Posted by: globbe on: August 23, 2009
This site is just full of amazing photos of life in the USSR, and of abandoned buildings, structures and places in Russia. Check it out, and don’t miss the links to other albums at the bottom of the page.
http://englishrussia.com/?p=1220
Posted by: globbe on: June 16, 2009
Two recent episodes:
1. When trying to log in for the first time in several months, I accidentally typed the wrong (but a valid) gmail address / password combination, upon which facebook saw it fit to create a new account for this email/password combination??? What the ??? I didn’t agree to any terms of license, I [...]
Posted by: globbe on: June 27, 2008
No connection what so ever?
US court overturns DC handgun ban
“Since 1976, the private possession of handguns had been prohibited in the nation’s capital, while rifles and shotguns had been required to be locked away or dismantled.
The DC city council argued that the ban was needed to help keep violence and murder rates down.
But the measure [...]
Posted by: globbe on: June 24, 2008
Reading the BBC news site today I came across this funny little passage:
Reebok, which is owned by Adidas and is outfitting 250 Games participants, has decided against making its athletes available for press conferences or one-on-one interviews during the event.
Instead, it plans to use a video news service to interview athletes and distribute content to [...]
Posted by: globbe on: April 17, 2008
Watching the news coming in from India I just have to comment on this… It was never, and it still isn’t my intention to turn this blog into a political arena, but this is just too … absurd.
So here’s the situation. (My interpretation…)
We’re gonna jog around a bunch of cities in the world carrying a [...]
Posted by: globbe on: April 17, 2008
Very creative interpretation of the word peaceful …
Some 15,000 police and commandos have locked down the heart of the city where the torch relay will be held.
A least 50 Tibetans were detained by police at a rally in front of the Chinese embassy in Delhi on Wednesday.
The torch was then driven along a route into [...]
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