Seattle Crime Reports

A solid effort to promote crime awareness is Seattle--I just started subscribing to their feed. Think if every city had a unified place to go for this type of news and forum: the same URL formatting: seattlecrimeblog.com, daviscrimeblog.com, bellevuecrimeblog.com, etc: a community forum, prevention, action.

Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona

First look at Woody Allen's new movie. Hopefully he'll get back on track.

Day-Lewis and Nolan's Tribute to Heath Ledger

Christopher Nolan's Newsweek article on Heath Ledger: Charisma as Natural as Gravity.

Daniel Day-Lewis' emotional tribute to Ledger at last nights SAG Awards.

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Blake N. Cooper (Blog; RSS Feed; Twitter; Facebook)

Le Pichet and Olympic Sculpture Park

Emilia and I had a fabulous lunch, this past Sunday, at Le Pichet, followed by a great (and brisk!) walk over and through Olympic Sculpture Park. I'm pretty sure we live in the most fantastic city in the States (if not the world):



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Blake N. Cooper (Blog; RSS Feed; Twitter; Facebook)

Life on Mars?

Sometimes Bigfoot takes vacations on Mars:

Hal Holbrook: "Wild Man Blues"

I haven't seen a lot of the top films this year, but of those I have seen, Holbrook should absolutely win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. I found a great article in EW on Holbrook (with an ending that really reminded me of my brother).

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Blake N. Cooper (Blog; RSS Feed; Twitter; Facebook)

"Researchers Develop Bionic Contact Lens"

A University of Washington professor is involved in this research. I hope I live long enough to see these go mainstream.

Blogging Japanese Style

Interesting video I found from The Washington Post:



Highlight: The Japanese philosophy blogging.

Blog Vault: "The Record is Dead..."

From the consumer standpoint, I completely agree with Mark Cuban's recent post: except for those rare albums (e.g. Once soundtrack), single songs and RSS integration is the future.

When Your Mind's Made Up

Until the Once CD arrives in the mail...



Boy does this movie grow on you: one of the best I've seen this year.