Monthly Archives: April 2011

Birther-gate: the silliness that ain’t silly

Posted on April 27, 2011 by gar

So President Obama persuaded Hawaiian officials with a personal, handwritten note to send him copies of the sacred “long form” birth certificate so that the White House can distribute the document widely and bring a hoped for end to the … Continue reading →

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Spam, spam, spam, spam

Posted on April 23, 2011 by gar

Since its launch last fall, the gar spot has received a goodly amount of traffic, some comments here and there, and . . . SPAM!  The spam comments are caught in the snare of a spam filter, an electromagnetic mesh affair … Continue reading →

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The Bashing’s Aftermath – Excerpt from Sin Against the Race

Posted on April 17, 2011 by gar

[Editor's note:  This is from the revised Chapter 4 from the novel Sin Against the Race.] At 51st they jaywalked into the park and walked towards Stevens.  A sizable crowd had gathered already at the site of the attack.  The … Continue reading →

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No, Really, Seriously, It Was About Slavery

Posted on April 13, 2011 by gar

This week Live Science published the article 6 Civil War Myths, Busted in time for the 150th anniversary of the start of the bloody battle.  The first myth busted is that slavery had nothing to do with the Civil War. … Continue reading →

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How Many Queer Folks Does It Take To Achieve Equality?

Posted on April 9, 2011 by gar

Groggy from lack of sleep, I rolled over early one morning just before Get Up time and put on my reading specs then turned on the Touch to read the latest headlines.  At the SF Chronicle mobile site I find … Continue reading →

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And then there were none: A Different Light, A Remembrance

Posted on April 4, 2011 by gar

It sat in a little white building nestled on a small block squeezed by Santa Monica and Sunset. I always had problems finding it exactly, and then there was the parking which was challenging even for a motorcycle.  I didn’t … Continue reading →

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