“Russian squirrel pack ‘kills dog.’” You thought that what you seriously had to worry about was bad vodka, the FSB, and the FSB drunk on bad vodka. You thought that polonium was a truly ingenious secret weapon. You thought that the worst aspect of the Russian environment was the bitter fucking cold. Oh how wrongContinue reading “This is a True Story”
Category Archives: Bad News
Suicide Queen
College tuition makes Jill want to cry, but I have been forced to think about a more drastic response. And although I am not particularly religious, I think I understand now why despair is considered to be a terrible sin. Would it be OK to say that life after college, so far, has not broughtContinue reading “Suicide Queen”
So… Nervous Breakdown at Work Today
Sallie Mae is playing mind-games with me, and I am tired. First they say they’ve “denied” my forbearance after I press them on the subject (they didn’t even tell me that it was denied, I found out all on my own, oh, clever, resourceful little me), now they’re saying that they had no idea whyContinue reading “So… Nervous Breakdown at Work Today”
Another One Bites the Dust
Dieting to death is fashionable, of course. It almost makes sense, in a world where poor people are now the fat ones, having virtually no access to healthy food and being at the mercy of McDonald’s & Co. Perhaps the fashion industry could canonize Ana Carolina Reston – make her a martyr for the “cause.”Continue reading “Another One Bites the Dust”
Progressive Russian Journalist
Murdered. I’m shocked and awed. Not really, no. Critically-minded writers are inevitable casualties in iron-fisted pseudo-democracies, with their corrupt politicians in ill-fitting designer suits and beggar senior citizens selling vintage cigarette packs to amused tourists, with their petty conflicts, murdered children, and always, always, the terrible hope that maybe tomorrow everything will finally go right.Continue reading “Progressive Russian Journalist”
Natalia A. 