Tag Archives: Silvio Berlusconi

hunchbacks : bunches of hunches

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Dave

To some, stroking the hump of the hunchback insures good luck, like “gobbo” in Italy, the impish man, wanky figure, libidinous, with top hat and hump, a kind of Berlusconi , a devilish little beast, but one with access to … Continue reading →

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the alpha male

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Dave

Is age really just a number? Why do older men go for younger women. Even real younger women. Legal and over the hump of consentment. But real young. It must be the gene of the alpha male and it certainly … Continue reading →

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hold your horses

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Art

Its Italy. It runs by its own logic.This past week has seen a collision with the past present and future. The priest blesses the horse, and then the Palio, the famous break-neck, bareback horse race around Siena’s main piazza takes … Continue reading →

Posted in Madame Pickwick Weekend | Tagged Daniel Craig Siena, Elizabeth Renzetti, james bond quantum of solace, michela brambilla, Pope Benedict XVI, Siena Italy history, Siena Italy tourism, Siena Palio horse race, Silvio Berlusconi, st. eligius, st. martin of tours | Leave a comment

8 1/2 disruptions of syntax

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Dave

In Fellini’s 8 1/2 an intellectual laments that the director, Guido, has no central idea, no clear intellectual concept. An English journalist wedges in,”What do you think about the marriage of Marxism and Catholicism?” In 8 1/2 Fellini doesn’t just … Continue reading →

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GOLDEN GEESE IN THE CUCKOO’S NEST

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Dave

The scope and character of the pensions bourgeoises – renamed maisons de santé early in the Revolution – changed dramatically following the passage of the Law of Suspects in September 1793. This legislation called for the creation of the Revolutionary … Continue reading →

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'Pataphysics of Protocol

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Dave

His every pronouncement creates a media circus. He is a baron of mass media and one of its anti-heroes. Silvio Berlusconi did not get to exchange kisses with Michelle Obama at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh last week and had … Continue reading →