October 8, 2009 – Natalia A.

Depression: at the Black Gate with Anton Chekhov and Leroy Jenkins

I admire Chekhov, and not just for his writing, and not just because he was startlingly hot either. To paraphrase Ivan Bunin, Chekhov was not a little bitch. Even when he knew he was dying from TB, he didn’t whine hysterically from the pages of Russian literary journals. He didn’t ask his readers for hugs.Continue reading “Depression: at the Black Gate with Anton Chekhov and Leroy Jenkins”

So APPARENTLY we’re having a bit of an ecological catastrophe around here

Something called “sludge fields” at an “aeration station” burned recently, meaning that all of these harmful chemicals have been released into the atmosphere. The headline on that piece, by the way, starts out with “Kievans are being advised not to go outside…” LOL. Well, I’m still breathing (if you can count it as breathing, IContinue reading “So APPARENTLY we’re having a bit of an ecological catastrophe around here”