Lately I’ve been watching, HBO’s drama series, Rome, where you slowly watch the power struggle of all the players responsible for the downfall of the Roman empire. The show is intriguing and a Hollywood take at a historical lesson. It’s funny that the show makes parallels to modern times. For instance, there was a scene in last night’s episode where nobility smoked hash out of pipes, saying it was the good ish from Macedonia.
And as funny as Hollywood draws on the parallels of America and Rome, so does this writer from the Weekend Economist “Quaerere Verum” . In his most recent post he describes new parallels of modern America and declining Rome.
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Pssst! This just in, from Grace Lee (I wrote about her several weeks ago, re: 
Ahh, if you’ve ever had the chance to travel to Japan, and take a Shinkansen train, you’ll know what it feels like to be Superman traveling like a speeding bullet. It’s amazing to see them burst through a station it’s not designated to stop in. You watch the motion blur, and feel the wind rush past. And when you view the countryside at speeds of 150 mph, in the comfort and silence of a bullet train, your mind culls the beauty of fields and pastures, small towns and country life, similar to the impressionistic brush strokes of Monet or Van Gogh.
Boyz II Men, ABC, BBD…mmmmm hhhhmm… I loved Boyz II Men back in the early 90’s. I mean as soon as they sported the blue denim shirts and ties, I was all over it. “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye” was the inevitable theme song I listened to just before graduation. I’m dating myself, but I’ll be man enough to admit I was a fan of Boyz II Men. So when I found 
