My grandfather passed away Saturday, January 28th.  The news was sudden, but his death wasn’t.  He was 85, and for the past few years, he had collected illnesses and maladies that led him to this point.  His condition had deteriorated steadily for at least three years.  It’s been a long time since I remember [...]

Written by Guest Writer Marcus Kaye The Oscar nominations were announced bright and early Tuesday morning, and I, much to my own surprise, was up to watch them. I needed to tune in, of course, to ensure that Sarah Jessica Parker got her rightful nomination for War Horse and that Bridesmaids swept the announcements. Like [...]

A little light reading for this Saturday morning.  And when I say light, I mean an idea that doesn’t take a lot of attention to wrap your mind around.  It’s not even something I’m worked up about.  It’s so ballsy and false, and the people running it so toothless, that I invite you all to [...]

“Someone is on your side, someone else is not.” I had myself a big gay day back in November 2008 when I drove to a No on Prop 8 campaign while sobbing to Stephen Sondheim’s “No One is Alone.”  The song, to the uninitiated, is from the musical Into the Woods, and it’s about reconciling [...]

  D.C. State of the Union time!  It’s like Presidential New Year’s Resolutions.  A lot of news people have blathered that Obama isn’t going to get done practically any of the things he says he’ll get done.  Exactly!  Just like a New Year’s resolution.  But every President does this, promise a whole batch of stuff, [...]

It doesn’t get more personal than marriage.  A personal decision that has serious life reverberations should have a master chef’s balance of seriousness and frivolity.  It’s a marriage, not a land deal (anymore).  A marriage is a song that’s somewhere between the extremes of Edwin McCain’s “I’ll Be” and Harry Belafonte’s “Man Smart, Woman Smarter”. [...]

  If the wind doesn’t change in the next month, Washington State will join Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Iowa, New York and Washington D.C. to become the seventh state that holds gay marriage laws.  The House has the votes to approve it, the Governor will sign it, and the Senate yesterday found their 25th [...]

  At 10:00 am Pacific time, the Washington Marriage Equality bill will go before the Senate Committee, followed by its encore appearance at 3:00 pm for the cheap seats in the back (aka the House Committee).  Then, we’re off to the races.  The Seattle Times believes that the one-two-three of this bill’s passage will be fairly [...]

  Washington State is now poised to become the 7th state to have the benefits of Marriage Equality (8, if you count Equality-riddled D.C.).  Governor Gregoire has pushed for the bill, set to be introduced in front of the state congress this Monday.  The house will very easily pass this.  The senate is the last [...]

IT IS THE MINIATUR WUNDERLAND MIT OUT NAZIS!  JAWHOL, WEEKENDERS! Hitler’s autobiography Mein Kampf (which I believe is German for “My LIFE, You Guys!”) is banned in Germany.  Yes, the book that was common (required?) to be found on the mantel in every German household, next to Der Bible Wurds, will be confiscated from your hands [...]

Written by Guest Writer Michael Russo, Student Nurse   Well, hello there, everyone.  My name is Michael Russo.  I am many things:  former medical student, current nursing student in an accelerated nursing program, foodie, avid Nicholas Sparks reader (yes I read Nicholas Sparks; although the plots are beginning to melt into one and leaving me knowing [...]

  Hey folks!  Please accept no post today, as my dog is very sick at the moment, and I must attend to him.  He is okay now and is taking medicine.  Jack shall have Jill, and naught shall go ill.  In the meantime, thank you for your readership, and as we’re trying to grow our [...]

  Okay, here we go… MARYLAND! –baton pass– The Governor-backed marriage amendment in the land of crabs, Ravens and shitloads of crack has a long road ahead, as The Washington Post reports today.  The area is seen as a natural soft spot for Marriage Equality.  It’s adjacent to what is rapidly becoming the 13 colonies [...]

  The Daily Beast writer Andrew Sullivan, who wrote a terrific Newsweek piece arguing for President Obama’s second term, answers daily questions on his site.  Today’s question has a longer, more nuanced answer than usual.  I found watching it to be a centering, quiet and healthy experience.  The question is “How do you define ‘patriotism’?”  It’s [...]

1. LA can get itself a Dunkin’ Donuts. Why is it that every other corner of this country ‘runs on Dunkin” except for the one city where people are stuck in their cars all day?  We have nothing here!  Krispy Kremes are vanishing, and all we’re left with is little taqueria-shaped donut huts that would [...]