I Was Raised In A Truly Typical

For Some People, There Is No Succession Plan. They Just Leave, And There's No Getting Over It.

Historically The Puritans Left England To Escape Religious Persecution, And They Promptly Turned Around And Started Persecuting The People They Didn't Agree With - The Scarlet Letter A, And The Stocks And The Dunking Board Came From That. That Puritanism Is Still There.

I Had A Stroke In 1985... I Called It A "stroke Of Luck." I Said, "life Is Like A Train Trip. You're Looking Out The Window And Everything Is Whipping Past And You're Not Really Seeing Anything, And You Need To Get Off The Train And Walk Around A Bit."

My Folks Were Raised Pure Prohibitionist. They Were Very Good People, With High Moral Standards - But Very Repressed. There Was No Hugging And Kissing In My Home.

Women Have Traditionally Been Either Put On Pedestals Or Damned As The Source Of All Sexual Temptation And Sin. These Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin, Since Both Place Women In A Nonhuman Role. Playboy Has Opposed These Warped Sexual Values And, In So Doing, Helped Women Step Down From Their Pedestals And Enjoy Their Natural Sexuality As Much As Men.