Category Archives: Autobiography

Pete Hegseth: Fake warrior

Posted on September 5, 2026 by odeboyz

Hegseth lives in a delusional fantasy world. His world is populated by warriors, of which he is one. He indulges in extreme (for a 46 year old man) physical activities with young men. He body shamed generals and proposed testosterone … Continue reading →

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Adoption in the 1930s

Posted on August 29, 2026 by odeboyz

“Instead of not being interested in it, Kay [her husband] liked it very much. ‘Isn’t it a game little thing?’ he asked admiringly. ‘If you really want a baby so young, I hope you’ll have this one.’” ”That settled it. … Continue reading →

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Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine

Posted on July 29, 2026 by odeboyz

Michael Caine was so very much beside himself to be working with Laurence Olivier on the set of “Sleuth” (1972) that he didn’t even know how to address him. Eventually, he broke down and just asked. Olivier replied, “Well, I … Continue reading →

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Mario Balotelli: Italian International Footballer

Posted on July 18, 2026 by odeboyz

“When I score, I don’t celebrate because I’m only doing my job. When a postman delivers letters, does he celebrate?”

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Bob Paisley’s European Cup Team Talk: 1977

Posted on June 27, 2026 by odeboyz

In the dressing room, Paisley reminded the Liverpool players that the last time he’d been in Rome was in a tank at the end of the Second World War. Source Jon SpurlingGet It On (2022) p217

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Black Lives Matter: Nina Simone

Posted on June 3, 2026 by odeboyz

She was ten years old when a white couple arrived late to her piano recital and someone asked her parents to give up their front-row seats. Her mother and father stood without a word and started toward the back. Eunice … Continue reading →

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A Spike Milligan political quip

Posted on May 9, 2026 by odeboyz

“I want to go to heaven, but if Jeffrey Archer* is there, I’d rather go to Lewisham.”

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Black Lives Matter: Muhammad Ali refuses to go to war, March 1967

Posted on March 14, 2026 by odeboyz

“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan on creativity

Posted on February 18, 2026 by odeboyz

“As you get older, you get smarter and that can hinder you because you try to gain control over the creative impulse. Creativity is not like a freight train going down the tracks. It’s something that has to be caressed … Continue reading →

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The perils of being a child film star

Posted on December 17, 2025 by odeboyz

“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph”.1 Short biography: Temple began her film career in 1931 when she was three years old and … Continue reading →

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