the telephone's out of cigarettes

"Though it often gave scandal to the pious, religious holidays were drinking days. The close..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:50:59 -0400

“Though it often gave scandal to the pious, religious holidays were drinking days. The close connection in Russian culture between religious observances and alcohol consumption is evident in a folk tale about a village drunkard who dies and seeks admission to heaven. St. Peter at first tries to send him away, but the drunkard retorts: “I drank and praised God with every swallow, but you denied Christ three times, and you are in heaven!” He similarly reduces to shame and silence St. Paul, Kings David and Solomon, Nicholas the Wonder-worker, and others, and had to be allowed a seat in heaven.”

- http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/05/14/radonitsa-eat-pray-drink/

Radonitsa: Eat, Pray, Drink

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:46:50 -0400

Radonitsa: Eat, Pray, Drink:

Feasting on graves, drunken singing, and prayers for the dead? It’s the Orthodox Day of Rejoicing!

WHEN MY BOSS SUGGESTS WE RUN A PIECE THAT FIVE OTHER OUTLETS HAVE ESSENTIALLY ALREADY DONE

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:49:22 -0400

editorrealtalk:

WHEN NO ONE CLICKS ON A PIECE I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:49:05 -0400

editorrealtalk:

yesss

WHEN I SEE ANOTHER TREND STORY ABOUT WOMEN AND WORK/LIFE BALANCE

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:48:30 -0400

editorrealtalk:

#Realtalk: Work/life trend pieces and when journalistic heroes fall, literally

ooooh yes.

WHEN A WRITER USES THE WORD 'MELLIFLUOUS'

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:48:07 -0400

editorrealtalk:

Five types of problem writer, in GIFs, over at CJR.

Plus, just to show I’m self-aware, five types of problem editor, over at my personal site.

mmhm.

WHEN I RECEIVE A PITCH I HAVE SEEN 10 TIMES BEFORE

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:45:48 -0400

editorrealtalk:

errday

grindlebone: The apotheosis of George Costanza

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:31:31 -0400

grindlebone:

The apotheosis of George Costanza

beautyandterrordance: “I wanted to remind people that the...

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:31:01 -0400

beautyandterrordance:

“I wanted to remind people that the lowest types of humanity may have within them the capacity for supreme self-sacrifice. The dwarfed, misshapen beggar of the streets may have the noblest ideals. Most of my roles since The Hunchback of Notre Dame, such as The Phantom of the Opera, He Who Gets Slapped, The Unholy Three, etc., have carried the theme of self-sacrifice or renunciation. These are the stories which I wish to do.” - Lon Chaney

natgeofound: Two actresses at Delphi Festival adorn costumes of...

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:27:57 -0400

natgeofound:

Two actresses at Delphi Festival adorn costumes of classical Greece, December 1930.
Photograph by Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic

chefbecker: it’s like if Putin and Berlusca (yeah in Italy we...

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:27:23 -0400

chefbecker:

it’s like if Putin and Berlusca (yeah in Italy we call him like that) wanted to do a nice photo but then Medvedev pops out at the very last second and makes a weird-smile face

i really don’t think Berlusconi likes Dima. i think he only tolerates him bcs they’re both bros with Vova.

Temperance Beverages

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:25:34 -0400

ingridrichter:

The founding fathers of the United States encouraged the making and drinking of beer and ale as temperance beverages, preferable to hard liquor. To aid the establishment and growth of breweries in America, James Madison urged the first Congress to place a heavy tax on imported beer.

Isaac Asimov’s Book of Facts, 1979.

Photo

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:22:40 -0400

can’t stop laughing at Gogol

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:14:36 -0400

can’t stop laughing at Gogol

fuckyeahrussianpolitics: Vladislav Surkov reciting Allen...

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:54:21 -0400

fuckyeahrussianpolitics:

Vladislav Surkov reciting Allen Ginsberg’s “Sunflower Sutra”

Another poem :D

omg surkov why do you have such an awesome voice?

forever reblog

linguophilic: i came across this you guys. the father of...

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:53:08 -0400

linguophilic:

i came across this you guys.

the father of Russian “piar” (PR).

chnela: Peter Stackpole, May 1951.

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:45:05 -0400

chnela:

Peter Stackpole, May 1951.

Kadyrov & Surkov, out on the town.

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:12:52 -0400

Kadyrov & Surkov, out on the town.:

kadyrov_95’s photo on Instagram

timeless-couture: Wasted Luxury Saskia de Brauw photographed by...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:35:16 -0400

timeless-couture:

Wasted Luxury

Saskia de Brauw photographed by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia March 2011

"A broad deviation of popular piety from the Christian faith made death black again. This is..."

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:24:00 -0400

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A broad deviation of popular piety from the Christian faith made death black again. This is symbolized in many places by the use of black vestments at funerals and ‘requiems.’

We should know, however, that for a Christian the color of death is white. Praying for the dead is not mourning and nowhere is this better revealed than in the connection between the universal commemoration of the dead with Saturdays in general, and the lenten Saturdays in particular.

Because of sin and betrayal, the joyful day of Creation has become the day of death; for Creation, by ‘subjecting itself to futility’ (Rom. 8:20) has itself become death. But Christ’s Death restores the seventh day, making it the day of re-creation, of the overcoming and destruction of that which made this world a triumph of death.

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- Great Lent, Alexander Schmemann