Archive for May, 2005

The daughter of one of my dearest friends turns 10 years old today. Last year, on her ninth birthday, she wrote this to her mother:
Dearest mama,
Congratulations on your ninth child!
You’ll find it strange, but each year it’s a new child.
I’m wishing you to have as many children as possible!
This note is so incredible [...]

The daughter of one of my dearest friends turns 10 years old today. Last year, on her ninth birthday, she wrote this to her mother:
Dearest mama,
Congratulations on your ninth child!
You’ll find it strange, but each year it’s a new child.
I’m wishing you to have as many children as possible!
This note is so incredible [...]

Khodorkovsky has just been sentenced to nine years minus 583+ days that he’s already served and will have served by the time all the appeals have been considered.

Khodorkovsky has just been sentenced to nine years minus 583+ days that he’s already served and will have served by the time all the appeals have been considered.

Sometime after the election, my friend’s 9-year-old daughter was assigned to write a “folk fairy-tale” that ended with Yushchenko’s victory. Later, the teacher assigned the kids to compose a poem praising Yushchenko.
During the election, the same teacher asked the kids who their families were voting for – and everyone raised their hands and yelled, [...]

Sometime after the election, my friend’s 9-year-old daughter was assigned to write a “folk fairy-tale” that ended with Yushchenko’s victory. Later, the teacher assigned the kids to compose a poem praising Yushchenko.
During the election, the same teacher asked the kids who their families were voting for – and everyone raised their hands and yelled, [...]

Post-apocalyptic rhetoric on Moscow’s TVTs Channel today:
Young Leninists Avenue has been divided into a zone of dark and a zone of light. [...] Among the hostages of the situation are those who work at one local beauty salon. [...]

Post-apocalyptic rhetoric on Moscow’s TVTs Channel today:
Young Leninists Avenue has been divided into a zone of dark and a zone of light. [...] Among the hostages of the situation are those who work at one local beauty salon. [...]

A blackout in Moscow and I’m not there to take pictures…
Our New York friends are visiting right now – Mishah says they’re excited to experience it all over again…

A blackout in Moscow and I’m not there to take pictures…
Our New York friends are visiting right now – Mishah says they’re excited to experience it all over again…




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    • I find it overwhelming that Marta will turn 4 years old in the morning - because, in a way, 4 is like 16 - she's a big little girl now... 9 hours ago
    • Candles lit in front of Ukr Embassy in Moscow. May look like holiday season decor to those who don't know, but if you do know, it's moving. 2 days ago
    • Lit a candle, placed it on the balcony, explained to Marta that it's for people who are "on the cloud" - to let them know we remember them. 2 days ago
    • The modem has somehow fixed itself. Hope it lasts. What a relief. 3 days ago
    • Wifi modem died @ 4:30AM. Maybe it's for the better - I do need a break. But no internet means my backlog will grow. Feeling desperate... 4 days ago
    • Happy Thanksgiving to all my U.S. friends! 4 days ago
    • Transcarpathian TV: 3 channels; monthly salary UAH 1,000-1,500 ($120-$180); equipment scarce; politics abounds (UKR) http://bit.ly/7pvI7K 5 days ago
    • Same piece on U.S. spin doctors in Ukr, but a bit off-topic: Taras Kuzio is the only guy who's quoted saying "the Ukraine" - twice. Wild. 6 days ago
    • "So why go to New Jersey and lose for 100 grand when you [can] go to Peru and lose for a million?” (James Carville, Clinton's ex-strategist) 6 days ago
    • <-- ...a little bit damaging to your reputation. But if you go to Peru and you run a presidential race and you lose, no one knows or cares." 6 days ago
    • Here's why they are here: “If you help elect a president & then you get involved in a governor’s race & you lose, it’s going to be ... --> 6 days ago
    • U.S. political consultants in Ukraine, assisting Yushch, Yanuk, Yulia and Yatsenyuk: http://bit.ly/2lvtGm 6 days ago
    • Yulia, our Janus: after her fun chat w/ Putin, her MPs draft a bill to recognize UPA fighters as WWII combatants http://bit.ly/7GXKG4 (RUS) 6 days ago
    • So, 5 years since Maidan, we have a Putin-friendly Tymoshenko & a Yanukovych who's sort of critical of Putin :) http://bit.ly/08rYzbN (RUS) 6 days ago
    • Bookmarks restored. Nearly all of them. Hated to be reminded of how much I depend on technology. 1 week ago
    • Firefox has deleted my bookmarks overnight. All of them, damn it. Feels like coming back home to find that all your furniture is gone. 1 week ago
    • RT @skovalyov: Вера Ульянченко вышла на сцену и вручает медальки. Оранжевая КПСС. Идолы новые - традиции старые. #UOR5 1 week ago
    • Our Brezhnev of a president misnames Medvedev, while Saakashvili tries hard not to giggle (UKR) http://bit.ly/6O1TnY 1 week ago