Ars Gratia Artis
Gormogon art director BL just sent the Czar a picture he found in an antique shop not far from our castle.
The Czar has elected not to print it, not merely because it is borderline NSFW, as the hipsters say, but also because it is disrespectful of the presidency.
That said, it was pretty funny. Pretty damn funny.
Sigh. The Czar will regret not printing it.
Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.