Category Archives: Rich

Born To Be A Billionaire

May 4, 2013 – 1:00 pm

Summer was the low season on Palm Beach. The seaside mansions were battened down for the hurricanes of August and September. The palm-lined avenues were devoid of Bentleys. The tables of the chic restaurants were wide open from Bice to Amici and the Leopard Bar was empty at 5pm. There was no happy hour at […]

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The Flight Of Thieves

May 3, 2013 – 8:29 pm

Back in 1976 I wrote a screenplay on my Olivetti typewriter. D. Descending was a tale of a reclusive hang-glider recruited by a mysterious female to rob a Manhattan skyscraper. I can’t remember what they were trying to steal, but the other day I stood on a billionaire’s 5th Avenue penthouse terrace installing bronze lockers […]

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Pope Reverend Ike I

February 19, 2013 – 8:03 pm

The College of Cardinals is gathering in Rome to elect a new pope after Benedict XVI’s sudden resignation. The Media has been playing a guessing game about his successor, however the cardinals will most likely vote for a prelate in the present Pope’s mold, since he elevated 60% of them to higher ecclesiastical office. The […]

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What’s Yours Is Ours

November 17, 2012 – 1:49 pm

AN OLD JOKE FROM THE 60S. A rich man comes out of his mansion and spots a young man camping on his lawn. Filled with indignation he strides up to the squatter and demands him to leave or else he’ll call the police. “How did you get this land?” The young man remains seated by […]

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Rich And Poor – Josh Billings

November 5, 2012 – 12:07 pm

“About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.” Josh Billings – American Humorist

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