Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

And If Irene Wasn't Enough

Tropical Storm Katia is forming.

I mention that because whoever picked the name "Katia" out of a baby book of names apparently didn't know about Russian diminutives. Russian diminutives are analagous to nicknames that are formed from people's formal names. For instance, a girl named Josephine may be called Joey or JoJo, a boy named Frederick may be called Freddie or Fred.

Russian diminutives are a lot more extensive.* For some of the more popular names, there are a pantload of diminutives.

I am mentioning this because Katia (or Katya) is a diminutive of Ekaterina and a variant/diminutive of that name is: Katrina.**

I'm not saying that means anything, but if Tropical Storm Katia ends up becoming another Category 5 killer storm, well, you read it here first.

Elsewhere, Typhoon Talas is expected to make landfall in Japan by Friday.
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* Sasha is the diminutive for Alexander and Alexandra.
** So is Katyusha, better known for other reasons.

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