I went to Tsarskeyoe Selo today. Rather fun. I find the gardens more enjoyable than the herd experience through the gilt-trip palace itself. I'm off to the LUG meeting really, really soon. More on Catholicism …

Went to the Marinskii Theater and slept through the odd-numbered acts. Good naps! And, I'm taking a course on the Russian press. Today we read an article from 1997 on "khackeri" and "freakeri" and intellectual …

Yesterday I finished reading Angela's Ashes and started reading We. Catholicism appeals to me, in the same way as I imagine it appeals to a lot of people, what with the unconditional redemption and state …

A question for the ages, asked by John, whose computer at an Internet access facility locked up. More about cafes I've been to here during my eight or nine days in St. Petersburg, and -- …

Reciprocal linking frenzy! And, my Segfault story made it to the top twenty of all time. Bookmarks I visited a bookstore the other day, and what caught my eye? Bookmarks, for a ruble each! Twenty-nine …

I continue my previous entry, which was quite rudely interrupted by the end of my chas na internyete (hour on the internet) here at the International/Intercity Telephone Office in St. Petersburg. Quote in title is …

Alexei, a friend and an unbelievably cool guy, is also an expat for the summer. In fact, about a week before I left Berkeley, I was in a car with him and his friend Nicole. …

Still in St. Petersburg, still writing. Since the weblogs I read have made no updates, I have more time to write. Whoopee. Here are some comments I've made that you might find interesting, on the …

It's the ANSI Standard Deviation Cost of Living! "ISO hate that joke." Allow me to assume that you actually want to read about Touristka brainwane, living it up in Leningrad. Today I went to the …

So here are some more observations, some less random than others, about my most recent experiences in St. Petersburg. Maybe to understand Pushkin and Lenin is to understand St. Petersburg. They certainly have a lot …