With the club creatures in town, and after a very late night, we met up near Jennifer’s house for a late brunch (sometimes also known as “lunch” but it was a Sunday and most of us were gay, so “brunch”). It was rather late by the time we finally made our way to the Folsom [...]
Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
- Pancho Villa, last words
Since I didn’t sleep at all going into our final day of the Summit, it was a good thing it was a relatively slow morning. In fact, my only major duty was the final plenary with Brian Graden, president of entertainment [...]
“Tact is just not saying true stuff. I’ll pass.”
- Cordelia Chase on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Friday morning started off with our third plenary, featuring some unknown singer with a bit of pitch problems as entertainment and former NBA player John Amaechi as the speaker. Although I did get to speak with him briefly, I spent [...]
“The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not mov’d with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.”
- William Shakespeare, from The Merchant of Venice (V, i, 83-85)
Thursday morning started way too early for someone who’d been up late the night before. Our opening plenary, with Chrissy Gephardt, was the first [...]
“Here’s to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.”
- Homer Simpson
Day 2 kicked off the start of all the fun at 8:00 a.m. as people started arriving for the Pre-Summit Seminars. A few short speeches and light breakfast (bagels and pastries) before everyone broke off for the seminars. The first “snafu” [...]
First full day in Washington and it’s all about the bags.
I must confess that I feel somewhat bewildered by what you have just told me. To be born, or at any rate bred in a handbag, whether it have handles or not, seems to me to display a contempt for the ordinary decencies of family [...]
I arrived in DC safe and sound. Short layover on St. Louis, which, thank Jebus, has a smoking lounge. My last several cross country trips have stopped over in Chicago, Orange County, and Vegas–none of which allow smoking anymore unless you go all the way outside, come back in, get another security screening, etc. For [...]
My buddy Daniel introduced me to this series a while ago. I still snicker when I think about it.
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I just finished reading God is Not Great by Chistopher Hitchens. I’ve read enough books on atheist thinking that the basic ideas aren’t as exciting any more. The first great book on atheism [...]
After several days of working late even while sick, I decided that I was leaving at a reasonable hour today. I know I’ll leave on time Friday, but I’ll be back in the office over the weekend and I fly to DC on Monday, so I feel like I should take advantage of an opportunity [...]
I recently finished reading The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurt. I’ll admit that I had trouble loving the novel at first, but somewhere near the midpoint, it became an absolute page-turner that I didn’t want to put down after my work breaks or for sleep. Nick Guest, a young man of modest background, has [...]
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