My picks and such

This week's selections:
Sci-fi  Lord of Light by Roger Zelazney.  I lent Jeremy a copy and hopefully he will post a review, but it is one of those books I read every five years or so.  A grandmaster of dialogue and character development both.  Those of you who prefer fantasy, try his Amber series.  For straight humor, "Bring me the Head of Prince Charming."

Non-fiction - its election season (primaries), so its time to read that really short rulebook The Constitution of the United States.  If you have never read it, give it a whirl.

I'm going to read "Good Masters!  Sweet Ladies! but that is light fare.  i am going to start a book on King Phillips War, but not having read it, I cannot recommend it as yet.  the war, however, was per capita the bloodiest in American recorded history.  True total war.  Had it been started 10 years earlier...

A+ teamwork by Rob and Andy.

I have to know, though, how did Rob get that photo? Did you Google "bird porn"? It just seems like a very odd photo to have turned up so easily...

"bird sex" actually. Google image search is teh w1n.

there is nothing you can't find with Google images... Im mildly sure of it

I am in agreement with Matt, does seem strange to able to access bird porn so quickly...However Google does seem to have alot of good parties:

maniacworld.com/internet-party.html

"King Phillip's War" is a definite read for serious students of the colonial period in North America.  The author raises several issues and treats the subject with as much neutrality as possible.  The sections and comments on the aftermath of the war (which, per capita, had the highest percentage of deaths per INHABITANT in our history) is particularly telling.  The Christian community, which was almost universally Protestant and largely Puritan, came to question in plain words their worthiness to be Christian after their actions.  Many who wrote from the Indian side had the same sentiments, but in regards to their people's beliefs.

In the sci-fi area, and of particular interest to KR folk is Gordon Dickson's short story "Call Him Lord" which concerns determining the fitness of a hereditary ruler's heir to assume the position.  For that matter, if you are a fantasy buff, try his "The Dragon and the George." first of a short series of books with the same cast.