“Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure. Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders. Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands. So, too, it is. That in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, theContinue reading “RKS Literature: Warmest Climes Nurse Cruellest Fangs (Herman Melville)”
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“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RORY D. STEPHEN’S OWNER ARRIVES IN HONG KONG: IS THERE A MOVIE ROLE FOR FORMER MISS HONG KONG?
RORY D. STEPHEN’S OWNER ARRIVES IN HONG KONG: IS THERE A MOVIE ROLE FOR FORMER MISS HONG KONG? NEW TERRITORIES POST DAILY Bob, owner of recently liberated Rory D. Stephen, currently residing with Singaporean Prime Minister Wong in Singapore, after a daring rescue arrived at Hong Kong International Airport from Toronto connecting to Singapore. TheContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RORY D. STEPHEN’S OWNER ARRIVES IN HONG KONG: IS THERE A MOVIE ROLE FOR FORMER MISS HONG KONG?”
RKS Literature: The Fate of a Whale Boat Jumper (Part One): (Herman Melville)
“Stubb suddenly dropped all advice, and concluded with a peremptory command, ‘Stick to the boat Pip, or by the Lord, I won’t pick you up if you jump; mind that. We can’t afford to lose whales by the like of you; a whale would sell for thirty times what you would in Alabama. Bear thatContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Fate of a Whale Boat Jumper (Part One): (Herman Melville)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: STATEMENT FROM THE HONG KONG SOCIETY AGAINST CANINE TRAFFICKING
STATEMENT FROM THE HONG KONG SOCIETY AGAINST CANINE TRAFFICKING The Hong Kong Society Against Canine Trafficking issued the following statement today. We thank the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lawrence Wong, for crediting The Hong Kong Society Against Canine Trafficking, for assisting in the liberation of the Canadian West Highland Terrier Rory D. Stephen. The SocietyContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: STATEMENT FROM THE HONG KONG SOCIETY AGAINST CANINE TRAFFICKING”
RKS 2026 ONTARIO WINE: Can a Premium Priced Niagara Syrah Deliver?: Kacaba 2021 Terraced Vineyard Syrah
As a single varietal in Ontario Syrah struggles. At $35 you move into premium priced Syrah for Ontario. Aroma: Solid and ripe red cherry down to its core. Secondary notes of strawberry and raspberry. Tertiary notes of streaky bacon. Palate: Delicate tannins. Gentleness of red cherry and cherry liqueur. Perhaps too gentle and faded. SyrahContinue reading “RKS 2026 ONTARIO WINE: Can a Premium Priced Niagara Syrah Deliver?: Kacaba 2021 Terraced Vineyard Syrah”
RKS Literature: Seagulls as Air Sharks (Herman Melville)
“There’s a most doleful and most mocking funeral! The sea vultures all in pious mourning, the air-sharks all punctiliously in black or speckled. In life but few of them would have helped the whale, I ween, if peradventure he had needed it; but upon the banquet of his funeral, they most piously do bounce. OhContinue reading “RKS Literature: Seagulls as Air Sharks (Herman Melville)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: BERGEN DAILY BLATHERER SENDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER TO SINGAPORE TO UNCOVER TRUTH ABOUT ABDUCTION OF RORY D. STEPHEN AND THE ROLE OF THE NORTH BERGEN CONSTABULARY IN THE “STEPHEN WESTIE ABDUCTION”
BERGEN DAILY BLATHERER SENDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER TO SINGAPORE TO UNCOVER TRUTH ABOUT ABDUCTION OF RORY D. STEPHEN AND THE ROLE OF THE NORTH BERGEN CONSTABULARY IN THE “STEPHEN WESTIE ABDUCTION” Curiosity and speculation swirl around the role of the North Bergen Constabulary (NBC) in the liberation of Canadian West Highland Terrier Rory Dylan Stephen currentlyContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: BERGEN DAILY BLATHERER SENDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER TO SINGAPORE TO UNCOVER TRUTH ABOUT ABDUCTION OF RORY D. STEPHEN AND THE ROLE OF THE NORTH BERGEN CONSTABULARY IN THE “STEPHEN WESTIE ABDUCTION””
RKS Literature: The 500 Wives and Concubines of the King of Maabar (Marco Polo)
“I give you my word that the king has at least 500 wives or concubines. For I assure you the moment he lays eyes on a beautiful woman or girl he wants her for himself. On one occasion this led him into the shameful behaviour I will describe to you. Let me tell you thatContinue reading “RKS Literature: The 500 Wives and Concubines of the King of Maabar (Marco Polo)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF PRIME MINISTER LAWRENCE WONG’S PRESS CONFERENCE CONCERNING THE RESCUE OF RORY D. STEPHEN
OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF PRIME MINISTER LAWRENCE WONG’S PRESS CONFERENCE CONCERNING THE RESCUE OF RORY D. STEPHEN From the office of Lawrence Wong Prime Minister of The Republic of Singapore Good afternoon to members of the press. Two days ago the Singapore Police Force (SPF) executed a search warrant at the residence of Melanie Lau ofContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF PRIME MINISTER LAWRENCE WONG’S PRESS CONFERENCE CONCERNING THE RESCUE OF RORY D. STEPHEN”
RKS Literature: The Naked King of Maabar (Marco Polo)
“I can also tell you that in this whole province of Maabar there is no need of tailors or needleworkers to cut or stitch clothes, because all the people go naked all year round. For I assure you that their weather is temperate at all seasons-which is to say it is never cold or hot-Continue reading “RKS Literature: The Naked King of Maabar (Marco Polo)”
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