I’m retired, but not so far removed from the daily grind that I don’t remember the joy inspired by those two simple words, “Happy Hour” – the time of day known for bars and restaurants offering discounted drinks and food. But did you know it’s a time of day rooted in a pre-World War I…
What do you get when you combine Tony Award winning actor and writer Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song Trilogy/Hairspray) with pop sensation Cyndi Lauper? The answer? Broadway history. Fierstein and Lauper joined forces back in 2006 with director Jerry Mitchell to create the Broadway musical smash hit Kinky Boots, based on the 2005 film of the…
BY CORRI PLANCK The preparations for AIDS Walk San Diego have never been surrounded by so much optimism for an end to the epidemic levels of HIV infection. While teams are forming and fundraising and volunteers and staffers are busily organizing event logistics, an important community conversation is taking place. In the midst of this…
Hormones are involved in so many different bodily processes, it is no surprise that a systemic disease like HIV can affect endocrine function or vice versa. Serious endocrine dysfunction occurs more often in people with AIDS or symptomatic HIV disease than in those with early-stage disease and mild immune suppression. Some endocrine disorders are associated…
The Skeleton Twins The best thing about getting past Labor Day is not, contrary to popular thought, the arrival of pumpkin spiced lattes at Starbucks, but rather the wide release of good movies to theaters. Of course, good movies do show up in the first nine months of the year, but movies like Boyhood, Locke,…
If the National Football League (NFL) wants to maintain any credibility, it needs to fire or suspend Commissioner Roger Goodell. Should they choose the latter, it should be for at least as long as Goodell suspended Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, because Goodell committed the same crime. No, Goodell did not punch his wife…
In the last article, we talked about cohousing, a model of an intentional community that originated in Denmark and is now taking hold around the U.S. A more familiar way to form community is to share a home with one or more roommates. We usually think of roommates in the context of housing for younger…
thursday, sept. 18 Oklahoma! This Rodgers and Hammerstein classic features songs like “ Oh, What A Beautiful Morning”, “Surrey With the Fringe On Top”, “People Will Say We’re In Love”, “Many a New Day” and “I Can’t Say No”. It tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams….
Sonja Dalton, writing for Americans For Truth About Homosexuality, once stated “‘Real women’ have two X chromosomes, and they do not have a male sex organ.” This is in line with the current Christian fundamentalist belief that there are only males and females. The scripture most often cited to validate this position is Genesis 1:27:…
The headlines of the Clairemont Community News read, “Hate crime in Clairemont: Local church vandalized.” As some of you already know, Metropolitan Community Church (The Met Church, MCC) was the target of vandalism recently. The graffiti was defined as a hate crime and a police report has been filed. A couple days later eggs were…
