My grandmother started crying on the phone: “I don’t want you to ever know what it’s like to hear the shelling and know that it’s coming for you.” War is banal and blind and savage and ultimately meaningless. But there is still something to smile about today, at least for me. If only because itsContinue reading “Happy Victory Day! – С Днем Победы!”
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Goodbye, Tanechka
Some things are over, Some things go on, Part of me you carry, Part of me is gone… But you’ve got a heart so big, It could crush this town… – Tom Petty tanechka-kr, as she was known on LiveJournal, was my friend. She was a divorcée living in Rostov, Russian Federation. Her son wasContinue reading “Goodbye, Tanechka”
Evangelical? That’s more apt than you may think, Twisty
I found the following coincidence uncanny: Here is “sex-neutral” feminist Twisty Faster on sex: While recognizing that penis placement has enormous political, social, and economic ramifications, particularly for members of the sex caste, the sex-neutral feminist — and I may be the only one alive — puts the act itself on a par with sneezing.Continue reading “Evangelical? That’s more apt than you may think, Twisty”
Dmitrii Artemyev on APN.ru: The Clown-Show to End All Clown-Shows
If you don’t read Russian, you probably don’t know of the existence of Dmitrii Arteymev, an opinion essayist for the popular APN.ru website (APN stands for Agency of Political News) and self-described “Orthodox Christian.” I have to say, I envy you. The misery of knowing that a person like Dmitrii Artemyev exists is a burdenContinue reading “Dmitrii Artemyev on APN.ru: The Clown-Show to End All Clown-Shows”
“12” got the Oscar nomination!
I take moment from a busy schedule as commentator on grim world events to grin like the Cheshire cat. Why am I grinning – despite not being a major fan of the Academy Awards in general? Why because…
Natalia A. 