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How We Learned American

September 21, 2011

I am so excited about this NY Times article about American kids learning Russian and going to a Russian school in Moscow.  Because it’s about time those hipsters get a taste of their own medicine. And by hipsters I mean American parents and teachers that teach their kids that each one is a special snowflake. More Americans need to learn how the rest of the world works. Here’s a video where Mr. B and I recall our memories of learning ...

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Short Notes on Strawberries

June 6, 2011

It’s strawberry season right now. So, we went strawberry-picking with friends in New Jersey.  Because if you’re going to eat food straight out of the ground, go all the way and eat food straight out of the ground in the most chemically-laden ground in the United States. In New Jersey. Mr. B was slacking, because he ate more than he picked.  ”They don’t weigh YOU before and after…only your containers.” Afterwards, as we picked, we eavesdropped on the conversations in ...

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Yuriy’s Flight

April 12, 2011

Today is the 50th anniversary of Yuriy Gagarin’s remarkable solo flight around the earth. Here is a beautiful video all about it. What makes me really emotional is realizing just how big of an achievement it was (the fact that a bloodthirsty and totalitarian regime pushed for it does not diminish this,) and how scary and thrilling it must have been for him. At a time when we have so much negative news from Libya, Bahrain, Egypt, Japan,Israel, bam, bam, bam ...

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The Most Depressing Suggestions for Me Based on Searching for “Matryoshkas” on Amazon

March 9, 2011

Inspiration from Edith. You might not think this one is depressing. But it’s called, “I very much want a dog.” And do you know why why Matthew can’t have a dog?  Because he lives in AN ORPHANAGE. But this is kind of cool, though. 

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Movies: The Vanished Empire

January 31, 2011

Take a trip with into nostalgia me to the vanished empire that is the Soviet Union of the 1970s. this movie is all about it. You can watch it on Netflix. Or, if you’re lucky, it’s already been playing, like a memory you have of a time you never experienced, in your head for the last 24 years. Watch Sergei, an 18-year-old student at Moscow State University, as he grows up in Moscow, and realize that this is the way your ...

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