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On January 7, one of my friends at the Moscow State University has invited me to join an exclusive online student club. Since then I’ve been finding out all sorts of things about my friends and those with whom I studied. It’s all a bit nostalgic. In this ‘nostalgic’ mood I registered on another webdatabase of students, where I found people from my school.

I’ve got the impression that in the three years that I was away, one half of my friends got married, and another half have been working really hard for the benefit of the discipline (History). Most of them seem to be working in the museums and galleries, as well as on TV. Some teach.

Also I need advice, please. Exzibit.net, where quite a few of my articles have been published, is now apparently extinct. I found out today, and it feels embarrassing that I’m linking to the website, whereas it no longer works. It showcased my writing, and obviously I use those texts as references on my CV. I would appreciate any advice on what maybe the best platform for republishing them. The texts presumably still exist in cache, but I cannot refer to that.

Thanks!

Oh, and by the way, it’s New Year again, old style. So, all best!

Update: Exzibit.net is working again. It didn’t work yesterday, and I’ve set up a WordPress blog for the texts. I think I will still use it, though.

… Listen (again!)

A new study reveals that if you’re a classical music fan, you will have tried cannabis. I wonder if this may be the case of the so-called false correlation?

This is what was written in Psychology Today (you already read it here):

I think this thesis explains better, why people who like opera have tried magic mushrooms (mind you, I’m not among them!) It is mushrooms that draw people to opera, not opera that draws them to mushrooms. If we blame it on music, we’ll have to think that Beethoven was the true reason behind the rampages of Alex and his gang in A Clockwork Orange – which couldn’t be further from the truth.

(And I don’t even mention Wagner…)