September 29th, 2009

Ashamed of my alma mater

I am ashamed and angry at the response from the University of Pittsburgh. It’s not bad enough that K-12 students are taught to OBEY, we are now extending that education to universities?

March 11th, 2009

Gay Rights in Pennsylvania?

They’ve seen the light in New York, Maryland, and New Jersey, but today Pennsylvania remains a holdout, denying protection against discrimiation to the gay folks who call the state home.  With a little luck and a lot of work, that may soon change.

November 5th, 2008

Yes We Can!

I watched the election returns at a dinner party with about 30 people, hosted by a prominent member of the LGBT community here in Philadelphia (I know him as a donor to our organization – don’t go thinking I’m high class).  As the returns would come in for each state that went Obama, the room [...]

June 20th, 2008

Philly is becoming a scary place to live

It’s not bad enough we’re still the murder capital of the US, or that local children amuse themselves by scaring commuters to death; lately it’s looking more and more like we Philadelphians should fear our own police.

A little over a month ago the Philly cops pulled three shooting suspects (remember “innocent until proven guilty?“) out [...]

July 11th, 2007

Checking in

Been away for a while, figured I should poke my head in here and let everyone know that I am still alive and no, I have not forgotten about this entirely.

Remember that “secret activity” I mentioned a few times way back when?  Well, it’s come to fruition and now I’m able to talk about it.  [...]