Oleg knew that Oleg was a Russian name. What he didn't know was how he ended up with a Russian name, what with Smith not being a Russian name. His mother, Esmerelda Smith, tended to be closed-mouthed about such questions. Most questions, really.
Do you think I can be president with a name like Oleg Smith, he'd asked her one time. Why in God's name would you want to be president, she'd said, the way they treat them people? Then she said that she didn't know or care much about politics, but to pretend that some man was unfit to be president because he screwed around on his wife was like saying that a pig wasn't fit to be bacon because he rolled around in mud.
Hours later, in the huge suite, alone, Oleg performed his nightly ritual. Brush, floss, fluoride rinse, antihistamine, antidepressant. One hundred pushups or one hundred situps, depending. Two hundred jumping jacks, without fail. Lights out, shiatsu massage pillow, and the nightly recitation. Esmerelda Smith, 47, of Zebulon NC, passed away on September 8th, 2001, after a brief illness. Survived by son Oleg. Donations may be made to the Humane Society.
Jennifer, after another half an hour of wandering conversation, had excused herself to meet friends. Had she been dis
Devil-Dog Dungarees. Lewis. Sabrina. Odell.
Do you think I can be president with a name like Oleg Smith, he'd asked her one time. Why in God's name would you want to be president, she'd said, the way they treat them people? Then she said that she didn't know or care much about politics, but to pretend that some man was unfit to be president because he screwed around on his wife was like saying that a pig wasn't fit to be bacon because he rolled around in mud.
Hours later, in the huge suite, alone, Oleg performed his nightly ritual. Brush, floss, fluoride rinse, antihistamine, antidepressant. One hundred pushups or one hundred situps, depending. Two hundred jumping jacks, without fail. Lights out, shiatsu massage pillow, and the nightly recitation. Esmerelda Smith, 47, of Zebulon NC, passed away on September 8th, 2001, after a brief illness. Survived by son Oleg. Donations may be made to the Humane Society.
Jennifer, after another half an hour of wandering conversation, had excused herself to meet friends. Had she been dis
Devil-Dog Dungarees. Lewis. Sabrina. Odell.
