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Monthly Archives: November 2011
It Took Two Weeks
Within a couple of months of coming out in 1988, I took my first HIV test. It took two weeks to get the results at that time. Two weeks. They counseled you when they drew blood. And they counseled you … Continue reading
Let’s Start Using Much Older Weapons: Speech, Diplomacy, Conversation
The Doctor: Professor Watson, any being that can exist let alone thrive inside a nuclear pile is hardly likely to be deterred by a few primitive missiles. Professor Watson: But they’re the most powerful missiles we have! The Doctor: On … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-apartheid history, Berkeley, clubbing, Davis, demonstrations, Occupy, pepper spray, protests, UC, UCLA
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A Graveyard Full of Ghosts – Part VI
They laid upon the soil against a stump in the dark of the sacrificial woods behind Bill’s family’s old house. Stars shone between the tall trees. “When was the first time?” Suzy said. “Come on. Out with it.” Bill took … Continue reading
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Tagged black, fiction, gay, Religion, the closet
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And they link arms
“When they said Berkeley was ‘crunchy,’ I didn’t know they meant students’ rib cages.” – Stephen Colbert Gathered together to protest the injustices of the day, they linked arms and held firm. They linked arms as they crossed a bridge, … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkeley, linking arms, Occupy Cal, OWS, politics, rant
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the gar spot: One year later
Have you ever used a pickax? The first time I ever used one was to create a ditch for a french drainage system on one side of the house. In the Bay Area, the soil is generally some type of … Continue reading
Grover
Mom sat me in front of the TV one day in 1969. I was four and fidgety. Eventually, a big yellow bird came on the screen and introduced me and the rest of the world to Sesame Street. The rest … Continue reading