Friday Links

Friday is here! But I am not.

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Where is the R in BRICS?

Julia Ioffe has articulated what I’ve meant to write so well.

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Help Name that Electronic Device!

My new HTC Incredible came in the mail yesterday and I don’t think I could be any more excited if Gad Elmaleh came in the mail (but only if the shipping was free.)

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Around the World on a Shoestring Budget

On Saturday, all the embassies were open, and all of DC lined up to take a peek.

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About the May Logo

Here and here.

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Friday Links

And a conversation with Ari Gold (really, my conscience).

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Stars on Ice, featuring Cold Hard Ice and Cold Hard Reality

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Rejoining society soon, with lilacs

Things I want to blog about but can’t because we still don’t have high-speed internet at our new apartment yet (hopefully by the end of tomorrow):

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Friday Links

How do I know we’re close to the Pentagon? Agents have been surreptitiously checking out  our apartment all the time.  I hope this is not Nicki.

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Guest Post: How to Move

I am guest-posting at my friend Julie’s blog today on how to pack-in an acrostic!

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While we were moving to an undisclosed location near the Pentagon, stuff was happening in the real world.

While Mr. B and I are losing our minds/moving to Pentagon City, Israel is honoring Memorial Day and Independence Day and I didn’t even have time to stop and think about it. Luckily, my friend and fellow blogger Benji Lovitt has his annual list of things he loves about Israel.

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Time Machine (Mashina Vremeni) and My Dad

Update!  My dad just called me and told me that President Medvedev was ALSO at the concert.   My dad and the president of Russia rock out to the same music.

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Friday Links

We’re moving this weekend!  Maybe I’ll see you on Monday if I’m still alive and can find my computer.

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Mr. B’s minimalism

Mr. B owns a bunch of t-shirts that I HATE because they make him look like an antisocial programmer and he LOVES because they make him look like an antisocial programmer.  They are all around six to seven years vintage. I’ve been quietly throwing most of them away, but one was left, this one:

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Welcome to the bardak that is my apartment

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