I picked up Joe at 7:00, we made our 8:45 flight without incident, and the flight was uneventful. We tried to buy Bloody Mary’s on the plane, but they didn’t serve alcohol before 11:00, and they didn’t have any vodka anyway. We had a playful time with the flight attendant at least. She didn’t look … Read more
Now with Extra Benzene! Woman: I’m going to get some water. Friend, pointing to basket of water bottles: How about this? Woman: No, I don’t like that water. It’s too watery. I like Poland Spring. —Starbucks, 43rd & 8th via Overheard in New York, Apr 23, 2007 I went into my IBM office today. I … Read more
I don’t watch television myself, but if I did, I think I would find this website interesting: Television Without Pity. I heard an interview with a former writer for this web site in a slate.com podcast today. Most of us have an idea of the relative size of the planets and sun, but it’s rather … Read more
I’m not a big horse fan myself, but I have a good, good friend who is totally into horses, and in fact, is somewhat of a “horse whisperer,” if you will. She does and teaches dressage (noun: maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider), and sent me the clip below—which … Read more
In his blog, Bible Versus, Hugh, who is a gay man living with AIDS, is reading and commenting on the Bible, and being overseen by the Real Live Preacher. I really like this quote from Hugh in his blog: “However, AIDS isn’t necessarily now seen as terminal. Not as terminal as, say, Life.” So sweet! … Read more
I love developers with a sense of humor in their jobs. To appreciate an example of this, scroll down to Steps 23 & 24 of the directions in the left pane after asking Google Maps for directions from New York to Paris. This is for my friend Will… They Wanted Someone Who Could Hallucinate Outside … Read more
Perp or Victim? What’s this all about? I just love my sister. Our recent e-mail exchange went like this: Hello Bro’ I am in Dubai at an international conference—it is very interesting! I arrive back in Raleigh on Sat. April 21st at 6:45 pm. I may be totally wiped out, as I was when I … Read more
We woke up at about 9:30, and passed on the complimentary hotel breakfast, particularly because after we finished our breakfast yesterday, we noticed their 81.5 sanitary rating. We packed up, and checked out between 11 and 11:30, and got on the road, where we hit some gawd-awful bumper-to-bumper-for-no-reason-traffic for about 45 minutes. We stopped at … Read more
We got up at about 9:00, and after tasting some horrible room-made coffee and before heading to the IHOP as we’d planned last night, we noticed that there was free breakfast in the hotel. We got respectable enough to be seen in public and went downstairs, where I enjoyed some scrambled eggs, link sausage, and … Read more
New York Times Opinion Article Tools Sponsored By By HARVEY FIERSTEIN Published: April 13, 2007 AMERICA is watching Don Imus’s self-immolation in a state of shock and awe. And I’m watching America with wry amusement. Since I’m a second-class citizen — a gay man — my seats for the ballgame of American discourse are way … Read more