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The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet – when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round. -  Elizabeth Bowen The witch friend who writes the descriptions of pagan holidays for me pointed out a few months ago that Western Society has descended into a new Victorianism.  As in the [...]

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I thank Pilotguy for calling my attention to this news story, and to Ant and Kaiju for calling my attention to the news stories discussed in tomorrow’s column.  I ask that my readers email me with links to such stories whenever you see them; I’m only one busy woman, and I sincerely appreciate the extra [...]

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Results are what you expect, and consequences are what you get. -  Anonymous The “Law of Unintended Consequences” is the principle that in any complex system, the actions of people or governments can result in consequences that the originator of those actions neither intends nor desires.  One excellent example of this is Prohibition, which was [...]

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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. -  Elbert Hubbard I already had a column written for today, but a few hours ago I received this long, angry comment on yesterday’s column.  Since it’s my first hate mail I thought it important to feature it, because it gives me [...]

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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. -  H. L. Mencken As Mencken pointed out, the “threats to society” dreamed up by politicians are almost wholly imaginary, but in our [...]

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I don’t have pet peeves, I have whole kennels of irritation. –  Whoopi Goldberg One of the things that makes individuals individual is that each has his own dislikes, and sometimes a behavior one person may find wonderful, useful or even polite may annoy another to no end.  Indeed, when one considers that we go through life [...]

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A country without bordellos is like a house without bathrooms. -  Marlene Dietrich As I’ve pointed out before, male sexuality tends to get out of control when untended.  I’m sure every sexually experienced female reader knows exactly what I’m talking about; if for some reason you can’t give your man any tail for a while [...]

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Under the harvest moon, When the soft silver Drips shimmering Over garden nights, Death, the gray mocker, Comes and whispers to you As a beautiful friend Who remembers. -  Carl Sandburg, “Under the Harvest Moon” As I’ve mentioned a number of times before, many whores (including myself) follow some form or another of witchcraft or [...]

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It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. –  Eugene Ionesco In today’s column I’ll answer a few more questions from my readers, starting with two more from the lady whose question closed yesterday’s column.  If there’s anything you want to know but don’t feel comfortable putting into a post reply (or just [...]

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Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. -  Dr. Seuss In today’s column I’m going to answer some questions from my readers.  Some of these have been asked more than once, and some were asked by friends who knew me before I started blogging, while a few are new questions submitted to [...]

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