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“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RORY RECOUNTS HIS DAY OF ARRIVAL At BOB AND FAY’S: IMPRISONMENT?

RORY RECOUNTS HIS DAY OF ARRIVAL At BOB AND FAY’S: IMPRISONMENT? Imagine coming from a cloistered existence at Ardendale Kennels into the bright lights and sounds of a new world! Overwhelming! A delightful yet at times terrifying interjection into humanity and my new home. Carried in through the door and set down on the floor.Continue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RORY RECOUNTS HIS DAY OF ARRIVAL At BOB AND FAY’S: IMPRISONMENT?”

RKS 2025 Film: “Dead to Rights”: Blockbuster Chinese War Epic

“Dead to Rights” is a blockbuster Chinese war epic depicting the 1937 capture of the Chinese city of Nanjing by the Japanese Imperial Army. An estimated 300,000 city residents were killed and given the barbarity of the Japanese forces “killed” may be a modest adjective. Men, woman and children were executed by various methods includingContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Dead to Rights”: Blockbuster Chinese War Epic”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom” (Dylan the Westie Intervenes)

DYLAN THE WESTIE INTERVENES: THINKS RORY HAS A BIT TOO MUCH OF A SWAGGER! Sorry. I have been in The Land Beyond for over two years now and happily adjusting. I really shouldn’t intervene but Rory has too much of a swagger which can be forgiven (but not left uncommented upon) due to his puppydom.Continue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom” (Dylan the Westie Intervenes)”

RKS Literature: Physician Endorsed Cigarettes (Evelyn Waugh)

“The cigarettes Mr Slump smoked were prepared by doctors, so the advertisements declared, with the sole purpose of protecting the respiratory system. Yet Mr Slump suffered and the young secretary suffered with him, hideously. For the first hours of every day he was possessed of a cough which arose from the tartarean depths and wasContinue reading “RKS Literature: Physician Endorsed Cigarettes (Evelyn Waugh)”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom” (Mr. G my godfather)

Mr. G My Godfather Prior to delving a bit further into my arrival at Bob and Fay’s domicile perhaps we should mention my Godfather Mr. G. as I wouldn’t be on my way to Bob and Fay’s if it wasn’t for Mr. G. Let me make this clear Mr. G is not a criminal godfatherContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom” (Mr. G my godfather)”

RKS Literature: American Girl Preparing to Meet Her Lover (Evelyn Waugh)

“With a steady hand Aimée fulfilled the prescribed rites of an American girl preparing to meet her lover-dabbed herself under the arms with a preparation designed to seal the sweat glands, gargled another to sweeten the breath, and brushed into her hair some odorous drops from a bottle labelled: ‘Jungle Venom’-from the depth of theContinue reading “RKS Literature: American Girl Preparing to Meet Her Lover (Evelyn Waugh)”

RKS Literature: The Suicidal Hanging of Francis Hinsley (Evelyn Waugh)

“They told me, Francis Hinsley, they told me that you were hung With red protruding eyeballs and black protruding tongue; I wept as I remembered how often you and I Had laughed about Los Angeles and now ‘tis here you’ll lie; Here pickled in formaldehyde and painted like a whore Shrimp pink incorruptible, not lostContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Suicidal Hanging of Francis Hinsley (Evelyn Waugh)”

RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Stag’s Hollow 2022 Syrah from Beautiful British Columbia: An Affordable Canadian Côte-Rôtie????

The standard slogan, now gradually disappearing, on British Columbia license plates was “Beautiful British Columbia”. What is not disappearing on the shelves of state monopoly liquor distributor in the province of Ontario (LCBO) are the wines of British Columbia because there were so few of them anyways so not much to disappear. As American winesContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Stag’s Hollow 2022 Syrah from Beautiful British Columbia: An Affordable Canadian Côte-Rôtie????”

RKS Literature: These Undertakers Will Fix You Up Real Good (Evelyn Waugh)

“We had a loved one last month who was found drowned. He had been in the ocean a month and they only identified him by his wrist-watch. “they fixed that stiff,” said the hostess disconcertingly lapsing from the high diction she had hitherto employed, ‘so he looked like it was his wedding day. The boysContinue reading “RKS Literature: These Undertakers Will Fix You Up Real Good (Evelyn Waugh)”