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A Very Russian Family Thanksgiving, complete with Russian movies.

November 27, 2011

Mr. B and I went to my parents’ for Thanksgiving. My parents recently got a free year of Russian channels on their cable account, which makes for some entertaining viewing. This is the face of a mother who would do anything for her child. Thank God I have never been to Chechnya. For example, on Thanksgiving, my mom was two episodes deep into a show/movie about a Russian guy returning from Checnya (or Afghanistan) who had PTSD related to the ...

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Stars on Ice, featuring Cold Hard Ice and Cold Hard Reality

April 27, 2010

Last Friday, Mr. B and I joined my parents in a screening of Stars on Ice in Hershey, featuring world-renowned Olympic Gold Medalist Evan Lysacheck (zing!). At first, I didn’t want to go because I thought this show was exploitative of gold medalist Olympians who have accomplished a great deal athletically and have danced to great music for athletic and artistic merit but are now being paraded like circus freaks before mainstream audiences and forced to gyrate to I Gotta ...

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Superbowl Commercials

February 9, 2010

On Sunday, I watched the Super Bowl.  And by watched, I mean pretended to watch it because, even after over 15 years in America since my early youth and attending one of the biggest football schools in the country, I still have no idea what the rules of American football are.  “Now the offensive team has a chance to complete a touchdown,” Mr. B caringly pointed out to me after I kept yelling at him that I had no idea ...

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