“Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.“ Sophia Villiani Scicolone was born September 20th, 1934, in Rome and grew up in the small town of Pozzuoli near Naples, to unwed parents, just prior to the outbreak of WW2. Rising from severe poverty and anonymity in a divided Europe [...]

The details of Lindsay Dee Lohan’s problems with the law are far less important than how this talented actress, who first came to the public attention as a child star of the Disney remake “The Parent Trap“, developed her drug problem and how celebrity impacted on it. Assuming this perspective, no one is excusing her [...]

In a certain state of mind, I would call death, the other side of life. That division certainly conforms to what we are collectively taught: life in whatever form is somewhat corporeal, and as implied in my previous essays, perceivable. It’s not to say that life doesn’t exist beyond those boundaries, but as a finite [...]

I wish that I had a greater appreciation for music. Two of my best friends have made it their life’s work. The incomparable The Undah-Dub, a cool guy with a melodic voice that has a musical rhythm all his own, that betrays the inner essence of a DJ. He has the understanding of the “Music [...]

As I get bored with the infinite channels that cable TV affords, I have become a hopeless “flipper”. Sitting in front of the TV, eyes open in almost mindless stupor, as my finger presses the button to surf up and down the channel lineup. Having approximately 900+ of them, I can go for the whole [...]