A Life in the Day of Nixdown Nixon - The Woody Back to School Unit
A Life in the Day of Nixdown Nixon - The Woody Back to School Unit
A Life in the Day of Nixdown Nixon - The Woody Back to School Unit
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A <strong>Life</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Day</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nixdown</strong> <strong>Nixon</strong>any <strong>in</strong>kl<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> my persuasion. I suspect that a trickcyclist might make someth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>nermechanisms <strong>of</strong> my subconscious but I am not a grea<strong>to</strong>ne for shr<strong>in</strong>ks. I spent a large part <strong>of</strong> my youth <strong>in</strong>various doc<strong>to</strong>r’s wait<strong>in</strong>g rooms when <strong>the</strong> authoritieswere try<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> unveil some dark secret beh<strong>in</strong>d mycompulsion with sh<strong>in</strong>-hack<strong>in</strong>g. I bamboozled <strong>the</strong>mwith a shed-full <strong>of</strong> porkies. As far as I was concernedmy compulsion was a perfectly natural reaction <strong>to</strong>hav<strong>in</strong>g my bot<strong>to</strong>m whipped by some snotty be-yotchwith a cane <strong>in</strong> her hand.I s<strong>to</strong>od up and fetched <strong>the</strong> bottle andrefreshed <strong>the</strong> glasses. Pen swished <strong>the</strong> crop through<strong>the</strong> air playfully. It made a threaten<strong>in</strong>g whistle. Shesmiled at me and w<strong>in</strong>ked.Penny Ann has grown <strong>to</strong> be at ease with <strong>the</strong>dynamic <strong>of</strong> our relationship. It <strong>to</strong>ok her a little time t<strong>of</strong><strong>in</strong>d her comfort zone but <strong>the</strong>se days she is quitehappy gett<strong>in</strong>g her kicks on Nix-Sixty-Six.When we first started <strong>to</strong> play <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r I’m surethat I confused Pen. She was <strong>the</strong> Red-shirt <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>facility and on two occasions she had been required<strong>to</strong> dangle me <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> discipl<strong>in</strong>ary <strong>the</strong>ater. By be<strong>in</strong>gdangled I am referr<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> be<strong>in</strong>g put across her knee,upstairs <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> library, and be<strong>in</strong>g spanked on my barebum with <strong>the</strong> back <strong>of</strong> a long-handled, oval-headed,wood-backed hairbrush. As I have said earlier I donot take this type <strong>of</strong> punishment well and accord<strong>in</strong>g<strong>to</strong> Penelope Ann I was ra<strong>the</strong>r grumpy dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>se<strong>in</strong>cidents. As a result she was understandablybewildered when I <strong>in</strong>vited her <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> stables and