Monthly Archives: November 2011

Ken Russell RIP

Happiness is not only Communism

It’s not difficult to make a woman happy. A man only needs to be the following: 1. a friend 2. a companion 3. a lover 4. a brother 5. a father 6. a master 7. a chef 8. an electrician 9. a carpenter 10. a plumber 11. a mechanic 12. a decorator 13. a stylist […]

The Kiss of Winston Churchill

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you. Winston Churchill

The Revised 10 Commandments

Number 1 – There is no god, so you don’t have to worry about having other gods Number 2 – Feel imaginative about images of spirituality. Number 3 – Refrain from saying the name of a god that doesn’t exist. He will not help you in floods, disaster, bankruptcy, or police stops. You are on […]

BAD INFLUENCE by Peter Nolan Smith

Last winter Enos Washing called me at the diamond exchange. “I heard from your cousin that you had come back from Thailand.” Enos had visited Ty Spaulding in Pattaya and the then-broker had thought the Last Babylon ‘dirty. He wasn’t wrong. “I’m back almost four years.” I hoped Ty had said nothing about the circumstances […]