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RKS Literature: The Itinerant Trade of Pies in Old London (Henry Mayhew)

“The itinerant trade in pies is one of the most ancient of the street callings in London. The meat pies are made of beef or mutton; the fish pies of eels; the fruit of apples, currants, gooseberries, plums, damsons, cherries, raspberries or rhubarb, according to the season-and occasionally of mincemeat. A few years ago theContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Itinerant Trade of Pies in Old London (Henry Mayhew)”

RKS Literature: Who is Captain Ahab? (Herman Melville)

“He’s a queer man, Captain Ahab-so some think-but a good one. Oh, thou’lt like him well enough; no fear, no fear. He’s a grand, ungodly, god-like man, Captain Ahab; doesn’t speak much; but when he does speak, then you may well listen. Mark ye, be forewarned; Ahab’s above the common; Ahab’s been in colleges, asContinue reading “RKS Literature: Who is Captain Ahab? (Herman Melville)”

Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom: TINKER BOLTS BUT NOT ME!

TINKER BOLTS BUT NOT ME! Bob and I headed out for our last walk a couple of days ago at 23:15. An SUV pulls up to us and a women rolls down the window and unlike one of those crime shows no gun was shoved in Bob’s face but rather a mobile phone with aContinue reading “Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom: TINKER BOLTS BUT NOT ME!”

RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): “Piggies and politics”

Piggies and politics Look at all the little piggies Guzzling off the through Left piggies           Centre piggies                                           Right piggies But all the same Echoes of belches Similar but of the same intensity What the hell They all wallow in the same slop A fecal paradise And but a few enter the slaughterhouse atContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): “Piggies and politics””

RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): “The fight for”

The fight for It’s called survival Apologize Prostitute mind and body for THEM And you just might make the suburbs and that second car I hope you like kissing asses And if you don’t kick em in and rot With the rats Robert K. Stephen

RKS 2026 EURO Film: “The Forbidden City”: A Sino Italian Spaghetti Kung Fu Roman Holiday?

A brilliant approach in Gabriele Mainetti’s martial arts film “The Forbidden City” filmed in Rome. One lead character Marcello (Enrico Borello) speaks in Italian and co-lead Mei (Yaxi Liu) speaks Mandarin. Their limited inter-personal dialogue is through a Google translation app on Mei’s phone. The dual language technique opens possibilities of commercial success in bothContinue reading “RKS 2026 EURO Film: “The Forbidden City”: A Sino Italian Spaghetti Kung Fu Roman Holiday?”

RKS Literature: Merciless Judging of Parents by Their Children (Georges Simenon)

“Today I realize that a couple with children is not just a couple. And sometimes they forget it. Near them in the house, almost always present, there are children who watch them and, in the measure of their own intelligence, judge them. The parents think of themselves as simply a father and a mother. ButContinue reading “RKS Literature: Merciless Judging of Parents by Their Children (Georges Simenon)”

RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): “The Unofficial Mission”

The Unofficial Mission Sleek And silent The 52 birds knife up through Da Nang tropical air And when over their target Spawn the hot roe of doom Upon the suspecting unsuspecting below Leaks to the Fifth Estate “NAPALM BURNS AND MAIMS 700” In a private conference the generals and politicos are Most Disturbed Shouting “GodContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): “The Unofficial Mission””

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: I HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM SQUIRREL HUNTING!

I HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM SQUIRREL HUNTING! Oh what puppy pain! I have been banned from backyard squirrel hunting. And I’ve come so close! I bark at the sliding door when I see the varmits but Bob says, “NO! When you learn how to come to me when I say COME perhaps you can resumeContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: I HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM SQUIRREL HUNTING!”