tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post5932851211816416715..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Sex, Drugs, and Murder in AfricaOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-46062982260081526292017-12-06T05:03:27.806-05:002017-12-06T05:03:27.806-05:00Oh, the British aristocracy and their adventures i...Oh, the British aristocracy and their adventures in colonialism and fascism: one cannot make this stuff up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-13293206313749228342017-12-05T00:15:07.712-05:002017-12-05T00:15:07.712-05:00I fiddled and poked around the back-end, but didn&...I fiddled and poked around the back-end, but didn't think I had done anything to resolve the issue. Of course, I'll take the credit - however not without a modicum of guilt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-74809306067627611582017-12-04T18:15:40.594-05:002017-12-04T18:15:40.594-05:00EvKa, It was Stan who popped the cork--something h...EvKa, It was Stan who popped the cork--something he has had a LOT of practice at. It's likely he is in dreamland now, as it is after 1 AM where he is. He emailed me after he went in to fix that issue. So now I think whatever the booboo was is all better. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-70621527708229702882017-12-04T18:02:26.252-05:002017-12-04T18:02:26.252-05:00Holy Crap! Someone must have "taken a look a...Holy Crap! Someone must have "taken a look at it" today. I just received TWENTY-ONE emails. Whatever was plugged apparently popped it's cork.<br />Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-16823991398681546572017-12-04T16:37:46.296-05:002017-12-04T16:37:46.296-05:00I'll take a look tomorrow!I'll take a look tomorrow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-17731403219825522152017-12-04T16:33:05.137-05:002017-12-04T16:33:05.137-05:00EvKa, I have no idea what happened. I shall refer ...EvKa, I have no idea what happened. I shall refer it to our resident technical expert(s) -- Michael Stanley -- to sort out. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-40092016715970457862017-12-04T16:14:48.538-05:002017-12-04T16:14:48.538-05:00JEFF, question: how come I no longer receive email...JEFF, question: how come I no longer receive email notices of posts to columns that I've commented on, even though I've checked the box to "Notify me"? This is something that's changed in the past couple of weeks (while I've been largely absent, WAY too busy working on a new project...) Did a site-update maybe affect this? Anyway, it used to be that once I'd posted (with the "Notify me" box checked), then I'd get an email any time anyone else posted a further comment. Now, nada.Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-20582226948099893242017-12-04T16:13:03.824-05:002017-12-04T16:13:03.824-05:00She was evidently irresistible to a certain type o...She was evidently irresistible to a certain type of sexual adventurer, Bro. And also had a kick for hunting them in just the right place.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-86200126547207744042017-12-04T16:11:02.946-05:002017-12-04T16:11:02.946-05:00I remember your Aunt from your post about her here...I remember your Aunt from your post about her here, Stan. And there prurient illustration of her defending herself and her friend from the attacking Mau Mau! Kenya is NEVER boring.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-80358025634244139482017-12-04T16:08:51.009-05:002017-12-04T16:08:51.009-05:00as one of oldest friends remarked, this kind of be...as one of oldest friends remarked, this kind of behavior makes us feel so terribly prosaic.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-66158401815417518412017-12-04T16:07:28.777-05:002017-12-04T16:07:28.777-05:00Yes, Michael, the murder was real. It caused quit...Yes, Michael, the murder was real. It caused quite a stir in wartime Britain. There are other possible culprits, including the theory that an M16 agent offed old Joss for being a self-sworn fascist.<br />Seventy years later, a man named Paul Spicer, who had connection to some of the key hanky-pankyists, wrote a book accusing an American heiress--Countess Alice de Janze, who had travelled with a lion cub and kept a Nile crocodile in her bathtub, presumably when she was not using it herself. He takes as proof that she had been arrested in Paris for shooting both herself and her then lover at the Gare du Nord in a crime passionnell. Both survived. She was charged with got off with a fine of about $2.16, was thought to be mentally ill (!), an then absconded to guess where. Spicer's spicy account posits that she killed Lord Erroll because he had thrown her over for Diana Broughton.<br />As we always say, you can't make this stuff up!!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-21110374914240712692017-12-04T14:45:42.051-05:002017-12-04T14:45:42.051-05:00From the years of divorce matching up so nicely wi...From the years of divorce matching up so nicely with the years of remarriage, I'd say Ms. Happy Trails did not like to be unwed, and likely spent lifetime evaluating who'd be the next in line. One could say that no one ever had a more fitting maiden name: sackville.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-36625254799608639732017-12-04T14:23:38.569-05:002017-12-04T14:23:38.569-05:00My aunt lived in Kenya from about 1940 - perhaps a...My aunt lived in Kenya from about 1940 - perhaps a little after the heady of Happy Valley. She had some interesting stories . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-89138402880224328062017-12-04T11:51:44.896-05:002017-12-04T11:51:44.896-05:00Very interesting story, AmA. Thanks for sharing a...Very interesting story, AmA. Thanks for sharing a 'high' from amongst your highs and lows. Just goes to show that there's rarely anything new under the sun...Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-22936390448626649702017-12-04T11:05:28.029-05:002017-12-04T11:05:28.029-05:00I recall the movie, but didn't realize the mur...I recall the movie, but didn't realize the murder was based on fact. Thanks for this insightful view.Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.com