Matt is lost in the Slovak woods somewhere, Theodore is obviously knee-deep in pussy somewhere in the Caribbean, Christopher is humping in the old-fashioned sense (as in, working very hard) in a dying industry, and Nathan has spent the week as a captive of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs who regret to inform him that …
Monthly Archives: April 2010
A Week on the
A Very Early Adopter
The latest YouTube sensation is this 2-year-old’s unhesitating gleeful dive into the world of the Apple iPad: You know, I’d like to get all stiff-backed and righteous about this (shouldn’t that kid be playing outside?), but I just can’t. I think it’s wonderful. I first messed with a computer at age 5 or 6, when …
Next stop, Sheremetyevo
From Moscow by way of Tennessee comes this awful story of adoption failure. I’ve heard of some crazy ways of ending relationships: one of my favorite people in the world was divorced by email (no, not Theodore). People disown each other by text, I’m sure, and Skype to say they’re never coming home. But putting …
Score One (Sort of) for Slovak Dads
The other day, I was sitting in a bar in Nové Zamky, Slovakia, when an interesting ad came on the TV. The scene: Dad’s at home with his two daughters, who’ve gotten into Mom’s make-up kit and transformed their lily-white dresses into the kind of hideous rainbow garb you see on old Haight Street hippies. …