Hello, world! The blogging day has begun. The Old Soldier is at his workstation early (7:00 am in Pittsburgh) this morning and he is ready to go.
First off, be sure to check out the new article on gang banging by the Love Doctor. It’s stuck to the front page. Check it out before it rotates to the archives.
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I got a chance to talk to The Matriarch on the phone yesterday (Mother’s Day). That woman is such an inspiration to me. At the age of 92 she can laugh, has a sharp mind and still constantly gives good advice and comfort to her family. The Matriarch lives with my older sister in Greensburg which is outside of Pittsburgh, too far for me even by bus; but I’m still kicking around an idea about doing an article on adult children caring for their ageing parents. See, the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette is not just about sex.
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Speaking of sex, here is a paragraph from 1984 by George Orwell that the Old Soldier is re-reading. I bought an old paperback edition of the novel from The Big Idea Bookstore which is only a ten-minute walk from my apartment and which is owned by the workers.
The young, strong body, now helpless in sleep, awoke in him a pitying, protecting feeling. But the mindless tenderness that he had felt under the hazel tree, while the thrush was singing, had not quite come back. He pulled the overalls aside and studied her smooth white flank. In the old days, he thought, a man looked at a girl’s body and saw that it was desirable, and that was the end of the story. But you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred. Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a blow struck against the Party. It was a political act.
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Picture of George Orwell which appears in an old acreditation for the BNUJ. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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A Tribute To Hugh Hefner And Playboy Magazine
Woman As Art
I was born in 1946. The first issue of Playboy Magazine was published in 1953. I probably did not become aware of the magazine until I was well into my teenage years; but I sure knew about the magazine by the time I joined the army in 1964. You could say that I grew up with Playboy Magazine.
Even in the radical 60s, Playboy Magazine was risqué. It was sold over the counter and had photos of naked women in it. Millions of young men loved looking at those photos. And millions of young women fantasized about being naked in Playboy Magazine, naked, well paid for being naked, desirable and famous at least for a little while.
But Playboy Magazine had a lot more going for it than just photos of naked women. It had in-depth investigative reporting. It had fiction from well-respected writers with international reputations. It had interviews with everybody who was anybody including presidents of the United States.
The first issue of Playboy, published in December of 1953. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Even as a kid, I knew I probably would never live the Playboy lifestyle. And as things have turned out I was right.
But the magazine had a life changing impact on me. It gave me a vision of what a cutting-edge magazine could be: a mixture of brazen sexuality and serious writing at the same time. Finally, because of the Internet, I’ve been lucky enough to make that vision a reality.
Hugh Hefner, the Old Soldier salutes you!
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