https://drsusanblock.com Dr. Susan Block's Journal Thu, 28 May 2026 06:42:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://drsusanblock.com/max-ballad https://drsusanblock.com/max-ballad#comments Sat, 23 May 2026 03:59:39 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175839   Dr. Suzy’s BALLAD of CAPTAIN MAX [Verse 1] Max was born in the Vatican hospital As bombs dropped down on Rome Life wasn’t always so logical Max sailed away from home A child of old nobility, from Gaetano Filangieri and Lobkowicz Bohemia to Reader-Written Media. Born into war, Max lived in Peace, Max Art […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-ballad/feed 22 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-stroke-death https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-stroke-death#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:39:05 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175832 by Dr. Susan Block. Now tumbling down the hill of time in an avalanche of emotion is the first anniversary of Max’s death. It’s been a year of immeasurable loss, bottomless grief, sleepless nights, vivid memories, strange and somewhat comforting rituals – ashes to ashes, stroke to smoke – Bonoboville gatherings and art therapy since […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-stroke-death/feed 22 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-wedding-anniversaries https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-wedding-anniversaries#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:43:55 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175810 by Dr. Susan Block. It’s coming up on our 34th Wedding Anniversary! Well, not exactly. Sad to say, my beloved Max passed away last year after a major stroke that shattered his brain (but not our marriage). So, though we would be married 34 years on April 12, 2026 if Max were alive, we were […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-wedding-anniversaries/feed 19 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-purim-stpaddy https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-purim-stpaddy#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:40:12 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175771 by Dr. Susan Block. Chag Sameach Purim and Erin Go Bragh. The Irish/Jewish convergence of Purim and St. Patrick’s Day – with pro-bonobo and Free Palestine touches – comes together in one lucky Max Collage, as I continue to try to process my deep grief for my beloved husband, Maximillian Lobkowicz di Filangieri (11/8/1943 – […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-purim-stpaddy/feed 9 https://drsusanblock.com/go-bonobos-2026 https://drsusanblock.com/go-bonobos-2026#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2026 17:04:59 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175706 by Dr. Susan Block. Happy New Year, Brothers and Sisters, Lovers and Sinners… though frankly, I’m not too happy about it. Old 2024 may have been an Annus Horribilis, but 2025 marked The End. Finis for me. That is, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, my beloved husband of 33 years, publisher, producer, muse, witness, sweetheart, […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/go-bonobos-2026/feed 26 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-winter-holidays https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-winter-holidays#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:48:14 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175673   by Dr. Susan Block. You could say I have a collage fetish. Like a sexual or sacred fetish object that both soothes and stimulates the fetishist, I find that making collages both soothes my grief for Max and stimulates my memories of our wild and beautiful life together. Making collages is also my way of […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-winter-holidays/feed 10 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-show https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-show#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2025 22:57:13 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175637 by Dr. Susan Block. Forty years of Captain Max live on The Dr. Susan Block Show takes center stage on Max Collage 2: “On DrSuzy-Tv,” the second in “My Beloved Max: Collage Collection.” The word “collage” comes from the French coller, meaning “to glue,” and my digital collages of photos from the extraordinary life of […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-show/feed 13 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-family-history https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-family-history#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2025 23:27:10 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175603 by Dr. Susan Block. Collages are collisions of images and emotions. This “Family/History” collage is made up of images of my beloved Max, featuring his early life in Rome, Naples and Genoa, Italy; the great ship Italia that took Pr. Maximillian R. Leblovic Lobkowicz di Filangieri (11/8/1943 – 5/13/2025), aka “Mickey,” aka “Captain Max,” and […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-family-history/feed 18 https://drsusanblock.com/cremating-max https://drsusanblock.com/cremating-max#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:32:52 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175202 by Dr. Susan Block. We cremated my beloved Capt’n Max’s beautiful body last week. I was not ready for that. I wasn’t (and still am not) ready for anything – certainly not for life without my darling husband of 33 years, a friend of 40, my witness, my partner, my great love, my Prince Maximillian […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/cremating-max/feed 50 https://drsusanblock.com/max-lobkowicz-filangieri-obituary https://drsusanblock.com/max-lobkowicz-filangieri-obituary#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2025 04:31:04 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=172629 by Dr. Susan Block. It is with deep love, sadness, reverence – and a dash of irreverence – that I announce the passing of Pr. Maximillian Rudolph Leblovic Lobkowicz di Filangieri, aka Captain Max, aka Mickey, aka David Rossi, aka Vivienne Hammer, aka MaxArtCore, aka Xam Paris, aka Max. Max was a truly great man, […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-lobkowicz-filangieri-obituary/feed 69 https://drsusanblock.com/rip-max https://drsusanblock.com/rip-max#comments Thu, 15 May 2025 04:37:23 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=170313   by Dr. Susan Block. Max is gone. My Great Love left his beautiful, long-suffering body yesterday at about noon PST, though I’m not sure of the exact time because I was crying too much to notice. Honestly, I am crying too much to post this, but I want to honor my darling Mickey now […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/rip-max/feed 113 https://drsusanblock.com/fdr-max-birthday-bonobo https://drsusanblock.com/fdr-max-birthday-bonobo#comments Tue, 14 Nov 2023 01:44:51 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=109926 by Dr. Susan Block.        It’s our first ride on the Love Train since Capt’n Max’s 80th birthday, so we’re still celebrating with cool callers and hot tales of this year’s erotic festivities; plus eight great decades of Max’s memories, from being born into war through a lifetime of advocating for peace, romance and great […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/fdr-max-birthday-bonobo/feed 8 https://drsusanblock.com/fdr-princeofpegging https://drsusanblock.com/fdr-princeofpegging#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2022 01:24:13 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=100041 Click on the arrow above  to listen to the podcast and watch the slideshow. by Dr. Susan Block.     All Aboard the Love Train as Capt’n Max and I check out the scenery of various current events—the comic, erotic and deeply demonic—whizzing by our window to the world.  Most royally, there’s the “Prince of Pegging” […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/fdr-princeofpegging/feed 9 https://drsusanblock.com/max-bday-bonobo-way https://drsusanblock.com/max-bday-bonobo-way#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2019 06:30:10 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=85382 Length 01:26:14 Date: Nov. 9th, 2019   by Dr. Susan Block. Happy birthday to my captain, my prince, my prime mate, my partner, my publisher and the love of my life, Capt’n Max! And Happy 5th Anniversary to The Bonobo Way, which was Max’s birthday present—and which he published—on November 8th, 2014. Trumpocalypse Anniversary Two […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-bday-bonobo-way/feed 14 https://drsusanblock.com/scorpio-passion https://drsusanblock.com/scorpio-passion#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2018 06:30:42 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=77818 November 12, 2018 Happy Birthday Capt'n Max! Happy Bday Blossom! And Happy Anniversary The Bonobo Way... What an intense Scorpio weekend, packed with passion, beauty, horror, outrage and ecstasy. Intensity and passion are marks of the sign of Scorpio, symbolized by the scorpion who stings as well as the dove who makes peace. ]]> https://drsusanblock.com/scorpio-passion/feed 11 https://drsusanblock.com/max-birthday https://drsusanblock.com/max-birthday#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2013 06:30:28 +0000 http://dev.radiosuzy1.com/?p=44790 Length 1:28:03     Date: Nov. 09, 2013 It’s the Scorpio birthday of the illustrious, glorious and notorious executive producer of The Dr. Susan Block Show, Pr. Maximillian R. Leblovic di Lobkowicz di Filangieri, aka Capt’n Max, aka “Max the Butler,” aka Massimilliano, aka Massimo, aka Mickey, my hubby of 21.5 years, my great love. […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-birthday/feed 13