It's been a busy week or so as I've been balancing quite a bit in my "down time."  I have been writing a bit on the Iranian students for some other sites and at the same time, I have been building a web archive of material related to the Great Patriotic War (more on that project soon), plus I've devoted a bit of time to defending a blog article I wrote for our site way back in April 2006.  Now, it does tend bother me when I go too long without posting new material and I know we don't have a vast readership here, but now and again folks drop me a line to check on things if I'm too quiet.  So, while I don't have anything terribly important to add to greeklish.org tonight, I will take a break from my other projects to post a few pictures...

Here's old Domino, fast asleep:



If you've never had the pleasure of meeting Domino, I will point out here that she is a big dog.  She currently weighs about 65 pounds.  You might notice that she has crammed her entire body into a dog bed that is actually intended for a 10 to 15 pound dog.  The small bed belongs to Stupsi who weighs about 12 pounds or so.  Domino's rather large bed is on the floor right next to Stupsi's bed.  You can see it in the picture.  It is completely empty.  Sure, Domino could get up and plant herself on her own bed, which is probably much more comfortable because it is designed for a dog her size.  But this is clearly a matter of principle.  Stupsi is out of the picture, fast asleep on the cold, hard floor.  Domino is still very much in charge of things around here.

Here's my desk after several nights of writing about the Iranian students, the Great Patriotic War and Dr. R.'s lecture:



1.        The Teaching Company's Legacies of Great Economists lecture series on audiocassette
2.        Marxism:  Philosophy and Economics by Thomas Sowell
3.        A History of the USSR, Part Three (Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1948)
4.        History of the USSR, Part III (Progress Publishers, 1982)
5.        Herr Vogt: A Spy in the Workers' Movement by Karl Marx (New Park, 1982)
6.        Smokin' Banana Peels CD by The Dead Milkmen
7.        Post card featuring the famous quote by Dom Helder Camara:  "When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why the poor were hungry, they called me a communist."
8.        Soviet-era museum placard featuring the slogan "Death to the fascist hordes!"  (underneath are the books What is Dialectical Materialism? by O. Yakhot and Peace and Greece, Speeches by Dr. Ales Bebler)
9.        Bumper sticker:  "I'd rather be smashing imperialism"
10.      Soviet Calendar:  Thirty Years of the Soviet State (Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1948)
11.    Rey Mysterio: The Biggest Little Man DVD set

Now...back to work!