Это выступление не приближается к высотам, достигнутым на презентации Пилота и Стюардессы ровно 5 лет назад. Да и приняли мы на момент выступления уже достаточно, чтобы кое-где реально фальшивить. Тем не менее, оно заслуживает того, чтобы быть увековеченным в моём блог-пространстве. Тема вечеринки в свободной интерпретации: Расскажи соседям по купе…
One of those pictures that turn out great through no skill of the photographer.
How do they grow so fast?
A few pictures from our snowy neighborhood in today’s brilliant sunlight. The snow is apparently not sticky enough to build a proper snowman, so we ended up with this interesting creature. The youngest, of course, have the most fun when…
Продолжая воспоминания, последний раз затронутые здесь, ещё одно неплохое выступление. Год 2004-й, тема праздника “Выборы Мессии”. Тут я с особенным трепетом отношусь к тексту. Переплетение революционных и еврейских понятий получилось тогда, по-моему, просто феерическим. Так и хочется похлопать себя по спине. Правда, если память не изменяет, меня всё равно не…
As of this past midnight, my eldest child can legally buy and be served alcohol in all of 50 states. Which she is probably indulging in all day long, this being a Sunday. Hopefully, within the boundaries of just her home state and maintaining at least a hint of sensible…
This Father’s Day my children presented me a small gift that I have to share with everyone. It’s a record of my fatherhood credentials. Click to embiggen. I am not big on celebrating these commercialized occasions but I wish all fathers everywhere to have received something cool from…
Это 2002-й год, одно из первых наших выступлений на традиционных тематических вечеринках в дружеском кругу. Темой тогда была древнегреческая мифология, нам выпало задание изображать историю Пандоры, которой в пару был привлечён значительно менее известный Эпимeтей (Wikipedia расскажет вам миф о Пандоре значительно ближе к первоисточнику, чем мы.) Это выступление остаётся…
Вот так мы вчера выступали на вечеринке под названием “Все работы хороши”. Нам кажется, получилось неплохо. Реплика из зала в конце видео относится к широко известному факту, что муза вдохновения меня чаще всего посещает в душе. Так оно и есть.
This coming summer Kimmy will follow in the steps of her big sister by taking a language program in France. The organization that we are using for the second time for this purpose, SPI, invited me to contribute a guest entry for their blog on the topic of why we…
Our eldest is off to Brussels for a semester of study abroad. Although she has traveled to foreign countries on her own in the past, this will be the longest and likely the bumpiest of journeys. We are all excited for her and obviously just a smidgen worried. She promises…
In between of consuming vast quantities of food during the Thanksgiving dinner at my parents’, Becky showed me a few mainstream chords for her ukulele. Turns out it’s not very complicated. I am practically a virtuoso.
It has been a while since I featured this young lady here. From a recent playground outing.
As I mentioned in this post-business-trip entry, there are few better ways to impress your relatively new colleagues than to order a huge mixed-grill plate at a fancy restaurant and polish it off on your own. One of the aforementioned colleagues took before-and-after pictures of that epic meal but kept…
Chicago, Navy Pier, April 2014.
By popular demand, here is the sketch taped for the annual kids Halloween party, starring Kimmy and Emily. Apologies to my non-Russian-speaking audience – this is entirely Russian in content.
As I am limping towards a milestone of 1000 posts (still over a dozen to go), I realize how many obvious topics come up around me every day that I could use as blog fodder. And yet, as has been painfully obvious for quite some time now, I just cannot…
For some time now, my middle child has been entertaining herself with making short movies using her webcam and the basic video-editing software installed on her PC. She asked me to put up her latest “trailer” here on the blog. Enjoy!