Month: May 2014

  • Belyavchik, Gennadiy’s Pet-Cat

    BelyavchikGennadiy had a pet. It was a whitish cat by name Belyavchik.  Belyavchik possessed a pleasant muzzle with funny mustache and very cunning eyes. At the first sight nothing Belyavchik1can be noticed of extraordinary in his outlook. Cat as cat as everybody else of his species.

    Sleeps for long hours, likes to eat fish, cookies and drink milk. His favorite habit is occasionally to look out of the window watching the outside world intensely.

    Curiosity was the the main trait of Belyavchik’s character. He always walked around and sniffled the corners, the window sills, the furniture and everything that was under it, carpets, floors, the kitchen utensils and all that what he met on his way as if he were searching for something all the time and could not find it.

    Gennadiy and Belyavchik lived a long life together, they understood each other without unnecessary words.

    Man went to work every day to make up living for himself and for Belyavchik, the cat was left behind to guard the house from undesired intruders, especially burglars or robbers of any kind. The mice and rats were also unwelcome as in the old Russian saying is told: “Unwanted guests are worse than Tatar enemy”.

    Belyavchik  (2)Quiet, undisturbed life of the two went on and on. Till … just one occasion occurred.

    The man needed to go to the town, leaving Belyavchik alone in the country house.

    “Stay at home, Belyavchik”, said Gennadiy as though giving him an order :” Do not leave the house until I come back.”

    He left some food and drink for the cat and took off.

    Belyavchik was waiting for his host one day, then the other day, then the other…

    His boss did not return.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Belyavchik  (1)

    The white Belyavchik became worried.

    “What’s up with my friend? Where is he? What is he doing? Why doesn’t he come back home?” thought to himself Belyavchik.

    Belyavchik appeared to be more and more nervous, and food was run out. Bad things turn for worse with every hour in waiting. Darkness fell on the ground. Wind was howling above the trees. Somewhere on the distance the country dogs started barking as if berserk mad people. Scary night.

    All of a sudden Belyavchik heard Gennadiy rattled with the entrance keys. He jumped ahead to meet his host. Silently and softly he approached Gennadiy’s level standing on the high wardrobe and looked at his eye. They both were blue-eyed. Cat’s eye was in front of the human’s eye. No meowing, no scratching or whining and complaining as in this similar case a human being would have done. Cat just kept looking … for seconds,minutes. God knows for how long. As if the time stopped.

    Looking at Gennadiy with reproach as though cat’s tears were pouring from inside:’ What have you done with me, silly?”.

    The man fed Belyavchik, caressed him, played with the cat and did everything to appease him. The friends make peace with each other very quickly.

    If somebody says that cats do not have feelings. This occasion proves opposite : they do, as us, human beings.

    Listen to Cat Music: Elena – O simpla melodie

  • Dennis Blair, a Great American Stand-up Comedian, is as a Guest in the Calgary Comedy Cave

    Dennis BlairIt was our friend Anna Borash, who invited us once to the Travelodge Inn, SW Calgary on MacLeod Trail where one of the Comedy Clubs has its regular shows. Since that moment one year has already passed and we became frequenters. This time on Good Friday, the 24-th of April, we rushed to meet our friend Anna and enjoy an evening of comedy. It was well worth it. The comedian that night was Dennis Blair, one of the most talented and versatile comedians in show business. His act combines music, standup and topical observation, and can be tailored to the tastes of any audience he works with. As a result, he is equally at home in comedy clubs, corporate venues, cruise ships and concert halls. He has performed on The Tonight Show and HBO, has co-hosted the Stephanie Miller Radio Show with Elayne Boosler, and has entertained everywhere from Carnegie Hall in New York to the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles to the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. He has appeared regularly in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Lake Tahoe, Reno and Laughlin with such major celebrities as Rodney Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, Jackie Mason, the Beach Boys, Gloria Estefan, Tom Jones and George Carlin (with whom he toured for over eighteen years in the U.S. and Canada). Dennis Blair started his show in an unusual way by holding the microphone as a cane, not for walking but talking. His jokes were so funny that one could not have enough of them…Denis Blair, Anna and we, 2014 For example, about cell phones, flying in the airplane or shopping for the furniture etc. Watch: Dennis Blair about Cell Phones What is spectacular about his performance? By the way, his portrait is above and our photo together with him is to the right. Blair’s humor was not restricted to only reciting jokes, but included musical renditions of various musical artists: rock, pop, classical, western and everything in-between. The interaction with the audience was great. The listeners felt as they are part of his show. To spend good fun time at comedy club is really not wasted time. Just take your friends with you, come together and thoroughly enjoy every minute of evening. Watch:Dennis Blair about Rock Stars