It was fun while it lasted. You were the perfect summer fling... brief, flitting and oh-so fulfilling. And what a surprise. Like a great lover discovered surfing through dusty piles of books in a used bookstore -- while I frittered away, anxious to grab a cheap paperback while wearing dirty sweats -- your joyful presence in my life was a complete surprise. You were fun, sophisticated, juicy and so not CBS.I fear we shall never see each other again. I'm sad, but I'll cope.... I always do. But should you return to TV, do look me up. ...

9/7/96 - David Bowie @ The Capitol Ballroom.The Capitol Ballroom later became dance club behemoth Nation. Bowie had been a hero of mine for years. I couldn't believe I had the opportunity to see him in a club like this. It was a huge club, to be sure, but the last time I saw him was when he played Giants Stadium in front of about a billion people. This was like having him in my living room.He was still going through his "I refuse to play the hits" phase but nobody really cared. It was Bowie. And his album ...

Here are the five biggest stories from Gay News Watch over the last week: Activists criticize McCain pick Sarah Palin on gay rights: QUICK LOOK: Republican Senator John McCain has selected Sarah Palin, Alaska's governor and a little-known conservative with... ...

9/5/88 - Grateful Dead - Capital Centre - Landover, MD. My 3rd Dead show. Great seats, just off the floor. I took my friend Rich to this one. I've known Rich since the 2nd grade. We lived together for one semester at PSU. Rich turned me on to so many bands during that one semester. He's the guy that got me hooked on R.E.M., introduced me to The Cramps, Husker Du, The Residents and a slew of others. I figured it was my turn to show him something different.Rider" and my only "When Push Comes To Shove." I think ...

9/6/88 - Grateful Dead @ The Capital Centre. My fourth show and the last one of the run. Again - no repeats from the other 3 nights. Amazing. Probably the most mellow show of the run. A nice way to wind down the run of shows. Tonight we got both "Cumberland" and "Beat It On Down The Line"...two songs I'd rarely see again. I'm completely hooked by this point. Now I'm trying to figure out when I can see them again - as soon as possible.I took my friend Cathy to this show. I had known Cathy all ...

Now that Sarah Palin has been nominated by the Republicans as their vice presidential candidate, she is nowhere to be found to answer the questions of reporters. Apparently the game plan is to keep her away from them until she... ...

I'm usually in bed by 11, so I TIVO the Daily Show with Jon Stewart every night and watch it the next day. Last night was their wrap up of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, and it... ...

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9/4/99 - R.E.M. @ Jones Beach. 2nd row, but a bit off to the right. Very close to Peter though, which is always fun. My first time at Jones Beach. Great venue, but no beer? at all? really? hrmph. Anyway... They were touring for Up, which I pretty much hated at the time. As the tour went on though, it because apparent that it wasn't the songs that were bad - it was just a very dull record. They rocked them up a bit live and turned out shows that didn't disappoint at all. Pretty standard setlist for ...

• Trying to finish a blog post that will be a lot less relevant if I don’t post it today, after a week of trying to find time to write. #
• My problem is that I’m not a writer. Most of the time. like 90% of the time. #

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Let me start by saying that I’m going to give the Log Cabin Republicans the benefit of the doubt that they choose their party and their candidate based on their political philosophy and not just their positions on LGBT issues. I said as much in a comment on a post at Independent Gay Forum that, to me, didn’t seem to extend the same courtesy to those of us at the other side of the political spectrum. But obviously, if your vote is determined by gay issues, it’s going to go to Obama/Biden. If you think Obama is better for gays ...

Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for September 5th from 13:17 to 13:24:

• Mike Lux: Different Than My Small-Town Values - Many of my family and friends in small-town America are Republicans, but they're generally not this kind of mean Republican. The modern Republican party likes to call itself the party of Reagan, and Reagan did remind me of a lot of those small-town folks I know and liked- I disagreed with their politics, but they had a friendliness and warmth that I appreciated. Palin and

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John McCain isn't the only prominent politician to have a house problem. Now Democrat Charlie Rangel has a huge house problem with tax evasion implications. Last month The New York Times discovered that Rangel had four rent subsidized apartments in... ...

Although Chris will slather the criticism on like layers of icing on a New Jersey Italian wedding cake, he gets credit for doling out the praise when it's due. (Well, a bit more was due for the Log Cabin Romney... ...

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I was more impressed than Andoni with John McCain's speech last night, although I agree that much of his rhetoric rings hollow considering how dismissive he's been toward gay civil rights. ("Education is the civil rights issue of this century"?... ...

More encouraging news out of the Republican convention: John McCain's senior campaign strategist Steve Schmidt showed up at a Log Cabin meeting to, in his words, "pay my respect and campaign’s respect to your organization and to your group": “Your... ...

• Going to Back to School Night at my son’s kindergarten. #
• Curious about: How an elephant gets addicted to heroin, let along detoxes. ( http://tinyurl.com/6mcoty ) #
• Curious about: Just because your paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t watching you. ( http://tinyurl.com/5lxbav ) #

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I just finished watching Senator John McCain's acceptance speech for the Republican nomination for president. Having watched other McCain speeches, I thought this was one of his better deliveries. The only points I will make is that his speech did... ...