So, if you read the news coming out of this part of the world, you probably know that a horrible tragedy occurred in Marganets, Eastern Ukraine. I follow RIA Novosti on Twitter, and one of the first things I saw in my Twitter feed when I logged in yesterday was a link to a photoContinue reading “How many deaths will it take?”
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“Forgive us, little girl, for the fear and horror you experienced. Rest in peace.” – a Russian blogger, on Liza Fomkina
The body of Liza Fomkina, a four-year-old who went missing after going to walk her two dogs with her disabled aunt, was found this morning. The aunt’s body was found yesterday. The dogs have also been found. It was one of the dogs that lead rescuers to Liza’s body. Preliminary reports suggest that both theContinue reading ““Forgive us, little girl, for the fear and horror you experienced. Rest in peace.” – a Russian blogger, on Liza Fomkina”
Some of the posts on this blog will be password-protected from now on
Not due to any serious issue – just dealing with some folks who are getting all up in my business. Well, I guess we can call those folks stalkers. Not dangerous, but annoying. It’s nothing this blog hasn’t seen before, I just have less time nowadays to carefully screen the sort of information I post.Continue reading “Some of the posts on this blog will be password-protected from now on”
So let me get this straight – you slept with this guy…
… And, as one of my friends just pointed out – “whoops, he wasn’t who you thought he was.” So the logical thing is, of course, to accuse him of rape. And then have him convicted. Of rape. By deception. What if he had lied about his salary? His level of education? What if heContinue reading “So let me get this straight – you slept with this guy…”
Dear Roman Polanski, we have presents for you
Right through here. Seriously – this entire Polanski thing has once again reminded me that I am in the wrong line of work. The news is an unnecessarily depressing business. I’d like to go back to my earlier childhood dream of being an orientologist in Australia. Or Brazil. Or Argentina. I’m pretty sure that notContinue reading “Dear Roman Polanski, we have presents for you”
Natalia A. 