I will be in beautiful, sunny Los Angeles visiting Gina from September 18 through the 23. Anyone on my LJ flist in the LA area and interested in getting together for dinner or something? You can let me know here or at tacitr (at) aol (dot) com.

Also, I know at least a handful of you speak and write Russian. David and I have been bothered by door-to-door religious peddlers multiple times over the past couple of months, and plan to make a “no solicitation” sign for the door. While we’re at it, I figured it couldn’t hurt to put “No Russian Mafia” on the sign as well, just ’cause, you know, computer viruses and stuff. So how do you write “No Russian Mafia” in Russian?