Category Archives: good

Barney Frank Quits

November 29, 2011 – 12:07 pm

I’m used to being in the minority. I’m a left-handed gay Jew. I’ve never felt, automatically, a member of any majority. – Barney Frank, Massachusetts Congressman Old Barney is calling it quits in the Congress after twenty years of service for 4th Congressional District. Barney Frank defended the Combat Zone, was pro-Choice, backed reparations for [...]

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Gesamtkunstwerk Macht Frei

October 5, 2011 – 9:53 am

The German word Gesamtkunstwerk is defined as the ideal work of art. Last night I arrived from Charleroi and immediately changed into a suit to attend a Chamber Music concert at the Luxembourg Theater. Annie Sofie von Otter was singing a series of song written by the inmates of Theresienstadt. The Nazis under SS Doktor [...]

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Hellbound and Loving It

April 25, 2011 – 7:25 am

TS Eliot wrote that April was the cruelest month of all in his epic THE WASTELAND. His words rang harsh and true this past week. Passover and Easter combined to devastate business in the Diamond District. Today I waited for two customers to come back as promised. I had three Burma sapphires for an English [...]

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Save the Boobs

March 30, 2011 – 8:41 pm

The normal boobs ( . )( . ) The silicone boobs ( + )( + ) The perfect boobs (o)(o) Some boobs are cold (^)(^), and some boobs belong to grandmothers \./\./ And let’s not forget the very large boobs (o Y o) and very small boobs (.)(.) Lastly the asymmetrical boobs (•)(.) We love [...]

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Sunday Quietude

March 6, 2011 – 1:46 pm

Last night I took a young friend to see the Strokes at Saturday Night Live. The host was Miley Cyrus, the Disney teen sensation. The 19 year-old’s current worth is in the hundreds of millions and SNL’s producer followed the svelte brunette’s every move, as if he had plans for the perennial good girl. She [...]

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