Category Archives: Beauty

02-02-2020

February 3, 2020 – 11:11 pm

The last numeric palindromic date on the Gregorian Calendar was 11-11-1111 AD or XI-XI-MXXI Anno Dominum, although time in 1111 AD for most of the Christian world was ruled by the old Julian Calendar, but Pope Gregory changed the calendar to stop Easter from wandering all of the months. Yesterday 02-02-2020 was the first time […]

By Peter | Comments (0)

The Eternal Ugliness Of Serge

January 27, 2020 – 8:04 pm

I’ve succeeded at everything except my life. I know my limits. That’s why I’m beyond. I like the night, I have clearer ideas in the dark. I prefer ugliness to beauty, because ugliness endures. I am incapable of mediocrity. Ugliness is superior to beauty because it lasts longer. Serge Gainsbourg And let’s not forget the […]

By Peter | Also posted in Beast, france | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

LiTTLE GTO

July 4, 2019 – 10:04 am

I dream of 1969. The GTO is red. A blonde is behind the wheel. Her skin white. Untouched by summer. Spring on a highway heading south Florida in the distance. Her hand shifts to fourth. Her foot presses on the accelerator. Faster faster. Go GTO go. Her name is Dee Dee. She has too much […]

By Peter | Also posted in 60s, cars, Driving, Poetry | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Doris Day RIP

May 13, 2019 – 4:23 pm

Everyone’s life is finally seized by the twilight and yesterday the movie actress Doris Day was promoted to the stars. The Cincinnati native sought to be a dancer. A car accident curtailed that dream, however during the recovery the fifteen year-old discovered an unknown talent. “I used to while away a lot of time listening […]

By Peter | Also posted in 50s, CINEMA | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Paving Over Paradise

April 1, 2019 – 9:22 am

My first visit to Bangkok was in 1990. I stayed at the Malaysia Hotel on Soi Duplei, once the 60s haunt of the infamous backpacker murderer Charles Sobhraj. The trees were bordered by sylvan compounds and I played basketball at the military school next to the Lumpini Muay-Thai stadium. Patpong was a twenty-minute walk through […]

By Peter | Also posted in 60s, Bangkok | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)