There's a reason why

I don't do subscriptions. It's hard to justify picking up an expensive magazine when there's really only one article you want to read. Especially when you can read that article online.

So what I tend to do is only pick some up occasionally, like the New Yorker. But sometimes, something's just too enticing.

Case in point: After work today, I dropped by Borders (and by luck avoided the mess that Park Street became with a disabled train during rush hour) and picked up "MHQ, The Quarterly Journal of Military History."

No idea what MHQ stands for. Military History Quarterly perhaps? Which would make the subtitle redudant, you'd think.

Anyway. I couldn't resist: The cover story's about Achilles. "More Than a Myth, a Flesh-and-Blood Warrior Without Equal."

Also teased on the cover: "How I Unmasked the Greatest Spy of World War II." The spy article also has pictures of devices that look like they're out of "From Russia With Love."

Now it all comes down to finding the time to read them.