Archive for October 26th, 2006

October 26, 2006 in Uncategorized

Random links, in Russian and in English, in no particular order, and a few brief notes – I hoped to write more about much of this, but with Marta teething and other stuff, I have no time whatsoever. I tried to post this last night, but Blogger was down.
- Hilarious and absolutely pointless: Oleg Kuvaev’s [...]

October 26, 2006 in Uncategorized

Random links, in Russian and in English, in no particular order, and a few brief notes – I hoped to write more about much of this, but with Marta teething and other stuff, I have no time whatsoever. I tried to post this last night, but Blogger was down.
- Hilarious and absolutely pointless: Oleg Kuvaev’s [...]

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