My partner, who is now working nights, tries on a blindfold to help him sleep during the days.
Sometimes, to cook food well is to make sure the food is well cooked. My partner Charlie died in 1994. Back in the 1980s, our romance was going full-bore; and the time eventually came when he had to take me to meet the family. They lived in a shotgun shack on the Pine Ridge Indian [...]
In preparation for my looooooong car trip back to Minnesota, I bought a cheap XM satellite radio. The installation wasn’t too difficult in my new Civic (although the paste-on bracket for the device keeps becoming unglued from the underside of the dashboard). Now, on the days when I drive to work, I get to listen [...]
I love it when the stock market takes a dump a couple of days after you decide to go back in. I’m in for the long haul, so I’m not going to sell. I just wish I had some more money on the sidelines so that I could buy more after a little while. One [...]
One of the cool things about living in the New York City area is that you sometimes get to see movie stars living their lives among the common folk. My Partner was emerging from the Christopher Street PATH station yesterday morning when he ran into actor Jeremy Sisto. Partner told him how much he liked [...]
It’s awfully cold and rainy for a mid-May day today in Jersey City. I’m going to write a strongly worded letter to Al Gore.
Sunday and Monday, the partner and I drove up to Buffalo, New York to visit his family and retrieve some documents that he will need to (hopefully) start his new job soon. Upstate New York is really beautiful. Rolling hills, small farms, and the Erie Canal made it a pleasant drive both ways. Tuesday was [...]
At the Episcopal church I go to, the priest in training delivered the sermon. Rather than talking about the readings for today from the lectionary, he moaned about the illegal immigrant law in Arizona. He made some condescending comments about the shocking people who called into an NPR show on the subject, and made a [...]
I don’t know his ‘hood, but when I see me in him I know it all too well. False pride dogs our lives. We wreck our peace like two bulls in a china shop. I see him struggle. I want to fight his battles but I must stand back. I’ve been here before. Must I [...]
I’m taking another lunge at losing weight and getting in shape. This time around, I’m not following a diet; but rather, working on changing my entire belief system about my nutrition and exercise. I’m plowing through this book: More posts on this topic later.