A More Cosmopolitan Jew... Returns from Siberia!
FYI: The things I like and the things I think about do not usually go hand-in-hand.
The Couple Separated for the Longest Time (60 years)
Sixty years ago, Boris and Anna Kozlov were married for only three days before he had to ship out with his Red Army unit. When he returned, Anna and her family were gone – exiled to Siberia by Stalin’s purges. Then one day, on a chance encounter, they found each other again!
“I thought my eyes were playing games on me,” Anna said. “I saw this familiar looking man approaching me, his eyes gazing at me. My heart jumped. I knew it was him. I was crying with joy.” 80 years-old Boris had returned to visit his parents’ grave. As he stepped out of the car, he looked up to see Anna standing by her old house, where they had lived for the few days after the wedding. “I ran up to her and said: ‘My darling, I’ve been waiting for you for so long. My wife, my life…’”(Link)
So sweet!
Awwwwwww again.
Очень по-русский.
1 day ago • 1,164 notes
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how did i miss that?! this PSA has Julian’s stamp of approval.
2 days ago • 0 notesWHY GOD NEVER RECEIVED A PHD
migue-e:phlogiston: elpasajero: joanic:
1. He had only one major publication.
2. It was in Hebrew.
3. It had no references.
4. It wasn’t published in a refereed journal.
5. Some even doubt he wrote it by himself.
6. It may be true that he created the world, but what has he done since then?
7. His cooperative efforts have been quite limited.
8. The scientific community has had a hard time replicating his results.
9. He never applied to the ethics board for permission to use human subjects.
10. When one experiment went awry he tried to cover it by drowning his subjects.
11. When subjects didn’t behave as predicted, he deleted them from the sample.
12. He rarely came to class, just told students to read the book.
13. Some say he had his son teach the class.
14. He expelled his first two students for learning.
15. Although there were only 10 requirements, most of his students failed his tests.
16. His office hours were infrequent and usually held on a mountain top.
17. No record of working well with colleagues.
This is… pretty funny. kinda. Julian laughed at numbers 8, 9, 11, and 16. I cite him as an example b/c he is a real-life graduate student.
3 days ago • 43 notes
3 days ago • 14 notes“I know I strike people as peculiar in some way, although I don’t quite understand why. Of course, I have an angular face, an angular body, and I suppose an angular personality, which jabs into people.” - Katharine Hepburn
velveteenrabbit:f6731713:amiens2009:yaruo:adamas2:toramomo:hkj:
cat sleeping with rabbit, uploaded by scatia, category tags: cat, sleep, sweet,i have a photo of my cat that looks exactly like this. only my tabby is more grey.
my kitty in moscow looked just like this guy…
6 days ago • 67 notes
ontheborderland: Sea of 30,128 pumpkins in Boston Common (via innusa)
love it!
carved pumpkins today at the project lodge in madison with my boyfriend, julian. btw im in madison….
i carved a witch flying on a broomstick past a crescent moon. im kinda proud of myself. can’t remember the last time i carved a pumpkin. as foreigners my parents were not very into halloween, but i love it. now i am drinking frangelico and julian is making fish for dinner. today was a success.
6 days ago • 62 notes
GPOYW, the “extremely proud of my new Søren Kierkegaard t shirt” edition.
NO. really? where?
1 week ago • 2 notes
