MoroseTroll on 26/6/2009 at 16:26

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I'm from Russia. My town is little enough (< 30 thousands of people), and most of its citizens have a relatives in the nearby villages. There lots of people of several nations among Russians are living in my town: Mordvins, Tatars, Bashkirs, Ukrainians, Armenians, Kurds...well, maybe somebody else, but I don't remember exactly.
What Russia is known for? I don't know...Vodka, I guess? Well, maybe. Circus bears:joke:? Not sure; at least in my region, AFAIK, there are no any bears (and wolves too) for centuries; maybe in Siberia... We just living our lives like any other people all over the world.
What about me personally? I'm working at the local Lyceum, half a sysadmin over the ~70 PCs, half a teacher of computer science (MS Word/Excel/Power Point/Visual Basic and so on). BTW, do you know that all the software used in every Russian school is absolutely licensed? Yep, there is a special federal strategy exists, so if you're understand Russian, just visit (http://shkola.edu.ru/) there. Well, where am I? Ok, I do like lawn tennis, but, alas, we don't have good tennis courts down here :(. What else? Of course, I do like Thief series :).

Namdrol on 27/6/2009 at 00:04

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http://www.shoaheducation.com/spearofdestiny.jpg
...... and for all the conspiracy fruitbats let us not forget this.

Namdrol on 27/6/2009 at 00:13

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The Spear of Destiny
It's in the Kunsthistoriche Museum and some people believe all of human history is controlled by it.
But they're batshit crazy.

AR Master on 27/6/2009 at 00:30

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It's the spear that lanced Jesus' side while he was crucified

pwyll on 28/6/2009 at 22:06

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Here is a panoramic view from Rila Mountain in Bulgaria in area called The Seven Rila Lakes.

You can see the six lowest (and largest) Seven Rila Lakes, from left to right: &#1054;&#1082;&#1086;&#1090;&#1086; (Eye), &#1041;&#1098;&#1073;&#1088;&#1077;&#1082;&#1072; (Kidney), &#1041;&#1083;&#1080;&#1079;&#1085;&#1072;&#1082;&#1072; (Twin, half hidden), &#1058;&#1088;&#1080;&#1083;&#1080;&#1089;&#1090;&#1085;&#1080;&#1082;&#1072; (Trefoil), &#1056;&#1080;&#1073;&#1085;&#1086;&#1090;&#1086; &#1077;&#1079;&#1077;&#1088;&#1086; (Fish lake), &#1044;&#1086;&#1083;&#1085;&#1086;&#1090;&#1086; &#1077;&#1079;&#1077;&#1088;&#1086; (Lower lake).

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Rila_7_lakes_circus_panorama_edit1.jpg)

The seventh lake &#1057;&#1098;&#1083;&#1079;&#1072;&#1090;&#1072; (The Tear) is here:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Ezeroto_Sulzata.JPG)

They are the most visited group of lakes in Bulgaria. The lakes are situated between 2,100 and 2,500 metres elevation above sea level.