Project TROIKA
Though the end result of Project TROIKA shall be a novel, I have drawn a good deal of inspiration from the almost vanished format of the short story. Several prose influences:

"The Interlopers" by Saki
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
"The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty

And let us not forget poetry:

"If-" by Rudyard Kipling
"Sea-Fever" by John Masefield
"Drummer Hodge" by Thomas Hardy

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
The above approaches. Woo and hoo.

Vote For Kodos
I have been remiss. Not for much longer.

The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
Rupert Brooke (poem) and John Ireland (music), "The Soldier" from The Pity of War: Songs and Poems of Wartime Suffering (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary:

"If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is forever England."

Forever England.

Mittwoch, 20 August
MxPx, "Chop Shop" from Secret Weapon (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: A typically lengthy MxPx song, "Chop Shop" times out at an unwieldy 2:14. Hee hee, MxPx songs are actually too fast to dance to. You can gyrate and try to keep up, but no man, nor tiny little punk rock girl, can keep up with Yuri's drums.