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The Worst/Best Thanksgiving Poem Ever

November 24, 2010

Art from Julia Rothman. Thanksgiving – a strictly American meal With apples to cobbler and squashes to peel With green beans and pudding and  fancy red wines With unpronounceable things like aubergines Thanksgiving done thus is a Russian kid’s dream But in floats holodetz,  and you want to scream. Instead of  the stuffing and biscuts and pie Surprise! It’s oliviye and you want to cry. What’s that on the plate?! Is it penne ala vodka?? Oh no, God forbid, it’s selyodka. And ...

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Bards and a Vanishing Breed of Russian

October 24, 2010

Years ago, on a bus in Israel, on the way from Jerusalem to the Golan Heights, a shy Russian Jewish boy named Igor (or maybe Ilya?) saw that I was bored with the music in my Discman (back in the days of CDs) and quietly slipped me one.  ”Who is this,” I asked Igor/Ilya?”  ”This guy named Timur Shaov.  He’s really good.”  And he was. This weekend, I, along with my parents and Mr. B’s aunt and uncle,  got to ...

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SURPRISE. A writer sees life as a metaphor.

October 4, 2010

On Friday, I gathered up my stuff and said goodbye to the office.  As my last act, I took a box filled with everything I’ve been using for the past three years-econometrics textbooks, notes from my statistics classes, SAS training manuals, pictures, and shoes-and lugged it out of the door.  I left my pass on our office manager’s desk and prepared for the hardest part: taking out the box. I initially thought I could carry the box out on my ...

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Anniversary and Friday Links

September 30, 2010

Blogs: Anna on the USSR I have encountered these people and they are scary How I feel now Guerilla ice cream This is terrifying French+bagel equals yum Internet: A skill everyone should have Kyrgyz boxer time Foreign husbands in Thailand A movie I want to see Korean adoptees How do you manage your finances if you’re married? How Groupon really works

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Please help me look less like Gaga and more like Coco

September 28, 2010

I am starting my new job in three weeks and I have nothing (new-job-worthy) to wear. I am looking for something business casual but with a formal slant.  Skirts and pants alike are welcome.  I would describe my personal style as “blue” and “on sale” and “OH MY GOD IT ALMOST FITS ME I’M BUYING IT.”   Also, I am short and I hate buying pants.  And skirts that fall above the knee.  Because nothing fits well. Basically what I’m ...

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