August Break

If it’s good enough for the French…
Back in September.
Thank you for visiting.

Confessions of a Guatemalan Worry Doll

My father is my hero, a man of courage and character.
My mother is a slut and I love her more than anything.
She has fiery red hair and hates peanuts so fiercely she made me draw a picture of one when I was 9 and pasted it on the top of our box, drawn through with [...]

All the Fun Of The Fair

Modern funfairs are the best places on earth.
Their greedy consumerism, hedonism and unbridled tackiness make them everything that’s wrong with contemporary society packed into two hours of perfection: Las Vegas in your local park.
They promise a clutch of key activities whose purpose is not-to-be-sneezed-at pure joy:
Eating trashy food
Fat, carbs and sugar are the very fuel [...]

The World of Dee Mahone

Is that the smell of tight-fistedness wafting around the generously-mortgaged home?
On the contrary.
Those are the wonderful, life-affirming scents of The World of Dee Mahone, bringing dreams to life through the magical medium of aroma.
The World of Dee Mahone features an audacious collection of premium cremes, colognes and candles providing scented lubrication to loosen stubborn credit [...]

My friend Fabio

What makes a person appealing?
A cocktail of their traits, opinions, energy, style; what they bring out in us; a charm that is greater than the sum of their parts; a hook that overrides their faults.
Being with them illuminates us in some way. Their life throws a light, a value, a truth, on ours.
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I had a [...]

To dog-lovers

Now please hear this, dog-lovers.
You for whom Summer is a clarion call to drag your enslaved quadruped to public parks in the hope that you may pimp him to a potential mate similarly compromised by puppy love.
Or perhaps you have given birth to a ‘family dog’ who will enjoy the privilege of reflecting a family [...]