Monthly Archives: August 2010

Mojo’s Grave

August 31, 2010 – 7:02 am

I don’t know how many people I’ve met in my life. I’ve never tried to count. The number has to be in the tens of thousands and possibly hundreds of thousands since I worked 20 years in nightclubs and have circumnavigated the globe over twenty times. Some people I have forgotten. Some I’ve forgotten their [...]

By Peter | Posted in NEW YORK, semi-fiction, superstitions | Comments (0)

The Past Refound

August 31, 2010 – 6:57 am

My possessions are scattered across two houses in Thailand, a mountaintop cabin north of Santa Cruz, two farms in upstate New York, my apartment in Fort Greene, and my sister’s house outside of Boston, however I was surprised this weekend to hear my host Billy O say at his Easthampton house, “I have several boxes [...]

By Peter | Posted in Art, NEW YORK, friends, history, youth | Tagged | Comments (0)

Monday Monday

August 30, 2010 – 3:21 pm

The weekend was long. A Friday night drive to Easthampton. Dinner and wine followed by drinks. Sleep till 9am. A swim in the ocean. Rough waves and vicious riptides. Saturday night was more of the same and Sunday was a repeat of the previous evening. 24 bottles of wine between 5 people accompanied by sundry [...]

By Peter | Posted in Bet On Crazy, Diamonds, Drinking, semi-fiction | Tagged | Comments (0)

The Popularity of Castration

August 26, 2010 – 4:30 pm

Recently The Nation reported on a growing castration (lopping off the testicles) or gaan dton trend amongst young wannabe ladyboys without funds to finance a complete sexual transformation. The castration operation costs $130US or 4400 baht and in most cases requires parental approval. These young boys are convinced that ridding themselves of their testicles will [...]

By Peter | Posted in Sex, Thailand, medicine | Comments (0)

Ava’s Patpong Story 1977

August 26, 2010 – 1:25 pm

Men like to think of Thailand as a Disneyland for one sex of the species. Truthfully not many farang women frequent Patpong or Nana Plaza other than those harridans testing the fidelity of their disgruntled boyfriends and husbands, yet the temptation of Thai hookers is sometimes too strong as was the case of Ava, my [...]

By Peter | Posted in Bangkok, Sex, Sin, Travel, semi-fiction | Comments (0)