What Is Marriage, Pt. 2

The union between a man and a woman is sacred, a coveted bond fostered by family and society. The purpose the union serves is not only for bearing children, but to create a long-lasting mutual dependence for perpetuating the familial lineage, and thereby mankind, with cultural, spiritual, and other factors at stake. Ideally such unions [...]

What Is Marriage?

Lately I have been perplexed by the concept of marriage, now second-guessing the institution and what purpose it serves in society. As I have understood it marriage is a bond that is shared commonly between a man and a woman (although even that fundamental rule has changed since the turn of the 21st century). Marriage [...]

Melancholy Ponderings

I have been musing over my life during the last couple of hours. Strange situations have found my way this year. I find myself in a sort of limbo, in the transition I had discussed once before here. It is in a way unnerving because I or anyone else cannot say when the transformation will [...]

Learning My А Б Вs

I have been trying to learn the Russian alphabet for the last three years. Rather, I keep forgetting to learn. I manage to study for one or two days at a time then for some reason my absentmindedness kicks in and the continued learning stops. It’s a strange tings-like phenomenon. However I was able to [...]

Catnapping

I am having trouble staying awake at work. Occasionally this dilemma plagues me, but there seems to be nothing else to do other than write about it. That way I can find an excuse to stay awake. But why am I falling asleep? It could be that I am bored, it happens from time to [...]

Paneer or Banir?

Last night I went to an Indian restaurant called “Karma” after work for a late night bite to eat. For some reason I was craving Indian food, the curries, gravies, naan bread brushed with melted butter, and so forth. I ended up ordering a “paneer” dish which had a tomato-based sauce with sautéed small, purple [...]