82nd Academy Awards

Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman in Oscar history to be nominated and win for the catagory of Best Director for the film "The Hurt Locker", on Sunday night.

For those who are not familiar with the movie or what the hurt locker means in military terms - this is the idea from the director and writer:  "KATHRYN BIGELOW (Director): The Hurt Locker directly translated means the place of ultimate pain and it's a term that Mark Boal, when he was on the embed in Baghdad with the explosive ordinance [sic] disposal team, would use from time to time mentioning... "If this particular ordinance were to detonate, we would be in the hurt locker.""

I also appreciate the fact that she dedicated her award to the men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.