Monthly Archives: August 2012

The Mission Ahead

Cape Kennedy was the epicenter of America’s Space Race with the USSR. The triumphs of Alan Shephard piloting a Mercury-Redstone 15 on a sub-orbital voyage and Apollo 11 moon landing originated on its launch pads as well as the tragedies of the Challenger and Columbia. NASA shut down the space shuttles last year and last […]

Earthlings Go Home

Walt Disney Pictures lost about $160 millions on JOHN CARTER OF MARS, despite worldwide ticket sales of almost $300,000,000. Mediocre reviews of the sci-fi adaptation of a Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel in tough economic times doomed the movie at the box office. BBC film critic Mark Kermode stated, “The story telling is incomprehensible, the characterisation […]

Everyday Spam

Everyday my email inbox is flooded by spam promoting the use of various male-oriented products. Increase your sperm load. Grow 3-4 inches of penis instantly. Viagra for renewed sexual vitality. Having live in Pattaya I can understand their targeting a man in his 50s surrounded by go-go bars, bars, and promenades of promiscuity. He wants […]

Hardness Factor

Men have many expressions for an erect penis; tentpole, boner, dong, love muscle, one-eyed monster, schlong, and third leg just for a few. Size is a source of pride as well as penile hardness. There is no shame in size, but judging from the spam in my email account the vast majority of American men […]

I See London. I See France

The eyes of the world are on the London Olympics and the athletes are under the scrutiny of the largest gathering of journalist and TV reporters ever assembled in the history of the world and while the games are about the excellence of sports, the media seeks to capitalize on even the smallest items to […]