We're battening down the hatches for another snowstorm tonight, and I was talking to a co-worker who complained that the NYC public schools have been really reluctant to close this year for weather, and I was like, man, when I was a kid, they NEVER closed. Like, okay, the blizzard of '77, yeah, and Hurricane Gloria in '85, but other than that, I
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I'm also going to check out The Pacific series whenever I've got some time available, since I heard good things about that show as well. I went to the WWII museum in New Orleans over the holidays and if you're ever in NO, that's a great place for giving you the overall history of the US involvement in both campaigns. I definitely learned some things I knew little about before visiting, particularly regarding the War in the Pacific.
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I haven't watched The Pacific yet, mostly because I just can't with Jon Seda, but I hear he doesn't ruin it or anything, so I'll get around to it eventually.
I went to the WWII museum in New Orleans over the holidays and if you're ever in NO, that's a great place for giving you the overall history of the US involvement in both campaigns. I definitely learned some things I knew little about before visiting, particularly regarding the War in the Pacific.
Oh cool. I didn't know about that. If I ever to to New Orleans again, I will go there!
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war without mercy by john dower is a great great history of the pacific too. it's about race, too. man. i seriously love this time period!
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