"Cross of Iron": The Rise and Fall of the German War Machine: 1918-1945 Mosier, JohnLots 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.OK, so when I say I’m in the bathroom, I’m in the bathroom, right? When I’m done, I’ll come out and we can go.
Apparently, my parents and certain of my siblings felt the need to confirm three times in as many minutes that I was, in fact, on the throne making a deposit.
“Are we going yet? What are you doing?”
What the hell does it smell like I’m doing? Cooking Mongolian beef?
Sheesh.
Da po’ lice. The P.I.G. Da fuzz.
This time though, they done not ticketed my ride. :)
One of the upsides of my gas-conserving driving style (sticking to under 2000 rpm when accelerating and other such silly games I play to avoid boredom behind the wheel) is that the cops don’t look twice.
Which is good, because I counted something like 9 cars out today on my way to Intergalactic. Most of them on the streets leading to and from 59.
I wonder if it’s part of a new initiative to drum up more funding via tickets b/c their budget is hurting. Speculation runs rampant.
Hrm… I never went to prom, and I think I should keep it that way.
