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Year after year, filmdom looks forward to one source for Oscar predictions.
2008 is no exception nor was 2007
Best picture: “No Country for Old Men”
Best supporting actor: Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men”
Original score: “Atonement,” Dario Marianelli
Best director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”
Best screenplay: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “No […]

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Cecilia Tallis: [in a letter] My darling, Briony found my address somehow and sent a letter. The first surprise was she didn’t go up to Cambridge. She’s doing nurses’ training at my old hospital. I think she may be doing this as some kind of penance. She says she’s beginning to get the full grasp […]

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Swanky library next to YMCA , cackling
College girls crowd the YMCA steps, like when
chicks get hep, they join the men’s club
Air conditioning, British prescript, books-
stay in racks, ergonomic seats, is there
anything else I hate about the place
Only metal detector in the city, I’m no
suicide bomber, but it feels so nice
to get certified
Over the years I’ve […]

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Thank God it is Friday!
I was so happy that I talked to a credit card marketing chick for full five minutes
I was so happy that I celebrated a happy birthday this week
Mammooty was so happy, he didn’t slap a single fan this week
He was so happy, my Project Manager smiled at me. And hell I’d no […]

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Some learn,
Early on,
To prostitute their verse.
So, in all the waking hours
They scavenge for a simple simile
That matches requirements, fulfills needs. 
Like they say, poetry opens the doors to show you the possibilities. Sometimes you get it, otherwise you increase the count and say “Yeah, I’ve read it”. Like I read Marquez. And the latter is better for a long […]

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