Category: Non Fiction

01 Oct

Goodnight blue eyes

The consummate anti-hero said goodnight last week after putting up quite a fight. A good man, a humble man, star of many great film. Not afraid to sweat it out on the roof, vain enough to refuse a great role because he though he had skinny legs, bold enough to go toe to toe with [...]
28 Sep

How do you break free without breaking apart?

Well shit… I can’t say I’m anything close to a fan of Kate Winslet — even though she was amazing in ‘the eternal sunlight of the spotless mind’ and even more amazing in ‘little children’ — and there’s no way I could say I like anything Leonardo DiCaprio — even though he was great in [...]
19 Sep

Letting go with kindness, love, and joy

I’m a fan of Woody Allen films. From the mid seventies to the present, I have faithfully followed the man’s work. In recent years there’s been so much talk about his “return to comedy” that I’ve all but lost interest in going to see his movies. I always say something like “Oh” and then don’t [...]
14 Sep

You’re so beautiful… you could be a part time model. But you’d probably have to keep your normal job. You could spend part of your time modeling, and part of your time with me… And the rest of the time you’d be doing your normal job.

I am often late to the party when it comes to television, I end up watching things on DVD or whatever, but no one could have prepared me for Flight of the Conchords. The series is about two musicians from New Zealand who live in New york. They’re best friends, they try to get gigs, they [...]
08 Sep

More Bush!

It’s a real shame that people who care about choice support Sarah Palin, thus John McCain for president. If you’re a bona fide anti-choice person who doesn’t believe that a woman has, or should have the choice to abort a pregnancy, then I guess I’m not actually talking to you right now, but for those [...]
27 Aug

Goodnight Del

San Francisco - US Lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin, who married her partner of 55 years in one of California first same-sex weddings, died Wednesday in San Francisco of natural causes. She was 87. Thank you for your devotion to our rights. Thank you for never giving up. Life is so short, way too short to mess [...]
27 Aug

… by bringing us together and reminding us how much we share and how alike we really are.

In case you live in a cabin in the woods with out electricity, or maybe under a rock, Michelle Obama spoke on Monday night at the democratic national convention in Denver. She was the keynote speaker. I’ve got a bit of campaign direction for Obama, but that’s not why I’m here today. I am going [...]
28 Jul

How about a little political optimism?

After seven and a half years of conservative leadership in the United States I think it’s safe to say that the American people are exhausted. We’ve survived the smug self-righteousness of the conservatives, blunted our ears and minds to the endless propaganda streaming from Fox news, CSPAN, stared blankly as even the satire of lies, [...]