Monthly Archives: August 2010

F***ing Twitter

Posted on August 26, 2010 by

This is actually from a few months ago when Pres. Medvedev opened a twitter account during his visit to Silicon Valley.  The very first message contained a glaring typo (since corrected), that somehow seems fitting for the government of this … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 22, 2010 by

From JD: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html

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Seen on the Subway

Posted on August 21, 2010 by

From AL: On the subway two elderly babushkas boarded the train, and there was only one free spot.  One sat down, the other asked a teenage girl if she would kindly stand up from her seat.  The girl complied, and … Continue reading →

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Russian Profile Pics

Posted on August 20, 2010 by

From GB: http://gawker.com/5617811/russias-greatest-online-profile-pics

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Choose Your Own Adventure

Posted on August 19, 2010 by

Walking the streets of Moscow at night is like a choose your own adventure story.  I had to transfer trains in the metro but all the transfer points had closed for the night, so I exited the station and figured … Continue reading →

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Wedding Season!

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

From LP: Lots of brides.  Brides in park. Port-a-potties in park.  Bride in the port-a-potty Dirty wedding dress.

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Clayton Bigsby in Moscow?

Posted on August 12, 2010 by

Living a bit far from the center of the city I haven’t gone out much, so finally last night I agreed to join a few people at the real mccoy for a night out, and I had a very surreal … Continue reading →

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Censorship in Russia

Posted on August 11, 2010 by

So I’m going to paraphrase this Moscow Times story for humor’s sake: Basically, the censorship laws in Russia make it extremely easy for police officials to add entries to the list of banned works, including written works and videos, but … Continue reading →

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OF COURSE he’s Russian

Posted on August 10, 2010 by

The title of this article was “the wrong way to put on pants”, and before even clicking on it something told me this would be blog-worthy material. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/09/the-wrong-way-to-put-on-p_n_675989.html

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Цыганка умерла в Кемерове

Posted on August 6, 2010 by

It’s too bad she couldn’t read into her own future: ‘I See Jail in Your Future …’ 06 August 2010 A man was jailed by a Kemerovo region court on Thursday for assaulting a Gypsy fortune teller who predicted that … Continue reading →

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