The Forbidden East

Well, not really. The west was what was forbidden to the easterners. The East was forbidding.

“In 1979/80 my family took part in the biggest espionage scandal that the former country of East-Germany saw in its entire 50 years of existence”

- Thomas Wagner, “If It Had Not Been for 15 Minutes”

Mr. Wagner’s story is a tense and fascinating one, and paints an honest, well rounded, and compelling portrait of the DDR that’s rarely found in the English language. Having livbed there myself (as a lucky foreigner who could leave,) I can attest to that.

Prison Luuuurve, and the Women Who Can't Resist Them

Queue the hideously bad music:

Are you a lady looking for love? Have you found relationships with men who haven’t done time in federal prison to be lacking a certain je ne sais quoi? Does the idea of being with a guy who has an elastic view of securities laws do anything for you? Then girlfriends, you are in for a treat. Roy Ageloff, a “former millionaire trader” who is finishing up an 11 year sentence for running a “vast pump and dump manipulation,” is schedule to be sprung free on Dec. 11, 2013 and he hopes you’ll be waiting for him. Interested?

He'll be shooing them away with a stick with this kind of world-class slickness.

Unfortunately, I’ve temporarily been dethroned of my crown.

Granted, he's working it without his wingman, who actually past English Comp.

She Brings Home the Bacon, and Fries it up Too

There are heroes in the fields of battle. There are heroes in medicine.

Here's my heroine of the kitchen: Jo's the rock-star of recipes.