Over the past several months, I have been working my way through George RR Martin’s epic fantasy series A Song of Fire and Ice. I’m almost all the way through the third book “A Storm of Swords” so I thought I’d do a little review of the series so far. Game of Thrones (book 1): [...]
Archive for October, 2009
On George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire Series (Book 1)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book review, fantasy, game of thrones, george rr martin, song of ice and fire on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Life, Death and our Rights
Posted in politics on October 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So now that I’ve made all my conservative readers furious with my views on the War on Drugs, I’m going to wade into the abortion debate and offer my humble opinion. Before I do that though, this website offers a lot of interesting thoughts on the subject too. Since I believe I’ve mentioned before that [...]
Marijuana, Obama and Federalism
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged federalism, marijauna, national review, obama, politics, war on drugs on October 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
An interesting editorial I just came across on National Review Online regarding the Attorney General’s office’s latest memo on federal marijuana laws
Led Zeppelin ad infinitum
Posted in Music, tagged grouch, humor, led zeppelin, Music on October 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I just got the complete Led Zeppelin (Re-mastered) from my lovely wife for my birthday. It is a great set and all the cases are done up in cardboard sleeves just like the original LP’s. However, I’ve become embroiled in one of those internal conflicts one has every once in a while where you get something really nice and all of a sudden you become obnoxiously protective of it.
Re-Reading Tolkien
Posted in Art and Literature, tagged dan brown, tolkien, tom clancy on October 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I realized that certain books that bear re-reading every couple of years, others may be drop-kicked towards the nearest church rummage sale once one has finished with it (see Clancy, Tom) while others should be avoided at all costs (see Brown, Daniel).
Imprimis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, Christianity, Hillsdale College, Imprimis, politics, religion on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Imprimis: If you didn’t take Latin at some point in your life or don’t subscribe to Hillsdale College’s magazine of the same title you likely don’t know the meaning of “imprimis.” Since you asked I’ll tell you. Imprimis means “in the first place” or “among the first things” which was used to introduce a list [...]
