Not that archiving the folklore of foxes doesn't have it's place and purpose.

Today's Yam HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day.  Every year people at my school stand behind podiums and loudspeakers outside and read names of victims.  Last year a survivor who lives in KCK visited the school and recounted her experiences, and I think this year there ( Read more... )

Subtitled: A Relentless Onslaught of the Toughest Warlords, Vikings, Samurai, Pirates, Gunfighters, and Military Commanders to Ever Live; by Ben Thompson.

Such is dubbed the book I've been reading for the better part of the week, and finished earlier this evening.  I figured, I'm starting two history classes come Wednesday, I'll bone up a bit on my ( Read more... )

From beyond the island into the open,
On the expanse of the waves of the river,
Sail the brightly painted
Ships with the sharp cutwaters.
On the first ship, Stenka Razin,
Sits in the embraces of the princess.
He is celebrating his new marriage,
Merry and drunk.

But she, lowering her eyes,
Neither alive nor dead,
Silently listens to the drunken
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