Content advisory 16+ Time after time, I find myself watching various talent shows – America’s Got Talent, Britain’s Got Talent, the X – factors, the Idols, the Voice and others. While seemingly quite an unfulfilling way to pass the time, I tune in every time, and, truth be told, stand in awe of their talent. How little Darci Lynn could be such an amazing ventriloquist at just 12 years of … Read the rest
Tag: Reality
The Only One Who Knows
Content advisory 18+ Without ever having been a surfer, I remember watching a film a long time ago about surfing. It was called ”The Endless Summer” and it showed (endlessly) the magnificent, bronzed guy surfers (Wow !– if only I were gay !!!) as they sat on the waves, dipping and slanting at just the precise instant, simultaneously gliding, dictating terms to the sea, and then being abruptly devoured, violently … Read the rest
What There Isn’t Is What There Is
Content advisory 18+ There is a song called “The Boxer” by a once-famous duo (and deservedly so) in America known as Simon & Garfunkel. One line goes as follows: “… Still, a man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest.” Another valuable (for me) insight is provided by William Blake: “The eye, altering, alters all” — the beautiful language of which can be a bit confusing until … Read the rest
On The Subject Of Taxis
Контент 18+ Taxis and taxi drivers are among the things in life that I generally hate. Which does not mean that I lump them together as a single evil force or that I would cast them, one and all, in a concentration camp if I could. As in all walks of life, the odd Good Samaritan may pop up in one of those meter-machines, plenty of decent sorts are just … Read the rest
Sex, music and something more
Fourth part. Please read the first part, second part and third part using links. Attention! 16+ content.
Apart from the Civil Rights Movement and the Viet Nam War, the American '60s are best remembered for the music, the drugs, and the changing attitudes toward sex. I say 'changing attitudes' rather than simply 'changes in sexual behavior' because I am not sure that long before the '60s people were not indulging … Read the rest
