I know it’s terribly immature, but I found this sign about “stopcocking” posted next to the urinal in the computer lab amusing… Continue reading
Author Archives: Justin
About Minsk… Scenes of Belarus
This was my first real view of Minsk – a big burst of Soviet-style architecture in the form of a new library. For the record, I love these sort of grandiose and ambitious projects. This was the view from my hotel room. We were told the building closest to us housed some sort of secret … Continue reading
Khatyn Memorial, Belarus
On our first full day in Belarus, we hired a driver to take us out to the remote Khatyn Memorial. This “village” is deep in the forest, down the road pictured below. However, you will not find this small Belorussian village on even the most detailed geographic map today. It was obliterated by fascists on … Continue reading
Chicks Just Don’t Get It
One night when I was out with Eleonora, I bought a pack of gum and received some annoying penny coins for change. Lacking any pockets and with no homeless people in sight, I simply threw them on the ground rather than carry around some dirty coppers all night. Eleonora was absolutely shocked. A lengthy discussion … Continue reading
Sainsbury’s Siren: Biomechanics
Standing in the mixed nuts section of Sainsbury’s, a blur of blonde caught my peripheral vision. Turning, I saw a gorgeous girl following a middle-aged man around the fruit bins. She looked about 18 years old, at the peak of her womanly ripeness. She was wearing velvet athletic shorts so small that the underside of … Continue reading
I Can’t Take The Illiteracy Anymore: An Open Letter
Thanks to the combination of politicians who care more about “freedom fries” than educating the young, parents who are too busy or oblivious to care what their children know, teachers who are just as ignorant as their students, and spell-checking software, an entire generation of children in this world has grown up illiterate. In other … Continue reading
Lights Out Time On Frenchtown Road
At my first job during high school I used to work at Lucky bagging groceries. Justin Ames bagging groceries? Yeah, I’m not above a little manual labor now and then and it was a good first job because the hours were flexible and it paid quite well (Also, as I found out later, Snoop Dogg’s … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 