Папа порадовал, прислав с утра следующую фразу ( Read more... )

Как же меня задрали медиконспирологи - те кретины которые считают что фармацевтической индустрии/врачам/госпиталям/страховщикам/государству (нужное подчеркнуть) не выгодно излечивать какое-либо заболевание. Мол, именно поэтому многие болезни только контролируются, а не лечатся ( Read more... )

Well, it looks like the best option that makes the most sense is, after all, forming a single-member LLC. So, I shall become a business owner at the ripe old age of 26.

Of course, in order to become a business, I would need a name. I would like to hear your opinions, friends and strangers alike.

Poll Business NamePS Ignore the typos, please. I can't figure out ( Read more... )

As much as I love the music to the Russian anthem, I think the new words are beyond cheesy. I swear, it's almost making my ears bleed. And of course, I get the old Soviet lyrics in my head as I hear it, I can't help it ( Read more... )

Страшнее идеалистов только энтузиасты. А уж когда эти качества совмещаются в одном человеке...
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The only thing scarier than an idealist is an enthusiast. And when these two qualities are combined in one person...

Today I got rudely reminded that ( Read more... )

Today I had the Spanish lentil soup for the first time ever, and it was absolutely delicious. This is my fourth time, I think, at that restaurant (the main reason being its proximity to my work), and it is the first time that I really liked food there. The problem with their entrees is that they are either smothered with tomato sauce (and to me ( Read more... )

As I am sick, and spending most of my time in bed, I am reading a book called "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life" by Richard Hofstadter. The author is a historian, rather than a philosopher, and he tries to "connect the dots" between America's past and its current state, exactly the thing I try to do (though of course I have a lot less ( Read more... )

Прочитала любопытную статейку, что когда подопытной группе задали вопрос "Представьте себе, что на спасательном плоту десять человек, и одного необходимо скинуть с него, чтобы спасти остальных (включая себя), смогли бы вы это сделать?" только люди с определенным повреждением лобных долей мозга ответили не сомневаясь что да. Остальные все ( Read more... )