Octavia wrote:We should be discussing our favorite generals in this thread. I, for one, am a fan of Ulysses S. Grant.

John Monash. Probably the best general in world war 1, didn't see soldiers as numbers but as people, effectively invented the precursor to blitzkrieg or combined arms tactics and was the first person to be knighted on the battlefield in over 200 years.
Troops later recounted that one of the most extraordinary things about the Battle of Hamel was not the use of armoured tanks, nor simply the tremendous success of the operation, but the fact that in the midst of battle Monash had arranged delivery of hot meals up to the front line.
I live near a university bearing his name next to the council city that bears his name, near the freeway that also, bears his name :v
Back to the pony discussion, we're coming upto our first break for the season, because of the LPS final. While it is great to have so muhc pony, a few breaks over the holidays would have been nice, help drag the season out a little longer so we have less ponyless winters.