Buranovskiye Babushki represent Russia at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song 'Party For Everybody'.

Watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNRGc71hjc

http://youtu.be/WKNRGc71hjc

 

 

Moscow is celebrating its 864th birthday. Historians assume that the city is actually much older, but the first recorded mention of Moscow dates back to 1147.

Despite floods, fires and invasions, the city grew and developed.

During the next few years, Moscow will more than double its territory to 251,000 hectares and may soon emerge as a major global

This video is from a young Russian film journalist that is filming in Antartica.

Pretty funny and very Russian.

http://vimeo.com/5912998

if you're not afraid to try something different, it might be fun to see "man on wire" under the stars this friday. wordsmith blogged about the guerilla drive-in a few weeks back and it sounds exciting. they're showing man on wire under the soquel bridge in the san lorenzo park this friday, are you going? "man on wire" won the best documentary oscar last

We all laughed at the spaced-out Miss South Carolina when she babbled about education and South Africa in 2008. But Santa Cruz has its own brand of crazy babbling. I guess it could happen anywhere, any time someone starts a speech without thinking through what they'll say. This must be why people fear public speaking.

Does it reflect badly on our town? The

 

Tomorrow, July 22, 2009 (or today, depending on your locale) will bring the longest Solar Eclipse of the century. The majestic occurrence will last longer than a whopping six and a half minutes. The next solar eclipse that will last that long will be on June 13th, 2132.

Tomorrows eclipse will only be visible in parts of India, Bangladesh, China, Japan,

  

Neil Young & Paul McCartney ~ A Day In the Life ~ Live From Hyde Park 27th June 2009

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6SSR3YY-rc

sorry i'm so not serious, but how about some light-heartedness for a change? i thought i would share some of the sites that have entertained me this week.
 
my new favorite website is, without a doubt, asianposes.com ! if you're not familiar with the asian poses phenomena, you need to check out this site and expand your horizons.

if vamping doesn't keep you

national dance week started off on the right foot. the nocturnal sunshine finale was hot, to say the

I wish I has a picture for you all, I really do, becuase the image it left in my mind hasn't gone away.

 A friend and I parked up on the hill somewhere like Miramar or sommat, where we drank our tea and ate our Ferrell's chocolate old fashoineds. It was close to midnight, the city was quiet though her lights still burned underneath a star spangled sky and

It was late afternoon as we walked along the railroad tracks, the setting sun a dazzling gold ball before us. My daughter had volunteered to dog sit while a friend was out of town, and we were now returning to our cat filled abode.

A dark shadow passed in front of the sun, then swooped before us again before landing just a few feet away on the fence. Deep

I wasn't able to sleep, and judging from the noises coming from the washer, drier and Jake's room in the wee morning hours, neither was Jake.

 

We both had a 4:30 AM wake-up to get the lad to SFO for his 8:05AM direct flight to Dulles airport in D.C. for his Congressional Youth Leadership Council trip to the inaguration of President number 44, Mr. Barak

While driving home from the airport last night, an electronic sign on highway 17 informed me that texting while driving is against the law in California starting Jan 1, 2009.

 

Ummm, people text while DRIVING?

 

Common sense isn't.

 

 

While the rest of you are grappling with the national hypocracy of the Iraq war, buying presents for xmas, the financial crisis, existential angst, ennui, depression and tendencies towards alcoholism, I am honing my skills for the coming zombie apocolypse at CrazyMonkey games (that's right, a mixture of all the above!)

 

Drop whatever else you are doing

 

We're pretty lazy about Christmas decorations at my house, but luckily up the street there's an incredible display. This picture doesn't do justice; there are also animatronic polar bears and electronic Christmas carols playing. Among the beautiful details, I count at least two lit-up Christmas trains, three Santa-and-sleighs, a giant snowflake and