William Higgins Newsletter

Yesterday, while waiting for four soldiers to arrive for a shoot (more about that in a subsequent Newsletter), I took Mr. Buddy for a walk. We put on quite a show for all of the tourists sunning themselves. Buddy swam out into the Vltava with his favorite Kong chew toy, and then let go of it in the River. I tried to coax him to swim out and get the toy. But the thought that I was beckoning him and would race out of the water and jump on me so that I was covered with about as much water as he was. This brought uproarious laughter from the spectators. The the toy drifted close enough for me to try and spear it with a large tree branch. But Buddy jumped on me and grabbed the tree branch and drug it into the river. The toy floated a little further down stream to where the bank jutted out far enough that I could easily grab it with a branch, but I had only seconds to do it. I got another tree branch. Same thing, Buddy grabbed it and swam into the river with it. So, at the last possible second, I grabbed two fallen tree branches. Buddy could only grab one, and with the other a speared the toy! Applause. Then I had to hide very wet toy inside my coat, otherwise Buddy would have grabbed it and swam back out in the river with it. Did I ever tell you that Buddy gets very excited whenever he's around water.

So, I had to take him back to the studio, and the models cooled their heels while I gave Buddy a shower. Again, he managed to get more water on me than I did on him. After the drying ritual, in which Buddy attempts to eat the towel. I said, "Buddy can be a real pain." One of my most valued colleagues Marko Gregory said, "Yes, he is more trouble than a child." He certainly hit that nail on the head. And demands more attention too.

I'd like to say something about Easter in the Czech Republic. This will be one of my politically incorrect statements that regularly get me into a lot of hot water. I feel that one of the reasons that there are so few gays in the Czech Republic is because in reality women have very few rights here. And in almost every family, the men definitely wear the pants. In societies, like the United States, where men are regularly p***y whipped, you have a lot of homosexuality. In my case, very, very strong mother and terrified father. It's also the case that wherever homosexuality is strongly repressed as it is in certain religious communities, you have a very high incidence of gay behavior. Ask anyone who lives in LA about the continuing gay exodus from Utah.

So, now we come to those colorful whips that you see exhibited above. It used to be that folks made them in the villages. Now they are for sale in little street stalls during the two weeks before Easter.

And what are they used for? On Easter Monday, men in the Czech Republic use them to whip women on the legs with.

There was a wonderful article in the Wall Street Journal last week about the tradition. I'd love to share the entire article with you but don't dare because of copyright restrictions. (For those of you who would like to read it, send me an e-mail, and I'll send you the link). But I will quote a couple of parts:

"The day after Easter, ... hordes of other men and boys across the Czech Republic will be chasing female relatives and friends with willow sticks. After a few thwacks across the legs, their victims may be doused in cheap perfume or dragged under a cold shower. Not even grandmothers are immune....

"After mass on Easter Sunday, boys and men start to prepare for the big event by braiding live willow branches with pieces of ribbon into makeshift switches. By dawn on Easter Monday, a traditional holiday across Europe, many are already hammering on doors or prowling the streets looking for stray victims.

"The rituals that follow originated at least as far back as the Middle Ages, when boys would use their sticks to lift girls' skirts in a symbolic gesture supposed to enhance fertility. This later evolved into playful swiping across girls' legs and dunking them in water or perfume to cast off impurities and prevent premature aging. As a sign of gratitude, boys are given decorated eggs and the men get shots of alcohol. After midday, the tables are turned, and girls are allowed to fight back by throwing water at the men."

As you can see Easter is a grand old time around these parts. And here is an article that is written more from an angle to spin tourists, but also has a lot of information about Easter in CZ

I do want to thank each and every one of you for sending in such great suggestions for the cast of our Easter Wank Party. Following many of your suggestions, we reduced the size of the Easter Wank Party to six. I agree that it is frequently not possible to see the forest for the trees. The number of participants was also, it must be said, not chosen for entirely altruistic and artistic reasons. Early last week, I thought, "Oh My Gawd, It's Easter!" And I told Pavel Nikos to put together a Wank Party to be filmed on Wednesday. With the instructions to use almost entirely new guys who hadn't participated in previous Wank Parties. So, with such short notice, it would have been difficult to have made the number of participants larger without sacrificing quality. At the end of the day, Hynek was our only carry-over, an inspired choice, because he and Vladimir added so much to the success of the event. We had three really experienced models for our Easter Party, Hynek, Vladimir Gott and Misha. That was really great for turning on and bring out the inexperienced models. Matej, The Paratrooper, and Mrazek. In fact, the only experience that Mrazek had ever had was a shoot that I did with him the previous day, Tuesday. And he had such a fine looking 'qualification,' I decided on the spot to invite him. He, The Paratrooper and Matej were more or less astounded when Vladimir and Hynek started right in on each other. They watched for a couple of minutes and then I notice their penises start to rise by the contact high. I was also fortunate to have picked three guys who really love to kiss, Misha, an extremely aurally erotic person, Hynek, and Vladimir. Well, it also turns out that Matej loves to kiss. Who would have thought it? I would add one other thing, men are homosocial animals. Basically they love the company of other men. They are also sheep. So, if men have strong leadership, they will follow. So, I would say that it was a stroke of unintentional genius to have chosen there such strong leaders, Hynek, Vladimir, and Matej to initiate the freshmen.