It's Sunday! And you have no idea what that means....

Because it's the first Sunday with the new blog.  And Sunday at KNN means cool stuff from my RSS feeds.

Frm Bits & Pieces:  The ultimate tool chest  This is a great site for unusual stuff that you won't find everywhere.  A lot of it (Yep, a lot) tends to be NSFW, but some of it is just plain cool.  Including this gem, which is a reminder that, yes, at one time, patience was rewarded by exquisite skill and craftsmanship. 

Frm Women's Day:  12 American Ghost Towns One of the things that humans always forget is that none of what we know now is permanent.  None of it.  And that the people who come after us will have to deal with what we've done.  And the results of what we were absolutely sure about.  Absolutely.

Frm IO9:  Steven Spielberg's Falling Skies Love IO9.  Anything in geek culture is there.  Including this new Spielberg series.  Are you kidding me?  I can see this project, with attendant marketing, making enough money to wipe out the US debt in a year.  And, on the way, turning me into a drooling fanboy.

But, is anyone else seeing an entertainment trend I'm seeing?  The US defending  itself from an outside threat?  The Red Dawn remake?  The recent alien attack on L.A. movie that tanked at the box office?  Is Hollywood cashing in on the whole "be-afraid" mentality popularized on news programs (both conservative and not so much)?  Conventional wisdom says those businesses have been capitalizing on our fears for decades, so why shouldn't Hollywood?

My questions are should we let them, and, if not, how do we stop them?  After all, I don't have to be a fanboy for anyone.

Thanks for reading!