Windows to Russia

I am doing what many Russians are doing… Popcorn is big business this year. We all are watching the “Three Ring Circus” unfold across the ocean. Russians are very interested in what happens across the pond and they await the games as they unfold. It is very interesting to watch such chaos happen and nowContinue reading I grab a coffee, a popcorn and watch the show from Russia…

Boza decided that getting doggy business done fast was the way to do it this morning and now he is back sound asleep on his bed. Me? Once I stagger out into -20 weather, wind blowing and snow flying. I have a tendency to not be able to sleep again. So I must wear myselfContinue reading Woke at 2 a.m. and found it was +22 inside and -22 outside… TRV

By John Stanton “We are free to believe that this is the century of authority, a century tending to the ‘right ‘, a Fascist century. Now liberalism is preparing to close the doors of its temples, deserted by the peoples who feel that the agnosticism it professed in the sphere of economics and the indifferentismContinue reading The Trump Conundrum: Remodeling the American Republic, Diktats via Twitter

Here in most of the civilized world, it does seem to me that includes even North Korea at this point, America looks like a 3rd world loony bin and is on the verge of psychotic indulgences of extremes…. From screaming pussies, shouting racists haters, pouting gay lovers, the I like to hate anything type individualContinue reading Just shake my head in disbelief at what I see…

Long ago in a galaxy far far away! I use to be part of the original insider program for Microsoft Windows. I started with Windows 98 and ended when Vista rolled out. I ran out of time and grew to dislike the way Microsoft was redirecting itself; Windows 10 was dreamed of many years ago…Continue reading Snowing, Cold, Windy and I have been Vistaing…

Enough donations have been received to allow us to buy a 4×4. I want to thank everyone who has donated and this post is to than all who donated for a vehicle. Not a fancy one, but a workhorse that will allow us to get out of the Tiny Russian Village in emergencies and stuff….Continue reading Svetochka in Moscow, Boza up at 2:30 a.m. and I sipping coffee…

MOSCOW — Russia’s gold reserves grew by 14 percent in 2016 to 1,614.3 metric tons, the Bank of Russia said on Friday. “The amount of monetary gold in Russia’s international reserves grew by 14.7 percent [199 tonnes] and totals 51.9 million troy ounces [1,614.27 tonnes], the financial regulator said in a report. Many argue thatContinue reading Russia; Why Horde Gold?

Tomorrow Svetochka leaves. Bear is sad, Boza is sad! But; we are happy that she is able to come down and spend time with us boys and keep us in line. Sveta is the best girl in the world… Today though, Sveta and I will walk out of the Tiny Russian Village and go toContinue reading TRV just a few photos, Svetochka is leaving and supplies…

How about that tree? Sometimes when you look at an image and realize the scale of what is contained within that image, compared to yourself. Then you sometimes feel humbled and realize how massive the world really is and how vast it extends away from us in all directions… Something that we take for grantedContinue reading Just get humbled at times…