October 31rst: Today in 1917 the 4th Light Horse Brigade charged entrenched Turkish Infantry supported by machine guns and artillery at the Battle of Beersheba in what is often described as the last successful cavalry charge . The Turkish troops were demoralized before and didn’t put up much of a fight, but the charge was [...]
Some heroes turn into legends but sadly most are forgotten. One of the nicest things about the web is that sometimes these heroes can be brought out into the light again and celebrated and I plan to take a look at these as well as some of history’s villains on a daily basis on days [...]
Congratulations to the Cardinals! I managed to miss every game on TV, but have followed it closely in the papers and it sounds like a fun world series. I am amazed that people were as surprised by the Cards as they were, they haven’t been golden this year, but they were never a weak team [...]
Be back soon, until then God Save The Queen!
Pumpkin Afternoon Originally uploaded by Tancread.
When I was a kid my Dad would sometimes buy the meat that was on special in the commissary, this would lead to meals of pork chops we were convinced had been cut with dynamite rather than knives and meals of meat sometime so tough that you chewed on it longer than you chewed on [...]