Grown men talk in reverent tones about an inanimate noun as if it was a living, breathing thing: “The Market likes it,” they would say, or “The Market wasn’t sure…
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It's hard to be a humor columnist in Russia...so many subjects are off limits. This month, three time is the charm for this columnist!
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Russians have their own Santa Claus (I know, right?) called Dyed Moroz and today is his birthday! He's longer and leaner than Santa, much older, lives way further south, and…
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Sberbank -- the National Savings Bank of Russia. Next to that sweet spot between mattress and the box spring (which enjoys the only AAA rating in Russia) Sberbank is right…
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Dividing My Time turns one today! And what better way than celebrating with Russia's militia, who are holding HRH hostage with 18-year old Scotch while I have my own entanglement…
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“So,” says my friend Sveta, “If this Tuesday is the actual holiday, that means we get Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday off –“ “No, no,” interrupts Katya, “this Saturday…
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It can’t be easy, even when you have the finest couturier in Vienna, and the most glittering circle of friends, and even though you do give some gay parties, to…
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Recently, a reader of my posts to the Russian-language BBC's "Strana Russia," warned me to lay off the satire about Russia, using a Russian proverb: “don’t take your own charter…
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Today marks the 100th post of Dividing My Time! And what better way to celebrate than by raking the surly crowd who make you get leprosy tests and Latin-Russian translations…
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