Last night, I logged back into There for the first time in several weeks. That sabbatical hadn’t been intentional so much as just incidental, but it still lasted longer than I expected or even realized. Roger and Lee hadn’t been pressuring me to come join them, and I hadn’t heard from Matt at all, so […]
Sunday’s issue of The [San Jose] Mercury News included a positive piece about the more recent practice of many colleges and universities to reach out to prospective queer students, “signaling… that they have gay-friendly campuses.” Stanford , for example, distributed a CD highlighting the university’s gay and lesbian resources to everyone it admitted this year; […]
After seeing this first on boing boing a few days ago and then again today at Neil Gaiman’s journal, I have to pass it on. The pictures and the Japanglish are priceless, as are the happy, dancing cartoon cats–especially in comparison to the sullen, almost incredulous look on the faces of the real cats. Of […]
The lethargy that had gripped me the rest of the long weekend seems to have finally worn off. I was up until 3:00 last night watching the I Love the 80s specials on VH-1. There was even a segment on Member’s Only jackets, of which I’d owned and been proud of several–give me a break, […]
It’s been a mostly grey, somewhat gloomy day starting off what promises to be a mostly grey, rather gloomy weekend. The pool at my condo building officially opened today but even if I were the swimming pool type (I don’t think I’ve been in the pool here in at least two years), it was too […]
Tuesday night, Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia attended a dinner in honor of Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, The Advocate reported yesterday. The dinner was hosted by the Urban Family Council, which has sued to stop the city of Philadelphia from registering same-sex “life partners.” Federal judges are barred from […]
Ok, so it’s bad enough that I–an intelligent, gainfully employed, reasonably attractive gay man–live alone with my cat. To add injury to insult, I’m now supposed to simultaneously hold said cat still, tilt its head up, get one of its eyes open and keep it open, and squeeze a half-inch bead of antibiotic ointment onto […]
I called Alex’s vet this afternoon to see if she had the results of his lab work. I also told her that the ophthalmologist hadn’t been able to offer me an appointment until three weeks from now; she suggested another I could call. That second ophthalmologist only comes to the local animal hospital on Mondays, […]
Sitting here listening to the CDs in the BOCA–Best of College A Cappella (shouldn’t it be BOCAC, though?)–Box set that just arrived today. I ordered it a few days ago after coming across a reference to some humorous a capella pieces and the resultant trip down memory lane to my own college glee club and […]
Alex and I saw the vet this morning. A different doctor was on duty today than the one who treated him for a respiratory infection several years ago; both are women, and both have a terrific tableside manner. I was surprised at just how well Alex behaved, given the many more indignities and needle pricks […]