I had lunch with my cousin in New York this week, and it turns out that friends of his know the father at the center of the most awful thing I’ve ever heard. You might have seen the story: Julie Powers Schenecker shot her teenage son in the head “because he was talking back” (according …
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Is there anything worse than taking a child to the dentist? I mean, it’s gotta be pretty bad for the kid, but for the parents—wow, the existential dread that arises when you wait around the office, anticipating the shitstorm that’s about to blow, the tears, the kicking, the cajoling, the misery. That is pretty awful. …
From our faithful Russian tipster, comes this video called “Elena Malysheva and the Member” that our tipster says “has had Moscow laughing all week.” That is, of course, no mean feat: Moscow hasn’t laughed for an entire week since Sean Connery tried to speak with a Russian accent. There’s not much to add to this …
One of the potential upsides and drawbacks of my new career as an impending homeless person is that I am now available/able/required to spend more time with my little baby, Ellie. Tomoko still has another month or so of maternity leave, but she is, sad to say, entitled to perhaps just a moment or two …
