2009 News

On September 19, during hour 4 of Reusse and Company on the Talk Station, the guys were chatting about Chris Hewitt's rankings of the Coen Brothers' films. Here are Hewitt's rankings, the four rank lists from the show staff, followed by my colleague Tim Holden's list, and mine.

Chris Hewitt of the St. Paul Pioneer Press:
1. Fargo
2. The Man Who Wasn't There
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Miller's Crossing
6. Blood Simple
6. The Hudsucker Proxy
7. The Big Lebowski
8. Barton Fink
9. Burn After Reading
10. Raising Arizona
11. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
12. The Ladykillers
13. Intolerable Cruelty

Kenny Olson:
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Miller's Crossing
3. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
4. Fargo
5. Blood Simple
6. Raising Arizona
7. Burn After Reading
8. The Hudsucker Proxy
9. Barton Fink (Kenny notes that he "hated" this one.)

Scott Korzenowski:
1. Fargo
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Big Lebowski
4. Intolerable Cruelty
5. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
6. Raising Arizona
7. Burn After Reading

John Burns:
1. Raising Arizona
2. Blood Simple
3. Fargo
4. The Hudsucker Proxy
5. Miller's Crossing
6. The Big Lebowski
7. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
8. Barton Fink

Patrick Reusse:
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Miller's Crossing
3. The Big Lebowski
4. Blood Simple
5. Fargo
6. The Man Who Wasn't There
7. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
8. Raising Arizona
9. Barton Fink
12. Burn After Reading
12. The Hudsucker Proxy
12. Intolerable Cruelty
13. The Ladykillers (Reusse described it as a "big bag of vomit.")

Tim Holden:
1. Fargo
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Big Lebowski
4. Miller's Crossing
5. Blood Simple
6. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
7. Barton Fink
8. Burn After Reading
9. The Man Who Wasn't There
10. Raising Arizona
11. The Hudsucker Proxy
12. Intolerable Cruelty

My ranking:
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Fargo
3. No Country for Old Men
4. The Man Who Wasn't There
5. Burn After Reading
6. Raising Arizona
7. Blood Simple
8. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
9. Miller's Crossing
10. Barton Fink
11. The Hudsucker Proxy
12. The Ladykillers
13. Intolerable Cruelty

We'll be updating our rankings after we see A Serious Man.

I helped "E" put up some new pictures.

I made a few additions to the top of the links page.

Also, a shot in the dark: does anyone still play Walter Bright's classic war game Empire? I started playing it in junior high school, but playing against the AI leaves a lot to be desired. It has a play-by-mail function. Anyone interested? Hopefully this will come up in someone's Google search. Email me.

Unfortunately, I had to reset the counter for my vomit streak.

I made some minor updates to my contact information page. Also, M's page reflects her new job.

Someone threw a brick through my living room window with a note taped to it, saying, "please post some more pictures of 'E.'"

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