SignOn San Diego, the San Diego Union Tribune website, is reporting this morning that an SDSU student is suspected of having the swine flu. What concerns me is not that the student might have gone to my gym or perhaps even played basketball outside of my house last week. What concerns me is the seething [...]
In Flu, Race, Racism, health on
29 April 2009 with 7 comments
I’m beginning to think I’m the only one left on the planet who isn’t completely engulfed in panic over The New Flu Pandemic. Don’t get me wrong: There are things about it that are disconcerting: Like everyone else, I don’t want my kid to get sick and I don’t want to get sick. Admittedly, when [...]
In Bits & Pieces, Flu, Travel, Uncategorized, WTF on
28 April 2009 with 2 comments
I dare you to be angry while watching this: Playing For Change | Song Around The World “Stand By Me” from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.
In Love, Mental Health Break on
25 April 2009 with 5 comments
The following Newsweek web exclusive was sent to me by a friend this morning. There are photos of the family on the Newsweek website. My heart did leaps and plunges while reading. I related to much of it and am heartsick by parts. I’m still percolating… ********************************************************************************** Raising Katie What adopting a white girl taught [...]
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23 April 2009 with 5 comments
“My girlfriend…she sometimes claims I’m racist, so we have this running joke where if I meet a black person…whether that’s on the basketball court or at a party, I say “Hey…I have a new black friend, I can’t be racist.” -Josh Board, San Diego Weekly Reader, April 8, 2009 Hahahaha! Isn’t that funny? Hahahahaha. Haha. [...]
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21 April 2009 with 8 comments
Josh Board is a writer (if he can be called that) for The Reader, another local San Diego paper. He sent me some fan mail earlier this month saying he thought I was a great addition to CityBeat. We chatted back and forth for a minute, during which time I politely outed myself as a [...]
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20 April 2009 with 22 comments
I love Vera Wang. As I type this, I’m wearing a silver-white, floor-length nightgown by the designer, an impulse purchase made a few years back (it was on sale!). It’s got a smidgen of black-lace piping at the bodice and shoulder straps nearly as thin as dental floss. It’s simple and elegant and doesn’t make [...]
In Backwards and In High Heels, Fashion, Pop-Culture, The Column, Writing on
14 April 2009 with 11 comments
Tomorrow morning, while I sleep, my friend Rich is going to kiss his wife goodbye. I imagine he will linger a little longer than usual at the bedside of his (hopefully) sleeping toddler son and the crib of his six month old daughter. Then he will catch a flight to North Carolina where he will [...]
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13 April 2009 with 9 comments
Or his fag hag or whatever. I just want to chill with this guy. Hung Up On My Baby from Mike Long on Vimeo.
In Mental Health Break on
2 April 2009 with 1 comment