AspiringObjectivist

I distinguished between the two because I saw this Borders display quite a while ago, when this Waldenbooks display seemed to be a recent thing.

I also saw a similar display in Borders. To be fair, though, Ayn Rand has always been incredibly popular- just not in "popular culture".

Ouch. That might be the most scything criticism of an entertainer that I've ever seen, heh.

Next book is released this January. ;D

Yeah, Goodkind is fantastic. I read a whole lot of historical fiction - the Camulod Chronicles was stellar, about Arthur's ancestors, down to him, and the new book in that series is released this September. Harry Turtledove is also good. If anyone here has read the Camulod Chronicles and has a suggestion anything like it (not about King Arthur, but about a soldier's life told with roughly the same amount of detail to war, love, thought, etc.), I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions.

Perhaps you could say "necessity of art in your life"? Addendum: I also like "Death Cab For Cutie".

The visuals were incredible, but as Andrew mentioned, the plot was pretty water-thin. Light light spoiler: - - - The "arrow storm" in the calligraphy school was very, very nice, as was the fight in the ring of Qin soldiers.

"Walk Away" by the Dropkick Murphy's is really fun.

Have you heard "The Tain"? It was insanely good, live.

Thanks. I'm a big piano-pop fan, I'll check them out.

I'm a huge fan of Ben Folds and The Decemberists.

I congratulate you, Stephen! Thanks for making my understanding of the world that much closer, 1,000 steps as a time.

Things I'm a huge fan of: Literature. I write and read, A LOT. American Football. I play tight end and cornerback. Baseball. Oddly enough, unlike most young males, I'm not a huge hitter, but I love love love pitching. I'm sixteen, and very proud of my 80 MPH pitches at my age.. Then there are my two biggest physical hobbies: running and weightlifting. I run a mile in about 5:50 seconds, and I can benchpress about 280 pounds. Linguistics. I'm hoping to be semi-fluent in four to five languages by 30. I obviously know English, and at one time or another in my life I've been competent in German, Japanese and Spanish. Right now German and Japanese are pretty much wholly forgotten.

Oh, Oakes, I agree that the altruism is sad, but when I said "in the right", I meant about his comparison, and his statement that Bush hadn't "lied". I meant that his points were right, not his moral (or lack thereof) gibberish.

Just taking a glance around this forum that seems prophetic of my life thusfar. I'm happy to have discovered Objectivism so early in my life.