Ah, so New York's Governor Eliot Spitzer is alleged to have been a customer of prostitutes...

At least "Kristen," the call girl who is alleged to have serviced him, has a positive, professional attitude toward her profession. "I'm here for a purpose," she's quoted in an affidavit, "I know what my purpose is. I am not a...moron..."

She sounds like a worthwhile courtesan, and not one with the more typical attitude of sex workers, i.e., "What is MY money doing in YOUR wallet?" Meaning, ladies who resent their work, look down on their customers, and can't wait to get the dough and vamoose...

Although I don't think spending thousands of dollars on a single prostitute is financially prudent--you can certainly get enough of a beauty for two hundred bucks an hour if you're a wise shopper--I myself do wish I had thousands of dollars to spend on LOTS of prostitutes...or strippers and prostitutes...and maybe some massage parlor girls too.

I like the sleaze life, and I miss it now that my money situation is so tight and I basically have to live like a monk...well, a Jewish monk...

I didn't go to a stripclub before going out to the bat mitzvah last weekend. I just couldn't work up the enthusiasm, despite what I wrote in my previous post about "sleaze life" as an antidote to "family values"...

The bat mitzvah was okay, big party afterward, lots of food, hanging out with the relatives...I got a chance to eat some good bagels and lox at a brunch the next day too...

Anyway, I guess there are individuals out there who are sleazing out enough for all of us, hmm? Grabbing way more than their share of the ole sleaze pie...

As for yours truly, Sir Cranky, a bachelor who ever yearns to be footloose and fancy-free? He is virtuous now, but only by default.