The namesake of this blog, Patrick McGoohan, died this week at the age of 80...

Patrick McGoohan was an American actor who starred in a number of hit British shows, most notably the cult hit "The Prisoner", where he played number 6. He was also in Scanners. He was totally awesome...

I'll always remember you Patrick!


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This past semester, I took a "Russian Politics" class which covered Russian history 1917-present. It was a horrible class. Our final was to write a paper on the nature of the governmental system and decision making process in the former Soviet Union, based only on the materials assigned in class. This was my final paper, which I handed in yesterday ( Read more... )

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Candy is good!

Normally, I wouldn't write much about mainstream politicians, at least not picking on one person, because they're all fairly homogenous, but today I make an exception ( Read more... )

I've been thinking a bit about my mental health lately, and come to some interesting conclusions ( Read more... )

So I was reading some news about the closure of RCTV in Venezuela today, and came across this ( Read more... )

So I went to Forbes.com today to find out financial information about the publishers of my American Lit. textbook, and I was confronted with a quote of the day. It was ( Read more... )

I've been reading more and more about the Soviet Union, and I'm starting to wonder whether it's really gone for good ( Read more... )

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