devotchka

ingenting

rip ingmar bergman.
Posted by devotchka on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:10:00 PST

errol morris on photography

From the NY timesJuly 10, 2007, 2:14 pmLiar, Liar, Pants on FireBy Errol MorrisPictures are supposed to be worth a thousand words. But a picture unaccompanied by words may not mean anything at all. D...
Posted by devotchka on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:17:00 PST

hypochondria

today I took a test on the internet to find out if I am a hypochondriac (needless to say, the test concluded that I suffer from "extreme hypochondria.") Anyway, on the page that gives the results of t...
Posted by devotchka on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:49:00 PST

Ethnic Democracy in Estonia

Piret Jarve:"The majority's commitment to democracy initially developed on mainly ideological grounds as a reaction to the authoritarian rule of the Soviet one-party state. After independence, pragmat...
Posted by devotchka on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:37:00 PST

the most eastern european paragraph of the day

From the NY times:"Ostozhenka (pronounced ahs-TO-zhen-ka), once home to many artists and intellectuals, is now known in the parlance of real estate agents and their wealthy clients as the Golden Mile....
Posted by devotchka on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:35:00 PST

according to the census bureau's 2007 statistical abstract of the us

"In 1970, 33,000 men and 2,000 women earned professional degrees; in 2004, the numbers were 42,000 men and 41,000 women."
Posted by devotchka on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:41:00 PST

toomas hendrek ilves on democracy

I'd say that any adjectival modifier of the word "democracy" should send alarm bells ringing -- be it a "people's democracy" or a "managed democracy" or a "sovereign democracy." If you put an adjectiv...
Posted by devotchka on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:07:00 PST

from The Guardian- Kazakhstan: Is Borat Right?

Kazakhstan: is Borat right?By Guardian Unlimited / World news 12:14pmIt's been a busy old time for the government of Kazakhstan, writes Laura Smith.Outraged by the offensive international escapades of...
Posted by devotchka on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:05:00 PST