A Separate Subject Entirely

While prodding my way through some assigned readings I came across a fact about Sylvester Stallone. It appears that during Stallone's draft-age years, Stallone was,

"teaching at a private girl's school in Switzerland, studying acting in Miami, and acting in a soft-core porn film titled A Party at Kitty and Stud's."

It is in a chapter from, After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection. The chapter deals with film's reflection of reality, and specifically its reflection of history. Obviously Rambo is fiction, but the films do act under the pretext that Vietnam could be won if we just killed enough of 'them'.

Congress of Vienna, post #1

Of the principal characters involved in the congress, Alexander is
probably one of the most interesting thus far. A man of extreme
contradictions he now replaces Jefferson as my archetype for a man of
contradictions. But this is just the beginning. Castlereagh,
Metternich & Talleyrand all had important roles so my opinion may
change.

Current Paper Topics

I realize I haven't posted to this blog in a very long time. Since then I've been through my 'first' semester at college, I came in with 27 credits so first is kind of an unusual word. Anyway this semester I have two major topics: The Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) & British Radicals during the French Revolution. If anyone stumbles upon this blog and has any recommendations, feel free to email me. I think I'm going to use this blog as kind of a research journal.

Hello

I thought this being my first post I'd introduce myself and describe what I hope to make of this blog. I don't have any blind ambition of this being the next blog quoted by CNN. I just hope to make this a modest expression of my opinion and some knowledge both of which, happens to be useless for any practical application.
As for the name it is an inside joke in my family. My father used to always tell me that his brain was full of useless information, knowledge that would win many a Trivial Pursuit but not much money. So now that you know that I am not in this for the glory or the money we can begin.