Hôtel des Invalides, or more specifically for both of the above shots, Dôme des Invalides. Built in the late 1670s, the annex you see here served as the church for "aged" or injured war veterans residing in the Hôtel des Invalides and eventually as the final resting place of Napoleon Bonaparte, Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon II, Jérôme Bonaparte and many other French military notables. The structure is also home to the Musée de l'Armée, a museum dedicated to French military history, which even if it is the French, is a major interest of mine.

Nerdy nerd, nerd, nerd, nerd.

I have the Military Channel on right now - a DVR-ed hour-long program titled "Wings Over the Pacific" about aerial warfare in the Pacific during WWII. First-hand accounts? Super. This is what I do with my Saturdays when my roommates aren't around. Grind some coffee beans, grab a sleeve of cookies and watch some history.