The Hemingway
Truth be told I’m not a massive Ernest Hemingway fan. (What sort of person admits to that?) It’s probably because I’m (really) stupid. And most of (maybe all) his stories… Continue Reading
Browsing Category: History
Trench WiFi.
Send a message back to HQ that we are encountering heavy resistance… and that everyone else is dead. Requesting more troops to march directly into machine gun fire. Ps. The… Continue Reading
Considerate engineering
Apparently Allah once told a story in which an otherwise evil woman went to heaven because she had given water to a thirsty dog, while an otherwise good woman went… Continue Reading
No laughing matter
‘Big Nims’ (full name and rank not listed) of the 3rd Battalion, 366th Infantry, 92nd Division. This photo was taken on the 8th of August, 1918 in Vosges, France. ‘Big… Continue Reading
An entertaining Enterprise
I always assumed that the reason there was a NASA shuttle named the ‘Enterprise’ and that there was a Star Trek tv show version of the ‘Enterprise’ was just some… Continue Reading
Tsukahara Bokuden
My three year old daughter accosted me today with a pot lid and an umbrella, declaring herself a princess-knight. I was very proud. A little known fact is that both… Continue Reading
Heffalumps don’t surf
Somewhere… in the hundred acre wood… after a frantic search the platoon find Eeyore hung up in a tree, mutilated, his tail is missing. Piglet is out for blood. “Fuck… Continue Reading
Blitz ethics
I love applied ethics and am (generally) less appreciative of the theoretical and ‘academic’ stuff. But I find practical real life examples of tough moral choices really interesting. Especially when… Continue Reading
Fundamental Joeyism, History, Politics
Color me interested
Coloring books sure have changed since I was younger. *hauling out his crayons* I mean I’ll still take a stab at it, I’m assuming I’m allowed any other color but… Continue Reading
Death of a pamphleteer
On this day, 22 February, 1943, Sophie Scholl was executed by the government of Nazi Germany. She was convicted of high treason after being arrested for distributing anti-war leaflets at… Continue Reading