Iowa Flooding- June 20, 2008 I live in Iowa, but fortunately in a town with no flooding. The article "Iowa flooding could be mans fault, experts say" echos some of my thoughts. Are many natural "disasters" like this actually a result of fighting and resisting nature rather than living in a way that bends like a willow to nature's inevitable changeshttp://www.virtustate.com/content/iowa-flooding Books I've Recently Read and Liked- June 20, 2008 Pride of Carthage Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana The Journeys of Socrates Historical fiction is my favorite genre now. I've read lots about Rome and it was great to get the other perspective of the Second Punic war. read morehttp://www.virtustate.com/content/books-ive-recently-read-and-liked Watched "The Other Boleyn Girl" and "Mama's Boy"- June 11, 2008 Historical fiction is one of my favorite movie and book genres. I enjoyed this without laughing or crying once. I forgot to take the movie back till now. Hmmm...if I take it back now I might as well pick up another movie to watch tonight! Yeah, Mama's boy: fun movie and awesome soundtrack. thumbnail:id=jlXT9XcDO1c video:id=jlXT9XcDO1chttp://www.virtustate.com/content/watched-the-other-boleyn-girl-and-mamas-boy Grace is Gone- June 6, 2008 John Cusack is one of my favorite actors. I loved the movie. I laughed and cried.http://www.virtustate.com/content/grace-gone "The Revolution: A Manifesto" by Ron Paul- June 6, 2008 What an amazing book and an amazing person: read it! Thanks to Michael McKay for giving me a copy. It's not so much that he has specific views that I agree with. The thing that strikes me is that he gets to the root of how we can control our destinies and have our own views with minimal conflict. It seems that this was one of the main purposes of our founding fathers, and probably a reason for the US's success and prosperity. read morehttp://www.virtustate.com/content/the-revolution-a-manifesto-ron-paul |