2014
About depression, addiction and suicide
The recent suicide of comedian Robin Williams focused a lot of attention and information on these three serious issues for a few days and then, as usual, it was onto the next major media story. I don’t believe that there is anyone that does not know someone who has a drug/alcohol addiction or suffers depression…
The Normal Heart
dvd of the week HBO’s stunningly good production of The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer’s iconic play about the early years of AIDS in New York and the founding of Gay Men’s Health Crisis, arrived more than 29 years after the play’s premiere. Kramer’s alter ego is Ned Weeks (a searing Mark Ruffalo), a neurotic gay…
True Blood
dvr this HBO, Sunday, Aug. 24, 10 p.m. The series finale of the HBO hit comedic drama about a small Louisiana town, its vampires and the folks who love and hate them is finally here. All season, the writers have been wrapping up loose ends, pairing off lovelorn characters and settling old scores. Tara (Rutina…
Nicole and me
The last several weeks have created quite a buzz within the LGBT political community because of my message entitled “Conversations with a Republican Mouthpiece” (San Diego LGBT Weekly issue 153). In it I take activist Nicole Murray Ramirez to task on a variety of fronts, and will again later in this message. But first I…
Fix Body Group: San Diego’s premier rehab and training center
I smoke. I hate working out. I eat cheese. So if there were someone less ill-suited to write an article on Fix Body Group in Hillcrest, I, and only I, was it. But I agreed and there I was, on my one day off, trekking down to the Hillcrest Uptown District shopping center – soon…
About that miracle cure
I almost worked on Ebola virus. A PhD candidate at Emory University, I had the option of working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. After reading The Hot Zone and a lecture on emerging diseases from one of its heroes, C.J. Peters, I was ready to don bio-hazard gear for a P4 lab….
The law of diminishing returns
If you’ve dreamed of a sparkling new kitchen and finally open the wallet and make it happen, enjoy it! But if you’re hoping it will add major dollars to the sale of your home, well, time to think again. Buyers want all the goodies, for sure, but remember the adage “the best we can get…
The City: Top to Bottom
thursday, aug. 21 transcenDANCE presents Because I’m Still Becoming While we all have stories that tell us where we’ve come from, we are not our past. Enjoy the culminating event of a summer long exploration that highlights youth voice, creative writing and personal storytelling as catalysts for creating future change both internally and externally through…
Don’t let hackers steal your money!
First it was the Target store data theft that occurred around the holidays last year. That was followed up with the Heartbleed virus. Now some group of Russian gangsters has stolen a billion user IDs and passwords. I’m fed up! No one has time to keep changing passwords every few months. Most people are probably…