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Brokeback Mountain Recalls Hud as Two Sides of the Same Coin
Brokeback Mountain and Hud are so similar that they seem two of a kind, peas in a pod, polar bookends of the same, but ultimately different, story. While the similarities in the cinematography and score had me looking at the credits of both movies, obviously, the commonality here is the strong hand of novelist and…
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When The New Kid and his Twin Sister came to Our Fair City
The New Kid came to Our Junior High. He was big and tough, dark and brooding. He never said a word. He was of the mysterious loner archetype. This is a true story. Only the names and places have been changed to protect the INNOCENT, the guilty, and the unwashed rabble between. About 45 years…
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Murray State’s At-Large NCAA Tourney Bid Chances
Murray State’s at-large NCAA Tourney bid chances are Slim to none and Slim just left town. The Racers’ non-conference schedule is not tourney worthy. Since Murray State was upset by Belmont in the finals of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament there has been speculation as to whether the Racers will receive an at-large bid to…
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Pink Pig: The Porsche Racing Car that had a Sense of Humor
Even a racing car can have a sense of humor. A Porsche 917 racing car, the “Pink Pig,” proves the point. Porsche made it into a butcher’s diagram. Over the years, since the dawn of sponsorship making cars moving billboards, quite a few race cars have a wild paint jobs or crazy graphics. Some have…