Delightful Tickling

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." -Sally Berger The following is on page 8 of the 'Te Matare Ramirez' Restaurante menu in Buenos Aires, ArgentinaShe has always been like that. Innately fun loving, just like me, or perhaps, even more than me. Justiniana is never wrong concerning matters of pleasure. It is what I like most about her, even more than her voluptuous hips or her silky pubic hair, so delightfully tickling to the palate:...

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The Descriptive Sentence

"Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it."-Francis Bacon, artistas heard in the 1998film 'Love Is The Devil'The following is on page 6 of the 'Te Matare Ramirez' Restaurante menu in Buenos Aires, ArgentinaNow Don Rigoberto had his eyes half-closed and it was as if all his energy had fled from the rest of his body and had taken refuge in his reproductive and nasal organs, his nostrils inhaling Dona Lucrecia's honeysuckle. And as the warm...

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Leaving On A Jet Plane

"The majority of society are judgemental and cannot let go with regard to sexual behavior. It is a difficult and intense subject for most to discuss."-Dr. Steven Zlutnick,USF Graduate Studies ProfessorHuman SexualityAs found from my 'saved notes' dated January 26, 1989 The following is on page 4 of the 'Te Matare Ramirez'Restaurante menu in Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAll human shapes have vanished except you and me. Everything that could have distracted...

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The Aphrodisiac

'Repetition is important in "training'.-Yann Martel,The Life of PiThe ImaginationEach culture and each person responds to aphrodisiacs in his or her own way.Some work by analogy, like oysters in the shape of vulvas or asparagus in the shape of phallus; others by association and also by suggestion. That is why it is good to have seductive names for exquisite dishes in the same way as the wise erotic Asian manuals have for different postures. We might...

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Carnal Pleasure

Trust your aversions the same as you do your cravings.-Ira Levin,Rosemary's BabyThere are some places you just never forget. This time it is a restaurant in Buenos Aires, Argentina called "Te Matare Ramirez". Translated it literally means "I'm going to kill you, Ramirez!" It comes from playful arguments the owner would have with a friend who was a sort of Casanova, and this was a threat the friend often heard from the husbands whose wives he was...

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Do Your Surname Search!

"The world is in perpetual motion, and we must invent the things of tomorrow."-Tilar J Mazzeo, The Widow ClicquotLeave it to my 'DNA' cousin, John E Spencer to introduce me to another magnificent website that is available. It's called the 'World Names Profiler'. Simply go to this website link and type in your surname in the SEARCH box. http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/I entered ARMIJO and learned the 'Frequency Per Million' of people with...

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The Innovator

He never said “woman”, always “female” because it sounded more scientific.-Thomas MannIn his short story, VISION, written in 1893Jules Verne was an avid reader of Edgar Allan Poe. Have you ever read ‘Paris in the Twentieth Century’ by Jules Verne? It was written in 1863 but first published only in 1994, about a young man who lives in a technologically advanced, but culturally backwards future. Often referred to as Verne's "lost" novel, the work,...

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For the Coffee Connoisseur

“Why don't you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I'm a little low in sugar and I don't have any cream, but it's real coffee.” -Barbra StreisandI received a postcard dated March 11, 2009 from Netherlands with a photo of a coffee cup. It had a 'scratch n' sniff' and included these Dutch words:Kom je op de koffie? The backside of the postcard stated the following:Hi Michael!A postcard from Holland! Just scratch the coffee and then smell it. Lovely,...

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Deep Discussions

"He had to let off steam, otherwise we would never hear the end of it."Thomas Mannin his short storyFALLEN, 1894It's time to honor a favorite author. I have only read his famed novella DEATH IN VENICE from 1918. I have a new appreciation for him as I am currently reading 'Six Early Stories' that were never before published in the United States by the great German novelist until 1997. Born on June 6, 1875, Thomas Mann lived in Munich from 1893,...

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The New Entrepreneur

"As an entrepreneur, you have to get used to failure. It is just part of the path to success."-Mark Pincus,Founder of Tribe.netand Zynga, a San Francisco based company that develops online gamesYour outlook on life is a direct reflection of how much you like yourself. Life is fully of setback. Success is determined by how you handle them.Write down your short and long term goals four times a year. Two personal, two business and one health goal. A...

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Back to Life

“My voice has a life of its own.”-Judy Davis as 'Judy Garland'in the 2001 movieLife With Judy Garland ‘Me & My Shadows’In January 2009 of this year an article by New Scientist was written about the recipe for making any creature and how it is written in its DNA. So last November, when geneticists published the near-complete DNA sequence of the long-extinct woolly mammoth, there was much speculation about whether we could bring this behemoth back...

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Rules of Marriage

"All women whether they want to admit it or not want to see a man in a tied-up situation."-Richard Burton in the 1964 film 'The Night of the IguanaRules of Marriage: respect the other person, compromise, be open to communicate, and build a common set of life values. If you don't do this, you are in a lot of trouble.Twenty-five years ago today:March 20, 1984, TuesdayHelen and I went to some 'Gem' Shop during lunchtime. She introduced me to a 'Baumer...

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Heartbreak Alley

"I shall be better for having known you."-from the British filmDaniel DerondaI am in the mood to do a tribute sort of blog today. I want to share two sorrowful stories that began as pleasure excursions. It gives us all a wake up call as to how a random mishap can turn our lives around. The first one involved two NFL football players and two of their good friends. They sailed into the Gulf of Mexico on a fishing trip on February 28, 2009 when the...

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One Less Bell To Answer

"His practice was to write two books at once, turning to the second when he struck a snag on the first, and back to the first when he struck a snag on the second."-Ira LevinRosemary's BabyI liked the above line in the Ira Levin book that I finished reading last night. I tend to read two books at once, turning to the second when I strike a snag on the first. I'm in the middle of 'Six Early Stories' by the German novelist, Thomas Mann. The other day...

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Eavesdropping

"How come you turned out sane when the rest of your family is nutty?"-Ira Levin in his book"Rosemary's Baby"It's interesting how we learn about things. Yesterday, I was at the Los Angeles Airport, minding my own business. I was trying to concentrate on my latest book experience. I am reading 'Rosemary's Baby' by Ira Levin. There was a man a couple of seats away on his cellular phone. You know how people tend to speak louder on their cell phones,...

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Spaghetti

"Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it."For 2 years, a man was having an affair with an Italian woman. One night, she confided in him that she was pregnant. Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, He told her he would pay her a large sum of money if she would go to Italy to secretly have the child. If she stayed in Italy to raise the child, he would also provide child support until the child turned 18. She agreed, but...

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