Just a typical photo session in my household in Ukraine: I’m not really sure why I’m in curlers. I’m not even going out. We do have live crayfish at the house, and the cat broke a crystal honeypot trying to escape from them. So maybe the curlers are there for the sense of solemn occasion.Continue reading “Your daily dose of WTF: of crayfish, curlers and impudent teenagers”
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Man with 86 kids going for 100… and he gets applauded? Really?
Remember the outrage over the Octo-Mom – Nadya Suleman? How come I am hearing nothing of the sort directed at Hot 100-Dad? Could it be because of… *gasp* sexism? Because Islam only allows 4 wives at a time, I’m assuming he marries and then gets divorced to make room for the next crop of broodma…sorry,Continue reading “Man with 86 kids going for 100… and he gets applauded? Really?”
So… about Otty Sanchez…
If you haven’t heard the grim news, this somewhat maligned Salon headline speaks for itself: “How could a mother eat her own baby?” Well, then. When something as horrific and tragic as this happens – a new mother, a schizophrenic, splits with the baby’s father, who is also schizophrenic, goes into a tailspin that mayContinue reading “So… about Otty Sanchez…”
My brother is loving Jordan
And the photographic evidence is as follows: It’s nice to be able to see Jordan through a teenage boy’s eyes. It gives you a completely different sense of the place. Everything, from the Virgin store at City Mall to ordering Kebab Express, becomes an adventure. The skies look bluer, the shopkeepers seem friendlier, the catsContinue reading “My brother is loving Jordan”
Today, Yaroslava would have been 31
Since I am in Kiev (yay!), I got to participate in the rituals: the graveside wine drinking and remembrance, and the wine drinking and remembrance at her family’s home. Yaroslava was as pretty as the month of her birth; she was flowery and clean like the rain. My mother told Yaroslava’s mother that she hadContinue reading “Today, Yaroslava would have been 31”
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