Category Archives: Relationships

In the Words of Albert Finney

October 30, 2011 – 7:36 am

Few films are as bittersweet romantic as the comic road movie TWO FOR THE ROAD starring Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn. The two play star-crossed lovers traveling throughout Europe. Their honeymoon brings them to a country hotel in France, where they observed older couples speechlessly dining together. “What kind of people don’t speak to each [...]

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WOMEN’S ENGLISH / MEN’S ENGLISH

October 10, 2011 – 7:19 am

WOMEN’S ENGLISH Yes = No No = Yes Maybe = No We need = I want I’m sorry = You’ll be sorry We need to talk = You’re in trouble Sure, go ahead = You better not Do what you want = You’ll pay for this later I’m not upset = Of course I’m upset, [...]

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Lady Words That Men Don’t Know or Use

October 10, 2011 – 7:07 am

JFK was reputed to be the fastest speaker in the English language. Whereas expert typists can tap out 120 words per minute, JFK could string over 300 words in a minute. JFK is the recognized champ, however my fast-talking mother could have whipped the Boston-bred president like a red-headed step-child, mostly because women have a [...]

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Thai Perfection or Lák-sŕ-ná tęe dee próm

October 7, 2011 – 4:25 am

The standard joke about the perfect western girlfriend is her father owned a pub, she’s 3′ 4″; with a flat head so you can put your beer on her. Few girls answer those simple needs, but in Thailand it is more than likely that your girlfriend’s father is distilling moonshine lao khao or rice whiskey, [...]

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THE WRONG SIZE SHOES by Peter Nolan Smith

September 30, 2011 – 8:18 am

Twenty-five minutes after the stroke of Twelve New Year’s Eve 1982 a masked assassin shot dead the main investor a block away from the Continental Club on West 25th Street. The FBI and NYPD’s Internal Affairs investigating Viktor Malenski’s murder quickly drew lines between the dots. My ex-girlfriend was living with the dead man’s partner. My boss [...]

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