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Mar 8, 2022
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The Dragon, by Evgeny Schwartz. The puppet theatre in Magnitogorsk staged the play in 1979. The same Viktor Shraiman (from Kharkiv) presented The Very Same Munchhausen there in 1988. I was there and impressed. Vaguely recall getting drunk with the troupe after the play.

Which reminds me of this excerpt from a post on February 14, 2022, ten days before the orcs invaded

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If talks between Ukraine and Russia result in anything, Putin might be able to continue bargaining for a couple more years. But if talks fail, then a zero-sum game begins: either a coup before WWIV, or full-blown WWIV before the coup. Rinse, repeat.


Not much to report this morning. Shoe holding up. Thinking lots about dragons.

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To Kill A Dragon. The wishy-washy West. What else is the Kremlin counting on? (February 14, 2022)

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