Debates and Books
I watched the debate last night. It was good and lively. Senator Obama was consistent, but not exciting. Senator McCain was lively, but I felt he held back on a couple key questions that I feel could have been grand slams for him, such as the "what will you ask of Americans to get us out of the crisis."
Between McCain's performance latnight, and Palins last week, they should at least stop hemorraging polling points, maybe even bring it back into margin-of-error territory.
I took the LSAT this past Saturday (law school entrance exam.) I feel pretty good about my chances.
With the LSAT done, I am taking time to do some fun reading for a change. I'm switching between "Theodore Rex" by Edmund Morris and "The Founder of Hasidim" by Mosche Rosman.
Theodore Rex is a history book disguised as a novel. It is a product of serious academic work (one-fifth of the pages are footnotes) but not an academic work itself. It is a very engaging and enjoyable read so far (I am half way through.) I had fun learning about the Venezuela Crisis of 1902, which almost resulted with the U.S. going to war against England and Germany.
"The Founder of Hasidim" is a college text book from my Modern Jewish History class, that the Professor never got around to. It is a serious academic work, but still very accessible to those with a little background knowledge. I'm two chapters into, and he;'s painted a very lively and beautiful picture of 17th and 18th century Polish and Jewish life in the towns where the Ba'al Shem Tov lived.
Last night, however, I was reading my Star Wars comic books. I had sent a bunch off to be hard-bound together and I got them back from the bindery yesterday. They look beautiful.
Last night's sound track was Feist and the Submarines.
Between McCain's performance latnight, and Palins last week, they should at least stop hemorraging polling points, maybe even bring it back into margin-of-error territory.
I took the LSAT this past Saturday (law school entrance exam.) I feel pretty good about my chances.
With the LSAT done, I am taking time to do some fun reading for a change. I'm switching between "Theodore Rex" by Edmund Morris and "The Founder of Hasidim" by Mosche Rosman.
Theodore Rex is a history book disguised as a novel. It is a product of serious academic work (one-fifth of the pages are footnotes) but not an academic work itself. It is a very engaging and enjoyable read so far (I am half way through.) I had fun learning about the Venezuela Crisis of 1902, which almost resulted with the U.S. going to war against England and Germany.
"The Founder of Hasidim" is a college text book from my Modern Jewish History class, that the Professor never got around to. It is a serious academic work, but still very accessible to those with a little background knowledge. I'm two chapters into, and he;'s painted a very lively and beautiful picture of 17th and 18th century Polish and Jewish life in the towns where the Ba'al Shem Tov lived.
Last night, however, I was reading my Star Wars comic books. I had sent a bunch off to be hard-bound together and I got them back from the bindery yesterday. They look beautiful.
Last night's sound track was Feist and the Submarines.
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