as Carrie' is not there. Doc Jensen | Part 2: What the Island 'Saw' ----- Also, this won't be the last bit from Doc about LOST. There's at least Emmys coverage, then there's sure to be a column or two on the DVD release's Hurley epilogues. But even after that... I get the feeling that there will be discussion about the show for a long time. Great works with great characters and intriguing plots have a way of staying in the collective conscience. I would actually welcome (and read) an English major's master's/doctoral thesis on this show. But that would be quite a challenge for anyone brave enough to try it. Two-hour movies have provided for hundreds of pages of discussion; LOST was over 120 hours?

Interesting little vignette, Dank. FYI --- Emmy nominations are tomorrow morning.

I assume that re-arranging the furniture a bit is out of the question? It's the getting through the subfloor on that 2nd floor that will be the trickiest part. But for someone who knows what they're doing and has the right tools, running another line would be easier and probably cheapest, especially in the long run. If you get another wireless box, that's the $300+ upfront, headaches with the G/WAF, then more electricity use every month. The WAF alone would do it for me. Much rather have a one-time, 'Do you really have to make all that noise?!" than a built-in argument-starter.... Picture it now. "What do we need this thing for? I keep tripping over this damn thing!" ==> to the inevitable "Well, you wouldn't trip on it if you watched where you were f---ing walking!" and then bad things after that. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

Van Brommel has been the only flopper I've seen on the Dutch side in this WC. All the other guys might get hit, but they get right back up and there's very little talk to the ref, much less whining for calls. That was a nasty kick to the face #14 got from the Uruguayan #22 Cavaras(? I don't quite remember). Even on this choppy ESPN3.com feed I've got (which is awesome, I might add! Especially for us antenna-only people) you could see he got his face re-arranged.

And now, they may have a chance to get two birds with one stone.... (knock on wood).

Uruguay = Flop! Flop! Come on....

Top shelf, where mama hides the cookies!! Go Oranje!

It's catch-and-release that keeps the lawyers and courts in business.

Rocked my 'Nederland' track jacket today! Not that anyone who saw it knew or cared....

Reuters: Two in three people want video replays, [globalized] poll shows

It was the Immaculate Happy Ending (attempt)!

NYT: FIFA president apologizes for refereeing errors Note that this is not necessarily a video replay system. In the offing is a 'Hawkeye' system (as used in tennis) for soccer or a chip embedded in the ball that goes off when it passes the goal line. Also has been said that a referee assistant might be used to help police the field better. I've thought this for a long time --- that's a hell of a lot of area for one dude to cover. NFL has, what, 8 people in a crew for a field that's close to a third the size?

The final "Totally LOST" video set. Still waiting for Doc's Part 2 of his final, final LOST thoughts that was promised in this column (that duey linked here) a couple of weeks ago. ----- The geography of LOST, created by a US DoD cartographer. ----- I, too, haven't read the Red theory yet... so the admonishment is pretty hypocritical. Was kind of hoping for some discussion here to motivate me to get to it. I haven't started a re-watch yet. This is the longest amount of time after a finale that I've gone w/o starting. Still just giving it time to digest and take a break from it so I can come back with fresher eyes. I'm probably going to wait until early August so finishing S5 converges with the S6 release. Which is totally going to be ruined, b/c the first thing I'm going to be watching is the epilogue. .... Perhaps I should wait and start the rewatch in late August, then.

Couple more links.... "How 'LOST' Should Have Ended" short cartoon parody. USA Today: "What to expect from 'LOST: The Complete Collection." ----- No discussion about the Vozzek69 stuff?

Sad, but typical. What exactly is so unclear about the 2nd amendment? Unless I missed a subordinate clause that says "... unless you live in X, Y or Z."

Yeah. That's wonderful. Shhh!! Just sweep it under the rug and no one will notice. 'Huh? What? Move along --- nothing to see here!' Like Tom Donahoe banning criticism signage at the Ralph, action like this is the last gasp for scoundrels.

I'm Dutch heritage, so they've been my main horse. In all the matches I've seen of them, I don't notice much flopping on their part. Just tough play and nice attack. An article today: Link Heartily disagree that it will "make the game worse." Having at least some recourse for blatantly blown calls can't be bad.

I'm pretty sure tennis is bigger in this country than soccer ever will be. Especially when there is NO recourse wrt refs who are paid off by the mob / have personal or international grudges / just plain f--- up. Sports-fixing scandal may be acceptable and play well in the rest of the world, but not here. Until soccer initiates the process of replay --- and what better place to do this than the World Cup where there the technology is there and everything's in place...? I can understand how it might not be feasible in SA, Africa, etc. But how people can live with this product --- specifically the ref problems --- is beyond me. If this Cup doesn't make FIFA do anything in the way of replay, I don't see how anything will. Teams have to start boycotting the tourney, leagues have to form outside of FIFA. Soccer is second only to WWF/WWE in sham factor. Like I wrote upthread, I don't condone physical violence on them, but I can sure understand how it would happen in the heat of the moment.

Resident Horrible Person Ed (name has since changed to... ) would smoke you all with his Honda Fit.

They still have a ways to go before a switch to an 18 game season. (I'm all for it.) Will it happen before the Toronto series deal runs out? If it does, that scenario of 2 regular season games at Rogers is likely. They may have to revisit the contract given such a change.

Makes a heck of a excuse for getting out of weddings and clothes shopping with the missus. " [tongue click] Oooo, sorry about that, but I've gotta work on my nuclear reactor on Friday."

We've got an old '79 Ford F-350 with a stake bed that has, as one mechanic who recently did the brakes on it said, "More balls than a herd of elephants." No lie, we had three mafia blocks on it and it didn't crouch much. The creeper gear is great too --- many a yard saved when delivering firewood or moving family members (one trip usually did it), where the owners said previous trucks have spun out and destroyed the grass. The body is rusting tho. They don't make 'em like they used to.

I believe there is a certain acreage requirement here, but I think you need to contact your local town hall for a permit to establish a small family plot on private land. Here's another link that ran in the NYT last year about the 'home burial' process.