Tried out a handful of demos, this weekend. Batman is awesome, even for a hack and slash it was pretty damn fun. Could perhaps be a tad linear beating up a hundred generic goons before every tiered face oponent. Il-2 was okay - but sort of boring - I'd rather have more arcade style maneuverability. COD:World At War was very bland - no interest in that at all at this point. The Ghostbusters game was decent enough for nostalgia - perhaps a good $15 game some day.

District 9 had its moments, but for the most part I left feeling like the film had so much unfulfilled potential.

Inglorious Basterds is, so far, the best movie of the year for me. Best movie I've seen in a while.

Notre Dame.

Sept. 5     NEVADA
Sept. 12     at Michigan
Sept. 19     MICHIGAN STATE
Sept. 26     at Purdue
Oct. 3     WASHINGTON
Oct. 10     Open Date
Oct. 17     USC
Oct. 24     BOSTON COLLEGE
Oct. 31     vs. Washington State (at San Antonio, Texas)
Nov. 7     NAVY
Nov. 14     at Pittsburgh
Nov. 21     CONNECTICUT
Nov. 28     at Stanford

Thoughts? I'm thinking four wins?

Last night I finished Volume 2 of Shelby Foote's Civil War: A Narrative. This morning I started with Volume 3. I've been talking about taking a break from the war long enough to read something a little more lighter - but after taking down 2,000 pages, I'm eager to put away the last 1,000. I just know I'll have a huge sense of accomplishment once I've finally done it. This is a great, great series... It's really required reading for anyone interested in American History.


Waiting on my shelf...

Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Washington's Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge
Boone: A Biography
All the Pretty Horses
The Crossing
Cities Of The Plain
LOTR The Hobbit
LOTR Fellowship of the Ring
LOTR The Two Towers
LOTR Return of the King
Rainbow Six
A Bridge Too Far

Been wanting to quit my job for a year or two... but the right thing hasn't come up, yet. I desperately need a new job, though.

I hadn't had high hopes for Washington's Secret War, since I picked it up in a bargain bin - now I'm excited to read it. Gotta agree with your take on Cornelius Ryan - he's sort of like the Shelby Foote of WW2. I bought Longest Yard and Bridge Too Far years ago, dunno why I read one and not the other. May have burned myself out after reading Rommel and Patton's books.