Weekly Reading Vlog 147: Tides of War by Steven Pressfield p.1-142, Joshua 9-19

(Weekly Reading Vlog)

 

Books (154 pages this week--the goal is 200 pages)

Men Like Gods by H.G. Wells  (finished)(reviewed)

Tides of War by Steven Pressfield p.1-142 (142 pages)

Joshua p.240-252 (Joshua 9-19) (From The Bible) (12 pages)

Comic Books (Comic Books don't count towards weekly page counts)

Superman: Reign of the Supermen No page numbers on this edition, but from slightly over halfway to the end (finished)(reviewed)

Podcasts: 

Revolutions Season 9: The Mexican Revolution From 9.09- The Tiger To: Finished 1st Listening. Started 2nd Listening 9.02- The Cry of Dolores

Duolingo: 

From: Section 2, Unit 8, Level 4, Lesson Legendary To: Section 2, Unit 9, Level 2, Lesson 2 (My Duolingo profile is here.  Here is the quizlet I use to practice all of the vocabulary I've learned in Duolingo, and here is a smaller quizlet I use to consolidate the new or difficult vocabulary.)

Videos from this week:

* Men Like Gods by H.G. Wells: Book Review: https://youtu.be/0Gkl_RrRoNM

* Starting: Tides of War by Steven Pressfield: https://youtu.be/ytq-EayEAH8

* Path to War: Movie Review: https://youtu.be/N5x2JYHeDLU

* Charade: Movie Review: https://youtu.be/n3ZKTfUhBj8

* Superman: Reign of the Supermen: Book Review: https://youtu.be/r9t2fM_9tXM

* Berkeley in the Sixties: Movie Review: https://youtu.be/rKDcnFh9sUE

* Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal (TV Movie): Review: https://youtu.be/C4ac0jxqggM

* Rats Building Bicycles by ChatGPT: ESL Listening Poems: https://youtu.be/cOYK5uGBjtc

* Rats Building Bicycles and then Suddenly Becoming Disillusioned with their Work by ChatGPT: https://youtu.be/YBa_Zd4nqyc

* Rats Building Bicycles and then Suddenly Becoming Disillusioned with their Work and Becoming Pirates: https://youtu.be/ubY7Ha8BQOc

* Rats building bicycles, becoming disillusioned, becoming pirates, and then finally finding religion: https://youtu.be/HRkAA4rVO2Y

* Rats build bicycles, become disillusioned, become pirates, find religion, and then become atheists: https://youtu.be/TZZIj0Shk0w

Other Videos Mentioned:

* Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien: Book Review: https://youtu.be/mLlEd5RnLCE

* Lenin is Turned Into a Frog in 1917 by ChatGPT: ESL Listening Poems: https://youtu.be/SLRQ5zdlQAI

I describe my experience with ChatGPT in this blogpost here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2024/02/playing-around-with-chatgpt.html

For more information about what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE.