Category Archives: Sex

Oh No No Sex

Witches were fearsome creatures in my youth. These wanton women consorted with Satan and their roaming succubi seduced the souls of pure men. Throughout the 70s and 80s I ran into their decadent descendants finally meeting Elena, a Spanish flamenco dancer. We lived together in my East Village apartment for several months. My bed became [...]

THE LAST GO-GO BOY by Peter Nolan Smith

Americans tend to judge the nation’s fiscal well-being by the rise and fall of the Dow Jones Index, even though Wall Street’s accumulation of wealthy has mostly a negative effect on the vast majority of workers. Bonuses were paid out in January without adding to the buying power of consumers buried under debt and corporations [...]

How Old?

vixely.com posted this sexy versus unsexy list online. At my age none of the sexy really matters to me. I’m 100% unsexy. Even after a few beers.

Thailand’s Happiness Index Deficit

In 1972 Bhutan’s King Jigme Singye Wangchuck attempted to reform his country’s feudal economy on a Buddhist spiritual level rather than a capitalistic model. To best judge his efforts the king created a Gross Domestic Happiness Index based on life satisfaction, life expectancy at birth, and ecological footprint per capita. The Wall Street Journal ignores [...]

GAY BOY by Peter Nolan Smith

 My family moved from Maine on a sunny morning in June 1960. The moving truck pulled out of the driveway ahead of us. Our Falmouth Foresides neighbors said good-bye and my grandmother wished us a good trip. “So you remember me in Boston.” Edith gave each of her three oldest grandchildren a $5 bill. [...]