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The Witch is hunting
It's a holiday weekend, but somehow NOT the usual relaxed "kicking off the summer" Memorial Day. And I regret to tell you why this is so: Trumpsky is in full campaign mode, actively causing trouble in a half-dozen areas ( Read more... ) -
Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure," in Russian no less!
We love one particular national institution here in Washington, the Kennedy Center, and last evening we had a unique experience there. It was a genuinely odd production of "Measure for Measure" -- considered to be Shakespeare's only "other" play about justice and mercy ("Merchant of Venice" being the first ( Read more... ) -
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An Aussie doctor, Lisa Pryor, wrote an op-ed in today's NYTimes, very sad for what Trumpsky has been up to ( Read more... ) -
Trumpsky loses more support
Andy Borowitz is a humorist with The New Yorker. His offering yesterday ( Read more... ) -
Larisa Shigorina -- a little research project (based on a half-dozen Google hits)
Russian artist Larisa Shigorina, Summer Morning*
http://parappurathu.tumblr.com/post/150498302371/shigorina-larisa-summer-morningHere's a delicious photo by her: https://vk.com/photo49348337_305864443 It is of a young French actress Audrey** Tautou, who played the heroine Sophie ( Read more... ) -
Maria Sharapova is back -- scandal forgotten
http://silver-tennis.tumblr.com/post/148445333909/maria-on-twitter-wednesdays-drillzzzz
Undoubtedly the sexiest tennis-player EVER!
"I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red." M.Sharapova (No, babe, that's for the bedroom...) -
Out of town through Thursday
Just wanted to mention I'll have less access to this blog for the coming four days. Joanne and I are driving up the coast of Maryland and Delaware; the weatherman predicts decent fall weather through Thursday, so we're just "touring" -- something we used to do a bit of, but lately her classes rather limit her free time. Monday is a holiday (of ( Read more... ) -
Anastasia
http://ultradevi.tumblr.com/post/129544606272/justine-i-think-anastasia-is-russian-she-is
Gosh, the photos of sexy Russian girls truly ABOUND on Tumblr. Here's a second from Anastasia: charming, delicious, russian, storiesRussian tumblr "kay-b"
Not much to know about the Russian photographer Kay B; she titles her tumblr (in English): "hell is empty -- and all the devils are here" There is a subtitle in Russian, which Google translates oddly: "For pity's sake, the Queen; did I allow myself to pour vodka [for the] lady? It is pure alcohol ( Read more... )