Monday, October 06, 2008 4:01:20 PM

Russian version of Beauty & the Beast called "Scarlet Flower"

לא, לא, לא ניתֵן

אם אתם גרים בטלין שבאסטוניה, בחלק הדרומי של העיר (למשל בשכונות Mustamäe או Nõmme) ונמאס לכם להסתובב עם כל הצפונבונים מהעיר העתיקה, יש לי את הקהילה המושלמת בשבילכם: טלין...

Being Egyptian

I was sitting with my old friends from college: B and M. We were in Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, one of the many fashionable coffeeshops dotting Cairo's well-off spots. M was in mid-story. He was at a scientific conference in Canada and he'd run into our old colleague, T. T's mother is Russian, his...

Studen't Song.

I am one of the few people who are familliar with the original version of this song. Poor old David Tuchmanov is probably looking for a grave to turn in. Check out the faces of the future Russian intelligence. Brings back some memories. Brrr...

دليا روسكاوا

If I ever teach my kids to speak Russian, that's the result I should expect...

audiodybr

Еду в машине, слушаю книгу "Не ножик, не Серёжи, не Довлатова" Михаила Веллера. Вячеслав Герасимов как всегда читает прекрасно, с выражением. Доходим до главы про...

Под душ быстро!

At the end of the day, when my kids reach a state when it doesn't matter what I say to them (they won't listen anyway), I start speaking Russian. The effect is similar, but they get quieter and try to figure out what the hell is happening.

Don't get Married (Morten Bækken takes to the sky..)

When our good friend Morten decided to get married, we rented and old Russian jet trainer for an hour, and sent him to the skies to get he's belly emptied.. What can I say.. it worked.. not to mention we did it on Friday the thirteenth.. ;)

Biggest Disappointment of Beijing Olympics?

NO medals for Russia's Anna Pavlova.

the girl's got something to say

i think trains are a magical place. today, i traveled back from maine--about 500 miles or so and i took a bus and a train. I meet lots of people on trains and i love it. i can say i meet a lot of people everywhere, but for some reason the train makes one vulnerable and reflective and ready to...

You've gotta love Carlsonette :)

Старые персонажи на новый лад ... (via iggy2)

bookdybr

Борис Стругацкий, "Поиск предназначения, или Двадцать седьмая теорема этики": ... все изголовье раскладушки было разрезано, распорото, разодрано... и тощая,...

Memory Eternal Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn!

See SoundSlide photo/music/Russian art presentation of his life at: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - Memory Eternal http://www.webng.com/mateliza/Aleksandr%20Solzhenitsyn/ Multimedia Audio: Serge Schmemann on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (mp3) » Listen Video Clip from Funeral, Interviews by "Russia Today":...

Workout Time!

Today we're gonna do some workout while we're in the office. There are at least two methods for achieving that, one by buying special equipment... And one by reading a simple poem (assuming you read Russian, that is). Okay, let's get cranking!

overheard il

"Я даже не пошла к другому рофэ спросить хават даат шния. Я бе-денаял легамрэ."

Sun Aug 3 14:51:40 2008

Трудности перевода

The sound of a distant truck driving away in the night... Звук дальнего грузовика, который ведут далеко ночью? Главное, о чем надо помнить - построение фраз в разных языках часто бывает...

Metro.

When are we gonna have a metro system of our own? Nobody knows. In the meantime, I read some metro-related jokes on Russian humor sites. Here's a funny list that indicates "you've been using the Moscow metro for too long". Item #15 caught my eye: "you know what an empty car during rush hour means,...

Recipe: Borscht

Borscht Ingredients 8 cups beef broth 1 pound slice of meaty bone-in beef shank 1 large onion, peeled, quartered 4 large beets, peeled, chopped 4 carrots, peeled, chopped 1 large russet potato, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 2 cups thinly sliced cabbage 3/4 cup chopped fresh dill 3 tbsp red wine...

much ado about fertilizer, maples

I realized last week that the sphagnum moss I used to create the soil for my carnivores was Miracle Grow brand, which meant it was fertilized, which is a death certificate for carnivorous plants. So today I made new soil with no fertilizer and repotted two of my pitcher plants, with one more...