Blarney Castle

For St. Patrick's Day, the Merriam-Webster word of the day is "blarney" as in "Blarney Stone" or "Blarney Castle." The latter just happens to be one of my favourite cheeses. And, shut up, Firefox spellchecker -- I am using British spelling to honor the day.

Rustavi Choir Event Processing

Just listened to a CD of Rustavi Choir in my computer, minutes later I am getting a friends request via last.fm from Rustavi Choir's PR manager. Good job, genosse Tornike, age 21.

More information:

• Rustavi Choir
• Who is listening to Rustavi Choir
• Configure last.fm scrobbler in Amarok
  

Cartoon malfunction

I read the article about cartoons in Washington Post, see a cartoon by Margulies "Bush Presidency Highlight Reel" in which the graphic content appears failed to load, and wonder whether I have a buggy flash plug-in. Then it hits me that the effect is intended. See for yourself -- "What Will You Miss About Bush. Top Cartoonists Tell Us".

There is no god

There is no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.
Merry Christmas.

Праздники

А у нас на носу - два праздника на Ха - Х-мас и Ханука.

Obama steganography

President-intellect Barack Obama

(Washington Post article)

Chinese Tea Collection

A recent trip to an Asian grocery shop revealed this treasure collection of Chinese teas.

Men + King Power! (Is that the King with his men?)

(Lawrence) Livermore Tea

The smart choice is to STOP SMOKING TEA!

What?

Prosti is Russian for "I apologize". Uh-oh...