Ifthere is a consistent thread in my life, it is running. I do not run well, or fast. But my life moves to the rhythm of a four count beat, breathing-in two steps and out two steps, as I move through the miles and the years.

Today I am… Read full post »

On the day President Obama released his birth certificate and pleaded with the press to stop talking about it and to focus on the very important problems facing our country, Salon had no fewer than six stories about the fake issue on its headlines page.  Included were:

1. "The Birther'
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As gay pride season approaches around the country, I have a message for my lgbt bretheren: It's time to grow up.  This kind of thing...

...is not good for us.  And by "us" I mean both the lgbt community and the country as a whole.

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 This is what comes from dabbling.

I couldn't keep up with the real writers, so I eventually lost interest. Lacking the time, talent and intelligence that most of you enjoy -- in fact, I'm pretty sure that if you held my head up to your ear, you could hear… Read full post »

The Lieberman senate health care bill is not reform.  It does not provide competition to profit-driven insurance companies.  And the American people lose.  So progressives and liberals should put this dog down, and now.

Sure, it prohibits exclusion for pre-existing conditions… Read full post »

I wrestle God

In one short breath

To claim my life.

But time is God's secret weapon

His final advantage.

I try to kill God

But in time He kills me.

 “Strip,” the Dyke demanded.

She stood waiting, with arms folded and legs shoulder width apart, clad all in black fetish wear: motorcycle boots, jeans, leather vest, and leather biker hat.  “Now,” she added.

The Meat obeyed, slowly freeing her long, lithe… Read full post »

I wish we could have forgiven each other

Before you were murdered.

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 This is the last

Of my stripper glitter.

I quit last night.

I had to leave while I could.

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 From the NY Post: http://www.nypost.com/seven/08272009/news/regionalnews/mets_nude_bust_186681.htm

Quick!  Cover the statues of Venus de Milo and Lady Godiva!

Nudity has been a staple of the visual arts since time began, but apparently the real thing is still too much for some p… Read full post »

There have been some recent discussions on OS about bloggers being identified and sued for defamation, and Google also being sued.  Because of that, I thought a Blogger’s Primer on Libel Law might be a handy thing to have

Sometimes in the course of human events, an orgasm occurs.  Lately, it hasn't been mine.  And I sure could use one -- or several, preferably all in a row.

I checked my Outlook calendar, and I don't have a single one scheduled for anytime next week.  My horoscope doesn't… Read full post »

I am compelled to write a letter about a product, something which I never do, and I am seeking your help.  Here is my draft:

Dear Mars Snackfood US, LLC:

I am writing to you to because of my sense of deep disappoinment and disillusionment that has caused me to lose faith in… Read full post »

 ^{Accused ... (l-r) Wendy Sewell, Michelle Belliveau and Therese Ziemann}

 As you may have noticed, I’m tall.   And every now and then, someone feels compelled to comment on that fact.

This morning as I was riding the elevator to my office, a woman decided to inform me that my height exceeds the norm.  There we… Read full post »

Somewhere between John Coltrane and John Tesh lies the phenomenon called "cool jazz."  Serious jazz afficionados look down their noses at cool jazz, calling it soulless and saccharine.  They fail to understand it.  Cool jazz is not about withering improvisation on altered scal… Read full post »

In this, I tackle the challenge of making a few observations that have been left unsaid in the frenzied cacophony.  With luck, perhaps one or two of them will actually be new to you.

I start with the mundane: Why do we care about celebrity deaths?  Perhaps it is partly because… Read full post »

 As a regular receiver of Brazilian waxes, I thought I would share this video with you.

 I love these women!  And like one woman said, the first time I got a Brazilian wax, I couldn't keep my hands off myself.  I loved how smooth it felt, and I like… Read full post »

And by "us," I mean the LGBT folk.  It's just that this kind of thing...

... does anything but hurt us.  All these images do is reinforce preconceived notions of gays and lesbians as depraved nutjobs in the mind… Read full post »

My body is not my own.

Neither does yours belong to you.  Our bodies are civic bodies, subject to the changing whims of temporal convention and the larger body politick.  The very notion of a woman’s right to control her own body is… Read full post »

“Hey, aren’t you G. Gordon Liddy?” a voice asked.  “I’m going to sue you, you lousy bastard.”

The bald man with his head between my legs lifted his eyes and glared at the interloper standing before us, as other partygoers elbowed their way past us.

&… Read full post »