V. or E. at Cultural Oddity

V. grew up in the former Soviet Union. Sassy is a bi-racial American whose father is a Chinese immigrant. An international marriage creates issues in understanding each other, but it also allows one to see cultural artifacts more "stereoscopically". A comparative analysis can reveal that different nations are in many respects not all that different, and that many things assumed as unique are not quite. On the other hand, some cultural assumptions could be "not right".

More broadly, each society consists of numerous sub-cultures of different localities, trades, hobbies, and so on. We will explore their features and interactions in our daily life.

Some posting categories deserve a short introduction:
Back to the USSR. Reminiscences of life in the USSR, it's similarities and differences with modern USA.

Life Tips for the Daring. Here we'll share some unusual-looking but potentially helpful techniques to deal with life's problems and inconveniences.

V. would like to acknowledge a huge impact Marc Andreessen's blog ( http://blog.pmarca.com/ ) had on his views and perceptions of blogs.
While it has been hibernating for past several months (as of Feb 2009), it showed an insider's view of the start-up world, useful productivity tricks, as well as a highly interesting introduction to Charlie T. Munger's "The Psychology of Human Misjudgment", to mention just a few areas of discourse. It was a "serious" and frequently fascinating reading.