When Cinco de Mayo comes around, the first and last thoughts I have about it are, in order, “shit it’s time for some Corona and tacos” and “crazy how the French were in Mexico all those years ago,” and those are informed thoughts. Most Americans stop at the Corona. Most Americans understand the fifth of […]
My opening is going to be droll, because every time this happens it is so very droll: North Korea is doing it again. They’re posturing against the United States, South Korea and their allies with their ragtag Nuclear Warheads and rocket boosters that are so explosive they tend to break up before coming anywhere near […]
HBO has announced that Peter Dinklage, the actor who plays Tyrion Lannister from its popular television show Game of Thrones, is retiring from playing the role. Mr. Dinklage has won many supporting actor awards for his role as the intelligent, Machiavellian Tyrion. HBO has announced that the actor replacing Mr. Dinklage will be none other […]
At the risk of sounding clichéd I want to say: Hitler was crazy. I don’t even need to really explain much beyond that for anyone to agree, and with good reason. His legendary megalomania capitalized on the downfall and subsequent chaos in Germany after World War One to secure for himself the single most powerful […]
I’ve been accused of being slow on the uptake of the “new” and “fashionable”. To be honest, most of the time, it’s true. I avoid popular culture like the plague, sometimes to my detriment. Sometimes it saves my brain cells (what type of animal is Nicki Minaj anyways?). Yet, the way I see it The […]
I’m a fan of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (and its MMO sequel The Old Republic), Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and whole slew of other games by Bioware. In extension, I loved playing the Battlefield, Command and Conquer, and Medal of Honor games and I have plenty of friends who enjoy Madden on […]
In 1945 Europe had a lot of talking to do. In a historian’s view Europe had been in a state of open conflict and chaos starting with World War One in 1914, something that carried through 1945 with World War Two. In reality, there was really only a pause, not a complete halt in the […]
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