that russian writerMy mother never hit me. My father once poured tea on my head when I refused to taste the honey he brought me, but he never laid his hand on me either. And now, after a year of being a parent, I learned to appreciate my folk’s patience. Toddlers are impossible, they say, but you […]
There is a age-old tradition in Russia to separate the state and the people. It’s not like the people actively oppose the system, but they do not identify with it. That was how the Russian Empire operated, which is how the Russian Federation is running things right now. Briefly, we have witnessed a union between […]
Louis CK sent me an email. (I’m on his mailing list. We’re not friends. Yet.) It ends with Otherwise, happy new year. Sorry if you’re dead now. At first, I thought how inappropriate and rude that was. Then I thought a bit more. And I concluded that it was inappropriate and rude, but also genius. […]