So You Want to Be a Historian? On GRE’s and Other Headaches

Applicants to graduate programs in History, attention please!  Sister-blogger Historiann has a great post on the relative importance of GRE’s in the admission process, with excellent comments by people who have served on admission committees, applicants, and other knowledgeable parties.  Go read.

I know I am a week late to signal this, but we had an election.  Really.

Message to Home Buyers

Do check your chimney for possible WWII carrier pigeons with coded messages about D-day.

Photo ITV

Update (11/23/12): More on the code in today’s New York Times.