Fly, Fly to the Western Sky

YELLOW JOURNALISM - PART 03

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 11:14:15 GMT

I was going to talk smack about Nazi Germany today, but I think that's best left for after the Spring holidays end.

So here's a story about a German practising Ethical Piracy instead.

( Felix Von Luckner - 1881-1966 )

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Recht, Links! 05

Mon, 21 Oct 2019 20:21:22 GMT

Boston Baked Beans
Baked beans with extra sting from chipotle and mustard. (Warning: Needs molasses, aka brown syrup, thus can get very sweet.)

Milunka Savic was a Czech soldier who fought during WWI.
Savic is one of my favourite girl-who-went-to-war stories. Mainly because a) It's true, and b) She was discovered, but kept up doing what she wanted to do, even convincing the authorities that she was more use on the battlefield.

Mariya Oktyabrsakaya, real-life Tank Girl
Mariya's husband was killed by Germans. Mariya wanted revenge. Mariya bought a tank.

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Presenting Biggles

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:53:28 GMT

Old X-post from Historium, posted to my journal for archival purposes.
( Biggles, W. E. Johns 1932-1970 )

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Recht, Links! 01

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:23:16 GMT

Badass of the Week: Felix von Luckner
The story of a man who evidently grew up reading about Wooden Ships and Iron men. Unfortunately, he was born at the wrong end of that century. This did not stop his career of non-murderous piracy.

Badass of the Week: Jacob Pavlov
One man. One house. Battle of Stalingrad. (Oh, and a never-ending onslaught of Germans.)

Just One Cookbook: Shoyuzuke
Very simple recipe for Japanese pickles. Rice vinegar+sugar can be substituted with sushi vinegar.

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