The War

September 27th, 2007Blog1 comment

Currently watching: The War on PBS.

Even though I’m a die-hard WW2 history fanatic, I am still learning new things watching this Ken Burns series. Mostly about the homefront and how America was still a deeply segregated country. It was also very interesting to see how news about the war was disseminated to the population. It wasn’t instantaneous like it is today — it was ciphered by the technology of the day (newsreels), but the horror of it all wasn’t censored by the government. The sight of dead Americans galvanized the population, and people weren’t shielded from it. It rallied everyone to make sacrifices instead of just going shopping and being asked not to worry about it.

The series is around fifteen hours total, which each episode being two to two and a half hours. Ken Burns says that his next project will be about Vietnam, although he doesn’t want to start interviewing veterans for another few years. He’s apparently waiting until people are older.

I’ve got a recommendation for pen and drawing tool freaks out there: JetPens, the online purveyor of Japanese pens, mechanical pencils, and neat accessories. It is pen nerd heaven. Highly recommended!

I prefer to use gel pens — however, the smallest point I can find around here is 0.5 mm. JetPens offers 0.35 mm points which are much better for my style of tiny handwriting.

WE HAD CRAWFISH:

IT WAS AWESOME