Monthly Archives: March 2022

As an old man who will be80 this fall you can probably guess I’m not much for social media.  I am not on Face Book (excuse me – Meta), Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Tumblr et al.  I can be seen nowhere … Continue reading →

. Will Smith used the line in his “apology” at the Oscars last night; first 43 secs. He stole it from Anthony Quinn 🙂

Fifty years or so ago a young Italian American married couple went to a movie one Saturday night in Staten Island.  We went to see The Godfather. We were the children of immigrants living on an island in New York … Continue reading →

Ginni Thomas Not too long ago a case appeared before the Supreme Court of the United States.  It concerned whether or not the January 6 Investigating Committee of the House could obtain documents of the Trump administration relating to the … Continue reading →

Yes my children. Though some of you might not believe it we had sex in the ‘50s. Yes we did. Even the Cleavers though on black and white TV no one ever had sex. Or went to a toilet. Now … Continue reading →

So you’re a middle-aged German business man, working for Siemens A.G. in Nanking, China in 1938.  You’re a member in good standing of the Nazi Party (though you haven’t lived in Germany for almost 30 years) and you begin to … Continue reading →

By day, rokurokubi appear to be ordinary women. By night, however, their bodies sleep while their necks stretch to an incredible length and roam around freely. Interpretation by Pamela T. Crayon, Pencil and Magic Marker 18 X 24 .

State Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman of Missouri Unless you are living in a cave or hiding under a rock you know that Texas recently passed a law banning abortion two weeks after a first missed period.  That’s right.  Six weeks.  … Continue reading →

The Catholic Irish as depicted in Harper’s Weekly And so it was July 12, 1871 – Boyne Day – and the Orange Order of Irish Protestants marched down Broadway, surrounded by 1,000 New York City Police and five regiments of … Continue reading →