KZBlog is going down (2)
After some thought, I have decided not to renew KZBLog’s lease. As you may have noticed, I don’t do a lot of posting here anymore. I don’t have time to blog regularly. Thus I am taking the site down–it does generate some ad revenue but not as much as it costs to keep it up. […]
Culture
- Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too
2011-12-05 - Apples, Sure. But THC is from Kazakhstan too?
2011-10-05 - Naked Man Pot
2011-09-23
- Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too
Resources
- Oh, CNN
2012-07-21 - What Do You Know About Kazakhstan?
2012-07-19 - Books for Kazakh Students
2011-11-06
- Oh, CNN
Politics
- Image
2011-07-28 - Sub Rosa Endorsement
2011-07-26 - The Naked Truth
2011-06-12
- Image
News
- KZBlog is going down
2013-09-10 - Oh, CNN
2012-07-21 - Repentence
2012-07-15
- KZBlog is going down
Fun
- What Do You Know About Kazakhstan?
2012-07-19 - Yurts Are High Fashion and Slum Fashion Too
2011-12-05 - House Hunters Bishkek
2011-12-02
- What Do You Know About Kazakhstan?
Tourism
- Asian Games Torch
2011-01-12 - Wikitravel
2010-08-07 - ALZHIR, the Soviets and Democracy
2010-07-30
- Asian Games Torch
Life in KZ
- Photo Gallery: Almaty Subway
2011-12-07 - Healthcare and the Private Sector
2011-11-30 - Naked Man Pot
2011-09-23
- Photo Gallery: Almaty Subway
Redbubble
RT @RussianSphinx: RT @drref_r… (1)
RT @RussianSphinx: RT @drref_ru: Пользователи Twitter выступили против его русификации http://t.co/ygNrE6P via @delovoj_spb but why??
Nothing But Nyet (Comments Off on Nothing But Nyet)
from funnyism.com
Stumbled on this the other day. Not much to do with Kazakhstan, I suppose but it’s a very clever shot. Who knew Lenin liked basketball?
Happy Valentine’s Day all. Bes… (Comments Off on Happy Valentine’s Day all. Bes…)
Happy Valentine’s Day all. Best English Club yet BTW Couldn’t get them to shut up even when it was time to go home and eat!
Washing with Vodka (Comments Off on Washing with Vodka)
A fun custom in Kazakhstan I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned here is “washing” a purchase or deal with alcohol. I say washing because that’s a literal translation of what it’s called in Russian, обмыть. In fact, it means to toast or drink to a purchase. Toasting a piece of good luck or a completed business deal or a major purchase like a house isn’t that strange in the West, but drinking to a new washing machine or a dress is.
And of course the ongoing hospitality holds that anyone in the home at the time should also drink.
I only bring this up because the other day visiting a friend of a friend, a member of the family came home with a new washing machine. Before I knew what happened, I had a shot of vodka in my hand.
RT @ChrisMerriman: New Blog Po… (Comments Off on RT @ChrisMerriman: New Blog Po…)
RT @ChrisMerriman: New Blog Post: Another Late Night Watching & Pondering http://chrismerriman.com/another-late-night-watching-pondering/
Rumsfeld says US should have s… (Comments Off on Rumsfeld says US should have s…)
Rumsfeld says US should have supported Uzbek gov’t re Andijan to keep Russia out. Screw innocent lives RT @Eurasianet http://bit.ly/efY1y7
Another moment when you can sa… (Comments Off on Another moment when you can sa…)
Another moment when you can say turn on the TV. Any channel.
http://www.kzlog.net is back u… (Comments Off on http://www.kzlog.net is back u…)
http://www.kzlog.net is back up. All looks well. Mistake on the host side and not my fault!
Looks like it is a problem wit… (Comments Off on Looks like it is a problem wit…)
Looks like it is a problem with host. Catastrophic raid failure. Probably not as cool as it sounds.
Kzblog.net seems to have been … (Comments Off on Kzblog.net seems to have been …)
Kzblog.net seems to have been deleted from servers. I don’t know if this is a problem on server/host side. Hoping all will be well.
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