Monthly Archives: May 2015

Dif Tor Heh Smusma

May 17, 2015 – 9:31 pm

Leonard Nimoy hailed from Boston’s West End shtel. His Russian father cut hair in Mattapan Square. Tired of giving us a buzz-cut my father drove my older brother and me to the Terminal Barber Shop next to the terminus of the trolley line. I can’t recall any other barber along Blue Hill Avenue. A native […]

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No Homos in Iran

May 8, 2015 – 10:22 am

Several years ago a Bangkok police commissioner visited Pattaya to officially survey the night life. A Bangkok reporter asked, “What are your views on prostitution in Pattaya?” “Prostituition?” The top copper was wearing sunglasses on Walking Street. “All I see are young people having fun.” His response harvested a chorus of hearty chuckles from longtime Pattaya residents, but nothing […]

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Anti-Mullah Fun

May 8, 2015 – 7:24 am

Ever since Ayatollah Kohmeni returned from exile to oust the Shah, the Mullahs in Iran have proscribed fun from the lives of the common folk. No music, no dancing, no drinking, no nothing have transformed the Shah’s secular state into a Land of No stricter than the New Jersey Shore or Tulsa, Oklahoma, however Iranians […]

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Love Johnny Romero Long Time

May 8, 2015 – 2:18 am

A comment from a reader about Johnny Romero, a great bon vivant from the 1950s in paris. Dearest Claudia, I am Susy Küttel, the Swiss “girl” who was very much in love with Johnny, your father. I always remember him and our love was very deep and connected with lots of problems. Destiny divided us […]

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Beer In Dubai

May 6, 2015 – 11:05 pm

The following passage from the Qurʼan, Surah 5 severely condemns drinking alcohol and various other pleasures. O you who believe! Intoxicants, gambling, al-ansāb, and al-azlām (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are an abomination of Shayṭān’s (Satan’s) handiwork. So avoid that in order that you may be successful. Anyone found in possession of liquor in […]

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