The Godfather – They're Just Words

Posted on March 20, 2020March 18, 2020 by Patrick

Read A Fuckin’ Book

I was given a pinback button not too long ago that said exactly that. It’s not really an angry command just a blunt suggestion. There will never be a better time, I mean there’s no sports on TV so what else are you gonna do? If it helps, you can drink while reading, or maybe smoke a cigar, that way, the next time you pick up that book you’ll smell the cigar you smoked – what a lovely olfactory reminder.

Don’t worry, I’m gonna give you some practical suggestions. You won’t have to rely on any sketchy ratings from Amazon, rather you can find your next great read by following the sketchy recommendations provided below.

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Patrick

“I Know It Was You, Fredo”

Fun Facts: The Mob

Life is mostly about the pursuit of knowledge and, therefore, the collection of fun facts. All my fun facts were harvested personally…They started as a physical book purchase from Amazon, then moved to a Kindle download where I bookmarked them by hand; at the conclusion of a book they were transcribed into a Snoopy Moleskine, and finally, they appear here for your personal wonderment.

Earliest Italian organized crime was known as the “Black Hand”.
Italian mafia organizations: The Camorra in Campania/Naples; the Cosa Nostra in Sicily; the Ndrangheta in Calabria.
La Cosa Nostra means “Our Thing” or “This Thing of Ours”.
A “made man” in the mafia is one who has full membership in La Cosa Nostra; when this happens, the tradition is to prick one’s finger, smear blood on the picture of a saint and then burn the picture in the palm of the hand.