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Русские грибы-Russian mushrooms

May 18, 2009

Can you guess what this is? It is not a snake head or the ear of a small gnome.  It is, in fact a real mushroom imported from Russia.  By imported I mean my aunt brought it when she came for our wedding last October, in the suitcase.  She picked them herself in the forest and dried them.   This small food is one of my favorites in the world, and one of the things I associate most with Russia. In ...

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Trip to the Newseum

May 17, 2009

Mr. B and I went to the Newseum today. Going to amalgamate it into some thoughts later, when my mind stops spinning from how AWESOME it was. For now, enjoy these pics.

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Let’s legalize prostitution and have a party!

May 13, 2009

I’ve been having this conversation with several people over the past week or so.  That’s why it’s important to get this off my chest (no pun intended.)  Prostitution should be legalized. There are several reasons I take this position (again, no pun-oh, never mind.)  Most of them can be found here,along with a link to the Sex Workers Alliance of Vancouver.  Oh, Canadians. Here’s a main line from the legalization of prostitution in Sweden: According to this Web site for ...

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May 9: The Day we Pwned the Germans

May 8, 2009

World War II is kind of a Big Deal for Russians. As much as the Americans helped, we like to say that “Russia threw bodies at Hitler,” and that’s how we won.  By just burying him in bodies.   Also, we probably started making German soldiers drink moonshine vodka (that would be vodka made out of cleaning alcohols.)  That would be the other point of victory. We celebrate it on May 9, which is Victory Day and a HUGE deal in ...

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Heart of DeBeers: Conflict Diamonds and Kanye

May 5, 2009

Put this video on play in the background as you read the post: It says a lot about a post when Kanye’s involved right off the bat. I just saw Blood Diamond.  I thought it was a great movie, and obviously a great segue into talking about the worldwide diamond industry. There have already been a lot of important things said about this movie and about conflict diamonds.  Here‘s one.  Here‘s another.  And here’s a third.  For those not in ...

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