So I found where to get myself a little sun: Sparrow Hills. For those not familiar with Moscow, this is a place a few metro stops south of us, on the other side of the river. They're fairly steep and are covered with trees, many birch trees with white bark, and there are little paths running through them, zigzagging down to the river. At the top ( Read more... )

We spent most of the daylight hours this past weekend on a quest for sweet potatoes and fish sauce, and eventually emerged victorious ( Read more... )

Some fun headlines today. May I humbly suggest that the Dems add the following issues to their priority list for January ( Read more... )

Really ( Read more... )

My friend Ayse has a... well, several blogs actually, and the photos in this is post of hers from last month made me totally crack up. "How good a dog is Rosie? A demonstration."
http://www.blue-room.com/animals/2006/08/a_demonstration.html

I think you historian types will especially appreciate this book review:
http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/09/15/richardson/

Here's the study I've been waiting to see for literally years ( Read more... )

Sorry for the delay... Here, ready for download at long last, is the rough draft of the new Kittenface album "The Innocents Abroad:"

http://www.scotjohn.com/abroad.html

(Rough draft because there are some things about the mix I want to change later. But for now, this will do.)

UPDATED -- Now this really pisses me off. ABC, and its owner Disney, got a right-wing scriptwriter to create a 6-hour miniseries blaming 9/11 on President Clinton. They've made up scenarios where agents track down Osama bin Laden and then the Clinton administration says "no, don't kill him!" Of course, this NEVER HAPPENED -- and they've got the ( Read more... )

ARGH! I wrote a long post and somehow this computer thought I clicked the "back" button and erased it all. Grrr. Here's a slightly condensed version ( Read more... )