Susan Block's Blog

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 – […]

  by Dr. Susan Block If you’re too busy or overwhelmed by life or AI to listen to my sixth annual State of the Sexual Union address (2026), delivered live 2/14/2026 on Active Radio hosted by Hartley Pleshaw on WCAP-AM 980 – now available for your aural edification – here’s my single-word 2026 prescription for our very sickened society: Therapy. We need […]

Announcer 980 WCAP serving the Merrimack Valley. Hartley Pleshaw I am Hartley Pleshaw. This is Active Radio and has been the honored custom on this program for several years now. I am most happy to be joined once again for her annual visit, bringing to us all her philosophy of sexual sanity of bonoboism. And […]

by Dr. Susan Block. Valentine’s Day is on its way, the shopping sites flashing rosy red hearts, but I’ve got the Valentine blues… how about you? It’s my first V-Day in over three decades without my beloved Captain Max (RIP Max 11/8/1943 – 5/13/2025), aka Pr. Maximillian R. Leblovic Lobkowicz di Filangieri, aka Mickey, my […]

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, […]

  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 […]

by Dr. Susan Block. Travels with Max were always a great adventure, especially in France. From the chic museums of Paris to the hot yachts of St. Tropez, from the Hollywood parties of Cannes and fine cafés of Toulon to the libertine clubs of Toulouse, my darling Max loved France. Though he was born in […]

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 […]

by Dr. Susan Block. The word “collage” comes from the French coller, meaning “to glue,” and the “My Beloved Max” series of digital collages of photos from the extraordinary life of Prince Maximillian Rudolf Leblovic Lobkowicz di Filangieri (11/8/2025 – 5/13/2025) – my darling husband of 33 years – are “glued” together with love and […]

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 […]