Wasn't planning on seeing Oliver Stone's Alexander. Now this review has sealed the deal.
If you played a word-association game with "Alexander the Great," you'd probably come up with "conqueror," "king," "warrior," "legend," "despot," "wastrel" or "killer." Unfortunately, Oliver Stone has chosen to build his epic of the Macedonian military genius around a word highly unlikely to make the list: "crybaby."
Think I'll pass.
What self respecting philosophy professor would allow Marilyn Manson to guest lecture? Give me a break.
If you've ever looked up an address on the internet you'll love this: instead of getting traditional directions why not get a flyby?
The biggest fight in NBA history is caught on video. Click here to see it. What a shame.
Google continues to impress. They've now introduced Google Scholar, a way to seach for, as they say, "scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research."
Should come in handy.
I just posted two slideshows on my photoblog. The first is a collection of shots taken a few weeks back showing the autumn colors around here. The second is a series of black and white shots. Both are at Time Slices.
Enjoy!
I first I thought it was a joke. But it wasn't. Jane Smiley writes:
Here is how ignorance works: First, they put the fear of God into you—if you don't believe in the literal word of the Bible, you will burn in hell. Of course, the literal word of the Bible is tremendously contradictory, and so you must abdicate all critical thinking, and accept a simple but logical system of belief that is dangerous to question. A corollary to this point is that they make sure you understand that Satan resides in the toils and snares of complex thought and so it is best not try it.
I guess it never occured to her that some of the brightest people in history were Christians. C.S. Lewis would run circles around her. Not to mention Hugh Ross. I'm almost embarrassed for her (almost!). This much ignorance won't be good for her career.