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THE TEN TOP THINGS TO DO IN PARIS

April 19, 2022 – 11:36 am

Set fire to a historical cathedral. Get entombed in the catacombs Die of boredom waiting in line for the Louvre. Pay a wanker in a beret to paint an unflattering caricature of you. Surrender to an invading force without shot being fired. Protest the rigors of a thirty -hour work wee. Enjoy local delicacies like […]

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Puritan Drinking in France

March 26, 2022 – 11:02 am

Back in 1982 I was driving on the Autoroute du Sud toward Perpignan. I stopped at a Cafe de Relais to a coffee. At the bar several southbound routiers or truck drivers were quaffing afternoon aperitifs. In this case Calvados. Coming from the States I was slightly surprised that the Etat du France sanctioned the […]

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11-11-1918

November 10, 2021 – 10:49 am

Tomorrow I will toast the millions of sad sacrifices of men to imperialism. I also thanked the stars that I’ve never had to fire a shot in anger. The truce between the Axis and Allies was signed at 5am, but ceasefire didn’t take effect, until the 11th second of the 11th minute of the 11th […]

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Les Frogs

July 14, 2020 – 11:02 am

Most Americans have an unfavorable attitude toward the French. This antipathy is based on the abuse many US tourists have suffered from dismissive Paris waiters during their weeklong summer vacation. Few of my countrymen realize that these garcons are rude to their own countrymen as well as any estrangers. That is not to say that […]

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The Fears

March 30, 2020 – 1:53 pm

Last night I read Poe’s MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, despite having promised not to delve further into the literature of death. The opening paragraph portrayed a world lost to the plague. “The red death had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and […]

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