I love these things. I have been tagged by Cubicle Reverend to participate in a meme.
1. Total number of books you own?
Unknown. We have books and bookshelves in every room of the house. There are piles and stacks of books all over my home study. And my church study has bookshelves along 3 of 4 walls.
2. What is the last book(s) you bought?
I utilize our local public library and inter-library loan system a lot. I'm actually trying to cut down my book purchases a little, because there's only so much space out there. But the last books I bought were:
- "God and the World" by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI)
- A commentary on Colossians by Paul E. Deterding
3. What was the last book you read?
- "The Beardless Warriors" by Richard Matheson (a compelling WWII novel)
- "The Cases that Haunt Us" by John Douglas
- "Prozac Nation" by Elizabeth Wurtzel (about to finish)
4. List 5 books that are particularly meaningful to you (in no particular order):
a) The Book of Concord (the Lutheran confessions of 1580)
b) The Chronicles of Narnia (actually 7 slim volumes) by C.S. Lewis
c) The Lord of the Rings (3 volumes) by J.R.R. Tolkien
d) The Fire and the Staff by Klemet Preus (a very enjoyable summary of Lutheran doctrine and practice)
e) Citizen Soldier by Stephen Ambrose (I wanted to mention something non-fiction that was not a book of theology. And this is a fascinating study of the American G.I. of WWII.)
5. Tag five people, any five people who read:
Incarnatus Est
Jottings and Such
Beggars All
The Southern Conservative
Tales from the Dorkside
Friday, September 23, 2005
Book Tag
Expert Tells Congress Global Warming Not to Blame
What's going on? Last year it was Florida. This year, it's Katrina and now Rita. You, like I, have probably heard the speculation that the recent spate of intense hurricanes that have hit our U.S. gulf coast in the last few years are partly the result of global warming.
One of our nation's chief hurricane experts disagrees. Go here and here to read what Max Mayfield, the Director of The National Hurricane Center has to say. He testified to congress saying that it is simply part of a natural cycle. If it were global warming, then we should be seeing the same effects worldwide. But that is not the case. In fact, he states, in some areas, hurricane activity has significantly decreased.
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