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I don’t know how I came across this on You Tube, but please enjoy the exploits of my new favorite superhero: Violated By Bears Man. See, he was raped by radioactive bears. And it gave him superpowers, right? Go watch. And yes, I am *dying* for his “Bears Did Terrible Things To Me” t-shirt.

As my mind is in California this weekend, here’s a snap that a friend sent me this week, taken at 11am on a Sunday morning in L.A. in 2001. As we waited in line to get into some after-after-after party called Redeye, where the late DJ Neil Lewis was about to spin, the sky began to brighten and we realized …

At noon today, from her wheelchair on Dag Hammerskjold Plaza, Edith Atkins, 99, told me, “I’ve been voting for 75 years, since the ’30s. I can’t let it all end with Bush!” I got a little choked up and shook her hand and asked for permission to take her picture. Her sign advocates for Bush to be charged with war …

Siegfried and Roy were inducted into the Las Vegas Walk Of Stars on Tuesday, three years to the day after Roy was attacked and grievously injured by a tiger during their act. In observance, here’s the poem I wrote on that day in 2003. Forced RetirementHis codpiece bulgingHis hair styled highRoy *snapped* his whipAs the tigers raced by One Bengal …

Worst.Title.Ever. Just be glad that I don’t keep porn in there, otherwise this post would be called Hot Lovin’ From The Oven. Hanging from my vestigial control knobs are two leather bears, made two years ago as Christmas ornaments by Eddie, who is rather crafty.

Who’s your favorite straight person, in terms of doing good work, generating good will, and creating an overall positive benefit to the gay community? I’d probably have to go with Jon Stewart, of The Daily Show, whose frank and pithy commentary reveals to a national audience the idiocy and illogic of homophobia..

On my lunch hour, I hopped on the S train (conveniently located in my office basement) and popped over to Times Square to visit the information center and pick up some guides to Open House New York. The suitably NYC-icy guy behind the counter snarked that he had no guides, he didn’t know when they were coming and that he …

The annual Open House New York occurs this weekend and I am jig-giggling with antici…. During this weekend, many NYC cultural/architectural landmarks that are not usually open to the public are available for exploration. Many sites require reservations to visit and some are already sold out, so take a look at their availabilities. We’ve got a small group of digicam-happy …

I’ve got a five-day conference in Portland at the end of the month. Not the “good” Portland, as my boss hastened to mention. Portland, Maine. I’ve never been to either, so what do I know? This is the same conference that took me to Minneapolis last year, which loyal readers may recall, I ended up loving. So, then. What’s the …