I haz teh Internetz agian!--which means I REALLY need to start reseraching grad schools again; the application process is much nearer now than when I was first toying with the idea back in the Spring ( Read more... )

This instance reminds me of some of those scenes from Family Guy spoofing George W. Bush.  Unfortunately the following is painfully factual, and dare I say?, effin' historical:

"      In an effort to distract him, the kaiser's entourage decided to put on an entertainment, the kind that amused him: a ballet spectacular performed by the middle-aged ( Read more... )

So I'm coinciding the Hetalia investigation with reading this book I've wanted to for a while, after reading Embracing Defeat (about Japan following the defeat of WWII and the American Occupation) and somehow in conjunction with that realizing I know nearly jackshit about WWI--George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World ( Read more... )