Monthly Archives: November 2010

Thanksgiving in Georgia

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

One of the many quirks of the Georgian expat life is that we have to make our own holidays out of whatever we can scrounge up here in the central Caucasus region. So far Halloween and Thanksgiving have come and … Continue reading →

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I’ve hit a rut

Posted on November 21, 2010 by

Today, the stress just sort of piled up too high and I ended up having an extended bitch session with one of my neighbors and fellow TLG volunteers. There are several broad categories of problems that TLGers are having here … Continue reading →

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Adaptation

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

Experiences have been piling up so much lately that I fear I’ve fallen woefully behind on reporting them. I feel like there are things I am forgetting already that I wanted to record. But let me talk about a theme. … Continue reading →

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Blog Carnival Announcement: Money in Georgia

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

I’ve decided to host a Blog Carnival about Money in Georgia. Basically the way this works is that anyone who is interested in participating will write a blog post about the topic “Money in Georgia” and send me a permalink … Continue reading →

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Regional Politics

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

I read an interesting article in The Economist this morning about Georgia’s position in international politics. I’ve talked before about America’s reasons for being interested in Georgia, but I mostly ignored Iran, so I’d like to revisit that topic and … Continue reading →

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The Enemy Has A Name

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

I did some research (translation: asked one of my cop friends) and found out that the TV station that keeps slamming TLG and its members (including me, this blog’s humble author) is the media arm of a party called the … Continue reading →

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Tomas Fletcher and the perils of Friending your students

Posted on November 3, 2010 by

Two of my favorite commentarians have asked me about my opinion on the Tomas Fletcher situation. I have now heard about this from four different sources and seen the news report on it. The story, from what I understand, is … Continue reading →

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Culture

Posted on November 2, 2010 by

I’ve been trying to find the right way to say this. It seems like whenever I talk about Georgian culture I’m relying on certain assumptions about culture that other people don’t really share. I might as well just lay them … Continue reading →

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