Dakao v. 2.0 - The Crooked Cut

"Cross of Iron": The Rise and Fall of the German War Machine: 1918-1945 Mosier, John

Lots of solid primary source research, though he still throws in the occasional fast and loose speculation without evidentiary support. I like it. In a nutshell, the Nazis just couldn't get it together. Their faith in racism, the great man, and individual craftsmanship (at the expense of mass industrialization) inevitably led to failure. After reading many other histories, I always wondered why no one called Germany out for its obvious inability to keep up with the Allies' production. Mosier does this and more in solid detail.

"Children of Men"

Truth in fiction? With articles about decreased sperm count in men living in industrialized countries, hormone-laden food affecting our kids' development, and now inadvertent cocktails of every drug ever administered forming from human bodily waste that filters into our water supply... One figures that whatever eventually happens in reality will defy and exceed even the extreme speculation in movies like this one. Really, really good movie. Nihilistic as hell (until the 'morrow at the end), but very accurate depictions of human reactions under stress.

"PK stretch routine": Yoga, dance, and etc. Muse of Fire

Easy on the eyes. Not so easy to do. Wow! And MoF is really knowledgeable about the physiology and biomechanics of it all. Two thumbs and a prehensile tail way up.