A late Memorial Day offering

We do not now have in this country a National Army Museum, but there is one in development, and they now have a promotional video on their website. The video is called “I have a story to tell” and is worth watching, I think. The museum won’t be open until 2013, which would be sad [...]

Why I am a History major, and not studying English Lit

Want to read something utterly fascinating? Let me recommend to you Bab: A Sub-Deb, a title described by James Lileks as “sound[ing] like a novel written entirely in the voice of someone with a head cold”. The premise is that Barbara (“Bab”), a 17-year-old itching for her debut, has written essays and diary entries about [...]

Doomed to repeat it

There’s a very interesting article on the Daily Mail’s website by a Major Judith Webb, retired British Army, about women in combat (she’s against). At the end, she notes:
I worked in intelligence for seven years and think women have more patience and can be better at analysing fine details.
They can be incredibly useful working as [...]

Oh, this little ol’ cloud? Why, it’s nothing, darling

Looking over the most recent posts, I’m seeing a trend, and it’s not a happy trend. I think I’ve hit a little bit of a lull this week.

My thesis topic is turned in; the advisor has been dealing out curt, ego-undermining emails on a weekly basis; and a niggling feeling that now is not when [...]

Glory, glory

Here’s a poster that’s new to me:

A bigger image, but you lose some of the coloring:
What an intense image– it’s actually kind of unsettling. The picture is definitely an illustration of the song, though; seeing this poster made me go search out a recording. The heart of the Battle Hymn of the Republic is [...]

Spot the theme

Let’s think about books, rather than my blistery feet or my muggy-hot room or my computer which is really hot and for once does not have its little fan on and also refuses to play DVDs.
Hmmm. Thinking about books.
Over the break I began and finished Good-bye, Picadilly: British War Brides in America, which was a [...]