Davy Jones Of The Monkees Dead At 66

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The Old Soldier got his Giant Eagle pension check today.  So, I’m sitting at the bar in Del’s Bar and Italian Restaurant in the Bloomfield (Little Italy) neighborhood of Pittsburgh, drinking a draft and just chilling out.

Del’s has several flat screen televisions on the wall.  They usually have different channels on the televisions.  On one screen they usually carry Fox News with the sound mute.  I don’t like Fox News.

But I’m sitting there drinking my beer and watching Fox News.  I think the newscaster was talking about the Republican Party’s primaries.

Anyway, under the newscast is that strip of news that runs across the bottom of the screen and it said that Davy Jones of the Monkees had died of a heart attack at the age of 66.

The Old Soldier is 65.

I’m A Believer

I’m Not Your Stepping Stone

Last Train to Clarksville

Davy Jones, rest in peace.

How To Give A Woman Multiple Orgasms by The Love Doctor

Love Doctor

In 1950, Dr. Ernst Grafenberg discovered a mysterious female pleasure spot hidden within the vagina. It turned out that stimulation of the G-spot produced a very powerful kind of female orgasm also known as “squirting” or female ejaculation in some women research confirmed.

The G-spot or urethral sponge is located about one to two inches back from the vaginal opening inside the front of the vaginal wall. According to research, the bean-shaped, fleshy tissue of the paraurethal gland is only about the size of a quarter. Because it’s composed of erectile tissue, it tends to get swollen like a balloon filled with blood.

According to medical experts, most men can climax without a problem; however, women aren’t wired that way. A recent survey conducted by medical experts found that 47 % of women climaxed for the first time through masturbation, 32% through sexual intercourse, 20% through petting and 1% while sleeping. The same survey found that the common age of first orgasm was 18, but that it could also be as late as the 40s, but new research discovered that any woman can climax and that the ability to have multiple orgasms increased with age.

Most men don’t realize that the actual “orgasm zone” is the top inside wall of the vagina. This is where the G- spot, the deep spot, and all other “erogenous”zones are located. In women, orgasm can be achieved during vaginal sexual intercourse or clitoral stimulation; however, another study found that the vast majority of women required clitoral stimulation in order to achieve orgasm. The clitoris is the focus of pleasure for most women and it’s usually the area that when stimulated with the tip of the tongue or fingers can lead to a higher level of ecstasy.

Are there any sexual positions better than others to make a woman orgasm quicker? According to research, when performed properly, the missionary position can be one of the most powerful ways to establish a deep connection with your partner. And yet, research has proven time and time again that by far the most popular sex position is woman on top; however, a lot of men don’t do it much even though they have fantasized so much about women being on top.  After doing some research, this is what I found. I’m quoting exactly from an article that I read online.

The answer, from couples who have tried it, seems to be a resounding “yes”.

Woman on top positions for lovemaking are great when a man can actually let himself go, when he can relinquish his need for control, when he can literally just lie back and enjoy it. It’s true a lot of men have problems with giving up control.  It makes them feel vulnerable, and since men feel powerful when they are doing things (like giving a woman an orgasm), it’s easy to see why a lot of men have difficulty with a woman being on top.

The woman on top position can be a wonderful experience for women because it’s an opportunity for her to experience the power of her own sexuality. Her orgasm can be achieved in this position perhaps more easily than any other. 

Another great advantage of woman on top is that the woman can move off the man’s penis to position her vulva over his mouth. If  she’s already aroused, then rock back and forth and ride ‘im cowgirl!

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Love Doctor is a professional writer from the State of Florida. She was born and raised in Miami. She is a graduate of Florida International University School of Journalism and Mass Communication program. She has a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Broadcast journalism.

Finding Time To Write And Over 7,000 Hits

If you can’t find time to write, are you a writer?

I think we all agree that a writer has to write, but finding the time to write can be very difficult for many of us.  Many of you have more responsibilities than the Old Soldier.  The Old Soldier is a retired bachelor with no children.  Finding time to write is no problem for me; but many of you have jobs to go to, are attending school, have families to take care of or you want to share time with a significant other.

I am not the one to give advice about finding time to write.  Just keep in mind that you must find time to write because that’s what writers do.  They write.

I’m rooting for you.

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Well, the big day is tomorrow.  The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette becomes a paying market.  I’ve changed all the submissions tabs to state what the PFF Gazette pays for poetry, non-fiction and fiction.  At the top of the page you will find Anything Goes for non-fiction, Send Poetry for poetry and Submissions for fiction.

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The Old Soldier slept on the sofa last night, his head swirling with thoughts about living within a budget, about the Matriarch who will come to visit soon and about taking the PFF Gazette to the next level.  It’s around 10:00 am on a rainy but curiously mild (in the 50s) day.

Fiction S-Z (a sequel)

Fiction S-Z (a sequel) (Photo credit: Mrs Logic)

If my pension check from Giant Eagle arrives today by snail mail, I’ll have a few beers, the first beers in several days.  But I know that to stay within my budget I have to cut back on my beer drinking and that will be a real challenge.

Oh, well, we all must suffer for our art.  This morning the PFF Gazette broke through 7,000 hits for the month of February 2012.

A Paying Market For Writers And Boobs In Pittsburgh

Boobs In Pittsburgh

The excitement is building; or, at least it is for the Old Soldier.  Will I get swamped with submissions?  Or will my inbox remain empty?

The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette becomes a paying market for poems, non-fiction and fiction on March 1, 2012.

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An Old Soldier’s dream

10,000 hits every month

A new beginning

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And 10,000 hits a month for this rag is not a dream.  The PFF Gazette has nearly 7,000 hits for February 2012 and there is still one more day left in this month.

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How’s everyone doing?  It’s pretty quiet here.  The weather is nice.  I went out for my walk.  I tried to watch the movie on tape that I got from the public library yesterday, but it doesn’t play right.

Social Security Poster: old man

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So, I’m doing a little blogging, reading my books on Columbus, the Occupy Wall Street movement and my old history of the Vietnam War.  I’m staying out of trouble.  I’m eating healthy and doing my breathing and stretching exercises and getting plenty of sleep; but I’ll sure be glad when my Social Security and pension checks arrive on Thursday so that I can get out and have a few beers.

I know I have to live within a budget.  So, no free-style spending like the past month after I got my military pension for the first time. 

And there’s another thing.  I’m not going to be able to afford to have a “Boobs in Pittsburgh” series.  I can’t afford it.  I mean really, can you see me sitting in a bar and saying to a young woman sitting on the stool next to me, “Excuse me.  I’m the editor/publisher of an online magazine and I just started a new series called ‘Boobs in Pittsburgh” where I pay women $100 to appear topless in my magazine.  It looks like you have a nice rack.  Would you be interested?”

“You dirty old man.  Get the hell out of my face before I bitch slap you.”  

Sexology, A Slow Computer And Over 6,700 Hits

My dictionary defines “sexology” as the study of sexual life or relationships, especially in human beings.

Sexology is an important part of the editorial content of this magazine.  Sexology gives this publication it’s brashness, it’s youthfulness even though it’s editor/publisher is a senior citizen.

I can dream, can’t I?  And I have lots of hot memories.

Remember Dr. Ruth the popular sex adviser?  She was an old woman.  I can still hear her giving sex advice over the radio: “You take the penis and put it in your mouth.”  And this was mainstream radio, too.

The Old Soldier is not making this up.

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Well, I would like this post to be longer but my computer is downloading updates and it’s running slow as hell.

So, just let me say that so far today the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette has over 6,700 hits for the month of February and we still have another day to go.

Now I’m going to get outside into this beautiful, mild, sunny weather for my walk.

Karaoke this Friday.  I have to be in shape.

PS  I meet a lot of women at karaoke who find the Old Soldier attractive.  Don’t count me out just yet.  Some of the women are over 40 and they’re looking, too.

Here’s A To-Do List For Flash Fiction Writers

Do carry around with you something you can use to record ideas that might turn into flash fiction.  I always have a small pocket notebook and two ink pens with me.

Do “think” about flash fiction whenever you get a chance.

Do realize that your life is full of moments that would make for great flash fiction.

Do memorize the simple form of the flash fiction story.  It’s the setup, the build up and the payoff.  Or, you can think of it this way.  There’s the introduction, the body of the story and then the resolution.

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And finally, do make an effort to become part of a flash fiction community.  You could take out a free subscription to the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette at the top of the page or just hit the follow button at the bottom of the page.

Either way, you won’t miss a single issue of the most dynamic flash fiction publication on the Internet.

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What a gorgeous day it is in Pittsburgh today.  The high was in the 50s and there was plenty of sunshine.

I walked to the public library and browsed through three magazines (The Atlantic, The Progressive and Time) and I checked out an old movie on tape: Cold Sassy Tree starring Faye Dunaway and Richard Widmark.

Then I enjoyed my walk back to my arpartment, breathing in the spring-like air and looking forward to this publication becoming a paying market on March 1, 2012.  Don’t send anything now.  Wait for March 1, 2012.  It’s only three days away.  Then send me your best.

Yesterday, the PFF Gazette got over 300 hits.

Adventure: An Unusual And Exciting Experience

I’ll just state right up front that this magazine is definitely not for everyone.  There’s too much sex.

But there is a lot more than just sex going on here.

There are articles on blogging and writing.  There are commentaries on life, current events and what it’s like to be a writer.  And there are the flash fiction stories.

This publication is more than three years old and it has an archive of over 2,750 pieces.  No, this magazine is definitely not for everyone; but it may be just right for you.

There is a free Subscription tab at the top of the page and a Follow button at the bottom of the page.

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Read.  Study.  Write.

This Is How To Make Your Fiction Short And Deep

What do I mean by “deep”?  I mean, does your story resonate?  Do the characters act like real people?  Does the reader get the feeling that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts?  Do you allow the reader to contribute to the creation of the story by letting the reader fill in the blanks?  Is the story a “visual” experience for the reader?

Whew!  That’s a lot.

An Amateur Does Her First Porn Video

And there’s plenty more.  But there is no way that the Old Soldier can explain in a little, short blog post what it has taken him over 50 years to figure out for himself.

So, let me give you five short tips to get your creative writing juices to flow.  I said your “creative writing” juices.  Let’s keep it clean.  No, this is not a family magazine, but how do you think families are made?

Ha ha ha ha.  The Old Soldier made a funny.  All right class.  Settle down.  Settle down.  Let’s continue.

1)  Each one of your major characters should have a different agenda.

2)  Your dialogue should characterize the speaker and at the same time efficiently move the story to its resolution.

3)  Explain as little as possible which means you have to get your characters inter-acting as soon as possible.

4)  Explaining (exposition) is summation; but description and dialogue are action.  Know the difference between exposition and action.

5)  Take out a free subscription or follow the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette and I’ll tell you some more.

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Occupy Pittsburgh

Occupy Pittsburgh (Photo credit: karathepirate)

Hello hello hello, all my brother and sister bloggers, readers, writers and my Flash Fiction Fanatics.  And a special shout-out to the students of the University of Pittsburgh.

I went for a walk earlier today.  It is beautiful outside, sunny in the 40s.  I walked down to the campus and picked up The Pitt News.  I would like to quote from an article about Occupy Pittsburgh that was on the front page of this student newspaper.

Jackie Smith, a sociology professor at Pitt involved with Occupy Pittsburgh, said that while the loss of camps might negatively affect the movement, she is hopeful for the future and thinks the eviction could be beneficial in the long run.

“The camp actually required a lot of energy and focus to defend.  This kept many people from thinking about the long-term vision of building a movement that can resonate with and connect to the needs of more diverse groups in our community.”

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This is the Old Soldier reporting from Pittsburgh.

Eating A Fish Sandwich And Thinking About Flash Fiction

The Old Soldier still has some fish left from his fish fry and he is enjoying another fish sandwich this morning.  I like hot sauce on my fish sandwich.  How about you?  I also like to have a few beers with my fish sandwich; but my Social Security and pension checks aren’t due until the middle of the week.

Then I have to make sure that I stay within a budget.  No more of this free-style spending.  I have responsibilities.

I’ve asked The Love Doctor through her Facebook account if she would do three articles a month for me instead of two.  The Love Doctor is a professional writer.

Then the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette becomes a paying market on March 1, 2012.  Don’t send anything until the first; but the paid fee for poems will be $3.00, for non-fiction $5.00 and the paid fee for fiction will be $10.00.  So, I have responsibilities.  This probably means less beer and less hanging out in bars for the Old Soldier.  But that’s probably a good thing.

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The Love Doctor

The last flash fiction story that I wrote, “The $2,000 Payday” has had a long run on the Front Page.  It’s my take on a young woman doing her third porn video.  Check it out if it’s still there.  It has a lot of explicit sex in it.  But let me say right now that if you are thinking of submitting a story to this magazine, you do not have to write about sex.  I mean if it’s well written I will publish it, but this magazine is about a lot more than sex.

Send me a love story.  Send me a mainstream story.  Send me a literary story.  Please, no surreal or fantasy or anything like that.

When I publish your poem or non-fiction or fiction, I’ll post it on the Front Page for about one month.  That should drive some traffic to your site.

And since I’ll be paying for your work, it probably means I’ll only buy one poem, one piece of non-fiction and one short story every month.  So, send your best. 

 Just wait until the first.

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This Week’s Coming Attractions (February 26, 2012)

You know the Old Soldier has a background in film.  I was a student of, and made underground films at, the Pittsburgh Filmmakers around twenty years ago.  And then I’m a movie fan, too.

So, that’s where the title for this post comes from FYI.

Hello hello hello, my brother and sister bloggers, readers, writers and my Flash Fiction Fanatics.  The Old Soldier is still glowing over the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette breaking through the 6,000 hits a month barrier last night and he’s ready for another day of blogging.

Coming up this week more articles and commentaries that I think you will like.  I’m expecting to publish another insightful report from The Love Doctor on what women say are their favorite sex positions that help them to achieve orgasms.  I’ll do commentaries on amateur women in porn and more articles on writing the ever popular flash fiction short story.

The Love Doctor

Add some commentaries on life in general and the Occupy Wall Street movement in particular and we have the beginnings of a cyber party.

Those are just the things that I have planned.

Then there are the things that are not planned.  And sometimes those things are the best.

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It’s Official: Over 6,000 Hits For February 2012

You did!  I did it!  We did it!  The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette went over 6,000 hits for the month of February today and there are still four more days left in the month.

You make the Old Soldier so happy.

Because see since I’m retired, blogging is my full-time job.  And I want to be a success at it.

But enough about me.

Well, a little more about me, but it has to do with you, too.  I knew I needed to put together something different, something original to get people to notice this publication.

To make a long story a flash fiction story, I brought together what I thought would be an original mix of articles, commentaries, fiction, poetry and sexology that as far as I know cannot be found anywhere else on the Internet.  Would this  crazy experiment work?

My friends, with a loud voice you said yes!

Thank you.

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Haiku: Suddenly

Ice and snow and wind

No comfort for these old bones

Mild winter come back

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Suddenly it’s winter again in Pittsburgh.  I mean real winter.  Well, we’ve been lucky this year and the official start of spring is only 24 days away.  The Old Soldier won’t be going out for any long walks today, not unless my pension check from Giant Eagle arrives by snail mail.  Sometimes the check comes early but it’s really not due until the first of every month.

I’m content.  I’m sober.  I’ve got plenty to read and plenty to eat and I’ve already done my breathing and stretching exercises.

And I have more time to do some blogging.

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Winter morning

Winter morning (Photo credit: blmiers2)

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Over 5,900 Hits For The Month And Still Counting

A Porn Video Amateur

I love my job.  Yes, the Old Soldier may be retired, but he’s working harder and longer hours for himself than he ever worked for anyone else.  The Old Soldier has been on duty since the crack of doom.  Or is that the crack of dawn?  You know what I mean.

How’s everyone doing?

The Old Soldier is giddy with the knowledge that some time today the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette will break through the 6,000 hits ceiling and there are still several days left in February 2012.

You can’t beat that with a stick!

And why wouldn’t people like this quirky news magazine with its editorial mix of articles, commentaries, fiction and sexology?

Welcome to my humble blog.

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Christopher Columbus voyages

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The book that I got from the library yesterday, COLUMBUS (The Four Voyages) by Laurence Bergreen, is fascinating.  For the longest time Columbus thought he had discovered a sea route to China by sailing West; and when he landed in the Caribbean he thought he was in Asia.

Ha ha ha.

You know writing a short story can be a lot like that.  You start out writing one story and realize you’ve written another story.

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Haiku: Friday Night

No karaoke

Just old movies on tv

Bright Lights, Big City

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Writing haikus is great training for a flash fiction writer.  Each haiku tells a story.  You get in.  You get out.  That’s what it’s all about.

It’s around 10:30 at night and the Old Soldier has taken up his favorite position: stretched out on the sofa with two fat pillows under his weary head.  The retro-movie channel is on television.  I have my books on the Vietnam War, on Occupy Wall Street and on Columbus to keep me company.  And there is plenty of ice water and several cans of some energy drink in the refrigerator to quench my thirst.

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No money for beer until next week.  Sobriety is good discipline.

I did have my fish fry today.  I ate a delicious fish sandwich and put the rest of the cooked fish in the refrigerator for another day.

I think I’ll go to bed early.

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Oh, the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette has over 5,800 hits for February and we still have five days left in this month.

You can’t beat that with a stick!

Creative Writing: Want New Ideas? Try New Routines.

Since I’m temporarily broke and don’t have money for beer or to hang out in bars, I went to the public library.

The main branch of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is about a 15-minute walk from my apartment.  I had the large room that the browsing journals are in all to myself.  I looked at two magazines about writing and looked at a small booklet about girlie pin-ups from the 1950s.

Whenever I’m in the public library I never feel like I’m retired.  I feel like I’m a student.  It’s a great feeling.  We writers are students for a life time.  I checked out a book, a new critical history of Christopher Columbus.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

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The day is overcast but the temperature is in the 50s.  I had a nice walk and now I’m back in my apartment.  And now I have a new post to put up.  After I publish this I’m going to do something else that I would never do if I had money in my pocket.  I’m going to run the vacuum cleaner.

Just by changing my routine I have something different to blog about.

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