It's been a while, and a lot has happened since I last posted.
For one thing, my dad died about a month and a half ago. He had an email list of about 150 people to whom he'd send almost daily dispatches, and I've tried to pick up where he left off. I don't have nearly the time that he had to devote to it, but I've been trying. Many of those on the list have given some very positive feedback, so I'm encouraged.
A few months before he died, he was soliciting help on setting up a website to archive the hundreds of articles he'd written in the past several years. He had a taker, and while it is setup, it's still under construction, and I'm going to do what I can to see it through to completion (with the designer's help).
During that process, though, several people suggested he set up a blog, but he wasn't comfortable enough with idea to pursue it. I'm only a little comfortable with it myself, hence my return to this venue to remedy that.
Now, the few more movie- and book recommendations...
Movies:
"The Global Warming Swindle". This is also known as "The Great Global Warming Swindle", and can be found under either title searching either YouTube or Google Video.
"Flywheel". This is a very low budget ($25,000, I think) movie made by the people at Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia. They are better known for two other movies they made later, with my recommendations following. This movie is about a used car salesman who realizes he isn't being honest with people (?!), and decides to start doing things right. Great moral, even if isn't a blockbuster movie.
"Facing the Giants". Also low budget ($100,000, if I remember correctly) by Hollywood standards, but received critical acclaim, and was even given some publicity during an installment of ABC's World News Tonight. It's a very inspiring story of a football coach struggling against several giants in his life. Very poignant. I've heard that some women who didn't particularly care for football movies really loved this one.
"Fireproof". Same people made this movie, with a somewhat bigger budget, and this time with a well known actor in the lead role - Kirk Cameron. This has a tremendous, pro-marriage message. Every married couple ought to go see this, whether you're newlyweds or have been married for decades.
Books:
"Iron Web" by Larken Rose. I normally don't read fiction, but dad spoke so highly of it (and its author) that I decided to read it. I read it the weekend after my dad left the hospital after his pancreatic cancer surgery, staying up late each night. You may not find it on the New York Times bestseller list, but that's unfortunate, because it ought to be. It's very well written, suspenseful, and though provoking. You probably won't find it at Barnes & Noble, either (and shouldn't look), but instead, either order it directly from Larken, or ask your local bookstore to order it for you. That way, you're supporting a local business, rather than a large national chain. I like the big stores as much as the next guy, but if we don't give the mom & pop stores some of our money, they'll be gone.
"The Cancer Industry" by Ralph W. Moss. This book will make you mad, which is a good thing, because people need to wake up and know what's going on with arguably the most profitable disease known to man. This isn't the first exposé I've ever read on cancer, but it's certainly the best written and most thoroughly documented.
That's it for now...until I blog again.
