Category Archives: 2010s

Fucked

November 9, 2011 – 6:41 am

My cousin and I had a long telephone call last evening. I was south of Charleroi. It was the ugliest town in europe. Oil Can was north of Boston. We were an ocean apart. I asked about his father, the judge. The ex-marine has been repatriated from the hospital. My uncle was back at home. […]

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666 Obama

November 9, 2011 – 6:18 am

Fundamentalists have a problem with President Obama. Much of it has to do with the color of his skin, but the snake-biters have worked hard to attack the POTUS on many other levels and the ex-Model From Paris posted a list of firsts for the Leader of the Free World First President to refuse to […]

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The Flood Of The Century

November 9, 2011 – 5:00 am

The monsoon rains struck South East Asia with ferocity this year. Rivers overflowed their banks and villages were inundated by the swollen streams. Thais are accustomed to floods, but this monsoon season took the country by surprise. In August I drove hub-deep through Sukhothai on my way to the ancient city. My daughter thought it […]

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Man Lost

November 7, 2011 – 7:37 am

Men never get lost. Women know the opposite to be true, because men will resist any suggestions from a woman to prove that he isn’t lost. Last weekend the ambassador and I set out from Luxembourg for a long bike ride in the country. We missed the train to our original destination, because I got […]

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Fuck Off Mr. Bloomberg

November 4, 2011 – 8:55 am

The mayor of New York was born several months after Pearl Harbor. He is ten years older than me. His net worth is around $19 billion dollars making him the 30th wealthiest man in the world. It’s amazing what a difference those ten years make for one’s fortune. Wikipedia has listed Bloomberg as a business […]

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