OVERRATED/UNDERRATED- STEAKS
I am doing two segments this week because I missed one last week. This segment is about steaks, a little more light hearted than the past two entries. This isn’t going to be about brands of restaurants this is actual cuts of meat.
OVERRATED- SIRLOIN
Is there any steak that gets ordered more at restaurants? I hope so but it seems like every time I go out to eat there is a sirloin on the menu. Most sirloins offered are bottom sirloin which is the lesser of two different sirloins (top and bottom). This steak is incredibly tough because it gets used often by the cow, but is also lacking all natural flavor due to its low fat content. This steak is low of the lows. Yet because this steak is inexpensive, it gets ordered all the time. Put enough seasonings on it and you can make it taste any way you want it to. Pound it with a tenderizer for 30 min and it may become slightly more tender. There may be lesser cuts of meat but they have specific uses. As far as cuts of beef used mainly for “steak” the sirloin is definitely overrated.
UNDERRATED- BONE-IN RIB EYE
Ok so the rib eye is just about the most popular steak of all the “gourmet” cuts of meat, and rightfully so. The rib eye is marbled with intracellular fat that produces the most flavorful natural beef flavor of all the steaks. The fat also keeps the rib eye incredibly juicy when cooked to the right temperature and using the correct methods. It is a medium tenderness. It is comprised of two different muscles, the “cap” or the outside portion is very tender, while the “Eye” makes up the bulk of the rib eye. It is a heartier slightly leaner portion. The bone-in rib eye doesn’t get the respect it deserves. The bone and the fat lining it just help improve the flavor and moisture content of the rib eye. Having a properly cooked rib eye and a properly cooked bone-in rib eye is a different in flavor and moisture intensity. It’s like having Ice Cream and Gelato. Both are incredibly tasty and wonderful. But the gelato (because it has less air mixed in) is stonger in flavor than its ice cream counterpart. So although the rib eye is popular, the bone-in needs a little more respect and thus Underrated.
Following US Marshals working Project Falcon
Project Falcon. It sounds like that should be a movie or some super spy mission. While it is neither of those things, it was no less exciting to watch from a distance as US Marshals and other law enforcement agency officials went out to fulfill Project Falcon. Project Falcon is a law enforcement task force led by the US Marshals to serve as many warrants to the individuals that are still at large. Usually it is a week long but this year, Marshals extended it to a month.
After first talking to Deputy U.S. Marshal Mike Parks, head of the Metro Fugitive Task Force the week before, the reporter I was following, Jay Marks, a videographer and myself went to Moore to shadow Parks, two other Marshals and two other law enforcement officials who were volunteering for Project Falcon. The warrant they had that day was for a man who had drugs less than 1,000 feet from a school.
The first stop was his apartment. While Jay and I were watching from the sidewalk, Parks and the others were led to the suspect’s best friends apartment and from there to the suspect’s girlfriend’s apartment. While at the girlfriend’s apartment complex, neighbors began to come outside as they saw US Marshals and a video camera wandering around.
After showing the others a picture of the suspect, a woman said she just saw him on a purple bike ride to the other side of the complex. Quickly, we got to the other side and the onlookers followed us.
When they knocked on the door with a purple bike in front of it, a 20-something year-old guy opened the door and it reeked from the smell of pot. He wasn’t our guy, though he looked similar. Though he continually denied he was high, he knew he was in trouble when an officer came out of the apartment with weed in his hand. Parks and the others then asked him if he knew the suspect and the guy said he knew him but stopped hanging out with him because he “saw the road he was going down and it was a bad one.” After a long talk, the guy made a deal with the Marshals that he would help them find their suspect.
While all of this was happening, neighbors pulled out their lawn chairs and watched. I’d say about 20 people were sitting outside their apartments watching.
With another lead at hand, the Marshals got ready to take off and we thought this was a good way to end our tag-along. After thanking Parks, I overheard the Marshals’ new source as he said one thing to his friend, “I can’t see straight.” That had to be the quote of the day.
By the way, that’s the mayor
Five interns (Nathan Poppe, Emily Holman, Jack Burk, Ashley McKee [edit: McKeen? Where did that come from] and myself) have been working on content for the My Stillwater community guide due out later this year.
One of the stories I am working on is about Nathan Bates, Stillwater’s 26-year-old mayor who also moonlights as an OSU student.
Ashley and I met him at his apartment complex the other day for an interview and photos. When we were nearing the end of our interview, one of the office workers at the complex walked into the clubhouse where we were doing the interview. He was showing a new resident around.
He gave her a quick tour around the clubhouse, and as he was leaving, he said something to the extent of, “By the way, Stillwater’s mayor lives here.”
The girl laughed and said, “Wow, that’s cool.”
Bates chuckled, and we continued our interview.
What you can do with Legos
I think almost every little kid has built things with some legos.
I have to admit, after watching this video, I wanted to build something with legos or find a job so I can be called a Lego Master Builder. I’m such a dork, I’m so going to see this lego model of OKC in November. 
Oh, and seven days until Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! Exciting!!
OVERRATED/UNDERRATED- Movies
A new edition of overrated/underrated. I am sure to get lots of feedback whether posititive or negative. A few ground rules- Merit is not brought into questions. It is purely on overrated and underrated not whether one movie is better than the other. Example: Citizen Kane is by all means a better longer last movie than Big Trouble In Little China but I think Citizen Kane is Overrated for what it is, and I think Big Trouble In Little China is underrated for what it is. So with that said lets just jump right into it.
OVERRATED- Little Miss Sunshine
First of all this is a good movie. I enjoyed it, I thought it was clever and funny and an all around enjoyable movie. But it was completely over hyped. I didn’t see it till it came out on video. From the time it was released in theaters to the time it came out on video, everyone and their hamster were praising how amazing the movie was. I was kicking myself for not seeing the movie in theaters. I finally watched it and wow, big let down. I recognized the good points of the movie and why people enjoyed it, but it was so horribly over hyped.
RUNNER UP- Citizen Kane
I know its a classic and it is considered by some to be the greatest film of all time. I will give credit for it being ahead of its time in technology and was a huge influence on future films. But the movie itself was just boring. It was slow, it was tiresome, and the big revealing of Rosebud was just a let down. Again I know how important this film was to the industry. As Dave just pointed out, the story was very effective at the time, but in the present, the story has not held up and I find the movie to be overrated.
UNDERRATED- Big Trouble In Little China
By all means this has “B” movie written all over it. But its pure fun. The movie is funny, exciting, great for quoting, and just goofy all around. It has a huge cult following and is well deserving of so. Like I stated before, is this movie better than Citizen Kane, no. But is Citizen Kane overrated and this movie underrated, yes. This is the one movie in the in world that at any given time of any given day I can put it in and watch it.
RUNNER UP- The Science of Sleep
The science of sleep if a wonderfully visual movie with a unique story behind it. Small dissapointments in a disjointed story and abrupt ending are overshadowed by the unique visuals and whimsical elements created by Michel Gondry. This movie is unknown by many. It is definitely worth watching for some laughs, and its beautiful visuals.
Visual Impact
This magazine has some very incredible images and impacting stories. It is a refreshing look at some well done documentary photojournalism of today.
Beck posts free DJ set
AP PHOTO
“(It’s) a laminated miasma colliding on the bavarian trans expressway with american analog and voicemail emeritus… alabama nukes, rhineland jukes, pony tailed arch dukes, and the anatomically correct scapegoat…”
Al Franken wins Minnesota Senate seat
AP PHOTO
I remember Franken from his run as Stuart Smalley on SNL. I hope his political career fares better than his political ads. Click here for more info.
MGMT and Karen O join the Flaming Lips
Photo by: Nathan Poppe
“I think you have to be willing just to completely destroy yourself and just see what comes out of the dirt.”
Michael Jackson, you will be missed
I definitely can say no one expected Michael Jackson would die today. When the news began to flood once doctors announced Jackson died of cardiac arrest, I was surprised to see how many people seemed to be affected by it. He truly was a beloved performer, even though he was slightly off.
He may have been a little eccentric but you can’t deny he was a hit maker. The best music of the 80’s came out of this man, and we all know how I feel about the 80’s. Plus, he was completely adorable when he was in the Jackson 5, as you can see below.
Today was a sad day in Hollywood. RIP Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.
