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No, Really, Seriously, It Was About Slavery

Posted on April 13, 2011 by garApril 14, 2011
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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 →

Posted in Everything Else | Tagged black, Civil War Revisionism, Holocaust, rant, slavery | 5 Replies

How Many Queer Folks Does It Take To Achieve Equality?

Posted on April 9, 2011 by garApril 9, 2011
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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 →

Posted in Everything Else | Tagged gay, population, queer, study, Williams Institute | Leave a reply

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

Posted on April 4, 2011 by garApril 4, 2011
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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 →

Posted in Everything Else | Tagged A Different Light Bookstore, ADL, bookstores, coming out, LGBT, queer | 1 Reply

Brother Huey Got His Back

Posted on March 31, 2011 by garApril 17, 2011
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{Editors Note:  The dialog between Jameel and Alfonso was taken from my unpublished novel Sin Against the Race.} He knew Hegel.  He knew Marx.  He knew Lenin.  He knew Trotsky.  He knew Mao.  He knew Ché.  He knew Cleaver.  He … Continue reading →

Posted in Short Stories | Tagged african-american, black, fiction, gay, Huey Newton, SATR | Leave a reply

Dame Elizabeth Taylor

Posted on March 23, 2011 by garMarch 23, 2011
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Today I’ve had one word going through my head:  GEORGE!  GEOOOOORRGE! It’s impossible to represent with letter and words and punctuation the raw emotion evoked when Elizabeth Taylor belched it from her gut in scene after scene of her Oscar winning … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything Else | Tagged AIDS, Elizabeth Taylor, Hollywood | Leave a reply

Bashing Big Bird

Posted on February 16, 2011 by garFebruary 16, 2011
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Big Bird and I have grown grey together.  If you look at him closely, you’ll see a tuft of white feathers on top of his head.  It’s been there for a while, but I’m pretty sure he wasn’t born that … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything Else | Tagged Big Bird, NPR, public broadcasting, rant, Republicans | 1 Reply

Re: Vision

Posted on January 26, 2011 by garJanuary 26, 2011
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I was hoping to put up more short stories.  Some need revisions before I’m willing to put them out there on the internets.  However, I’ve still working on revisions to my novel.  I find that every time I think I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything Else | Tagged revision, SATR, writing | Leave a reply

He made me laugh

Posted on January 26, 2011 by garJanuary 26, 2011
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I wanted to wait a few days before putting something down about the sudden resignation (termination?) of Keith Olbermann from MSNBC.  My thoughts are influx about what really went down — and we may never fully know the answer.  But … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything Else | Tagged Keith Olbermann, MSNBC | 1 Reply

Kim Jong-Il Looking At Things

Posted on January 13, 2011 by garJanuary 13, 2011
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My voyage on the shortwaves, mentioned a couple of posts ago, long ago took me to the peculiar country of North Korea — or more formally the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.  DPRK is sort of a bizarre anachronism, a microcosm of … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything Else | Tagged Dear Leader, Kim Jong-Il, North Korea, shortwave | Leave a reply

Short Story: The Swing Shift

Posted on January 6, 2011 by garApril 17, 2011
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This story could be called a love letter to the Duke Ellington Orchestra.  I wrote it around the time I fell head over heels for all things Ellington and started listening to his music 23 out of 24 hours in … Continue reading →

Posted in Short Stories | Tagged african-american, black, Ellington, fiction, gay, jazz, queer, short story, Strayhorn | 5 Replies

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