~Saturday~ Tonight I watched the 1999 film Tea With Mussolini, starring several actors that I like, including Cher, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, and Lily Tomlin. Thanks to Bob for making it available from his vast collection of movies! Synopsis: Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli’s Tea With Mussolini is a drama with … Read more
~Friday~ Bob and I saw the 12th annual “10 x 10 in the Triangle” tonight at the Arts Center in Carrboro, which consists of 10 Actors, 10 Directors, 10 Plays, 10 Minutes (Each). I’m going to attempt to give a short synopsis of each of the plays, and then I’ll share Bob’s and my ranking … Read more
~Tuesday~ Tonight I watched the 2007 film Broken English, which is the final film of five that I’d decided to watch from a list (of 50) called “The Best Movies You Never Saw.” Bob was kind enough to request this film for me in his NetFlix account, for which I’m thankful. I really didn’t know … Read more
~Tuesday~ Today, I had lunch with someone I hadn’t seen in 33 years or so. Her name is Deborah, and she was my ex-wife’s roommate in college and a bridesmaid in our wedding. Who’d’ve thunk all those years ago that 33 years later, the marriage whose start she attended would be dissolved, I’d be living … Read more
~Monday~ I attended Moral Monday again today, starting off the same way I did last week, with a drink at The Borough, while I waited for the R-Line bus to make its way to my stop. I wanted to see the process from a different angle, and I focused a little more on the signs … Read more
~Monday~ In the early afternoon today, I suddenly decided that I'd go to the "Moral Monday" protests that have been going on for weeks upon weeks now, in downtown Raleigh. This is how it's described as follows in Wikipedia: "Moral Mondays" Protests The bills signed into law by McCrory and proposed legislation have been the … Read more
~Saturday~ I have completed my second book in the 27 Must Have Queer Summer Reads. I’m going to get the annoying stuff out of the way first. This book had 13, count ’em THIRTEEN, errors in it that should have been caught by the least competent of editors. This detracted significantly from my enjoyment of … Read more
~Wednesday~ I was on pins and needles waiting for the decisions on Prop 8 and DOMA to be handed down from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) today. Although I don’t, myself—at least at this time—aspire to the institution of marriage, I do believe that anybody who does should have access to it. … Read more
~Tuesday~ I'm nearing the end of the five movies I decided to watch after reading a list at the beginning of May of "the best movies you never saw." My friend, Bob, has patiently waited for me to be able to fit movie-watching into my schedule, and he has generously ordered them from his Netflix … Read more
~Wednesday~ Ten years ago today I began the first day of the four-day ride of my life—the Tour de Friends AIDS Ride. Along with my friend, Joe, I rode my bicycle from Raleigh, NC to Washington DC over the course of four days, raising $4,000 for AIDS research. Here I am “at the starting gate” … Read more