The Venetian ⋅ 59 ⋅
Warning: This diary may be inappropriate for the thin-skinned, easily offended or those who feel victimized by life in general. Provider of unfiltered and honest opinions. So who/what am I? Among other things: Epicure, Traveler, Polymath, Critic, Dog Rescue Advocate, Physician
Io so' io, e voi non siete un cazzo!
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In defense of the R-word in Memories
The death of political correctness ("wokeness") in the USA is a thing to be celebrated. While out at dinner many years ago, a woman made the mistake of telling me she had a special child. "Wh...
A tribute to Mozart... in Another OD refugee
"Mozart is the greatest composer of all. Beethoven created his music, but the music of Mozart is of such purity and beauty that one feels he merely found it;that it has always existed as part of...
The New Yorker Magazine vs. NY in Another OD refugee
Several years ago, I was reading my latest issue of The New Yorker magazine by the fireplace at the hotel, and a colleague commented that you can take the man out of New York, but not New York o...
The ravens of unresting thought... in Memories
"…Flying, crying, to and fro,Cruel claw and hungry throat,Or else they stand and sniff the wind,And shake their ragged wings: alas!" ~ William Butler Yeats Something in the air has put me i...
