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Who am I? What's in this blog?
Hi! I'm Ola.
I'm a polyamorous, atheist geek. My partner Danny and I work as software engineers at Google (after 3 years, I still can't believe I pulled that one off! :-)) I have lived most of my life in Israel -- we moved to Canada in 2011. I'm enjoying Canada immensely ( Read more... ) -
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Странно, как со временем меняется моё отношение к песням. Вот, Никитиных, к примеру, всегда любила, а тут послушала "Помяни поэта, дева" ещё раз и вдруг разозлилась -- да как же это она мне всегда нравилась? I mean, could the author possibly be even more condescending to the woman? Sheesh.
А потом кликнула на предложенный YouTube линк и послушала ( Read more... ) -
Agreeing to disagree we ain't!
joreth has just written a passionate essay about why everything I said here was bullshit.
Dear me. I think I'm about to cry!
Or, you know, not.
Actually, I'm really surprised by my feelings on this -- usually, I would really want to argue, I'd spend hours writing wordy replies and exchanging ideas, involving other people into the discussion, trying to learn ( Read more... ) -
Tragedy: Boy Chokes Cousin to Death
Whether you do martial arts or not, I think you should watch this video:
Rener and Ryron Gracie explain the dangers of the rear naked choke (it’s not easy at all to determine that the recipient has passed out! Their body will not go limp, as one might think!) They end with the super-important 10 seconds rule: if you apply the choke for 10 seconds ( Read more... ) -
Does My Blog Work?
Yesterday, a friend told me that my blog doesn't work ( Read more... ) -
Dishonest Friendship?
Huh. I just accidentally found something I wrote almost three years ago, and didn't publish for some reason. Here it is -- my opinion didn't change since then ( Read more... ) -
BJJ Diaries: Experience
-- Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. (Franklin P. Jones ( Read more... ) -
There Can Be Only One
I decided to radically cut down the time that I spend on social networking sites (and on the Internet in general), and so I will choose among Google+ and Facebook.
And my choice is... (drum roll)
Google+!
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