Monthly Archives: December 2010

Eric Burdon & The Animals – Poem By The Sea (clip) 1967

Girls = Money

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Wicked XXXmas

My wife Mem is very jealous. The Thai word ‘itsah’ pertains to envy of objects, however the true way to express jealousy is the word ‘huung’. Mem can’t believe that I spend months in New York without sex. “All you think about with me is sex.” “That’s different. I only want you.” Her love potion […]

Socialized Medicine

My mother liked to say that she went down to the valley of death during my birth. 12 hours spent trying to push my infant body from her womb. Finally the doctor clasped my fragile head with steel forceps and dragged me from my mother’s body. The procedure is a common practice in childbirth, however […]

GOUT

My earliest exposure to gout came from movies showing Henry VIII hobbling about the set with his foot swathed in bandages. The disease came from rich foods. Only the very wealthy or obese were supposedly prone to such an ailment, although in recent years friends have limped into restaurants or parties to explain, “I have […]