Stuff Italians dream about.
agostino
MY DAUGHTER CALLED ME. She said that Uncle Agostino was sick and that he had decided that, for whatever reason, he would soon board a flight to London, where he intended to die. Why he had selected…
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October 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Stuff Italians dream about.
this is the night / this is the river / these are the bridges / those are the sounds / those are the lights / here are the church bells / here is the hum vibration / the shadows filing beneath / the orange intoxicating glow / of a saturday night
October 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
this is the night / this is the river / these are the bridges / those are the sounds / those are the lights / here are the church bells / here is the hum vibration / the shadows filing beneath / the orange intoxicating glow / of a saturday night
Seems like the Nobel committee needs to be replaced with Trump loyalists.
October 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Seems like the Nobel committee needs to be replaced with Trump loyalists.
"It happened during a right-wing putsch against the Starmer government led by Elon Musk."
julie andrews
I HAD SEX with Julie Andrews. At least, I think it was her. It happened on the second floor of an old theatre in London and it happened during a right-wing putsch against the Starmer government led…
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October 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"It happened during a right-wing putsch against the Starmer government led by Elon Musk."
Panic attacks caused by PTSD are not easy. I used to get them every day when my family was disintegrating. Now once in a while. To stop the attack I focused on a recent good experience. This took me out of the attack and helped me to restore emotional balance.
October 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Panic attacks caused by PTSD are not easy. I used to get them every day when my family was disintegrating. Now once in a while. To stop the attack I focused on a recent good experience. This took me out of the attack and helped me to restore emotional balance.
I think I'm done with Facebook. Or as the Italians call it, "faccio book."
October 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I think I'm done with Facebook. Or as the Italians call it, "faccio book."
The “stadium tour” had been a boon to the president’s sinking approval numbers.
euphan
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CHARLIE KIRK MEMORIAL. The “stadium tour” had proved a boon to the president’s sinking approval numbers. And with each pyrotechnics display, each series of ro…
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October 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The “stadium tour” had been a boon to the president’s sinking approval numbers.
Sex was just sex, you know. But work was important.
the drones
OUR PLANE had to be diverted to a regional Scandinavian airport on account of sightings of drones or other unidentified flying objects. I was traveling with what I suspected was the legation from t…
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September 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Sex was just sex, you know. But work was important.
Some kind of retro muzak was playing in the distance, maybe an orchestral version of some old Hall and Oates song. Maybe it was “Maneater,” maybe not. As if it even mattered.
rimi
I WENT TO the Rimi supermarket to buy some bread. Of course, I could have picked up a loaf at any of the many fine bakeries in town, among them the house bakery on Oru Street which renowned for its…
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August 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Some kind of retro muzak was playing in the distance, maybe an orchestral version of some old Hall and Oates song. Maybe it was “Maneater,” maybe not. As if it even mattered.
Poor Malcom-Jamal Warner. Washed away. In Costa Rica. Gone.
July 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Poor Malcom-Jamal Warner. Washed away. In Costa Rica. Gone.
Somehow, she had managed to get tan by 2 June.
the gray lady
WHAT CAME before or after, I cannot say, only that the SUV pulled up to the parking payment kiosk and it was expected that I would get out and pay. This was the kiosk just outside the doors to the …
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July 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Somehow, she had managed to get tan by 2 June.