Russia (Churchill Quote)
“Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Winston...
Plastic Recycling
I've written a series of evolving posts about Plastic Straws. Here are links to all of them in sequential order....
Speed Bumps
The Russian word for “speed bump” is: "lexhashchii politseiskii." It literally means “lying down...
Seeing
What you see is what you want to see. On our tour of Russia we went on a home visit in Uglich a small provincial town....
Stalin
“One persons death is a tragedy, but the death of a million people is a statistic.” Josef Stalin Stalin appeared...
Mushrooms in Moscow
In August the people in Moscow pick wild mushrooms so this news is important.Russian Scientists recently discovered...
Retail Evolution
Last week I begrudgingly used the self checkout at my local Fry’s grocery store. It was a struggle and while...
Looking Ahead (Churchill Quote)
"It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see." Winston...
The Mob
The mob hates due process Photo of the Tsars family before they were killed by the...
The United States of B_______
Suppose a country with a name starting with “B” (Belgium, Brazil, Belize etc) wanted to increase its trade. I...
