My friend here in Denver has a company called Umapper (www.umapper.com), which lets you make custom maps and applications. So i was testing it out, and made a map of Almaty, Kazakhstan and wanted to post it here on the website.
Having lived and visited several times in Almaty, hopefully I labeled some places on [...]
Map of Almaty, Kazakhstan
WH Health Bill
It looks like the White House might draft its own health care bill….which I think could be a great strategy. Congress has done 85% of the bill, and now Obama can take control of the debate, while also shielding himself from criticism by saying that he is taking the best parts from the various congressional [...]
Russian Translation
In case anyone wants some great Russian and English translation services, you should check out our new company – Mile High Russian! We’ll translate anything! We also offer Russian tutoring!
Harry Potter and the Half-Assed Movie
The new Harry Potter movie is a bit disappointing. They didn’t even say the words “Snape…killed Dumbledore.” The movie seemed rushed, and focused too much on the teen love/hormones/drama angle. Maybe the book had the 90120 with owls angle too, but it also spent more time on the rise of the Deatheaters, the mystery [...]
SHOCK: George Will is a Snob!
and he doesn’t like denim!
Actually, he does have some good points about how Americans are
slovenly and don’t dress properly. People in Kazakhstan are horrified
to see Americans in jeans and dirty sneakers (what! you don’t polish
your black leather shoes three times a day!!!!). I am always a little
surprised by the number of people [...]
Positively Pomegranate UPDATE!
Today I finally got a response in regard to my complaint about the positively disgusting pomegranate Orbit Gum that I sent to the Wrigley Gum Company. The letter, printed below, was full of corporate doublespeak, vague promises, and NO coupon for free gum!
What is the world coming to? Is the recession taking that big [...]
Staring at a Computer All Day
It is hard to sit at work looking at a monitor all day. And in some
ways it is harder when I have less work to do. When I’m being
productive, I look at pieces of paper, make phone calls, type in MS
Word, and go back and forth to the printer. On days like [...]
Positively Pomegranate, Positively Disgusting!
This gum is absolutely gross. I bought it today at the capitol snack bar, mainly on a whim because I was feeling sick of mint gum and I had never noticed this flavor of gum before (apparently it is a limited edition flavor, which is probably for the best). It tasted like some sort of [...]
BSG Finale Highlights (and Lowlights)
Overall I really liked the finale. It was exciting, touching, and tied things up as good as could be expected. But there were some groan inducing moments and unsatisfying points. So, bleow the jump are my highlights and lowlights from the series finale. (Spoilers! Obviously!)
sneaky
