Archives for: "June 2012"
Seduction
June 22nd, 2012Some entrepreneur stenciled this on the main entrance to my apartment building
which I first read as meaning "temptation training." That sounded odd, so I used the dictionary to look it up and discovered it more likely means "seduction training."… more »
Walking
June 23rd, 2012Since I don’t have a car here, and since I’m a complete tightwad, I end up usually taking public transport or walking. And one does a lot of walking. Here’s a summary of today’s walking, with thanks to Google Maps for being able to calculate… more »
My bachelor breakfast
June 23rd, 2012Hmph. I wanted to cook this morning, but the gas was off. So instead I had a glass of katyk, a chunk of salami, and a hunk of Adygeizski cheese, which is probably not quite so visible in the picture. more »
American plans, Russian plans
June 23rd, 2012In 2010 in Kazan at one of our student meetings, I met a Russian kid by the name of Danila. He made a good impression on me; we occasionally kept in touch by e-mail. In 2011 he came to the US on a temporary work visa to South Carolina. Although some… more »
