Only because some Frenchman’s site inspired to find something nice about the French.

PBS – Napoleon: Interactive Battle Simulator The simulator looks pretty cool, actually… but I was especially taken with the following quote: If you are playing as Napoleon, and you obtain any type of French victory or any outcome short of Major Allied Victory – even a Draw – then you have done better than Napoleon …

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Slow day for news (of interest to me, at least)

Nothing really piqued my interest in the news today (probably a good thing), so here are a few things that I did find at least somewhat relevant: A site dedicated to keeping track of everyone’s favorite http://moorewatch.com/index.php fat, nasty, pig. The absolutely, positively, most accurate (and hilarious) http://mypetjawa.blogspot.com/2004_01_28_mypetjawa_archive.html#107531992791729862 explanation of the problems in the middle …

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