Mandrake Manor

01/30/2021

How DID it turn out that basically every piece of furniture in this house is, in fact, red? It didn’t start on purpose... it’s just originally there were no nice neutral colored couches I liked. The rest has just found it’s way in here over the years.

And if that wing back chair looks familiar to some of you, yes it IS from The Church and my dear source for it will remain anonymous 😉

04/19/2020

Publishing another chapter from my thesis titled Echoes on Celluloid: The Historical Memory of WWII as seen through Japanese Anime. For more of my work in this subject area, visit the page here. As always, if you wish to use any of my work please cite me appropriately 🙂 In 1988 an animated feature-length film by Katsuhiro Otomo came on the scene, topping box offices in Japan and even beating out… [ 5,105 more words ]

Publishing another chapter from my thesis titled Echoes on Celluloid: The Historical Memory of WWII as seen through Japanese Anime. For more of my work in this subject area, visit the page here. As…

04/08/2020

In a battered blue trunk with rusted hinges and broken locks lies the truest of treasures: hundreds of letters from Grandaddy Bill and his brother Hugh, written to their mother from the Pacific during the Second World War. Aug. 29th (1943) Dear Mom– This is Sunday, and having a whole 21 hours liberty, I’m spending it in Richmond. I haven’t done anything constructive with the day as yet but I have hopes for it. [ 679 more words ]

In a battered blue trunk with rusted hinges and broken locks lies the truest of treasures: hundreds of letters from Grandaddy Bill and his brother Hugh, written to their mother from the Pacific dur…

04/08/2020

In a battered blue trunk with rusted hinges and broken locks lies the truest of treasures: hundreds of letters from Grandaddy Bill and his brother Hugh, written to their mother from the Pacific during the Second World War. Aug. 29th (1943) Dear Mom– This is Sunday, and having a whole 21 hours liberty, I’m spending it in Richmond. I haven’t done anything constructive with the day as yet but I have hopes for it. [ 662 more words ]

In a battered blue trunk with rusted hinges and broken locks lies the truest of treasures: hundreds of letters from Grandaddy Bill and his brother Hugh, written to their mother from the Pacific dur…

11/03/2019

Your Daily Dose of WWII Memes

WWII memes. Because why the hell not?

10/24/2019

So. I really enjoy Joe Rogan Podcast. He interviews the most fascinating people, from Jordan Peterson to Bernie Sanders, and he always remains open minded and inquisitive, allowing his guests to express and explain themselves instead of engaging in arguments or passing judgement. He appears to seek understanding, and I really respect that. Plus it gives me something productive to do in traffic. [ 382 more words ]

The patriot Edward Snowden gives an interview-from-exile. Some thoughts and a few links. Listen and get mad!

07/06/2019

By Todd Hubert April 2016 At 0445 hours on the morning of September 1, 1939, German divisions supported by tactical aircraft and mobile armor poured across the Polish frontier. The Polish government surrenderd at the end of five weeks of fighting. Then on May 10, 1940 the Wehrmacht struck west and at the end of six weeks of heavy fighting Belgium, the Netherlands and France stood defeated while the remnants of the Allied Expeditionary Force were evacuated across the English Channel. [ 9,211 more words ]

By Todd Hubert April 2016 At 0445 hours on the morning of September 1, 1939, German divisions supported by tactical aircraft and mobile armor poured across the Polish frontier. The Polish governm…

06/18/2019

Snarky Historian of the Day goes to Gerhard Weinberg and this snippet from his venerable tome "A World at War:" "The Italians had halted after their initial advance to Sidi Barrani and had for months argued about the next step toward Alexandria... Every Few weeks the Italian Commander, Marshal Rudolfo Graziani, had either promised to move or received orders to do so. He was still either contemplating his navel or the sand dunes when the British struck."

Snarky Historian of the Day goes to Gerhard Weinberg and this snippet from his venerable tome “A World at War:” “The Italians had halted after their initial advance to Sidi Barran…

04/03/2019

Presenting another part of my thesis, Echoes on Celluloid: The Historical Memory of WWII as Seen Through Japanese Anime. The chapter posted below is an expansion of this post here, with a focus specifically on Paranoia Agent. Already posted is my work on Akira and it's warnings about misuing science. Also posted is the Space Battleship Yamato franchise and the shifting views on nationalism and redemption it presents. [ 11,453 more words ]

Presenting another part of my thesis, Echoes on Celluloid: The Historical Memory of WWII as Seen Through Japanese Anime. The chapter posted below is an expansion of this post here, with a focus spe…

10/11/2018