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	<description>My name is Stephanie Smirnov, like the vodka. I married a Russian so you don't have to.</description>
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		<title>Bad Russian Husbands</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The slideshow in this post is (I believe) entitled "Bad Russian Husbands." I've chosen the highlights just for you. In case you wondering, the Russian and I are NOT depicted in any of these images. As far as you know.]]></description>
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		<title>Soviet Anti-Booze Propaganda</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian attempts at anti-alcohol propaganda always seem so poignantly futile to me. You can't undo thousands of years of cultural DNA with one poster. This is a cool one, though, dating back to the Cultural Revolution...   ]]></description>
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		<title>Kids Sports: Russia vs America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In which I examine the differences between Russian and American attitudes on children and sports, and disclose how I got my first (and last) hickey. These topics are actually closely related...]]></description>
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		<title>Matryoshka Monday: Valentine Edition</title>
		<link>http://likethevodka.com/2012/02/14/matryoshka-monday-valentine-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i know it's not Monday, but it's probably better to post this particular matryoshka today because it is Valentine's Day, after all. My friend Igor makes the most beautiful matryoshka designs and if you go here you will find them on a lovely array of tees...]]></description>
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		<title>My Marriage Feels Like This Video</title>
		<link>http://likethevodka.com/2012/02/08/my-marriage-feels-like-this-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's some video of a party we threw last weekend. Lots of high-kicking Russians, vodka and a tank. Or maybe it's a dream I had, or possibly a music video by an English dance band with a thing for Ukrainian folk dancing...]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Baptised, Russian-Style</title>
		<link>http://likethevodka.com/2012/02/07/getting-baptised-russian-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://likethevodka.com/?p=5158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If countries were human stereotypes, Russia would be the grumpy old man who sits on his front porch barking to no one in particular about the many things that infuriate him, like Americans throwing away perfectly edible food and driving like assholes in the snow...]]></description>
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		<title>Matryoshka Monday: Super Bowl Edition</title>
		<link>http://likethevodka.com/2012/02/06/matryoshka-monday-super-bowl-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is with great pleasure that I return to Matryoshka Monday after a long hiatus with some Giants-themed nesting doll goodness...]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Chew Your Child’s Food?</title>
		<link>http://likethevodka.com/2012/02/03/do-you-chew-your-childs-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re having dinner tonight, lamb chops. The nine-year old spits out a piece of fat and gristle. Quick as a blink, the Russian snatches the vile lump from the child’s plate and pops it in his mouth...]]></description>
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		<title>A Year-End Mea Culpa, Sort Of</title>
		<link>http://likethevodka.com/2011/12/18/a-year-end-mea-culpa-sort-of/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was not my favorite year. It started with a suspicious mammogram and ended with a concussion, both mine...]]></description>
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		<title>Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself</title>
		<link>http://likethevodka.com/2011/11/04/allow-me-to-re-introduce-myself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven't posted since October 17th. There are good reasons for this. Lots going on in my life. Want the rundown? Sure you do. In no particular order of importance, here's what I've been up to...
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