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The Cards Never Lie!

Youree Dell Cleomili Harris, native of Los Angeles, better known as Miss Cleo, fake native of Jamaica, comes out of the closet in this week’s Advocate. Start jokes on how we should have seen this coming: now.

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Morning View – Empire State Building

The Empire State Building, as seen from 40th Street and Fifth Avenue, six blocks away. I cropped the rest of the shot out, but if you embiggen, you should get some OK detail. I’ve been waiting for a cool crisp fall day to try and get some shots from the top, free of the haze that usually restricts the view …

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HIV *IS* A Gay Disease, Says LAGLC

I’ve been getting emails all morning asking what I think of this new campaign from the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center. And my answer is….I’m not sure. All of the old issues of stigmatization and shaming come back to the surface, yes. But I’m also very mindful of the recent stats on infection rates and with that in mind, …

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Foley IM Transcript

Maf54: You in your boxers, too?Teen: Nope, just got home. I had a college interview that went late.Maf54: Well, strip down and get relaxed. Maf54: What ya wearing?Teen: tshirt and shortsMaf54: Love to slip them off of you. Maf54: Do I make you a little horny?Teen: A little.Maf54: Cool.Maf54: By the way, right now I’m sitting on a dildo shaped …

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The Attack Of The “Barely-Legal” Ho-Bags

While I am well aware that I’m not exactly within their target demo, in the few months I’ve been using MySpace, the site has gone from just slightly interesting, right on over to pretty damn annoying. If you get 10 emails, 8 of them are from “barely-legal girls” who are “personally inviting you to share in their online modeling show”, …

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Monday Affirmation

YOU are an important person. A rare individual. Today’s is Sting’s 55th birthday. And in honor of the rock’s sexiest senior, here’s a song he co-wrote with rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith, Adventures In Success, as part of Goldsmith’s 1983 Will Powers project, Dancing For Mental Health, the “first and only comedy self-help dance record.” That’s Goldsmith’s computer-altered voice on the …

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This Town Comin’ Like A Ghost Town

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 …

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The Novice Contestant

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 …

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