I had issues with that movie. First of all, it was filmed in the Czech Rep, which, for the most part, is nothing like Ukraine. Second, if...
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I’m a graduate student at a famous university, mooching off private scholarships and government grants. Having shunned the excesses of the real world, I embraced poverty while championing ideas over material things. Of course, that’s just fancy talk for “I’m poor and have to live on ramen noodles.”Recent activity
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Everything is illuminated in the Culture Vultures Branch
5 months ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Americana worth catchin up upon in the Culture Vultures Branch
I also like "Boardwalk Empire."
11 months ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Songs for the 2011 End of the world / Rapture / Apocalypse in the Culture Vultures Branch
So I realize I'm late to the party, but I'm looking for songs about the end of times (or any tongue-in-cheek relations to the genre) to add...
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called How picky are you? in the Get Stuffed Branch
In a pinch, soy sauce or hot sauce (but not ketchup!) can make just about anything palatable. I suppose that doesn't make me very picky,...
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Your Favorite Books Related to Travel to Asia in the Culture Vultures Branch
Jonathan Spence, "The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci" - recounts the travels of a 16th century Jesuit in Confucian China. I read it for...
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Chernobyl Tour - 2011 in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch
What's the closest one can get to Chernobyl / Pripyat' by rail? Kiev? Chernigov?
about 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called I Love Brandy in the Get Stuffed Branch
I'm partial to the Georgian or Armenian varieties, but then again, I'm sentimental when it comes to things from the former USSR.
over 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Time Travel: Where and When would you go? in the Culture Vultures Branch
As an actual historian (of the 17 / 18th century), I suffer from no delusion that anything outside the 20th century would look/smell/appear...
over 1 year ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Public Transport out of Atlantic City Airport in the Americas - United States of America Branch
I'm flying to Atlantic City because it's a fraction of the cost of a ticket to Philly. Any other possible combinations?
almost 2 years ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Public Transport out of Atlantic City Airport in the Americas - United States of America Branch
I'm flying into the Atlantic City International Airport this week and trying to find a means of public transport to the Moorestown/Mount...
almost 2 years ago
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