Chapt. 6 – 1838 words
Desperately Seeking Blond Boys
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Aug. 15, 2003 -- 3049 hits

Trip to Finland & Sweden
Taking a crap and a photo

Chapt. 28 – 1533 words
Day of the Turkey
MOSCOW, Nov. 27, 2003 -- 2534 hits

Thanksgiving Day
Putin tightening power – censoring textbooks
Yegor goes to baths and somebody’s house
Seryozh out of hospital

Chapt. 152 – 1864 words
Dismay cum ecstasy
MOSCOW, July 29, 2005 -- 2355 hits

Something terrible has happened to Sergei, Zhorik
Prisoners? Dead?
“Where the hell have you been?”
Another performance of “Seduction Serenade”
Sam Love stokes my ecstasy
Sergei can only give me a grand

Chapt. 214 – 5621 words
Dubrovnik: Historic paradise a perennial survivor
MOSCOW, August 22, 2006 - 3787 hits

Dubrovnik – “Jewel in the Crown”
…tarnished 15 years ago
Welcome to…Where?
Freedom vs. Empire
Steps to the past: they don’t make ‘em like they used to
“Stone nest of freedom”
Scars of what they don’t talk about
You don’t come here for the gay scene
…but the nude beaches are nice
Marco and I talk about the future
Back to ugly reality