Speaking of Russian roulette... another friend of mine sent me some pix of my old pal Maxim, the guy who translated for me and Aaron Lawrence when we went to Russia for 12 days (starting May 31st, 2001). Maxim is such a hottie. I can't believe I haven't seen him since Aaron and I ran into him, quite unplanned, in Thailand of all places (back on December 1st, 2001)!

Philip got the job installing satellite dishes! But he'll probably keep looking for a few other part-time jobs, too.