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Rob MacDougall's Alternate history of Canada. In five parts. I mean, four parts and a digression. The fifth is still somewhere out there in his crazy brain. I can't wait for his teaching term. (robotnik @ livejournal)

Titles are as they appear on his blog.

1. Undead or Canadian

2. Dominion Day

3. Things Americans Don't Know

4. The Northern MagnusAnd ( Read more... )

The Scandinavian and the World comics by Humon of deviantart.


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So, it's July 1st which means it's Canada day! Or the date on which we became our own little Dominion, separate from British rule. Wait, that's not quite right. The time we became our own little country, capable of making our own laws, though we still had to listen to the British monarchy about certain decisions. Such going to war. We wouldn't ( Read more... )

A new twist to a classic painting: Or an art history project of epic proportions. This is based off the original portrait by Jacques-Louis David. The name of the artist is applepoo, on Deviantart.

See this little preview:


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Rupert Chawner Brooke
( The Soldier )

War poets. Look them up.

Version: John Matthews edited, with illustrations by Anna-Marie Feuguson. 2000.

So far, I'm still in the introduction and overview all of which is providing more than ample reason why I should just go and finish the book. The anecdotes and historical reference is refreshing, and I know that the bits I read in childhood had a lot of detail edited ( Read more... )

This is a laugh.

In Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud contends that aggressiveness is a fundamental human instinct whose inhibition is a necessary obligation of social life: “Men are not gentle, friendly creatures wishing for love, who simply defend themselves if they are attacked, but that a powerful measure of desire for aggression ( Read more... )

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