Monthly Archives: January 2010

SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING – Howlin’ Wolf

My father used to tell a joke. “What gray, howls at the moon, and is made out of concrete?” Everyone wanted to say a wolf, but the concrete threw them off the track. After they relented and asked, “What?” “A wolf.” “But a wolf isn’t made out of concrete.” Everyone would protest at this devious [...]

Wolf’s Moon

The full moon through this Saturday will be the largest and brightest of the year. This is also called the Wolf Moon, which will be 14 percent wider and 30 percent brighter than a typical full moon.The moon’s orbit around Earth is not a circle, but an ellipse, with one side 50,000 km closer to [...]

Dinah Willis – Playboy Miss December 1964

I left Barbie for her. For a related article click on this URL http://www.mangozeen.com/2009/09/01/drugs/count-no-count.htm

Barbie Does Boston

Playing with dolls was a sin for boys in the 1950s. Barbie changed the opinion of many boys during the 1960s. The first Barbie came out in 1964. I was 12. My friends and I were on the cusp of pubescence and Mattel’s doll had curves. Curves like Jayne Mansfield. A wasp like a wasp. [...]

Jacob Wirth – Boston – Bratwurst Himmel

A group of 40-year old Boston College alumni discuss where they should meet for dinner. Finally it is agreed upon that they should meet at Jacob Wirth on Boylston Street restaurant where some of the patrons at the bar have low cut blouses and nice breasts. 10 years later, at 50 years of age, the [...]