All The Cheesecake in the World

Content advisory 18+ There is a longstanding question which asks us if we — given the opportunity — would prefer to know when we will die or instead linger in the perpetual (until the chopping block moment) suspense of NOT knowing. I haven’t taken a survey, but it seems that most people would choose not to know. Me? Well, I’m not sure.

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The pros and cons? Obviously, if we understood … Read the rest

Hair (The 1960’s – 3rd part)

Third part. The second part is here. First part is here.

 In the spring of 1968, a 'counter-culture' rock musical hit the Broadway stage. It was called "Hair" and was a celebration of the bohemian live-style and anti-war idealism of a generation of young Americans known as "Hippies."  Along with the famous gathering on a spread of farmland in New York state which has come down to us as 'Woodstock', 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