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Rank Movie Didn't See It/ Started It/ Finished It/ Hated It! 1 Godfather, The (1972) 2 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 3 Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 4 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) Finished It 5 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) Finished It 6 Casablanca (1942) 7 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) Finished It 8 Schindler's List (1993) 9 Shichinin No Samurai [Seven Samurai] (1954) 10 Star Wars (1977) Finished It 11 Citizen Kane (1941) 12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 13 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 14 Rear Window (1954) 15 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Finished It 17 Memento (2000) 18 Usual Suspects, The (1995) 19 Pulp Fiction (1994) 20 North by Northwest (1959) 21 12 Angry Men (1957) 22 Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le [Amelie] (2001) 23 Psycho (1960) 24 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 25 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il [The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly] (1966) 26 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 27 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 28 Goodfellas (1990) 29 American Beauty (1999) 30 Vertigo (1958) 31 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 32 Matrix, The (1999) Started It 33 Apocalypse Now (1979) 34 Pianist, The (2002) Finished It 35 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 36 C'era una volta il West [Once Upon a Time in the West] (1968) 37 Some Like It Hot (1959) 38 Third Man, The (1949) 39 Taxi Driver (1976) 40 Paths of Glory (1957) 41 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi [Spirited Away] (2001) 42 Fight Club (1999) 43 Boot, Das (1981) 44 Double Indemnity (1944) 45 L.A. Confidential (1997) 46 Chinatown (1974) 47 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 48 Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 49 M (1931) 50 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 51 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 52 All About Eve (1950) 53 Se7en (1995) 54 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Finished It 55 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 56 Cidade de Deus [City of God] (2002) 57 Raging Bull (1980) 58 Rashômon (1950) 59 Wizard of Oz, The (1939) Finished It 60 Sting, The (1973) 61 Alien (1979) 62 American History X (1998) 63 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 64 Léon (1994) 65 Vita è bella, La [Life is Beautiful] (1997) 66 Touch of Evil (1958) 67 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 68 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 69 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 70 Great Escape, The (1963) 71 Wo hu cang long [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] (2000) 72 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 73 Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 74 Amadeus (1984) Finished It 75 Modern Times (1936) Finished It 76 Ran (1985) 77 Annie Hall (1977) 78 Jaws (1975) 79 On the Waterfront (1954) 80 Braveheart (1995) 81 High Noon (1952) 82 Apartment, The (1960) 83 Fargo (1996) 84 Sixth Sense, The (1999) 85 Aliens (1986) 86 Shining, The (1980) 87 Strangers on a Train (1951) 88 Blade Runner (1982) 89 Metropolis (1927) 90 Duck Soup (1933) Finished It 91 Finding Nemo (2003) Finished It 92 Donnie Darko (2001) 93 General, The (1927) 94 City Lights (1931) Finished It 95 Princess Bride, The (1987) Finished It 96 Toy Story 2 (1999) Finished It 97 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 98 Great Dictator, The (1940) Finished It 99 Sjunde inseglet, Det [The Seventh Seal] (1957) 100 Lola rennt [Run Lola Run] (1998)
Which movies have you seen?

You know it's fall when...

...the hellfire preachers show up in the Plaza. You know the time...they carry a big wooden cross with a sign nailed to it, showing all the people who are going to hell. This includes Catholics, Democrats, Mormons, Masons, etc. There were two of them today. Since I had the afternoon off, I decided to relax a little. I walked up to them. There was a Catholic (friend of my friend) in a heated argument about whether or not he was the devil's tool and apostate. I decided to join the fray. It was quite fun, one minute we're both yelling at the preacher guys, next I'm yelling at the friend that no the Catholic church is not infallible. We decided we were on the same side, both going to hell, when I managed to ask a direct question and determine that yes, Lutherans are apostate too, since we don't hold altar calls. (Well, to be fair, one of the guys wasn't condemning at all, and we managed to hold a nice conversation. It was the other that caused all the sparks and fun.) It gathered quite a crowd...me yelling that the Church Fathers said this, the hellfire guy yelling that Catholics are devil-worshiping idolaters, and the Catholic dude getting quite red, shouting out for God to give him patience, Mary to pray for him, and even prostrating once.

It's a nice way to relax after a strenuous week, and more fun than debating over the internet. I'm not being sarcastic.

ha!

You Should Get a MD (Doctor of Medicine)

You're both compassionate and brilliant - a rare combination. You were born to be a doctor.

What Advanced Degree Should You Get?

HT: Aardvark Alley

#4 is a bad question...pretty much all the answers apply to me.

ER

There was a patient in the ER today whose description was "goat attack". It made me laugh.

In other news, my grade on the last Organic Chemistry test sucked, so I'll need to work on that.

hahaha

I found this somewhat amusing. In the Daily Lectionary, yesterday's Epistle reading had some verses marked "optional". You know what those verses were? The ones in 1 Corinthians about women wearing head coverings and being silent in church.

Heresy just keeps getting more outrageous

There is a poster on a message board I frequent. He has been suggesting heretical doctrines. For example, original sin is a myth, and that Jesus' death was not a sacrifice. He claims to support these teachings by quoting ONLY the words of Jesus. Paul is apparently a false prophet. No matter that the writers of the Gospels were like influenced by Paul, and definitely did not record all of Jesus' words.

It would be funny if it weren't so sad.

St. Luke the Evangelist

Today is the day ofSt. Luke the Evangelist, writer of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, and companion of Paul on his journeys. He was also a physician, and held to be a Syrian by birth. The Gospel is on the longer side, providing most of the information about Jesus' birth.


On an interesting note, the Orthodox church holds him to be the first iconographer.

church architecture

What is with the modern trend in church architecture? It's either a box with a steeple stuck on top, a gymnasium, or a reposessed office building. It's not inspiring. It's not even pretty. I'm not asking that all churches be like gothic cathedrals (though it would be quite nice if they were all like Orthodox ones ;) ), but please, at least some taste. PowerPoint screen, stacking chairs, and artifical plants isn't pretty. It would be nice if all churches were a place you would feel comfortable praying in, not someplace that looks like the basketball team is about to barge in.

Organists are a strange bunch

Here's a breakdown of the organ studio at school:

3 Lutherans (1 ELCA [the teacher], 1 LCMS, and me)
2 Methodist
1 Baptist
1 Catholic
1 Agnostic

And several more that I'm not sure about.

Now, the Baptist plays at a Catholic church. One of the Methodists plays at an Episcopal church. The agnostic is learning hymns and chorale preludes as part of the curriculum and has to listen to us discussing the theology of hymn playing in church.

Yep, organists are an odd bunch. The whole music department says so.

I don't get it

Last night in choir we were learning the words for a Russian opera piece (Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov, by Moussorgsky). Overall, the pronunciation wasn't TOO bad, but it could have been far better. So, here's my question. Why does it seem to be so difficult to either string several consonants together (zdr) or to use the "soft mark", effectivelly adding a consonant "y" after a t, s, or r?