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Thursday, February 16, 2023

Getting Old - "If It Wasn't For Bad Luck..."

"Hard luck and trouble 
Been my only friend
I've been on my own
Ever since I was ten" 

Hi all, it's been awhile, the last time I posted I believe I was unhappily opining about the Caesar Administration (strap in, for no particular reason, there's going to be a panoply of Ancient Rome references - damn you, Robert Graves and your fine authoring!) but today's offering promises to be short and simple, brief and basic, Tom and Jerry (sorry, I ran out of pairings.) This last year in my, not particularly exciting, fascinating or noteworthy life, (but, hey, who's the one reading this?) has most definitively demonstrated a dystorphic dilemma - despite consistent, intensive exercise, risking old-man hernias, pulled something or others, and fractured femurs;  alongside a soupcon (that's right, I said soupcon, Google it!) of concern for my diet (I mean, come on, draught beer, burgers and egg creams are a must for any civilized existence) I am an aged and decrepid 63. I have gotten very old and have come to the painful, but blunt realization, that the way of life that I am accustomed to, love, enjoy, and take very much for granted, has most likely begun it's lingering denouement. I am probably never going to be fully healthy again,  I have made new aquaintances, good friends, who have never even known me to be medication or treatment free. A day without some form of ache or pain, or non-stop, excruciating tooth/gum throbbing (my current and most frequent predicament) is like a day without Steve Harvey, it doesn't exist. I'm a devout world traveler (London, Paris, Rome, Asgaard,  Avatar, cruises, and much, much more) and a lover of fine restaurants, theatre, live music, bawdy 1920s burlesque, Gladiatorial Games, along with so many other forms of leisure and entertainment, much of which is now beginning to appear, somewhat, in the rearview mirror (just a cliched turn of phrase, as a Manhattanite, I've never owned a car) and part of a glorious, wonderful, but now, bitterly behind me past. I've discovered that things I can control in my life are truly great, but those things that I can't, are pretty consistently, overwhelminly negative and conspiring against my future happiness.

In the distant past, when folks like Caligula ruled civilization, in a time before modern medical miracles, to make it to the age of 40, was to live a long life, I've made it to more than 2 decades beyond that, and so, in a way, this is all gravy. But how much more enjoyable and valuable would that Hollandaise be not spent with one malady quickly replacing the previous one? What did Tiberius know ?

Primo bluesman, Albert King gets it, Blues singers get everything!

"If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all."

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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

It’s Not Unusual? (Confessions of a Weird Guy)



“It's not unusual it happens every day
No matter what you say
You find it happens all the time”


I’m a weird guy. Wait, let me be a tad more charitable to myself, I’m an unusual person.  I think I’ve pretty much always been aware of this, potentially sad, fact and been basically okay with it. This realization reoccurred to me last evening, as I scrolled though the many and myriad videos I’ve contributed to a Facebook karaoke page, and then pondered to myself - who does this, and what would my late father think of this eccentric public display that I so willingly, gleefully and regularly participate in, and somewhat actually seem to need? Is this but a woeful and piteous desperate cry for attention – and if so, why?

And I’m not even a singer, nor a performer of any kind.  I couldn’t spin a plate, ventriloquize or juggle bowling pins, if forced to at the point of a derringer. Needless to say, I also lack any particular innate abilities or talents in the way of the crooner, serenader (Penny or otherwise) or warbler,  yet, the internet is now forever chock a block with my mediocre to bad, but earnest, attempts at song interpretation.

I’m also a heterosexual man, who, due to his cultural interests, sartorial sensibilities and perhaps sensitive nature, apparently ofttimes gets mistaken for someone more interested in those of his own gender – or so I’ve been told.  This error in judgment, based on broad, outdated and ultimately ludicrous stereotypes, neither irritates nor insults me, but certainly doesn’t assist, in any positive manner, with the pursuit of meaningful and fulfilling amore.

However, all this being said, I’m in my 6th decade of existence, don’t know how drastically I can change now, and honestly, how much I wish to.  My aberrancy, heretofore, has never struck me as a handicap. I live where I always wanted to live, Manhattan (top that!) I had a very successful, fruitful, creative career – heck, I worked with Liza Minnelli and shook hands with Muhammad Ali. Tim Allen once wanted my truthful feedback on some new stand-up material he was trying out. I conversed with Sting backstage and interviewed the entire classic company of Toronto’s Second City. I’ve mingled with legends… and Tim Allen. My history of travel could be considered a thing to envy, consisting of years of interesting, glamorous, fascinating and exciting journeys, by land, air and sea, throughout these once United States and in foreign lands across the globe. My family loves me, or fake it fairly convincingly, and I believe I’ve fostered fondness and affection of friends, although geographical and other circumstances frequently find me in the company of but myself and a not particularly empathetic or felicitous feline.

Yet, here I am at 61, having not lived what it is considered the more conventional, and likely, emotionally satisfying life – not a single spouse or solitary scion to be had (although, truth be told, I’m perfectly fine san-scion) and so, when lights are diminished and head rests on pillow, it occurs in isolation. Now, be not mistaken, I have dated, had relationships and cheerfully and with gusto frolicked upon the carousel of carnality (although, one can always use more turns on that merry go round), but have found no permanence, no true, lasting love. And, far too many times, unlike Nat King Cole’s “Nature Boy” have loved, but not been loved in return.  And that (yes, finally a point) is what I now feel is the real and true drawback and curse of being a weird guy (pardon, unusual person) – decent company, knowledgeable, well-educated, handy with a humorous quip, an impressive wardrobe befitting any and all occasions, well-mannered and well-behaved, financially generous when out with others  - and I could continue shamelessly searching for admirable qualities (who else will?), but time and experience have shown, not the type to tumble one head over heels, the sort to inspire fire, not a leading man of Hollywood's heyday.

Well, this has taken a troubling turn, but fear not, patient and indulgent reader, but for one element (albeit a vastly crucial and meaningful one) mine has been a full, interesting, rewarding life, I have been places and done things that many may dream of but never fulfill (now, you’re doubting me - how many Broadway and West End opening nights, regular Paris and London excursions, and ocean voyages are in your high school reunion bios? How many of you have had your work on television and stage? Yeah, that's what I thought! And don’t make me bring up Liza and Ali again!) and should the seemingly ceaseless scourge of covid-19 ever abate, life will once more be pursued, full (or perhaps, demi) bore.

A final thought - where there is life, where there is breath, where there is desire and testosterone enhancing supplements. I guess there is still hope. Pickle ball playing ladies of Valencia Palms Restful Acres and Community, consider yourselves warned!

Should that conclusion not be a cheery enough note for you – Ladies and Gentleman, this is Tom Jones!!

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Thursday, May 16, 2019

Notes from a Vacation Abroad - A Country Wallows in an Age of Ignorance


"I deeply want to believe that all human beings are a blend of their best and their worst... I can't find any best in Trump. He is simply evil - a dark, deluded, raging product of a childhood from which he cannot recover nor be redeemed." - Tony Schwartz (Ghost Writer, “Trump: The Art of the Deal”)

"You know, it really doesn`t matter what [the media] write as long as you`ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass." – Donald Trump

I've been afloat and I've been aloft for nearly a fortnight, commencing with a flight to Barcelona (pronounce it "Barthelona" tourista), continuing with a luxurious, outdoor hot tub and sparkling vino-dominated cruise, setting ashore in Rome, Pisa, Mallorca, Genoa and Cannes (my body is now comprised of 55% gelato, 25% croquetas and 20% Cava) returning, once more, por dos dias to the Gaudi-styled, Spanish metropolis, before finally boarding an always delayed Delta airship back to the beautiful spacious skies and amber waves of grain of home - possibly, the least civilized, welcoming and charming destination on this lengthy itinerary. Along this Vasco De Gama-ing, my hearty and steadfast travel companion and I had the enjoyable, good fortune of meeting and conversing ("conversating" to daytime T.V. courtroom show aficionados) with fellow world inhabitants from India, Indonesia, England, France, Spain, the Philippines, Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Poland, and even (gasp!) Mexico, and were reassured of this following obvious fact (and a chemical and biological fact, it is indeedy - so hold onto your Chinese-manufactured, white-supremacist MAGA chapeaus, Trumpsters) WE ARE ALL THE SAME!! No matter your cultural upbringing, choice of worship or language spoken; we all are kind, thoughtful and considerate, and we're all self-centered, selfish, thoughtless and egomaniacal. We are all the best and worst of times, none of which is determined by hue, tongue or happenstance of location of birth.

A Conveyance Enabling as Escape from Insanity
For any who depart the boundaries of the great 48 (with additional props to Alaska and Hawaii), this time and distance removed from the once-esteemed, now Trump-ghetto'd former U.S. of A, can provide a new and fresh perspective about the planet we are precipitously depleting and destroying, the bigoted antipathy spread from identical human to identical human, and the foreboding fear and fury disseminated by the furor of the Orange Furher and his purposely and proudly, hate-filled, zombie-horde of followers, who both support and propel our nation's rapidly ruinous place in the worldwide society of man to which we belong. To translate for those more mono-syllabic Trump/Fox/Info War-types who may have regrettably happened upon this harangue, in other words, we Americans kind of suck - we do - and you who hug the flag and buss the Bible and stake claim to be the most patriotic and most American amongst the 300 million of us, are truly and easily the worst of us. Congrats, at least you've accomplished something.


When one ponders the horrific nature of what we Americans and those onlookers across the globe have come to accept as the everyday and normal in Trumplandia, added to the sorrowful sin that we citizens aren't taking to the streets in daily outrage, nor storming the gates of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Frankenstein-esque pitchforks and torches in hand, demanding the immediate removal of the sociopathic, Mad-King, the greatest enemy our country has ever encountered, by what possible sick and perverted measure can anyone still blast the ever-annoying daily boast, that the United States is the greatest country in the world - largest number of kidnapped and caged babies growing up and dying in American concentration camps - most gun deaths and school shootings - greatest frequency of synagogue burnings – swiftly expanding wealth disparity between the escalating population of poor and the ever-richer affluent – catastrophically expanding number of uninsured people and the resulting bankruptcies and very avoidable deaths, perhaps? If bloviated repetitive brags, and wishing and hoping and planning and scheming made it so, as Dusty Springfield warbled, "you will be his" and my shiny, naked pate would be topped with a sumptuous mane, while I squired my beloved Freema Agyeman from Michelin touted eatery to Michelin touted eatery. But alas, wild-eyed wishes and felonious fabrications do not make it so.

Ah, Freema!

The question must be asked, is Donald J. Trump - thief, liar, tax evader, philanderer, sexual assaulter, child-rapist, con-man, traitor, racist, the very vision of Mephistopheles on Earth, Messiah to the brainwashed and brain-dead, the cause of America's current endless Pandora's Box of evils and woe, or rather the logical and inevitable result of what we are and what we've always been - a nation built on the back of one enslaved race, on land stolen by the genocide of another? Millions have gleefully and passionately embraced his merciless message of hatred, intolerance and xenophobia, while the pols of the Republican party have found in him someone so soulless, so without compassion, decency, humanity or empathy, a viper so voraciously vindictive and vile; the long sought-after vehicle to fulfill all the poisonous and pestilent, hateful and hurtful policies that previously were just unfulfilled and fruitless fantasies - an America about stealing from the poor to give to the rich, about cheating and harming others, about selfishness, anger, bitterness, prejudice and unfettered hatred, an America solely of, by and for the wealthy white male.

America's Legion of Doom
Take a journey, fly over this cuckoo's nest, sail from these shores (you can use an exotic cruise, there's a bar in far Bombay) partake in a restful and needed sojourn, removed from the lunacy and loathing that emanates every week, every day, every minute from Donald Trump and the fellow traitors that enable him, and sadly see, as a temporary outside observer from this safe distance - there are many great countries in the world, it's doubtful that the United States, 2019, is among them.

"Come Fly with Me, let's fly, let's fly,
Pack up, let's fly away"

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Saturday, April 13, 2019

Life is Change


"Life is Change
How it differs from the rocks
I've seen their ways too often for my liking
New worlds to gain
My life is to survive
and be alive
for you"



WHEN EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS GONE
WHEN EVERYTHING YOU COUNT ON IS GONE
WHEN EVERYTHING THAT GROUNDED YOU IS GONE

WHEN WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN RETURNS
REJECTED
TATTERED
BROKEN
REFUSED

WHEN ALL THAT YOU WERE TAUGHT
BELIEVED IN
WAS CERTAIN WAS RIGHT
IS WRONG

READY 
TO LEAVE
WHEREVER
BEGIN ANEW
WITH ONE LAST HOPE
WITH UNENDING HOPE

NO EXCUSES
NO EXPLANATIONS

AND THEN...



"You are the crown of creation
And you've gone no place to go."







Saturday, October 6, 2018

A Tagalong Isn’t Just a Girl Scout Cookie





Or The Joy of Having Ridiculously Talented Friends





Mais D’abord, Complètement Hors Sujet ...  - But First, Completely Off Topic…
(Some ask, why in French? I choose to ask, why not?)

While ostensibly a political blog, I've taken great care to avoid said sad subject in scribblings of late, as the unpleasant and ugly un-United State of affairs that has overtaken our once great country is a sure recipe for riling up resentment and deepening a depression that would make Sylvia Path and Vincent Van Gogh seem blissful paragons of unrelenting, unremitting and unapologetic joy and heavenly happiness. When an illegal, immoral and illegitimate leader, a Mussolini wannabe, but with less personality, decency and humanity, is empowered by a hostile foreign nation for the primary purpose of destroying history's preeminent democracy; and is blindly followed and worshipped as a modern demi-God by millions of either brain-dead or brainwashed traitors, haters and misled malcontents, even the Family Brady would abandon any notion of ever again experiencing a Sunshine Day;  while the remainder of us merely hope that we will still have a planet in which to awaken each morn. But, again, as hard as it may be to grasp at this juncture, we have not gathered together today to discuss politics, but rather rejoice and regale in far more pleasant pursuits.

They laugh alike, the talk alike, at times they even walk alike -
you can lose your mind.

Sur Le Spectacle, C'est ça - On with the Show, This is It
(Okay, I guess this going to be a thing now.)

You read the writings of a grateful and extremely lucky man,  who has had the beneficial fortune of enjoying exciting and unique show business events and artistic adventures delivered, not through any deserving deeds of his own, but rather by tagging along (I'm often known simply as "her friend'' or "that guy") in the close company and cozy companionship of comrades blessed by nature, genes, or Zeus, Osiris, Buddha, Jehovah, Trump  or whomever their designated deity, with the talents to write, compose, lyricize, act, sing, dance, produce and, if required to, probably spin plates, quick change, ventriloquize, train elephants, breathe fire, sword swallow, change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in their bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fight a never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American way – although I may be mistaken about that last part.

Now, far be it from me to surrender or sabotage my own sense of self or sizeable ego in a cascade of humbleness and humility for I, too, have harvested the creative fields for, lo, some four decades, and have on display the statuettes and plaques awarded for those earnest and oft-times, effortless efforts. But while these television toilings have sometimes lead me to activities of great interest and excitement, (perhaps, sometime, you'll read of a day-long adventure with Liza with a Z, an emotional encounter with Muhammad Ali, or a convivial conversational bon mot resulting in a Carol Burnett chuckle) my own endeavors have not taken me to the arenas and opening nights that I've relished so, simply by befriending the gifted and the generous.

See, awards! I know you doubted me.

Aucun Homme N'est une Ile de Staten – No Man is Staten Island
(Oh, that’s fairly clever.)

When but a lower middle class lad, born and raised in the semi-civilized, proudly backward and dreadfully dull hamlet of Staten Island, New York (we will never speak of these origins again) the idea of attending a black-tie Broadway opening would have seemed as fantastical a fantasy as space exploration, Dr. Doolittle-esque animal communication or a satisfying occurrence of carnal cavorting with legendary rock goddess Grace Slick (but perhaps it's best I leave last evening's dreams out of this), yet that very event (the Broadway opening, not the rock and roll sex) is a biographical highlight. And, in many ways, was just the beginning.

Artistic interpretation of a life lived on Staten Island.
I pen this, thousands of feet aloft in the wild blue yonder (in an aeroplane, not by benefit of my own powers, but I suppose that did not actually require explanation, did it?) returning from London, and the closing of yet another brilliant new musical, for which I had previously attended its triumphant West End opening. And again, I owe all credit for this unique, memorable and wonderful journey, and the friendships made and experiences enjoyed, to the incredible, admirable and X-Men, mutant-like musical and writing abilities (more later) of a treasured, irreplaceable and dear friend. 


Je Suis allé Partout, Homme - I've Been Everywhere, Man
(The link to Google Translate - https://translate.google.com.)

From Elsah, Illinois, to Lancaster, Pennsylvania; from Sarasota, Florida to Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, it’s been one glitzy, glamorous, international capital and hotspot after another (not to forget London, Paris, Muenster, Amsterdam, Edmonton, Chicago, Shrewsbury...), all thanks to being a “plus 1” to a genius just born with natural, extraordinary abilities – to compose powerful, melodic, sometime intricate, sometime playful music; to write intelligent, adroit, empathetic and witty lyrics, and to lift and move heavy objects by the surprisingly terrifying power of mental telepathy (which, of course, keeps me in constant fear of my life.)

Il n'y a Personne Comme Show People - There's No People Like Show People
(Now, it’s just purposely annoying!)

Finally, (patient readers exhale a deep sigh of relief) the richest reward of being a showbiz hanger-oner, has undoubtedly been the dozens and dozens of fine, friendly, warmly welcoming, and ludicrously talented individuals encountered and befriended from theatrical trek to theatrical trek; people from different backgrounds, different parts of the country and the world, different languages, all with one thing in common - being gracious enough to me so that they now must endure my endlessly verbose, judgmental and self-righteous political ponderings on Facebook, and for that, I am both authentically apologetic and beholden. In a nutshell (although, as you may have surmised, brevity is not a strength) and in less haughty verbiage, I get to do all kinds of fantastic things, without actual having to put in the work or possess the talent. And I am never not aware of that and forever and always appreciative and thankful.

We close with an unusual version of “There’s No Business Like Show Business” by the late, great Elaine Stritch.

“The butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk
Are secretly unhappy men because
The butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk
Get paid for what they do but no applause.
They'd gladly bid their dreary jobs goodbye for anything theatrical and why?”

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Friday, July 13, 2018

A Loverly Jaunt Across the Pond



Random Reflections from a Far Too Long Plane Ride, or
Hopefully, it's Not My Ignorance that’s Bliss

“Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away
If you can use some exotic booze
There's a bar in far Bombay
Come on and fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away” – S. Cahn

A 7 and ½ hour flight lay ahead of me, from Newark Airport to Heathrow and yet, inexplicably, I feel a calm, a peace, I have never before experienced on any flight, even a trek as blissfully brief as one frequented from my beloved NYC home to the mini-NYC of the Great White North, Toronto. I can’t explain this phenomena, and I shan’t attempt to now (although, an explanation of some sort is likely forthcoming as I have very little control of the thoughts, ideas and opinions that make its way from a semi-creative, often active noggin to the fingertips struggling across a Bluetooth keyboard awash in error and verbal miscalculations.)

Is it the fact that the destination at journey’s end is undoubtedly my favorite locale on the globe, the land in which I fantasize experiencing the remainder of my retired years? Is it the very English woman in the adjoining seat who was immediately reminiscent of brilliant British thespian, Glenda Jackson? Is it the shuffle on my iPod Nano, frequently playing Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Airplane related performers, who usually never fail to relax me with or without the assistance of Mother Nature's most successful and soon to be legal herbal intoxicant? Or mayhaps, most realistically, was it the two, overly-poured pinot grigios at the faux fancy airport tavern and the delightfully unanticipated free champagne upon boarding in Premium Economy? Yet, although it very well may be the potent potables that force me to compose this while the plan was headsets on, pillow ‘neath the neck, blanket tightly tucked with a hoped for visit from the Sandman for this overnight odyssey across the Atlantic; this post-Lindberg, trans-Atlantic foray is one I’ve partaken of almost a dozen times, fueled by spirits each and every outing, and never before has such serenity overtaken me.



Upon further thought, as the almost otherworldly perfection and beauty of Miles Davis' Flamenco Sketches now wafts through my Audio Technica noise reduction headphones, maybe my current pacificity arises from that trumpeted artistry in concert with the beautiful British Isles accent of the Billie Piper-doppelganger flight attendant who just handed me my hot, really not so hot, cocoa. And to some degree, I suspect, this enjoyable and continuous contentment and calm may have also come from the satisfying and long-awaited unfriending and blocking of a childhood comrade on Facebook, immediately prior to boarding, who has mistakenly believed for years, that because we were once cordial some 4 decades ago, she held the right to condescendingly judge, criticize and critique each writing, opinion and life choice I have ever openly articulated. She does not, and the freedom of finally releasing her from my online existence after interminable, imagined eons of wishing to do so, but for fear of offense, is indeed, quite freeing.


Assuredly, said serenity certainly does not originate from the ever-tightening, vise grip of the shoes, midair, in faulty made-made, cabin overly-pressured environment, which upon blessed Mother Earth are definitively the most comfortable foot coverings I own, or the sudden, consistent throbbing in my lower leg. Then, I suppose, we also must consider the food tray, recently arrived, carrying comestibles, under which any other more sane circumstances would be justifiably, roundly and righteously, rightfully rejected, but once trapped thousands of feet in the atmosphere, with naught to pass the time but Vince Vaughn film festivals and Lock Up, maximum security level meals are excitedly anticipated and gloriously accepted and treasured as the Magi anticipated the birth of the savior.


To be terrifically truthful, once alighting upon the bountifully beautiful British Empire, I will be reunited with a dear friend,  my personal favorite of all of Earth's population, of whom I have been separated, a sea apart, but with the occasional company of her loving feline, for a thoroughly unacceptable period of time. And, when once again, keeping her company, we will be doing so for the opening of her brand new musical on a West End stage, an enviable impressive accomplishment and artistic achievement, so one would imagine these further elements would certainly bespeak the rarity of such an optimistic and uncharacteristically pleasant and delighted demeanor.


If you have been benevolent enough to stay attentive throughout this entire meandering expressive endeavor, perhaps the query has occurred to you, "is there a point arriving at some juncture?" for I, too, share that very concern and have, unfortunately, arrived at the conclusion, that that ship has sailed many alliterations ago. No pending satisfactory denouement to be found here, just a need to convey happiness at a troubled time when such sentiments are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain. Come fly with me.

“Once I get you up there where the air is rarified
We'll just glide, starry-eyed
Once I get you up there I'll be holding you so very near
You may even hear a whole gang cheer 'cause we're together”

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Rudolph Giuliani Presents: Uncle Rudy’s Guide to Love, Marriage and Sexual Mores

A match made in Hell


 “Newlywed a year ago
But you're still checking each other out
Nobody wants to blow
Nobody wants to be left out
You can't leave, 'cause your heart is there…
It’s a family affair.”  - Sly Stone


In light of Rudy “3 Wives Down, 3 More to Go” Giuliani’s recent sage, wise and indignantly ignorant and judgmental public proclamations on the morality, integrity and probity of Stormy Daniels (liberally bookmarked on Rudy’s laptop for meticulous and conscientious research only, that vat of Jergen’s is just coincidentally nearby) and the converse goodness, righteousness and perpetual purity and virginity of Donald “My Next Wife Hasn’t Even Been Born Yet” Trump’s triumvirate of spouses, numbers two and three each an extramarital mistress, in turn, prior to betrothal, “… and several butcher’s aprons” significantly less than proudly, and with some trepidation and extreme degrees of shame, brings you -

Rudolph Giuliani Presents:  Uncle Rudy's Guide to Love, Marriage and Sexual Mores

  
Rudy and cousin/first wife

It’s a Family Affair
Whether you’re America's Mayor and have copulated with cousin, or the King of the United States, and desire to diddle daughter, remember, it's always better to bed, betroth and breed blood, for if you marry outside of family, you never know what you’ll catch from a stranger.

Donald with daughter/wife

 “I know Donald Trump. Look at his three wives - beautiful women, classy women, women of great substance.” – Rudolph Giuliani

Til Death Us Do Part
Marriage is a sacred institution, not to be entered into unadvisedly or carelessly, but reverently, joyfully and in the love of God. Consequently, the more the better! Display your devotion to this honorable estate by partaking in it aplenty - the more marriages, the more divorces, the more moral. As the classic vows profess – love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude. Love means never having to say you’re sorry. Love is all you need. Love, love is strange. Love is funny, or it's sad or it's quiet, or it's mad, it's a good thing or it's bad but beautiful. Love is a battlefield (I fear I have lost my rhetorical way, no more Spotify while writing.) It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres… never lasts. Aim for a minimum of three marriages.


Home is Where the Heart is
When possible, move your mistress (future wife 3/future, future ex-wife 3) under the same roof where you blissfully, familially cohabitate with wife duex and children. Should you reside in a municipally financed mayor’s mansion mores the better.  It will save your chauffer effort, save you from prying paparazzi, save time, save steps - save everything but face, your soul, or the forever scarred psyche of your offspring.



“ I don't respect a porn star the way I respect a career woman or a woman of substance or a woman who has great respect for herself as a woman and as a person and isn't going to sell her body for sexual exploitation.” – Rudolph Giuliani

She Works Hard for the Money
From the book of Giuliani 2:22 -24, “And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, this is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, how much for a BBBJ, a Full Service or Around the World?” And thus it has always been and thus it shall always be - a man will pay a woman for sex, remain honored and revered and perhaps even ascend to the planet’s premiere pinnacles of power, and $130,000 will commence that carnal negotiation.  But the woman solicited for said service, shall forthwith be disregarded, disrespected and disparaged, but for the sole specific exception of erotic nude models hailing from Slovenia.

"If you're going to sell your body for money, you just don't have a reputation. I may be old fashioned, I dunno." – Rudolph Giuliani

Melania and friend, "old fashioned" girls
Next time, stay tuned for Rudy's anxiously awaited follow up, “Sex and the Single Cellmate.”  When you’re as pretty as Rudy and Don, a life sentence doesn't have to mean a life of celibacy – coming soon, to a blog near you.


It's a family affair, it's a family affair
It's a family affair, it's a family affair”

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