[The final episode in my serialization of my Great-Grandfathers WWI Diary - written while he was a machine gunner in France. Also see Part 1, and Part 2.]

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[Continuing my serialization of my Great-Grandfathers WWI Diary - written while he was a machine gunner in France. Also see part 1.]

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Tomorrow is November 11th, and it was on this day, the best part of a century ago now, that the Great War was officially ended. It is now the day we remember, and respect, those who have fought, and fallen, in battle.

I’m not exactly a supporter of the military, but I respect those who believe enough in the cause to enlist and fight. I certainly respect those who fought during both World Wars.

In honor of these men and women, and to remember my personal connection with the war, I present the diary of my great-grandfather. Not the one who you may have seen in my restored photos, but the other side of my family. I transcribed his diary before I left the UK. He wrote it after the war, but while the events were fresh in his mind.

I’ll be serializing it in 3 parts over this weekend, the story is equal parts informative, horrific, and illuminating. Here is the beginning.

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As anyone who pays attention has probably noticed, I’m on hiatus right now.

Don’t worry, I will be back, but a combination of moving to California and the other related issues of moving 5366 miles means I’ve had to put this place on hold a while. I’ve got a lot of plans, but they’ll have to wait a little bit.

Wish me luck, see you soon!

God that was an awful, poorly made, badly plotted, poorly researched movie. Then again, what else did I expect from an over-hyped airport novel? Miriam has started reviewing movies in Haikus, and I think she nailed this one:

Tom Hanks is confused
Searching for some dead lady
I want a refund

However Ian McKellen steals every scene he is in by treating it as exactly the kind of turd that needs a completely over the top hammy performance. If you are truely interested in this movie though… wait for it on DVD and rent it. It’s not worth any more of your money.