Monthly Archives: September 2010

The Death of Sin

September 21, 2010 – 9:46 pm

Sin is considered an act defying the accepted social morale. Christianity listed the Seven Deadly Sins as Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride. Sinners can commit this sins anywhere in the world, but for the past thirty years few places were better to offend the morality of squares than Pattaya, Thailand and I […]

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EIGHT MILES HIGH / The Byrds

September 21, 2010 – 9:15 pm
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The Way of Greatness

September 21, 2010 – 4:08 pm

Great leaders led soldiers to the land of legends through buckets of blood. Alexander the Great invaded Persia, the world’s most powerful empire, with a host of 42,000 troops. Victory was assured at the Battle of Issus. Power was insured by the murder of Darius, the Persian emperor. The year was 334 BC. Alexander sought […]

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No Pizza Ovens for the Poor

September 21, 2010 – 10:32 am

Any traveler over the mountains in Asia or South America will be greeted by the hacking cough of impoverished villagers. The chorus of hacks could easily be mistaken for a plague of tuberculosis, except the underlying cause is smoke inhalation from crude household stoves. Secretary of State Clinton has proposed funding $50 million to combat […]

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You Bet I Would

September 19, 2010 – 11:30 am

Yesterday afternoon I was watching the Texas-Tennessee football game at Frank’s Bar on Fulton. I was the only customer. Sam, the blonde bartender, had just returned from a six-week vacation in Slovakia. “Nice weather.” I had noticed the deep tan. Weather in Eastern Europe had been almost tropical this summer. “Too hot.” She smiled with […]

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