My Most Influential Books - Vol. 20

This book was recommended to me 20+ years ago by a friend who explained that it was the best book of stories of Greek Myths around. He was right. It is a fun and friendly read. The author is great! He writes with a subtle bit of dry humor that comes across only if you're looking for it. Great stuff here! Read it and you'll agree. This book launched me on a quest for more Greek myths, but none of the books I've ever read have the same warmth as this one.

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 19

This book literally shut down my JFK conspiracy beliefs. I had amassed a rather large collection of JFK conspiracy books over the years (from the late 80's through the mid 90's) and was a believer. Then I got the above book and the guy nuked all of them. I found out that the JFK conspiracy authors were exploiting the president's death for a living. JFK's death is big business! Anyway, Posner goes down the line showing how the conspiracy nuts only tell you some of the facts, make up "facts", or ignore other facts... in short... it's all B.S. Oswald did it. Now was there a group of people pulling his strings? Who knows. Was something fishy happening in Dallas that day? Perhaps. Was it one of these wacky conspiracies? No.

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 18

This was probably the first book I ever read about "you-know-what" (or "who" depending on your beliefs). I bought it for a pittance out of a weekly reader flyer back in 1978. Who could resist a cool cover like that. Well, it scared the bejeebers out of me, but I wanted more! More, I tell you!!! So I went through life collecting most everything I could find on the subject of Sasquatch. Nowadays the only time I believe in Bigfoot is when I'm camping far out in the boonies... at night... and I hear strange noises from beyond the campfire light!

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 17

This little tract made a big impact on me. It hit at a crucial time in my life. Put it this way, after reading it, I knew what I needed to do. There were several other Chick tracts that impacted me, but none more than this one.

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My Most Influential Books - Vol. 16

This series was written by a guy named Laurence James under the pen-name "William M. James". Exciting, fast-paced, violent... In short, first rate man reading! After reading this, I wanted more. It is very much a "Conan of the old-west" kinda thing! If you read this you will see what an exciting author Laurence James is. Be warned, he didn't write ALL the books in the series.

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 15

This amazing book launched me into my intense interest in WWI. It is a fascinating read!!! I read it fast, and wanted more (which I got, of course).

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 14

I love the blues! These books helped me understand even more.

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 13

This book is a first hand account of the European theater of WWII. It is great. A real page turner. If you read this you will have a deep deep appreciation for our combat heroes (from any war).

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 12

This man's books are the epitome of real-life action adventure. This book (as well as his others) helped cure me of the disease of "animal-rights-itis". He hates poachers. He never advocates slaughtering animals. But he also makes the case that man is as much a part of the circle of life as any animal. Besides that sub-plot to all his writings, he is a master storyteller and his books crackle with excitement.

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 11

This book helped explain so much. If you've ever worked in a corporation or other hierarchical job, this book will identify (in a somewhat humorous way) the truth behind it all.

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 10

As a lad, I was always fascinated by the unexplained. Specifically Bigfoot, but olso UFOs, ghosts, Loch Ness, etc. This book, and Philip J. Klass's book called "UFOs Explained" (1974, Random House) cleared up the UFO phenomena very nicely. Here is the short version: People might be seeing something THEY think is strange, but that doesn't automatically mean it is interplanetary spacecraft. Mundane explanations for so-called phenomena must take precedence over fantastic explanations. If a mundane explanation is likely, then a fantastic explanation is unlikely.

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 9

Want to understand what other philosophies exist on Earth, from ancient times to now? Want to figure out which philosophy matches YOUR views? Curious as to what the heck Nietzsche was carrying on about? This book gives short and sweet, yet highly informative, synopsis of all major world thought. GREAT!

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 8

Some misguided individuals mistakenly think the Bible is just a stale old book of religious sayings. Read this and you will see how wrong they are. This work kind of fills in the back story of the historical, and archeological aspects of the Bible. It is fascinating reading for anyone.

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 6

I dig vampires. They are cool and spooky. Dracula (the book) is very unique. I always liked the fact that it is written in the form of diary entries and letters. Seems to give it an air of authenticity. Very realistic. Bram Stoker was a great writer. When you create a work like this, you don't NEED to write anything else. It sparks with fiery excitement now, just as much as it did a hundred years ago. The other book here is a book long essay on vampires. What gets me about this book is the WAY it is written. Lets put it this way... dude has a way with words.

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 5

 

 "Nam" is made up of first hand accounts of Vietnam warriors explaining every aspect of the Vietnam war. It is lively and exciting reading! "A Life In A Year" is also made up of first hand veteran accounts. Impossible to put down once you start reading. These books helped me understand that these guys went through hell! The difference is, when they came home they weren't heroes like the WWII vets had been.

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 7

Robert E. Howard is without a doubt my favorite fiction author. His Conan stories were monumental in my life. But these stories are TERRIFIC!!! They are humorous, action-packed, and exciting! Breckenridge Elkins is a humorous old-west character, and Dennis Dorgan has adventures in the mystical orient of of the 30's and 40's. Great great stuff!

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 4

This book hit in my life when I wanted an escape. I was under some stress (mostly self-imposed) and at the time needed to get away. While it lasted, this book (and the second one in the series) helped me escape to Mars every night. The story itself is very exciting and will leave an impact on you, I guarantee. Burroughs is a very good writer. He can paint word pictures like few others can.

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 3

I love folklore. Especially if it has a bit of mysticism or creepiness. This book collects a bunch of fictional short stories about a character called "Silver John" by Manly Wade Wellman. Wellman is one of my favorite authors, and these stories are top notch! They all are grounded in the mountain folklore of the past. And are set in the 40's or 50's. They are tremendous stories! My favorite one in here is called "On The Hills and Everywhere". Gives me goosebumps every time.

Incidentally, Wellman's story called "School for the Unspeakable" is really great! It isn't a Silver John story so it isn't in this book... but it is one of the creepiest stories I've ever read! Wellman was great (he has passed on).

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 2

Hitler has always intrigued me. This little book is short and sweet and gives the whole story without fluff. If you just want to know what happened, plain and simple, this is the best book on the subject. It is from where I got most of the knowledge I have about Hitler.

My Most Influential Books - Vol. 1

"The Twelve Caesars" by Roman historian Suetonius. I bought this book after watching the mini-series called "I Claudius" and finding out it was based on this book. It is a fascinating read and along with "Those Who Are About To Die" by Daniel P. Mannix (as well as the movie Quo Vadis) created an intense interest in ancient Rome.

Cowboys are fighting back

How 'bout that Roy Williams? He actually played well! The Cowboys are now 1 and 2 with a bye coming up. Let's go Cowboys!

The problem with Islam

Very informative video!

Dallas Cowboys tanked it in season opener

Well, the Cowboys got off to a rousing start this season. They lost game #1 thanks to lack luster play calling (Jason Garrett), and a crushing last play penalty by ALEX BARRON which negated a last second touchdown that would have potentially won the game. Here is the whole thing... at 2:13 you can see how torn up he is about losing the game for the Cowboys.




So you would expect Jerry Jones (Cowboys owner) to be mad and maybe even fire Barron's butt right? You'd be wrong. Here's what he said...

"He held his own out there pretty good, but we know [penalties] are part of playing well, too,"

That's a good one! "held his own" ha ha... what an unfortunate choice of words. It was his holding penalty that did us in! By the way, Barron was THE MOST PENALIZED player in the NFL last year. Why is he still here?


Alex Barron = Professional Penalty Maker

Get rid of him, and any other rats and roaches in the locker room!

Islam is Peace. Yeah, right!

Boy this is clear!

The Truth About Muhammed

Thank God for Robert Spencer! Pray for him. He is doing God's work!

Islam is very scary!

Check these videos out.. and pray!

What Islam is NOT

To me, this video sums up EXTREMELY WELL the problem of Islam. Watch it and tell me you aint a little concerned!

Is Obama a muslim?

Make up your own mind about it.

9/11 again

Well, 9/11 is here again and things are just as in an uproar as ever. There are protests where people are burning various sacred things, hatred, intolerance, and on top of everything else we have a Muslim president.

Wow.

Well, as usual I try to pay tribute to the victims and martyrs of 9/11/01. So here is a video for them.