Two Items
There are two items I want to discuss briefly.
First, Inc. Magazine has once again given Reno high honors, naming it the fifth best mid-sized market in which to do business in the US. While this is actually down from a year ago when we were number one on the same list, apparently the magazine did add 120 new markets to the mix. From the RGJ article about the ranking: "Reno-Sparks showed job growth in high-wage sectors like professional business services," said Joel Kotkin, author of the article in the May issue of Inc. Magazine. "I tell people that the difference in ranking No. 1 and No. 25 can be as small as 1,000 jobs. Overall, (Reno-Sparks) is a strong economy and a great place for business."
I always find these "hot towns" lists sort of suspect. Still, it's nice to be recognized.
As for the second item, please allow me to turn into a drooling fan-boy for just a moment: Was last night's episode of Lost not the most awesome thing you've ever seen? All I can say, in my best Comic Book Guy voice, is "BEST....EPISODE....EVER!" Or at least best final five minutes or so. Man, after being gone for what seems like ages Michael comes back looking a bit scruffy but not too bad off, and then suddenly he goes all Sopranos on us. First Ana-Lucia gets bumped off, seemingly out of nowhere, and then as if that weren't shocking enough Libby apparently meets an untimely end just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. And why's Michael doing all this? Did he let fake Henry Gale escape? Why did he shoot himself? Is he being controlled by The Others somehow, or is this part of some desperate plan to get Walt back? Man, what a great and completely infuriating show. I can't believe millions more people would rather watch a glorified karaoke contest.
Of course, for a true obsessive the best part was catching the Hanso Foundation's fake commercial right before the end of the show. And if you're a fan of the show (God knows if you aren't you've stopped reading this post by now) you absolutely must see the fake Foundation's new website, apparently launched just the other day. And yes, I'm enough of a goober that I dialed the number given out on the commercial, but I'm not going to tell you what happens because I'm already sort of embarrassed at myself. I just have to say that one of the many great things about this show, and the reason why it was so obviously born to be a cult hit, is because it hints at a fictional universe that is amazingly complex and it rewards persistent delving into other media (particularly the internets) with tantalizing glimpses of further information, thus allowing for endless cycles of debate and conjecture. Does it all really mean anything in the end? Probably not. But it is a lot of fun, at least for drooling fan-boys like me.
First, Inc. Magazine has once again given Reno high honors, naming it the fifth best mid-sized market in which to do business in the US. While this is actually down from a year ago when we were number one on the same list, apparently the magazine did add 120 new markets to the mix. From the RGJ article about the ranking: "Reno-Sparks showed job growth in high-wage sectors like professional business services," said Joel Kotkin, author of the article in the May issue of Inc. Magazine. "I tell people that the difference in ranking No. 1 and No. 25 can be as small as 1,000 jobs. Overall, (Reno-Sparks) is a strong economy and a great place for business."
I always find these "hot towns" lists sort of suspect. Still, it's nice to be recognized.
As for the second item, please allow me to turn into a drooling fan-boy for just a moment: Was last night's episode of Lost not the most awesome thing you've ever seen? All I can say, in my best Comic Book Guy voice, is "BEST....EPISODE....EVER!" Or at least best final five minutes or so. Man, after being gone for what seems like ages Michael comes back looking a bit scruffy but not too bad off, and then suddenly he goes all Sopranos on us. First Ana-Lucia gets bumped off, seemingly out of nowhere, and then as if that weren't shocking enough Libby apparently meets an untimely end just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. And why's Michael doing all this? Did he let fake Henry Gale escape? Why did he shoot himself? Is he being controlled by The Others somehow, or is this part of some desperate plan to get Walt back? Man, what a great and completely infuriating show. I can't believe millions more people would rather watch a glorified karaoke contest.
Of course, for a true obsessive the best part was catching the Hanso Foundation's fake commercial right before the end of the show. And if you're a fan of the show (God knows if you aren't you've stopped reading this post by now) you absolutely must see the fake Foundation's new website, apparently launched just the other day. And yes, I'm enough of a goober that I dialed the number given out on the commercial, but I'm not going to tell you what happens because I'm already sort of embarrassed at myself. I just have to say that one of the many great things about this show, and the reason why it was so obviously born to be a cult hit, is because it hints at a fictional universe that is amazingly complex and it rewards persistent delving into other media (particularly the internets) with tantalizing glimpses of further information, thus allowing for endless cycles of debate and conjecture. Does it all really mean anything in the end? Probably not. But it is a lot of fun, at least for drooling fan-boys like me.
posted by Yukon Sully | 11:17 PM
4 Comments:
I loved last nights episode as well! I think the reason Michael shot himself was to stage like the fake Henry had somehow gotten the gun, shot AL and Libby then him, and got away...will find out for sure next week though! :)
That seems to be the most likely explanation as to why he shot himself (to deflect suspicion and pin the deaths on fake Henry), but nothing on this show is ever what it first appears. Plus, that still begs the question of what Michael is up to--has he been brainwashed? Does he somehow think this will motivate the rest of the group to attack the others and get Walt back? My greatest fear is that this is all leading to a season-ending cliffhanger and we'll have to wait months for some real resolution. But for now, man is that a good show.
hell, yeah! i loved last night's episode too. i was sitting there after it ended going "what the heck just happened?" do you think they decided to kill off those two characters because the actors that play them got in trouble with the law?
i think that michael is under the control of the others. it's totally out of character for him to kill someone. i think they told him that they would kill walt if he didn't set the guy in the hatch free.
That's quite possible, although the Others seem pretty adept at mental manipulation--look how docile Claire seemed during her flashback to the medical hatch. I think some kind of chemical mind control or some other form of brainwashing might be at work.
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