Thanks, John, for the mammaries
posted over 3 years ago, updated 18 minutes later | 1 comment
Dublin-born versifier John Jordan [1930-1988] waxed poetic about MAE WEST.
• • The mammary-minded academic, who lectured at University College [Dublin], was a leading light in the literary life of Ireland from the 1950s until his accidental death ...
• • The mammary-minded academic, who lectured at University College [Dublin], was a leading light in the literary life of Ireland from the 1950s until his accidental death ...
Texas Hold 'Em
posted over 3 years ago, updated 1 day later | 3 comments
• • Half-ton suspect — — a legal problem in Texas
• • EDINBURG, Texas — Prosecutors are trying to decide how to jail and bring to court a nearly half-ton, bedridden woman accused of killing her 2-year-old nephew.
• • A grand jury in...
• • EDINBURG, Texas — Prosecutors are trying to decide how to jail and bring to court a nearly half-ton, bedridden woman accused of killing her 2-year-old nephew.
• • A grand jury in...
Ruthless Torment
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 21 hours later | 1 comment
• • Have you ever answered the phone — — and heard a death threat?
• • Have you ever watched a stranger's hand slip a letter under your door?
• • Has your peace of mind ever been up-ended by a stalker?
• • All these things have happened to me.
• ...
• • Have you ever watched a stranger's hand slip a letter under your door?
• • Has your peace of mind ever been up-ended by a stalker?
• • All these things have happened to me.
• ...
Civic Engagement — Alive and Well?
posted over 3 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 1 comment
• • NEW YORK — — Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama will be in New York September 11th — — not campaigning but appearing at a forum on service and civic engagement hosted by a coalition called ServiceNation.
• • The candid...
• • The candid...
Women in Jazz Fest returns to NYC
posted over 3 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 1 comment
• • The 4th annual Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival returns to Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in New York, NY from September 9th to October 12th, 2008. The festival, presented by Diet Coke and Jazz at Lincoln Center, will feature nightly headlining perfor...
Will NYC begin tilting at windmills?
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 16 hours later | 3 comments
• • New Yorkers may start thinking of our mayor as a "Man of La Mancha" — — since architects have disparaged his recent proposal to bring windmills back to The Big Apple. Originally colonized by the Dutch, New Amsterdam once had many windmills wit...
A Bronx Tale
posted over 3 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 2 comments
• • Recently, our local newspapers ran a sad story — — but it illustrated the behavior in my hometown I have come to expect. The Big Apple is filled with Good Samaritans. Find yourself in need of assistance? This is a place where well-intentioned ...
Oh, Mae! Oh, Mae!
posted over 3 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 0 comments
The 115th Birthday of an American Icon
posted over 3 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 2 comments
• • Mae West did not invent sex. She just saw the humor in it, and probably no one before or since has had more fun on what she called the "linen battlefield."
• • "I kid sex," she said. "I take it out into the open and laugh at it. I'm a healthy...
• • "I kid sex," she said. "I take it out into the open and laugh at it. I'm a healthy...
Hollywood toasts Mae West on her birthday
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 11 hours later | 1 comment
Go WEST, young men has been their clarion call for 15 years now. In Los Angeles, California a group of
