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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Sex and Dick Nixon
Those are two thoughts that one rarely has simultaneously. The late Dick Nixon is about the last politician one would ever imagine being linked to sexual indiscretions. Oh well, according to an article that just ran in a British newspaper, a new book, “Nixon’s Darkest Secrets” by Don Fulsom, might change our views of the strait-laced Richard Milhous Nixon. (sigh). Here’s more from the tabloidish Mail Online:
“A new biography by Don Fulsom, a veteran Washington reporter who covered the Nixon years, suggests the 37th U.S. President had a serious drink problem, beat his wife and — by the time he was inaugurated in 1969 — had links going back two decades to the Mafia, including with New Orleans godfather Carlos Marcello, then America’s most powerful mobster.
Yet the most extraordinary claim is that the homophobic Nixon may have been gay himself. If true, it would provide a fascinating insight into the motivation and behaviour of a notoriously secretive politician.
Fulsom argues that Nixon may have had an affair with his best friend and confidant, a Mafia‑connected Florida wheeler-dealer named Charles ‘Bebe’ Rebozo who was even more crooked than Nixon….”
Ouch! Dick Nixon was my favorite president. Call me astonished.
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Vick Mickunas
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‘T is the season. There’s the pumpkin pie. The apple pie is over there. The quadruple layer cake my egg lady baked is in there somewhere. Half a turkey. A plethora of side dishes. Dribs. Drabs. Squibbles. Now jiggles.
The holidays bring cheer. Beer. Champagne. Candy. All manner of gustatory indulgences. Here, Vick do you want to try this homemade toffee? Oh Vick, you must have a glass of the Nouveau!
We made it through Thanksgiving. Through Chanukah, Festivus, Christmas. The blur of holidays leading up to the New Year. On New Year’s Eve there will gumbo, more beverages, plates of appetizers. And that’s not all. We just got invited to an Iowa Caucus party a week from today. Next Tuesday. Lots of homemade chili.
Publishers know this. There’s all the food. The temptation. The battered resistance to more gluttony. And right now the stack of diet books is growing as quickly as some of our waistlines.
Let me grab a couple off of the top of the stack. I don’t dare to bend over too far. I might topple over.
Ok, here’s one: “FAT TO SKINNY -Fast and Easy! -Eat Great, Lose Weight, and Lower Blood Sugar Without Exercise” (Sterling) by Doug Varrieur. Wow, that was exhausting just reading that title. Maybe a cup of coffee would help. And while I’m over here, that apple pie looks mighty good….
Here’s another one: “THE SIMPLE DIET - A Doctor’s Science-Based Plan - No Rigid Rules, No Strict Menu, No Measuring, Counting, Or Expensive Meal Plans” (Berkley) by James W. Anderson, M.D. and Nancy J. Gustafson, M.S., R.D. Gee, the first book is fast and easy. This one is not rigid, not strict and claims that we can “lose up to 50 pounds in 12 weeks.” It wore me out just typing all the initials for the advanced degrees of the authors. Now, where did I put that slice of pie? Wait, I forgot the ice cream!
Just one more: “THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU COOKBOOK - 200 Simple and Delicious Low-Carb Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less” (Touchstone) by Colette Heimowitz. Ahh, a cookbook. Let’s see what recipes look good in here…
mmmm…Chicken Cutlets Parmesan. Curried Egg Salad. Mocha Smoothie. Toasted Pecan Cake….
Is it lunchtime yet?
Vick Mickunas
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