In Beard We Trust
“There are two kinds of people in this world that go around beardless—boys and women—and I am neither one.” -Greek aphorism The idea to grow a beard is not such an arduous task-when you first have to shave at thirteen, can buy beer (and condoms to pass it off) with a week’s growth at sixteen, [...]
Russia: Where Beards & Mail Order Brides Come From, Natch
“We are not Asia. We are not western Europe. We are just Russia. Why do we have to be like this or like that? We are just Russians. We have our own civilization, our own alphabet, our own language, everything our own.” -Victor Bodarenko, Publisher (Art of Russia, Andrew Graham-Dixon) What to write about Russia [...]