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For years Charlton Heston has been telling NRA conventions. “If they want to take my gun, they’ll have to tear it from my dead hands.”

That time has finally come with the portrayer of Moses and Ben-Hur passing away at his family home at 84.
There was no mention of what gun he had in his hands.
Obviously […]

As the Bush administration nears the end of its 2nd term, Hollywood has decided to produce a movie about GW Bush’s path to the presidency as well as his years in the White House. No one has been cast for the title role, however the producers have finalize Thandie Newton appearance as Condeleeza Rice.

Personally I […]

Jamie Parker and I were sitting on Pattaya Beach yesterday. The breeze off the water was cool and the beer cold. Neither of us dared to challenge the sun, although every farang around us was slathering their pasty bodies with sun oil, as if they were the Sunday pig roast.

“You know I don’t believe in […]

When I worked on 47th Street selling diamond we had several women working for our firm. Each one had to sign a waiver absolving us of sexual harassment. Not that we physically touch any of the women, but sometimes our conversation verged past the bounds of decency. If they told us to shut up, we […]

Here’s a link to youtubes for a video showing the test of a robot dog.

http://gizmodo.com/368651/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-spooky
Robodog runs, fetches, and acts stupid without any slobbering or pooping or tearing up your favorite shoes. The Pentagon will probably teach him all sorts of cyber-nasty tricks and who knows what vicious ticks they will develop to make life miserable for […]

The meltdown in the US subprime real-estate market has led to a global loss of 7.7 trillion dollars in stock-market value since October, a report by Bank of America showed Thursday.

The crisis, which has spread beyond US shores to banks and other sectors worldwide, is “one of the most vicious in financial history,” according to […]

Monitor lizards are native to SE Asia. These carnivorous predators are related to the famous Komodo Dragon. Varanid lizards are cooperative hunters like raptors in JURASSIC PARK. Many Thais regard the sighting of a hia or monitor lizard as the harbinger of bad luck, despite legends of their legend warning humans of crocodiles. Some people […]

On Boxing Day 2006 a pick-up truck narrowly missed my daughter. I confronted the driver at the end of the soi. The tattooed tapestry got out of his truck wearing sneakers or trainers. He was bigger than I thought and I was wearing the 2nd worst footwear for a fight.
Flip-flops.
The worst are cowboy boots which have no […]

Whenever I visit the States or Europe, old friends celebrate the prodigal’s return. The guest list run from the good, the bad, and the beautiful. After all we’re talking about London, Paris, LA, and New York. Most of the invitees are familiar with my history, but also a smattering of new people and sooner […]

My hometown south of Boston had ten churches, two temples, and seven traffic lights in 1960. Not one bar and that situation hasn’t changed in over 40 years. It’s a good place to raise kids. People believe in God and America. I didn’t really fit into this formula and moved from this town in 1970. […]