Willy Loman

I always found the veiled look to be somewhat sexy or at least I did when I still had enough testosterone left in my body to find such things sexy. It is most likely a lingering memory of watching  Rita Hayworth movies with my father. I doubt if increased sexual arousal in aging old men is the intended purpose of the niquib, although it probably was the intended purpose in this old Sweet Marie chocolate bar ad. In a world where we are inundated with  more  and  more   semi clothed models  and  styles of clothing  that hide nothing of the human figure and in fact act as nothing more than a  colored skin covering , I find the scarfed, veiled and multi-layered look much more appealing, more mysterious and in fact sexier, whether it be the niqab, veil or the hijab, scarves worn by some muslim and orthodox jewish women. Of course I also liked the strippers who came out dressed as secretaries when I used to take my U...

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Heh heh, I think that’s funny.  Anyway what the Rev asks for, the Rev gets. Here’s the list of jobs that this Willy Loman got paid for Peeled potatoes on Thursday night Delivered Fish and Chips on Friday night Delivered the Globe and Mail on Saturday morning Manufactured things that are now made elsewhere or no longer made at all Bic pen tubes and caps Circular rotary file card systems Timex display stands A pulper at Facelle Horseback trail guide and Garbage man at Blue Water Sculptor Assistant for projects at the CNE and Pickering Power Station Packer at a Dominion Store Opening Room Service Elevator operator at Chateau Lake Louise, met with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Dish washer in Banff, met narcs pretending to be born agains Sold the Straight, got chased by US sailors and some other strange folk Sold mens wear at Towers Dept Store Sold mens wear at Miracle Mart Dept Store Ended up selling everything at a bunch of Miracle Ma...

Talk about good news for aging boomers. Smoking marijuana could actually keep your brain young by reducing inflammation and even stimulating the formation of new brain cells. Research by a team at Ohio State University suggests that the development of a legal drug that contains certain properties similar to those in marijuana might help prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Any new drug's properties would resemble those of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main psychoactive substance in the cannabis plant, but would not share its high-producing effects. When asked if people could smoke marijuana to prevent Alzheimer's disease if the disease is in their family? Gary Wenk the principal investigator on the research replied: We're not saying that, but it might actually work. Good enough for me. Where the hell did I leave the papers? Reference: Telegraph UK here .

In federal elections I usually end up placing, what I guess you could call a protest vote. In the past I have voted for the Rhinoceros Party (not the year that Zappa ran), some obscure independent a couple of times. Went for the Communist Party of Canada, once. It was a tough choice that year as the Marxist-Leninist Party also had a candidate, in my riding, basically splitting the ultra socialist vote. In 2006, similarly to Kevin Newman of Global TV, my vote went to a Green candidate with a sign on the lawn and all. However this year my riding of 160,000 only has two candidates running, so my vote might actually count. One candidate is a 50 year old white guy, born nearby. He’s a senior partner in a fair size international law firm working on US, European and Canadian deals. He actually looks like me a bit, taking away the hair, and adding ten years and about 40 lbs. Politically, this is his third try for the riding. He has been a stalwart party member actually managing another candida...

Summing up his message, the Pope told the young pilgrims at a Mass in Sydney that a “spiritual desert” was spreading throughout the world... Well... You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name 
 Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain

as the old unrrepentant hippies would say. Actually I don't remember anyone saying that.  Anyway, look a that, 100 posts in our first 78 days. And there were actually two that we thought we good, from back  here and here  when nobody was coming around. But hell, if you want quality go to pogge or the Galloping Beaver , or any of the other sites listed in the side bar.