Today and tomorrow, Michelle Wie is playing in the John Deere classic, a PGA event. Once more, she's trying to see if she can be competitive with some of the world's best male golfers. (Though none of the top 10 are entered in the event.) After her 77 today, though, she has almost zero chance of achieving this goal. But if you watch her tomorrow, and she happens to make a good shot, watch her wave. It's a little flip of the hand, combined with a raised arm. For some reason, her wave has always bugged me, but I didn't know why -- until last night, when I watched "Downfall."
"Downfall" is the story of Hitler's last days, taking place primarily inside his Berlin bunker. Sure enough, Wie's wave is an almost perfect duplicate of the gesture der Fuhrer made in response to the straight arm "sieg heils" given him by underlings. Note to Michelle: Hitler is generally not the best person to emulate, even unconsciously.
By the way, "Downfall" itself is fascinating. Quite graphic (more suicides than Guantanmo Bay), but apparently quite accurate. In one way, it seemed like an episode of an anti-"West Wing." Here you are, in the corridors of power, seeing the head of state plus his minions attempting to lead the nation. Except instead of Jeb Bartlett inspiring all around him, you have the greatest criminal of all time degenerating into deeper madness and delusion.
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Your are Nice. And so is your site! Maybe you need some more pictures. Will return in the near future.
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