Ever have one of those days when you wake up with a king-sized pimple on your forehead that just won’t pop?  That’s the kind of day it is today.  Plus it rained last night and my car window was partially down so I got a wet butt driving to the bus stop.  Anyway, here’s your talking points.  Thanks to my loyal listeners for sending the first three.

For those of you not paying attention to small things like the lay out of this site, I’m back in whore mode.  The new Amazon banner ads are supposed to reflect history related books, but don’t seem to be doing that quite yet.  Web traffic here is not yet to the point of creating a financial burden, but it would be nice if I could off set some of my costs.  Thus, I’m asking that on occasion you click thru one or more of the ads here, and if possible actually buy something from Amazon from these links.