Are you pretty good at recognizing a person’s country of origin by their accent? Test your skills at the Accent Game. As I expected, my score was pretty low, but to my defense they picked pretty good English speakers and each one of them only read two lines from Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If”.
Lucky for you, [...]

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Some people use their spare time wisely, writing future best-sellers, online dating, or both. I, on the other hand, am making sure that I am getting my money’s worth from my Blockbuster Online subscription. Here are some recent rentals:

Drillbit Taylor - like many other younger actors, Owen Wilson always plays the same role. I guess [...]

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Sitting around last Sunday afternoon we were bored and decided to go the movies to see Step Brothers - the latest display of retarded comedy (sorry, retarded people) by Will Farrell, who sucks, always sucked and will always suck. But my daughter liked his previous movies, I had a free ticket so I thought it [...]

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I may be wrong, but the most cherished American freedom is the Freedom of Speech. We have it and we want everyone else in the world to have it. Of course we all know that you can’t yell “free pop-corn fire” in a crowded theater, or say the word “bomb” in the airport. Oh, you [...]

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Sorry, Freddie!

UPD:Also could be seen at WNBT.

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WARNING: This post is not kosher on any day of the year.
My imaginary friend Moxie Mama wants to celebrate her 1/4 Ukrainian heritage by eating what real Ukrainians eat. Well, that’s real simple and no cooking required to boot. Ukrainian National Food is salo which is non-rendered pork fat. There is nothing like a thick [...]

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Some of you may be sitting by your mailboxes right now, wiping off sweat and waiting for the fabulous magazine subscription you have won participating in one of the “Caption This” contests I run on this blog. During the last contest I received an email from Mark at Rasterjam.com suggesting that I try out their [...]

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If you think this blog is famous for my humor and wit, breathtaking photography or an occasional glimpse behind the iron curtain you’d be wrong. I am now a worldwide authority on pickled jalapenos which is now the most viewed post on this blog. The reader has spoken so I am posting another recipe which [...]

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Previous batch of my movie reviews is getting stale so here are some recent arrivals from my Blockbuster Online Q.
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead - crime, family drama, murder, childhood trauma -everything is mixed in this movie. The storyline jumps back and forth from past to present to reveal the background of the crime. [...]

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Sometimes I share interesting links and clips I find on the Russian-speaking internet. There are few websites that do it all the time and do it much better than I ever will, but that’s not what I do. While translating the text is easy, reposting it correctly, with pictures and attributing the sources is not. [...]

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