Word: surf
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John is the latest from David Milch (Deadwood, NYPD Blue), working with "surf noir" novelist Kem Nunn. It follows the troubled Yost surfing dynasty: Grandpa Mitch (Bruce Greenwood) is a retired ascetic; son Butchie (Brian Van Holt) is a champ turned junkie; grandson Sean (Greyson Fletcher) wants to surf competitively, over Mitch's objections. They meet John (Austin Nichols), a pompadoured stranger who may be an alien or God (his last name is Monad, a Gnostic reference). Actual, literal miracles begin happening...
...give my students a copy of my lecture notes, but now I require them to read the notes before coming to class. In class I don’t lecture, but engage students in an interplay of questioning and discussion to help them assimilate the material. Yes, some students surf the Web and a few doze off. But attendance and engagement are exceptionally high and my students can now solve problems they have never seen before. Most importantly, students ask many questions...
...does it perplex us when these violent eruptions take place? One needs only to channel-surf the television any night of the week to see show after show dealing with rape, stalkers, gangs, war and domestic violence. Ours is a culture in which The Sopranos is considered great entertainment. What entertains you becomes a part of you. Anne M. Perry, Hamilton, New York...
...should I be proud? Here I am, not afflicted by these fundamental problems and what do I do with my time? I play “Goldeneye,” eat filet mignon, and Wikipedia-surf, and I don’t volunteer much or consistently advocate for the poor. I plan to devote my life to public service, but what does it say about my character that I don’t practice that service ethic now? Problems exist now, not only in the future, and here I am typing this self-indulgent elitist schlock on the Dell laptop...