Fog of War

I watched Fog of War last night. It is an interview with Robert S. McNamara about eleven "lessons" that he learned from his involvement in World War II with the Air Force as well as the Cuban Missle Crisis and the Vietnam War as Secretary of Defense.

For some reason I thought it was about Henry Kissinger. [How can you rent a documentary and not know who it is about, you ask? Well, it was playing at the Princess Cinema last year, but for some reason I never went even though it looked interesting. I know Ram went and said it was good, so that's sufficent :-)].

I found it to be interesting and thought provoking. It is also fairly topical. (i.e. It doesn't take a degree in rocket science to apply what he says to current US foreign policy).

It was good, but listening a single person talk for almost two hours stretched my attention span a little. Overall, I'll give it 3/5 stars. (3.5 if I wasn't limited to an integral amount of stars).

Episode III

Star Wars rocks. I watched Revenge of the Sith early this morning. I was impressed. I won't say anymore in case you haven't seen it yet.

Modern Library

An interesting list that I found: Modern Library's 100 best books of the 20th Century. (Actually it's four lists of one hundred - two fiction and two non-fiction).

Mount Si

Some photos from last week's hike up Mount Si.

Greatest Rock 'N Roll Band In The World

Last night I went to the U2 concert at Key Arena. It was awesome! Easily the best concert that I've been to. A good mix of rock, showmanship, and an enthusiastic crowd. They played a good portion of How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb as well as a lot of their older material including New Year's Day, Pride, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Where The Streets Have No Name, One, The Fly, and Mysterious Ways.

A Farewell To Arms

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

I'm trying to become well-read. Last month I read Profiles In Courage by JFK and over the weekend I finished reading A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway. I'm not quite sure how to describe A Farewell To Arms. It's an interesting read to say the least. But, I also found it a little bit confusing. (Life was easier when you were in school and there was someone spoon-fed you the answers!?). I guess I'll have to ponder its meaning some more.