For those people, such as myself, who love learning about WWII:

Montford Marines: Few, Proud, Black. A very interesting article on CNN.com about the Montford Point Marines, the first African-American USMC in WWII. It's not an only an eye-opening article about racism in the United States Military, but about the forgotten legacy of those who were ( Read more... )

From BBC, CNN and NY Times among others. I'm using various sources since no one really seems clear what is going on/why it happened.

It's just beyond shocking right now.

My thoughts and prayers are with the people of/from/connected to Norway.

I had to make my own snow day today. It's something I still feel horrible about, since I know tons of people must of called out of work. But a) I don't have a car and b) the roads weren't clear enough to drive on, much less walk on for 1.5 miles until the time after I'd get off of work. Since mom and Carrie are both sick, I had to stay home anyway ( Read more... )

The Rally To Restore Sanity: 10.30.2010; Washington, D.C. I so want to be there, but current family situations are not allowing it. Therefore, I pass it along to those who may have missed other postings about it and can go.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cRally to Restore Sanitywww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full Episodes ( Read more... )

First off, they made a Ghostfacers webseries, which I had to find out through a CSI fansite. It still manages to contain many of the problems that we all know exist with SPN in general, and yet I'd still pay good money for an actual full Ghostfacers spin-off ( Read more... )

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cBack in Black - Glenn Beck's Nazi Tourette'swww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea Party

So, okay, anyone who's been around me knows that during that time of month, I turn into this thing full of pain, rage, and aspirin. And get ever more sarcastic. Yeah, I don't know how that's possible either ( Read more... )

And thus marks the end of modern civilization.

Look, my main gripe about this, and the article, is that while Shakespeare's plays may have changed to fit the audience of the time, the language in full form has always been most important. And not just the language, but the speaking and performing of it. Sure, you can read Hamlet and The Temptest ( Read more... )

If you haven't heard by now, Haiti's been hit by a 7.0 Earthquake with two powerful aftershocks resulting in mass destruction to a country that was already in the recovery period from two powerful hurricanes in 2008 and a slew of natural disasters and political unrest. Haiti is one of the poorest countries of the world and is the poorest in the ( Read more... )

Please tell me that after seeing the headline for this I wasn't the only person to go, "Hellmouth!"

Ah, Buffy, you will forever be one of my first true loves.

Now, let's talk about the huge megafic of ( Doom )