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I have decided that out of the great amount of respect that I have for Michael Crichton, and to honor his passing, I will not be adding to my NaNo book. -
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I was having such a good day..until I learned that one of my favorite authors has died. Michael Crichton has died. -
When everything you know about history is wrong
I just finished reading a book called The Real Lincoln and assuming that even a quarter of what the book contends as fact regarding Lincoln, I think it is outrageous that he is viewed as a martyr and that the myths, which are blatant lies according to the book, are touted as fact when we are taught about him in our history class. The whole issue ( Read more... ) -
The Twilight Saga
Warning: this post contains spoilers about the Twilight Saga.
I've been reading the Twilight saga; as of this post I'm about half way through the fourth book, Breaking Dawn. Now while I've been finding all of the books to an easy read (unlike some people who shall remain nameless), I do have some issues with the books. My main issue with the books ( Read more... ) -
Not sure is Jeremy Irons and Westerns mix
Wow, Jeremy Irons in a Western. At least his wfie can do the autopsy. (For those of you who are confused now: playing the coroner in V For Vendetta is Jeremy Irons' wife. Just in case you wanted to know.) -
Europe Summary Part 6: Wertheim (9/26)
Our tour basically consisted of us walking through the town of Wertheim with a guid pointing out sights in the town and filling the gaps with some history of Wertheim and describing her personal experiences. Her mother and her aunt were also tour guides for other groups from our cruise ship. She divided the history of the town into main parts: ( Read more... ) -
Europe Summary Part 5: Mainz (9/25/08)
We took a walking tour of Mainz (pronounced Minez), where the two main attractions were the Gutenburg Museum and the Dom. The Gutenburg Museum centers around printing press as the European inventor of the printing press was a man called Gutenburg, which turns out was not his family name but the name of the house in which his family lived. In the ( Read more... ) -
Europe Summary Part 4: Marksburg Castle, Germany (9/24/08)
On this day, we had the first of our optional tours that the cruise line provided: a tour of Marksburg Castle. We had to take a tour bus to the castle. Upon arriving in the parking lot, Luc (our Program Director from Belguim) told us the incline from the parking lot to the castle gate was the hardest part of the tour, which it was. In the ( Read more... )
