Ms. Smarty Pants Know It All

Here are my favorite reads from the past week:

• It really floors me sometimes that more people do not know about Patty Griffin. It seems like such an unjust oversight. Of course, someone just sent me over to see this. The Dixie Chicks have been long-time supporters so it’s really nice to see Natalie Maines join in on this classic song. Two great voices.
  
• While I’m at it, let me plug Cheryl Wheeler’s newest CD as well.
• As a history nerd, I’ve always advocated those simulation/strategy games. It’s nice to know that real historians, like Naill Ferguson, also agree.
  

  Ferguson discovered something that fans of war-strategy and civilization-building “god” games have realized for years: Games are a superb vehicle for thinking deeply about complex systems.

  So the next time I’m engrossed in Civ? Please leave me alone. I’m thinking deeply about complex systems.

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