It’s good to be home. I know I talk about wanting to re-join Western civilization as soon as possible, but it’s good to be home. Raindrops – Basement Jaxx Gig – Rawski God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday Come Pick Me Up – Ryan Adams Bad (live from Live Aid) – U2 [say whatContinue reading “Monday Music: the “curled up to fizzing summer rain, call back later” edition”
Category Archives: Ukraine
Funkyzeit mit Fedya
This is Fedya, my parents’ cat. Everything he thinks of me and, quite possibly, the world at large, is summed up by this picture. Yesterday, in the middle of the night, I was attacked by a huge moth. I called for reinforcements. My brother and I swatted at the Mothra monster with a baseball batContinue reading “Funkyzeit mit Fedya”
Dew-covered chocolate on Trukhanov Island
I think that every person, every once in a while, must greet the sunrise in a strange place, preferably a beautifully strange place, and perhaps with a breakfast of last night’s champagne leftovers and a bit of dew-splashed chocolate. In the case of Sasha and I, we also had the apricots that some guy droppedContinue reading “Dew-covered chocolate on Trukhanov Island”
Ridiculousness from Ukraine: possession of all porn is banned
The Ukrainian government has really outdone itself. Oh, and the best part? You can still possess porn if you use it for “medicinal purposes.” Vague much? As Gazeta.ua reports in an interview with Evgenii Zaharov, this new law is just more likely to give Ukraine’s notorious police force more room for abusing Ukrainian citizens. Ukraine’sContinue reading “Ridiculousness from Ukraine: possession of all porn is banned”
Monday Music: the If You Want Me, I’m Your Country edition
“I like the sweet life and the silence, but it’s the storm that I believe in.” I could launch into a long monologue about the Eternal Feminine right now, but I’m not going to subject you to that. It’s a beautiful, breezy Monday in Amman, I’m going to Ukraine at the end of the week,Continue reading “Monday Music: the If You Want Me, I’m Your Country edition”
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