Sunday, February 22, 2009

Oscar Who?

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Meyer? Fischinger? De La Renta? The Academy Awards are on tonight, and I will not be watching them, because I just don't care. For a gre...
Sunday, January 25, 2009

The First Great Gay Movie?

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I saw Milk yesterday, and it was incredi-freaking-able. Thoughts: It reminds us of how persecuted we were, and how that persecution drove ma...
Saturday, January 24, 2009

Just Blocks from the White House - Can You Hear the People Sing?

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The Washington Post essay titled Taped Inaugural Music Is Live Issue prompted me to leave the following comment/rant on the venerable paper...
Friday, January 23, 2009

The View Just Blocks from the White House: The Day, Part 3

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Read Parts One and Two . In a government known for its bureaucracy, for systems of checks and balances that prolong ever getting anything do...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

The View Just Blocks from the White House: The Day, Part Two

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Read Part One here... When last we saw him, our hero was standing in the cold on the Washington Monument grounds, facing the Capitol, wrappe...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The View Just Blocks from the White House: Here's Something You've Probably Never Seen Before

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The week continues to be seismic. Change.gov became WhiteHouse.gov today, and if you hover over "The Agenda" and click on "C...

The View Just Blocks from the White House

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I love this picture (#3). Note the desk top - polished and reflecting. Just a few papers, the phone, and space . The new neighbors have move...

The View Just Blocks from the White House

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Exhaustion sets in. At work, I almost fell asleep during the staff meeting. I looked at papers on my desk and couldn't read them. Then I...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The View Just Blocks from the White House - The Day, Part One

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On TV this morning, I saw so many people already on the Mall, I feared I wouldn't get near even the Lincoln Memorial. I dressed in count...