...'It' being Marie-Antoinette by Coppola - good GOD, but that movie was BOOOOOOORING. BOOOOOORING ( Read more... )

...and, daily, I learn new things about other cultures and languages.

For instance, how your name would appear in Russian.

Just type your name in, and click on the cyrillic-inscribed button.

Quite spirited, them Russkies.

This from the AP - apparently one of the Congress...folks responded in writing to her constituent's question on last year's testimony of the oil bigwigs. No big whoop, right? Except, apparently, this letter-head response closed with "I think you're an asshole". With - this is the best part - handwritten message and signature of the ( Read more... )

Here's a bit of a summary of 'Europe: A Risk Assessment' from today's Independent ( Read more... )

God, I live this website ( Read more... )

Even if you're not a Monty Python fan, this is kinda amusing.

(Okay, not really amusing, but I'm studying European Integration and Development, fer god's sake, humor me. Or should I say humour me?)

What has Europe ever done for us?

This is, apparently, a real photo.

Mammatus Clouds

Snagged from jengrrrlwikipedia meme ( Read more... )

Like you've never seen him before...

Party in his pants

( Procrastination )