I like asides. They are akin to Facebook notes. I like the idea that their title is left out in the display however I like every post having a title for back cataloguing and referencing. If you don’t encode a title, nothing shows up about the post in the archives. Finding strings can be tricky.
Author: Damien Riley
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Nurse Jackie
Title: Nurse Jackie
Genre: TV Sitcom, Hospital, Drama, Dark Comedy, 30 minute episodes
MPAA Rating: TV-MA
Year: 2009-2015 7 Seasons
Produced by: Showtime.
Top Billed Cast: Edie Falco, known for “The Sopranos,” and array of big star regulars/guest stars.
Brief Synopsis: A nurse who juggles her family and pain-killers. Not a good combo but makes for a laugh here and there. Not realistic on all levels, hallucinogenic, trippy, strange when its not.
My Word to the Wise: It’s anyone’s guess how we “should” portray functional drug addicts working in an ER unit. I have no judgment for that reason. But I kept asking myself this question: should it be so funny in between the darkness?The rest of this review may contain spoilers.
I just finished binge watching all the “Nurse Jackie” episodes. She reminds me of a trainer I had at Pizza Hut years ago who was bitter my education brought me in to the company above her. She was addicted to cigarettes and happy hour. Some addicts feel they work so hard we shouldn’t ever question them, What a crock of shit. Nurse Jackie embodies this type of what I call “Tweaker” thinking.
This is a good show in many ways because it dares to look at functional addiction with no sugar coating in the end.
I didn’t like every aspect of it though, which is likely in a show that runs this long, there have to be some experiments made to see what the audience bites on. If a character gets under your skin it’s for one of two reasons: 1) They remind you of a true life character or 2) it’s a terrible script with back and forth implausibility. I’d say both are true at different points.
If you like ER shows and/or you liked “Breaking Bad” you’ll enjoy the hybrid. There’s a bit more dark humor in “Nurse Jackie.” A spoonful of humor helps the medicine go down I suppose. But is this medicine? How else can a show present such dark subject matter?
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Where to Begin
My wife just started a blog. If you guys have time, head over there and give her some encouragement. Thanks!!!
While this is my first post on this site, it is not the first time I have written an introductory post. For that reason I would rather not do the usual blurb about who I am or what describes me (blah blah blah). I would much prefer to explain the rationale behind the selection of my web address (which I suppose serves the same purpose in telling you a little about me). You see I racked my brain in attempting to pick the perfect url. Ideas flooded me for having a page name that was simple but described my personality. Picking a tag line can be so challenging when you are a grey thinker. Afterall, I believe almost nothing can be seen in black and white terms and what describes me today may not fit tomorrow, or in five minutes for that matter. As a therapist working with teens, I…View original post 145 more words
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Where to Begin
My wife just started a blog. If you guys have time, head over there and give her some encouragement. Thanks!!!
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Where to Begin
My wife just started a blog. If you guys have time, head over there and give her some encouragement. Thanks!!!
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The Hateful Eight (2015)
Movies 101 says it better than me.
Director: Quentin Tarantino Writer: Quentin Tarantino (Screenplay)
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, Channing Tatum, Samuel L Jackson, Walton Goggins, Zoe Bell, Tim Roth, Bruce Dern, Michael Madsen, Demian Bichir, Dana Gourrier
Plot: In post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunters try to find shelter during a blizzard but get involved in a plot of betrayal and deception. Will they survive?
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Wonderful Western Thriller
Story: The Hateful Eight starts as bounty hunter Major Marquis Warren (Jackson) signals down a stage coach with fellow bounty hunter John ‘The Hangman’ Ruth (Russell) and his latest bounty Daisy (Leigh). The three continue the journey before meeting the new Sheriff Mannix (Goggins) of Red Rock where they are heading.
A blizzard is chasing them before they decide to stop for the night letting the…
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