On Monday night, I watched the latest episode of Heroes, The Line. In it, Noah Bennett, a.k.a. Horn-Rimmed Glasses, went to Odessa, Ukraine, to hunt down his old mentor, Ivan. He was after some paintings and, indirectly, information about The Company, the group that, for lack of a better word, hunts people with special powers.
The [...]
Russian
Russian stereotypes on American television?
The Russian-Star Wars connection
I blogged at Language Geek a few days ago about a huge amount of Russian language learning material that is available for free from the Princeton.edu website. I’ve started working through the lessons, and in lesson 2, at the end of the lesson PDF file, there is a box containing some information about Star Wars [...]
Why am I learning Russian?
A friend of mine emailed me today with a few personal updates. Also in the email was this:
Since you study Russian, I was wondering what actually attracts you to it and to the people and the country. I can imagine someone studying a language on a purely theoretical basis, but it makes more sense if [...]
My first steps with Russian
For our family Christmas passing party this year, I asked for The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners. Seeing as I knew what I was getting (and the person I’m purchasing for also knew what he was getting*), we agreed to swap presents early. So, I was able to get my gift [...]
