Monthly Archives: August 2011

Memory Loss by Peter Nolan Smith

The Catholic Church and other derivatives of the Judeo-Christian faith extol monogamy as the true state of man and woman, then explain sex with the mystery of the birds and bees. Actually I don’t ever recall getting that lecture from my parents, although the stork was mentioned whenever a new brother or sister arrived unannounced […]

Knock Off Your Sox

A UK survey exposed that 43% of English men keep on their sox during sex. The findings did not reveal the why, however I lived in London during the autumn of 1977. My girlfriend, Lisa, was a model. Blonde and small-framed, David Bailey liked to photograph her. I think nude. She rented a posh studio […]

Plastic Plastic Everywhere

30 years ago Jomtien Beach was a hidden paradise. The drive from Bangkok took 4-6 hours depending on the tides. The road was flooded twice daily by the coming and going of the sea. The Old Roué of the Orient tells on swimming at dawn with a lovely Thai girl. “Fish leapt from the water. […]

There’ll Always be an England

“Will there always be an England?” The England of today is not that of 1940. No country is what it was 71 years ago. Yesterday I was drinking beer with two friends in nah-Jomtien. Mark was complaining about how England had changed from the time of his parents. His rotten teeth were a tribute to […]

O For Five

Tottenham Nick and I were watching the riots in London at Maggie’s Bar on Soi Concrete. The dissatisfied were burning down his local Pizza Hut. Next up was MacDonalds. “Wankers will be crying tomorrow about not having anything to eat.” Nick was a Hotspurs fan. The rioters could burn down Buckingham Palace for all he […]