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Dating events...
There are fun things in life that you hesitate to experience because they could be kind of embarrassing, or kind awkward, or kind of pointless. Or a deathly combination of those three. There are the ...
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On the Rag, Vol. 19
A weekly look at what's making news in New York's free gay rags:
View all On the Rag posts HERE.
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In memory of the Japanese New Year festivities, here's your dose of Japanese culture: |
Express Yourself
 Well, it's been a quiet couple of weeks here on the blog. I didn't set out to take a holiday, but when I noticed traffic was down 50 percent it kind of seemed like everyone needed a break from the blogosphere so I decided to slow down a bit, too. (Go figure -- most of you seem to read blogs on the job!) Now that the new year is upon us and I'm in the midst of launching Year 4 of kenneth in the (212), I decided I wanted to stir things up right out of the gate. First I thought about a post arguing the pros and cons of Israel's ground assault on Gaza. Then I considered taking stock of the myriad candidates for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat. (Did you know Rosie O'Donnell's gay brother Daniel, an assemblyman on the Upper West Side since 2003, recently threw his hat into the ring?) Then I had an idea to do an in-depth analysis of our soon-to-be president's economic stimulus plan (Is Barack Obama Turning Japanese?). But then I decided none of those topics was controversial enough to really get a heated debate going on here. That's when I decided to really live on the edge, with a topic everybody has an an opinion on.
What's your favorite Madonna song? (please, no "ties")
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I DON'T KNOW!!!
Honest Wisdom
The Power of Not Knowing
There is wisdom in not knowing, and it is a wise person who can say, "I don't know." For no one knows everything. There are many types of wisdom - from intellectual to emotional to physical intelligence. Yet, even deemed experts in their fields do not know all there is to know about mathematics, yoga, literature, psychology, or art. It is a true master who professes ignorance, for only an empty vessel can be filled.
There are many things in life that we don't know, and there are many things we may have no interest in finding out. There is freedom in saying "I don’t know." When we admit that we don't know something, we can then open ourselves up to the opportunity to learn. And there is power in that. We can’t possibly know everything. And when we think we do, we limit ourselves from growing and learning more than what we already do know. A person who can admit to not knowing tends to be more intellectually and emotionally confident than someone who pretends to know everything. They also tend to be more comfortable with who they are and don’t feel the need to bluff or cover up any perceived ignorance. People can actually end up appearing more foolish when they act as if they know something that they don't.
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Welcome to the Real World
Monday. Monday, Monday, Monday. And today isn't just any Monday, it's Back to Work After Vacation Monday! AAAAAHHHH!!! I know that I worked on Friday, but today there is actually people in the office and actual work to be done. My bosses are already riding my ass to schedule all kinds of meetings and do this and that, and this and that. Ai! Don't they know I have blogs to put out?! Everyone is in a relatively good mood though, and excited to see me which is nice. Truthfully I'm looking forward to having a routine again, after the craziness of the past month. I know that normally on Monday's I do a photo bonanza but truthfully I just don't have the time for it this morning! Hopefully I'll get one up later this afternoon (sorry Justine!) but I do have a mini-photo bonanza to offer all of my blog lovelies. More... [Continue reading]
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The Family Quilt
This weekend we had to check on my Mom’s “switch to digital.” I figured that taking Fuzz with me would mellow and guilt for being a no-show for the holidays. As soon as we walked in the door the Mom was very excited over a gift that the vet sister had made for her. I instantly flashed to a multitude of gifts that Good’ol Sis had made over the years. There was the “trivet” she made for Dalton and
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Page 1 Consider (01/05)
 The Odd Couple: Kathy Griffin has died and gone to heaven. Even the venerable New York Times is weighing in on her "controversial" appearance on CNN New Year's special with "blue-eyed" Anderson Cooper ("her vulgarity was cut from rebroadcasts"), yet strangely they didn't even mention her asking Coop, "Can I get a pap smear from Dr. Sanjay Gupta?" (NYT)
 Oh, Daddy! So how do we feel about the new "Bachelor," Jason Mesnick? (SeattlePI)
Keith Was Robbed! Check out the Top 10 gay videos of 2008. (365Gay)
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Party Boys
Here are three men I'd gladly ring in the new year with ...
 Nick Lachey rings in 1978 in Miami Beach dressed like John Costa, the biggest fox ever at Page Middle School in Madison Heights, Michigan. (I wonder if he had the wallet with the chain on it, too.) Lots more of sexy Nick HERE.
 Meanwhile, Antonio Sabato Jr. and Josh Duhamel counted down the new year in Las Vegas. 
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DC: stomping grounds
Used to be a time when if you called me up and said “Feel like walking around the city today?” I’d be hard-pressed to say yes unless it was a date, or there was the promise of booze or sex at the end of it. My how times have changed, especially with me getting more used to DC’s vaguely winter-styled weather. James arranged a little DC walkabout with me and Michael and it was quite a nice day out on Saturday. It was good for me too, since I had just started to grab a copy of Dr. Who Confidential during which they announced the actor who’ll be playing the Eleventh Doctor, so all I would have done was camp out around my MacBook waiting. James frequently maps out his walks using GPS so I know that we did roughly a 7 mile walk around. Starting at L’Enfant Plaza, over to Eastern Market, passing a few parks including Lincoln Park, making a pit stop at Jacob’s Coffee House and heading over towards Union Station before walking over to Gallery Place where Michael and I hit the metro home.
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Ding, Ding, Ding Went the Bell
 My girl Liza Minnelli rings the New York Stock Exchange closing bell on Friday in New York City. |
Quote of the Day
“We have 40,000 unserved felony warrants — murderers and rapists — and instead of serving those warrants, we have this buffoon who spends his time popping out from behind curtains for a reality television show. He continues to demean our community by chasing publicity and acting the buffoon” -- Phoenix lawyer Michael C. Manning on Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio of Maricopa County, who is notorious for his organized immigration sweeps of Hispanic neighborhoods, staged training operations in Honduras and his office's arresting of journalists who had written negatively about his tenure. Arpaio's department has been sued repeatedly and successfully in wrongful death suits from families of victims who had never even been charged with a crime. (Read more HERE.)
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Raccoon Racket
 Dear Squirrel,
I have wronged you, my brethren. I am but a humble servant of God and beg your forgiveness. Cast me into the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, or might I suggest directing your ire toward your fellow woodsman, Raccoon?
Because that's who climbed up on my dogwood branch and figured out how to lift the cylinder, undo the hook, and knock the birdseed to the ground. And that caused me to talk so much smack about you.
I know it must be hard to co-exist with such a cunning, shady sort of character. Ideally your kinsman would take ownership for his indiscretion but instead, he was fine to send you walking down the plank.
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Yo-Yo Amazement
 Squirrel down to the wire with homework.
Some resolutions just need a good kick in the ass to get going again, and by that I mean working out at the gym. Every holiday it's the same cycle. I work out hard till Halloween and then start to sluff off till Thanksgiving, then spiral in those final weeks of the holiday season with all the cookies, cakes, chocolates and other carbs so readily available. And then I'm confronted with statements like this: "It's amazing, babe, how quickly your body changes either for the better or the worse." Gee, thanks Squirrel. Okay, so he's not entirely immune and there's a reason I call him a "snake-belly squirrel" because he has a propensity to stuff himself so full at times that his stomach looks like he swallowed his prey whole. So it's back to the gym for me, with an emphasis on cardio daily for thirty minutes, lots and lots of salad and protein farewell to all the things that I love to eat, but just can't if I'm to be the other half of an attractive couple. Oh the pressure.
Now I just need to pick up a Foreman Grill and I'll be set. If I can drop one and half pounds over the next ten weeks, and zero in at eight percent body fat, then I'll be within my goal of 200 pounds for the spring season. The worst part of getting in shape is falling out of it. Oy. That's still a big boy. Still, no one likes a pudgy guy in a pair of Bums or flat-assed for that matter, too.
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