Chapt. 164 - 2114 words
New Orleans -- a peak into your future
MOSCOW, September 11, 2005 -- 2189 hits

Bush joins ranks of Stalin, Pol Pot
New Orleans’ other lesson
What Americans want
And maybe there’s hope
Join the Wobblies?
Slava to the rescue

Chapt. 269 - 812 words
Zhorik goes berserk and I pick up the tab
MOSCOW, October 16, 2007 -- 2191 hits

Zhorik goes berserk
I pick up the tab

Chapt. 279 – 2,354 words
Women’s Day leaves Red Queen a happy girl!
MOSCOW, March 29, 2008 -- 2200 hits

Don't wish macho teenager Happy Women's Day
But it was a happy one for me :-)
I find my limit in orgasms
Future with Zhorik a little clearer - maybe
Ivan rekindles dream of Spain
Potemkin U Students have Russian media pegged
Kennan: Let Russians be Russians

Chapt. 21 - 1344 words
Halloween: Church scarier than goblins
MOSCOW, Nov. 2, 2003 -- 2221 hits

Teaching Volodya cribbege
Halloween
Boys celebrate in gay clubs

Chapt. 282 – 2,839 words
Tanks again rumble on Victory Day
MOSCOW, May 11, 2008 -- 2227 hits

May Day, rumbling tanks, pass uneventfully
$ 40 million to repair damage from tanks?
Victory night with Sasha
Zhorik and I begin plans as reunion draws closer
Sergei promises no more violence after shove
Chances for sex with Igor diminish
Golden domes adorn Kiev
Unaffordable American SUVs come to Russia

Chapter 186 - 2581 words
Zhorik and I sample life sans the twins
MOSCOW, February 6, 2006 – 2229 hits

Andrei finally makes his pitch -- for 2 grand
A taste of sweet life with Zhorik sans
More glue
Andrei tries to smooth things over
Warning -- coups come quickly

Chapt. 277 - 2869 words
Remodels: The apartment and Sasha
MOSCOW, February 14, 2008 -- 2231 hits

Nice to be missed
Apartment is getting remodeled
Sasha reappears
And revitalizes my life
With Igor a step behind
Zhorik may have serious problems
I vote for Obama

Chapt. 280 – 2,266 words
With Sasha and Igor, life takes a satisfying turn
MOSCOW, April 6, 2008 -- 2232 hits

Sex with Sasha: Is my "cover" blown?
Cousin Katya arrives; Sergei will live with her :-)
Igor stresses permanence of our relationship
Sasha and I go Round Three
With Zhorik's arrival: A different one every night?
Zhorik acknowledges booze problem; swears off
Racism batters one of my students
"Caution! Religion!" artist disappears

Chapt. 178 – 1729 words
Frolicking in chocolate and roses
MOSCOW, December 12, 2005 -- 2235 hits

Winter hits; so does my first cold
Bliss persists
Yegor “passes” some more courses
Me – a professor in Ptomkin U?
Duma again rolls over for Putin

Chapt. 56 - 1806 words
Things that Peak: Oil, Yegor, Sasha, Seryozh
MOSCOW, April 28, 2004 – 2235 hits

Letter to the editor of the Times - peak oil
Yegor's dick recovers
Confusing weekend with Long Seryozh

Chapt. 162 – 1908 words
Zhorik discovers fun; what’s killing Russians?
MOSCOW, August 30, 2005 -- 2241 hits

Russian’s biggest worry
Question of survival
Zhorik: One step forward
What’s killing Russians?
A lesson for America?

Chapt. # 27 – 1759 words
A bump on the road of love
MOSCOW, Nov. 22, 2003 -- 2244 hits

A long fight over a phone card

Chapt. 153 – 2511 words
Fantasies suffer bad run: Regime change coming?
MOSCOW, August 5, 2005 -- 2248 hits

Khodorkovsky: Regime change ahead
Zhorik romance not according to plan
John Smith fantasies: Another lead balloon
No gay parade in Moscow
Vanya headed to Crimea
A call from Sasha

Chapt. 275 – 3,552 words
Spain offers new future – if I have one
MOSCOW, January 9, 2008 -- 2250 hits

Spanish hospitality alive and well
Coming home to Sergei
Spain's biggest offer – a future!
Spanish soap opera continues: gay marriage or not?
American sub-prime crisis hits Spain
Obama win in Iowa: rebirth of hope
Winner will face "clusterfuck": Kunstler
2008 could be especially bad for me: fortune teller
What happened in Russia? Nothing

Chapt. 253 – 3,662 words
Landlady lifts sense of oncoming disaster
MOSCOW, June 18, 2007-- 2256 hits

Gloom lifts as landlady offers registration
…Did Igor threaten his Mom?
Sergei vetoes Tanya as surrogate mother
… then loses her – maybe
Three-day holiday zaps budget
…but gives me and Peter a chance for a boat ride
…”I’m no any less free” under Putin, he says
Dissenters gather without police violence
But art investigation squashes freedom of expression
Russia “worst country to do business in” – MasterCard
America, Russia, share honey bee crisis
…while Missy and I share dog food
What’s in a name

Chapt. 268 – 1,735 words
Beautiful students lighten heavy class load
MOSCOW, October 9, 2007 -- 2259 hits

Full schedule gets fuller
Igor, officially an “invalid,” at last headed home?
Afternoon with dissident Andrei
Over 6,000 Russians are a century old!
Army reforming? Probably not
Politkovskaya’s murder hasn’t curbed press attacks

Chapt. 169 – 2159 words
Zhorik’s teeth bite back; Sergei gone for good
MOSCOW, October 10, 2005 -- 2260 hits

Zhorik: It’s final: No touchee!
He flirts with Army
…but Andrei dissuades him
Exit Sergei
Backlash: the flu!
Charlatan promises resurrections for kids

Chapt. 10 - 1857 words
Key to happiness, but not on the table!
MOSCOW, Oct. 4, 2003 -- 2266 hits

Misha gets his Czech visa
A lot of money demands
Sending money to Misha via WU
Superstitions

Chapt. 261 – 4,546 words
Present from Sochi: Dick bigger than his brain
MOSCOW, August 14, 2007 -- 2269 hits

Wages of sin in Moldova: Update
Bucksi crisis continues; rent due
Sergei, Andrei, bring “present”
Who seems a miracle,
But turns into bad dream
A sort of happy ending
After Igor gets beaten for insult
I fondle a Moldovan teenager
I’m now a Russian teacher!
I could have been a millionaire, but….
Chechens defect to Finland

Chapt. 278 – 2018 words
New incentive to reach 80!
MOSCOW, March 4, 2008 -- 2271 hits

Volodya dangles his cock again
Sergei worried about life without me
Missing camera and depleted phone
Medvedev’s election may hold pleasant surprises