Author Archives: odeboyz

Beware of scientific barmen

Posted on February 4, 2019 by odeboyz

A science lecturer and a student walk into a bar. The scientist says to the barman: “Can I have a glass of H20?” The barman hands over the drink and the lecturer walks away. Wanting to fit in, the student … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Isaac Babel ~ Odessa Stories (Translator Boris Dratyuk) (1910s and 20s)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by odeboyz

Babel writes about Jewish life in Odessa at the beginning of the 20th century. Odessa’s a vibrant multi-cultural seaport with a very large Jewish population. Gangsters fascinate Babel and he creates wonderful pen portraits. He also writes about being an … Continue reading →

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Special Dreams

Posted on February 3, 2019 by odeboyz

In sleep it seems, I feel my dreams Senses alert, as if awake But more, so much more Tactile touch, memories restored. Old friends I once knew Still true, in every detail We interact, as if – I never did … Continue reading →

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Love

Posted on January 31, 2019 by odeboyz
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What has been Britain’s biggest privatization to date?

Posted on January 31, 2019 by odeboyz

…Britain’s biggest privatization has not been of housing or a bank. It has been of land. Since Margaret Thatcher entered Downing Street in 1979, and continuing all the way to the present day, the state has been selling public land … Continue reading →

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The Death of the British Parliamentarian: The Brexit Debate, 11th January, 2019

Posted on January 31, 2019 by odeboyz

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. Edmund Burke on representative democracy, 1774.1 It is worth saying that Torbay voted strongly to … Continue reading →

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Chloe

Posted on January 28, 2019 by odeboyz

Chloe enters my swamp with pouts My heart leaps to my sleeve. She amputates it. My beating heart is in her hands She squeezes. Empties it of feelings. I sigh with pleasure. Chloe is my first love. I don’t know … Continue reading →

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Brexit summed up

Posted on January 28, 2019 by odeboyz

Ray E.

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Cicero: he knew a thing or two about treachery

Posted on January 28, 2019 by odeboyz
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Lenin meets a gangster and loses his Rolls-Royce in 1919

Posted on January 24, 2019 by odeboyz

Lenin himself was not immune to the lawlessness of the period. On 6 January 1919, he, his sister Mariya and his sole bodyguard, Ivan Chabanov, were being driven in his official Rolls-Royce when they were flagged down by men in … Continue reading →

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