Monday, August 31, 2009

What the fuck, humanity?

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As if this day hasn't been odd enough--and parts of it have been good, but overall it's been odder than a tech-employed hippie with ...
Sunday, August 30, 2009

Mr. Dunne and Senator Kennedy:

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I'm about a million and a half emails and phone calls behind because, as I continue to heal, I've been writing increasingly and, als...
Friday, August 28, 2009

I'm not a fanatic, but I...

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...enjoy "Project Runway" most of the time. Three points in light of last night's episode, though: Any contestant sporting a f...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

Best anniversary ever! (As such):

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Last Monday, August 17th, marked the 18 year anniversary of when I first developed CFIDS. (Yes, I remember the exact day. The precise moment...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

This feels like one of the longer weeks in recorded human history...

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...and while I'm too tired to elucidate and while my postings on Facebook intended to preempt any confusion actually added to it when my...
Sunday, August 16, 2009

Brief film musings before Mad Men season #3 premieres tonight:

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One of the best parts about living in my neighborhood is residing within 15 minutes (max) of six movie theaters. For a film lover like mysel...
Saturday, August 15, 2009

And to the couple who decided to reenact Barfly last night at 4:30 a.m. outside my bedroom window:

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You are not Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway. Your dialogue ("FUCK YOU!" "NO, YOU ASSHOLE, FUCK YOU!") was not written by ...
Friday, August 14, 2009

Like Wonder Woman in sky blue Converse All Stars:

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I'm not superstitious by nature, but all of us have our idiosyncrasies. (Obama shot hoops the morning of each primary or caucus, believi...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

It's not a state secret that I've...

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...had CFIDS (in many ways akin to MS) for the past 18 years and while I've published dozens of pieces for superb magazines and journals...
Wednesday, August 05, 2009

At least it's not smack and, so far, I'm sober:

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I've smoked maybe a dozen cigarettes in my life in totem, all of them in the summer of 1985 when my brother and I were wandering around ...

It's always something:

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First off, well done, President Clinton. That was old school. And viewing the photos of Clinton and Al Gore hugging this morning on the New ...
Tuesday, August 04, 2009

I become amused when...

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...a segment of atheists stake their position as adamantly as theists often do, as if they alone know with certainty as to lack of an omnisc...
Monday, August 03, 2009

I've written extensively about Henry Louis Gates on Facebook...

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...but I'd like to add a few things here: About three years ago, Vanity Fair referred to the esteeemed Margaret Atwood as a "female...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

At the end of Seattle's 103 degree day, the warmest in the city's history:

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After a lovely evening out at Star Trek (more on that next time) w/ my best friend and two of his friends, both of whom I've met before ...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Hey, you know what sucks harder than giving blowjobs for pocket change at bus stations?

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When you've already had a fever for nineteen months and the temperature in your city is 90 degrees and is about to top 100. Appropriate ...
Saturday, July 25, 2009

The more things change:

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Yesterday was utterly delightful. My best friend took me to Golden Gardens (and he helped me navigate the sand while on my cane) and then we...
Friday, July 24, 2009

And we are reminded again...

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...that difficulties present themselves in a city where protracted discussion of amateur-level skiing and hiking passes for culture. And thi...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

And with no access to Cortizone cream or Percocet:

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It sounds like I'm being facetious, but I genuinely feel sorry for Olympia Snowe, Tim Pawlenty, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Peggy Noonan, Alex...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

I've posted this elsewhere, but it bears repeating:

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Say what you will about Dick Cheney, but by all accounts he loves his family and they love him. And while Saddam Hussein often had a fractio...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Back in the saddle again. Sort of:

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If you know me or if you read my Facebook page, you're aware that I developed a particularly acute case of shingles nine weeks ago and t...