I'm presently reading Hadrian and The Triumph of Rome. Though the Punic Wars, Caesar's conquests and fall of the Republic among other periods are all of course tremendously fascinating and more iconic when one thinks of 'Rome', I've always had a particular interest in the era of relative peace and good governance that…

Thankfully, in the case of his Atlantic City properties that only results in shit being smeared on top of other shit.

I too hope this extravagantly wealthy man receives money on account of being called a bad-name.

Strangely enough, my junior prom also ended with my friends and I playing pool in tuxedos.

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Yep, that sounds like my Alma mater alright.

A friend of mine in high school once left a note on a girl's car reading "You+Me=Awesome"

From what I understand of the writing process, it seems as though Tolstoy's original intent with the story was very much that the audience sympathize with Karenin over Anna.

From what I understand of the writing process, it seems as though Tolstoy's original intent with the story was very much that the audience sympathize with Karenin over Anna.

If a strange man in an SUV tails and then confronts me, all while packing heat; I will most certainly assume he is looking out for my best interest and not trying to murder me. Yes sir.

I am ashamed to say that the first time I saw this in a theater environment, I fell asleep for about 20 minutes. Not even the Talking Heads could counteract the combined effects of late-night paper fatigue and an unlit room.

The first few months at my current job I intentionally avoided the AVC when I took internet breaks, and stuck to news sites like the Atlantic and New Yorker, figuring that if I came here it'd end up being a rabbit hole from which I could not return.

This weekend I watched:

Dr. Life has a secret they don't want you to know about, it's a miracle cure!

Thanks for the recommendations those sound like good fits, and as luck would have it both Ghost in the Shell and Mushishi are available on Hulu for free. So, once I've gotten a little deeper into Champloo I can transition right into one of those.

I enjoyed a lot of anime between 4th-7th grade but sort of gave up interest for years after that save stumbling onto something here and there. However, I have recently developed some interest in returning to the form and seeking out some of the better series, given that I'm continuously searching for new ways to burn…

In most contexts, I would find the 'Black and Tan' name to be a slightly bone-headed but not particularly egregious mistake.

That ice cream flavor resulted in an extremely mind-numbing argument in my old apartment when I tried, as non-abrasively as possible, to explain my roommates why said flavor might be considered offensive.

The end of the big-box bookstores is frustrating because their initial arrival killed off a lot of the smaller, independent stores in my area.