Celebrating the Golden Age of the 90's

She’s my friend because we both know what it’s like to have people be jealous of us. And I must give her snaps for her courageous fashion efforts. Dionne and I were both named after great singers of the past who now do infomercials.

1991 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - 1x19 - April is the Cruelest Month

Episode aired 11 April 1991

Brandon interviews Roger Azarian (Matthew Perry), the school's tennis star, he discovers that Roger's golden-boy appearance hides deeper demons.

Timothy Snyder - this time talking about Russian (Muscovy) imperialism and colonisation of the entire span of Asia, and big chunks of Europe. How it came to be, how it was done, what is "All Russia" (Wszechruś) and why it's a fuzzy kind of entity, and how the way the country was managed at the time MAY give us the hints into why Russia is now socially structured in such a weird way from our point of view.

(and I mean our, as not "Western world" only, also our as next door neighbours of Russia - we KNOW the structure is f*ed up and why, but it's still weird, and also, it's nice to hear Professor Snyder explain it in brutally plain words)