Mr. B

The pros of Russian husbands

July 30, 2009

Note: From time to time, I get questions asking me for Russian-related advice, which I am perfectly qualified to give, for a number of reasons that I don’t feel like getting into. You should probably consult your lawyer and primary physician before reading.   I recently got a question from Amy, via Marinka, who is providing her own answer to the situation below on her blog, as well: Hey listen I need Advice From Marinka. My daughter is moving to ...

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Are you fasting on Thursday?

July 28, 2009

The fast in Jerusalem, via upyernoz on Flickr. Thursday is Tisha B’Av. This is a holiday in Judaism where you fast.  Religious Jews (and yours truly) fast on Tisha B’Av, or as I like to call it, HOLY CRAP B’Av, because on this day in history several bad things happened to Jews: The First and Second Temples were destroyed, resulting in immense national Jewish grief over the loss of our primary place of worship, not to mention thousands of dollars ...

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Hortex

July 19, 2009

Mr. B is an avid juice drinker.  In fact, he was singlehandedly responsible for the 12.7% increase in juice consumption in the Russian market in 2007.  This may stem from his nostalgia for Russia, the fact that he was brought up in a juice-drinking household, or just that there’s something about the taste of mauled berries and fruit that strikes him right.  For the record, I’m not a juice drinker.  I much prefer water.  Or Power Thirst. One beverage that ...

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Friday Round-Up and Something Cute about Mr. B

July 16, 2009

“I don’t know what to write for my next post,” I told Mr. B, scratching my head. “Write something cute about me, ” Mr. B said wryly, watching the Freemason’s Remix of Ring the Alarm for the 10th time today. Here is a list of cute things about Mr. B that I could think of in 10 minutes, or until my Twitter-addled attention span moved on to Perez Hilton. He demands kasha for breakfast because it reminds him of kindergarten ...

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Life with Landau (Hint: Lots of Extramarital Sex)

June 17, 2009

Before I knew much about Lev Landau, the renowned Russian Jewish Nobel Prize-winning physicist, I would always compare my life to Mr. B with him, because the main facts I knew about Landau were that 1) he was a genius in theoretical physics and math and 2) constantly misplaced his socks. I did not know that Landau also a few electrons short of a balanced atom  and felt constrained by traditional marriage. As a result, he had multiple affairs while ...

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