April 2011

Friday Links

April 29, 2011

Hopefully in a couple hours, we will be homeowners.  If not, Monday will also be Link Day, only it will just be a list of links of liquor stores in the tristate area. Links! Mmm mangoes and chicken. What makes a home, a home? The Phantom Tollbooth and childhood Everybody hates Raymond in Russia Las Vegas in Kazakhstan The best parts of the Bible Miiindyyyyy Fire safety in Israel TV in the dark ages A children’s book for all Oh, ...

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Open Thread: What Do You Eat in Your Media Diet?

April 27, 2011

I am really late to this, but The Atlantic has been posting peoples’ media diets for a while now.  My favorites are the people I’m most familiar with: Tyler Cowen, Anna Holmes, Terry Gross, Gary Shteyngart. I’m always interested in what people read and how they read it (which is probably evident by the Friday Links), so I thought it might be fun to share what/how we read stuff in the comments.  What really interests me about the media diet ...

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A Guide to Questionable Russian Careers, or “Seryozha, That Guy with the Ambulance.”

April 26, 2011

A couple weeks ago, we were having dinner with Real People, when the conversation turned to Russian career choices.  The hip thing to do in Philly if you’re Russian now is to own a privately-operated ambulance. Whether it’s because it’s convenient to leech money from insurance companies and commit fraud or  whether your Hummer is JUST NOT obnoxious enough for when you go out to the clubs, ambulances are THE in business to be in right now. Before ambulances, every ...

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My Calendar This Week

April 25, 2011

What this calendar looks like to a normal person: What this calendar looks like to me: Apparently, my settlement is happening in 1997, and also The Nanny.

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No Friday Links

April 22, 2011

I’m at home for the weekend, and since that usually entails eating crazy amounts of food while watching Russian movies, I’m too lazy for links this week. Ok, except for this one. Have a good weekend!

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