low-fi.org/uk has a dynamic map of the world showing how much each country in the world is in the news. The darker countries are the highest. The lighter countries have less news reported about them. As expected, the United States is amoung the darkest and the nations of Africa are amoung the lightest. The map …
Alot of Estonian art sites I encountered are in Estonian. surprise. surprise. There are some that have English translations. Here’s a few links: ———————————–balticsww.com: This seems to be the big master list of Estonian galleries and museums. It really surprises me how many museums and galleries do not have websites. oh well. All the sites …
On the TV show, Alias, on ABC, they display the city that the next scene is set in. Estonia was one of the settings! Jennifer Garner’s sister got stabbed in the back in Estonia. Don’t worry. It wasn’t a good-natured Estonian who did the deed. It was some evil henchmen that just so happened to …
Sunday August 22… LEE DongSoo and YOO YongSung won silver in the men’s badminton doubles. I like saying their names. Only Estonians have more vowels in their names.
Every day of the Olympics I will post a comment or two. I’m already a few days behind, but I’ve been keeping notes. It’s just a matter of uploading them. Enjoy. Go Estonia. (The cartoons you see in the header are Pheros and Athena, the mascots of the 2004 Summer Olympics… weird, but better than …
OLYMPICS FUNErki Nool (Estonian) won the decathalon gold in the 2000 olympics in Sydney. DECATHALON! That made him the world’s greatest athlete! When the news broke, I put up a sign in my apartment window. Looks like Erki’s only event in the 2004 Olympics is the Men’s “10-n”. Whatever that is. Looks like it’s some …