Pen Warmed Up in Hell

Recently, Kinky was honored to have been invited as a featured speaker for the Pen Warmed up in Hell Lecture Series at the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut. Speakers chosen for the lecture series are those who best represent the legacy of Mark Twain’s work as a social critic. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) has always been one of Kinky’s heroes and after speaking to a sold out crowd, Friedman was permitted a late night tour of Twain’s home - a personal highlight of his visit. Mark Twain was quoted as saying the happiest and most productive years of his life were spent in his Hartford home. The two spirits communed as Kinky fondled Twain’s balls during a late night visit to the third floor billiard room.

A fellow cigar lover, Mark Twain said, “If I cannot smoke cigars in heaven, I shall not go!”

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was Mark Twain's satirical commentary on social injustice, poor government and the technology that had overtaken 19th century life. Upon completing the manuscript Twain wrote, "Well, my book is written-let it go. But if it were only to write over again there wouldn't be so many things left out. They burn in me; and they keep multiplying & multiplying; but now they can't ever be said. And besides, they would require a library --- & a pen warmed-up in hell."