Monthly Archives: June 2013

BLISSFUL IGNORANCE by Peter Nolan Smith

June 24, 2013 – 7:00 pm

Throughout history the husband has been the last to know and this truth holds true to course in Pattaya, the Last Babylon. Most farang men come for sex and it doesn’t take long for them to fall in love with a bargirl or go-go dancer. These novices tell their friends that their girls is different […]

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You Dirty Rat

June 24, 2013 – 6:34 pm

James Cagney’s character never sat ‘you dirty rat’ in BLONDE CRAZY. The actual words were “Mmm, that dirty, double-crossin’ rat.” Close enough for me, for I was raised to regard any fink as a rat by the Bowery Boys and gangster movies. Everyone hated a snitch, but that never stopped the class squealer from telling […]

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Skateboard Zepher Vixen

June 21, 2013 – 6:33 pm

Beers included.

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Tardy No More

June 21, 2013 – 3:56 pm

School’s out for summer. The yellow school bus has been retired for the off-season, however come the fall the American icon will serve cities, suburbs, and rural communities from Alaska to Florida. Type C has been very popular with most school boards with its no frill seating to deliver ninety little bodies with year-round dependability. […]

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Flying Down the Highway 1972

June 21, 2013 – 3:39 pm

In the summer of 1972 my friend Peter Gore and I hitchhiked from Boston to San Francisco. Both of us were longhairs. Rides came fast and ne driver had a Super B. Lucky drove 110mph from Omaha to Reno. Lucky dropped at the foothills of the Sierras. We stood on the highway for thirty minutes. […]

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