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When will I remember what a waste of time it is to come in to the office on major Jewish holidays? Midtown is deserted. There’s a line-up of about 50 unclaimed cabs in front of Grand Central. It’s spooky, seeing the streets relatively empty like this. Now put down that donut, shouldn’t you be fasting today? I am one of …

Built in 1929 above Grand Central Terminal to serve as the headquarters of the New York Central railroad companies, the Helmsley Building was sold a few months ago to the royal family of Dubai.

Could you live without your cellphone?.

The Powerhouse, San Francisco, 1999 I’m at the Powerhouse for the Mr. Powerhouse Leather contest, whose winner will compete in Mr. San Francisco Leather during the Leather Week buildup to Folsom Street Fair. My buddies Doug and Leif are standing with me on our “perch”, the little raised platform on front of the second floor of the bar, from which …

Folsom StreetOn the way to Polk and CastroYou don’t find them finerFreedom, freedom is in the air, yeahSearching for what we all treasure : pleasureCycles, cycles in the night shining brightBright neon nights tell a glory storyLeather! Leather! Leather! Leather, baby!Levi’s and T’s are the best now all right Dress the way you please, and put your mind at easeIt’s …

One of the neat little features of my click-tracking program is that it tells me how many times a particular link is clicked or how many times a photo has been embiggened. This morning I’m a little amused to see that of the eight photos of yesterday’s Iran/Iraq/Pakistan protest at the UN that I posted, so far 611 of you …

Leaders of the world are sitting a few blocks away from me, as George Bush is just about to address the General Assembly of the United Nations. All of Midtown East is locked down. Roads are closed and traffic is gridlocked everywhere. There are thousands of cops in evidence, and I’ve noticed some “businessmen” wearing sunglasses and earpieces as they …

An interesting new study from the New York City Health Department revealed that almost 10% of the men who self-identified as straight, also reported having had sex with at least one man in the previous year. Most of those men also reported being married. They were also less likely to have been tested for HIV or to have practiced safe …

How’d you like this staring into your bedroom window all night?

Manhattan, September 18th, 2001 In 2001, I lived in Chelsea on 21st Street near 8th Avenue. My third floor apartment overlooked the playground of P.S. 11, the William T. Harris K-5 School. A few days after the attack, on the outside of the wall around the playground, the school began posting drawings that the children had made, presumably allowing them …