Monthly Archives: August 2015

September! It’s Birthday Month!

Posted on August 31, 2015 by toritto

A re-post from previous birthdays! September 10, 1942 Last week I had a bad cold and sat in front of my t.v. watching whatever was on; watching, dozing, watching. Turns out I was tuned to a history channel which was … Continue reading →

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Going Bi-Coastal

Posted on August 25, 2015 by toritto

Toritto at 40 in 1982.  I can’t believe my hair was so brown! Tomorrow I will be leaving the virtual world for a week or so. I am traveling to spend time with my eldest and her hubby; going from … Continue reading →

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Diaspora

Posted on August 24, 2015 by toritto

by toritto The Cathedral Snack Bar – Asmara, Eritrea Bougainvillea Passegiatta Old men doffing borsalinos wearing double breasted suits. Topolinos in the street run as if on memory pretty girls now walking by laughing, giving boys the eye. “Un espresso … Continue reading →

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Fascist Italy, Adowa and the Conquest of Abyssinia

Posted on August 24, 2015 by toritto

by toritto Most folks know of fascist Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia in the 1930’s. The conquering of Abyssinia was greeted in Rome with wild celebration culminating in Il Duce’s famous balcony speech from the Palazzo Venezia – “I have given … Continue reading →

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Long Hot Summer

Posted on August 23, 2015 by toritto

by toritto Do you think we’d see the light if sunshine cost the wealthy something or would we live in blackest night outside the gates and out of sight while stepping over homeless vets, passing the line at the free … Continue reading →

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Perfection

Posted on August 21, 2015 by toritto

Hell must be empty she thought ‘cause all the demons are here in this dark lonely place she once thought was heaven. He was life sucking in his perfection leaving her an empty husk no longer the woman she once … Continue reading →

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NLRB Rules Against College Football Players

Posted on August 21, 2015 by toritto

Well the college football season will soon be upon us and here in Florida as well as in the rest of the country the hysteria will continue until the national champion is crowned.  Having attended City University of New York … Continue reading →

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Does Labor Day Honor Labor Anymore?

Posted on August 20, 2015 by toritto

March 6, 1930 – thousands demonstrate for unemployment insurance in Union Square and nationwide – led by the communists.  Did you think government just gave it to you? Wake up and smell the coffee. It’s Labor Day! End of Summer, … Continue reading →

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Why You Didn’t See the Image I Wanted to Use

Posted on August 20, 2015 by toritto

The Hotel Torino in Wiki Commons Yesterday those folks who waste their valuable time reading me got a glimpse of my youth; 22 year old Toritto defending the nation in Eritrea while at the beach in Massawa and sipping drinks … Continue reading →

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Toritto at the Hotel Torino – 1965

Posted on August 19, 2015 by toritto

Welcome to the Hotel Torino! No not in Turin. In Eritrea. First you need some background on how geeky Toritto wound up in Eritrea in 1964. No surprise. We had troops there. We have troops everywhere. One Spring day while … Continue reading →

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