I just read how the number of Finns wanting to join NATO has gone up recently. Just about 6 points, but still.

Here's the New Yorker article. It's a very good read, especially because it also interviews and traces the Russian experiences of former Ambassador McFaul.

Yes, I have heard that. And it's not some internet rumor either—the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) makes that claim!

Many people like "strong leaders," i.e. dictators.

He sure didn't care about shooting down a passenger airplane.

Unfortunately, his endgame appears to be a resurrection of some sort of Russian empire. There was a really good article shedding light on this in the New Yorker last Sunday. And a Russian historian recently wrote that "Vladimir Putin has set the world's clock back to July 1938, just before Hitler launched World War…

That's different. Mao is the father of modern China. The Soviet Union was a fake and a continuation of previous harsh conditions.

In the old days, the cam quality wasn't the greatest and text messages were used to communicate. Now the video is often quiet clear and you can talk. I checked it out recently, she's kinda bored, notices my name when I entered the room, and perks up, smiles, and says, "Hi, JRu!" Kinda startled me.

It's also not wanting to learn things as one gets older. Especially if the activity hasn't changed—listening to music, watching TV—but the new device to be able to do that is very different. I just want to listen to music, dammit! Still can't figure out stupid iTunes...

That's what I've been doing most of my life. Trust is necessary and the guy needs to know his body and has to pull out early. When I pull out, we have to do another sex act for orgasm.

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Yeah, he's just some dude. No expertise at all. Because you know about expertise.

The US hasn't had even such simple bakeries. Our food became controlled by corporations making mass-produced stuff. In some places, yes, you can find the bakeries you describe. But there aren't many. My town in crappy Indiana doesn't fucking have one. Let alone a French bakery making stuff like Dominique.

And, now that I think about it, I was once burned because I thought someone really didn't like me because I thought that they thought that I hadn't spoken enough. I was stupid thinking they couldn't have liked me because I thought I hadn't said anything I thought deserved it.

¿Qué pasa, güey?

"tarte tatin-yes I know what that is"

Are you interested in food or are you interested in making other Gawker readers think that you represent the common man while I represent elitist, rich, arrogant "hipsters" and "foodies?" Sounds like you and Dalia are doing the latter, especially judging from the stars she got from people who probably have never heard…

"I can't talk to anyone."

No one knew the Wall would fall that night because it wasn't supposed to; it was an accident.

Yep. I was living not far from the border when the Wall fell and that very night Trabbis came into town. We invited them up to our dorm room's common room and opened some champagne. They were shocked at that.