Month: March 2016

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Brought my daughter to the ice rink for the first time this morning. Out of 36 cars in the parking lot, only two are sedans – mine and someone else’s. Quite a rarity.

The second three minutes of my commute from work home take me past public soccer fields. When I cycle home around 8-9 PM, there’s always someone playing – in uniform, with referees and spectators. The day before yesterday I saw an entire girls’ soccer team there, and yesterday – a whole girls’ lacrosse team. I should make a report from there and post it on Facebook sometime.

You don’t know what lacrosse is? Neither did I. But it’s very popular here (as a game people learn to play, not one they enjoy watching on TV. The latter is more about baseball and basketball).

The players run around in masks like Hannibal Lecter with nets in their hands.

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Лакросс

Our notes on America – “Not Forgetting How to Walk”

https://beinginamericadotcom.wordpress.com/2016/03/18/walk/

My colleagues from my previous job are expanding. Highly recommended

http://hh.ru/vacancy/16345401

You can find just about anything in the stores

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How do you like the assignment for 4th grade? We’re devising a trap (unlike the previous post with “I don’t know!” this one includes the assignment itself – that’s where the real charm lies)

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Our Everyday Life

Wow! now that’s a service. In the USA, you can search for doctors online on ZocDoc. We found our therapist there, and now, when Lisa needed to buy glasses, I hopped onto ZocDoc as well. There you can select the location, what insurance you have, and a list of doctors is provided – you can choose based on various parameters, including the language of communication and so on.

So, I booked an appointment with a doctor, choosing General Eye Consultation. I assumed that this was a vision check. The clinic called, told me that wasn’t exactly the case, and apologized and canceled the appointment. In response to this, ZocDoc sent me an email like “what happened?”. I honestly replied that I had made a mistake and chosen the wrong option. Now, they apologized and sent me a five-dollar Amazon voucher. It’s a small thing – but nice!

ZocDoc thank you for your service!

I remembered an interesting video about Maria João Pires. She was invited to a concert to perform a piano solo. But as soon as the orchestra played the first notes, it turned out that instead of what she was prepared for, the orchestra began playing the 20th concerto in D minor, which she was not ready for. She needed to enter at some specific bar and – total facepalm. But no worries, she gathered herself and played everything as needed. The video vividly captures the entire spectrum of her emotions. The conductor, Ricardo Chailly, did a great job too 🙂

Of course, it was a rehearsal, albeit a public one, with people in the hall.