That seems a bit wasteful, but here's some tips: In iCal, you can add Tasks. In Mail, below the Mailboxes on the left, there will be a To Do area. Click that and your iCal tasks will show up.
When you make an appointment in iCal, you can have it emailed to you. After you create an event, right click and then Get Info. In the 'alarm' section, you can specify that an alert be sent to your email.
And if it's a recurring event, you should get the email every day.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.