If you use public transportation, particularly on the weekends, then you will be in for a treat Sept. 24-25 and Oct. 1-2. If you are more of a car, bicycle or foot-based traveler then you should make an exception on any one of those days and seek out the MTS Green Line because the 13th…
The San Diego Symphony opens its 2011-2012 season on Friday, Sept. 30 featuring the internationally acclaimed pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Joining Thibaudet for the Saturday evening gala performance will be soprano Kathleen Battle. Thibaudet, hailed as one of the best pianists in the world, brings his artistry to San Diego for only three performances. Securing both…
Tom Dickerson, Mr. San Diego Leather 2002 and longtime supporter of the San Diego LGBT community contacted me so that I might share with you, the leather community, news that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee will vote on and select 25 commemorative stamps this coming quarter. His goal is for the leather community to support…
I can remember growing up in the 1960s and 1970s in the capital city of California when the gay community was still very much underground. As far as one could tell in the world in which I was raised, the word “gay” did not even exist. If it did, it wasn’t used as much as…
Michael Lewis’ 2003 book about how the Oakland Athletics’ general manager Billy Beane used baseball statistics in complex, innovative and surprisingly winning ways was a phenomenal bestseller. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Gamehas remained hugely popular for years, not just because Lewis managed to write a good sports drama but also because he…
“I am wearing a pink tie. My opponent is not. Pink ties are the most important issue in this debate, so I should win.” In tournament debate parlance, this is known as the “Tie Paradigm” – pick a color that matches your wardrobe. It is an absurd point to make in an argument about pension…
thursday, sept. 22 Marc Anthony Marc Anthony is an American and Latin Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter, actor and producer. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Marc Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The five-time Grammy winner has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. He is best known for…
Remember way back in 1984, when Bonnie Tyler informed us musically on the Footloose soundtrack that “I Need A Hero?” Well, she must have been beside herself this summer with so many cinematic heroics to choose from. Let’s just say there were some good efforts, and at least one celluloid case of “better luck next…
In the Sept. 2 article, SignOn, U-T, moving to real-name comments, the Union-Tribune announced it was ending anonymous comments. They outlined why they were implementing their new, Sept. 12 onward policy: “But the veil of anonymity also enabled people to publish some dreadful, hate-filled and heartless comments on our pages and those of every other…
Remember that TV series, Mission Impossible? I just love that self-destructing mini-cassette player! Instructions were given once – and only once. Well, I’d like to give you a “Mission Possible.” I don’t want to talk about a mission impossible – but a mission possible! Imagine your little mini-cassette recorder playing the words: “Your mission, should…
