http://olgakogan.com/blog the life and times of someone very famous Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:46:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am sitting in the prochansky auditorium as its filling up. I am also listening to Ladyhawke. Damn, I love her album.  One of my favorite customers from the store, a Miss Jane Jacobs (not the dead one) is a few rows behind me in the audience. What an interesting coincidence. Ok, ... http://olgakogan.com/blog/2008/10/20/great-issues-forum-naomi-klein-hernando-de-soto-joseph-stiglitz/ I am shortly going to be blogging, or possibly liveblogging, the Great Issues forum at the CUNY grad center. This one features naomi Klein and some other people who I am sure are influential. I don't want to waste the batteries on Nortia, so I am using my phone for now. It's ... http://olgakogan.com/blog/2008/10/20/more-liveblogging/ My grandma is making the most disgusting dish I'd ever heard of. It's a beaten steak, covered with salt and pepper, then a layer of cheese then a layer of mayonaisse. This concoction is then baked in it's own juices in the oven. She insists this is a french delicacy that ... http://olgakogan.com/blog/2008/10/19/disgusting/ I'm here at the Village Treehouse with a bunch of my nano friends for the second presidential debate. We're watching it on MSNBC, which is my favorite news network. Rachel Maddow, how I love thee. I also have a deep sense of respect for Tom Brokaw.  Question One is by an ... http://olgakogan.com/blog/2008/10/07/liveblogging-the-second-presidential-debate/ I am in my house along with 5 of my good friends. We're all gathered around my nice widescreen tv and i've just made fondue. We are as liberal a room as you've likely to get, and we are excited to see Sarah Palin drool on herself.    We've had fondue, wine ... http://olgakogan.com/blog/2008/10/02/liveblogging-the-vp-debate/ I just passed by a guy on the subway who was wearing a shirt that read; " Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was gone. New Orleans." And he had a Zune. http://olgakogan.com/blog/2008/08/24/asshole-alert/ Every time I go to barnes and Noble, I go to the linguistics section on the 4th floor. It makes me feel forlorn, lost and sad. Yet I always go. I know why those PhD programs didn't take me. I know nothing about semiotics, optimality theory, and pragmatics. My knowledge of ... http://olgakogan.com/blog/2008/08/06/lost-things/ Only in my family: Today we went to visit my mother's grave in staten island. I had to get up very early and go all the way to Bensonhurst to catch the ride with my father. Once we got there, my father inspected the gravestone and began cleaning it. He brushed off ... http://olgakogan.com/blog/2008/08/05/russian-journeys/ So I am testing the wordpress app on the iPhone to see if I could blog easily from here. It would certainly increase the number of posts I make if I could. http://olgakogan.com/blog/2008/07/24/mobile-blogging/ I was a Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter. I'd always liked her. She is a strong, charismatic woman. I began to support her candidacy after I saw her give the commencement speech for the Honors College graduation the year I was a junior in uni. She was a lovely, eloquent speaker. ... http://olgakogan.com/blog/2008/06/11/politics-june-08/