I wrote the followng article for Gay City News : When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his infamous claim at a September 2007 Columbia University appearance that ""In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country," the world laughed at the absurdity of this preten...

Today's story continues from Châteauneuf-du-Pape ("New Castle of the Pope"), the ruins are pictured here. Next meet-up (with Jean-Marc): If you are near Tampa on 03/24, you are very welcome to join Jean-Marc for one of his wine tastings en-tête (on-tet) noun, masculine  &...

Yesterday I shared a few initial things that I'm paying attention to this spring from the 2009 Mets starting rotation and bullpen. Today we'll take a look at the position players, tomorrow the bench. Catcher Brian Schneider and Ramon Castro will most likely share this job. Schneider will play more b...

Most of this happened yesterday: General Motors and Chrysler FAX'd and emailed their viability plans to the White House and Congress late Tuesday afternoon (nice title for a Moody Blues song, no? Don't mind my references; I'm old). GM says its Saturn division, Roger Smith's $10 billion (minimum) tri...

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Serpent Mound in Adams County, Ohio, is probably the best known of the ancient earthworks found scattered across the Midwest.  Carbon dating shows that it was built about a thousand years ago by what is known as the Fort Ancient culture.  The head of the serpent points toward the summer ...

We're having an ugly winter here that just won't quit.  Not that I've got any business complaining, considering what folks are going through in Arkansas and Kentucky.  Besides I've lived through worse winters.  Twelve of them.  In a row. Back in Syracuse, where in the most meteor...

. . . No, this post isn’t about guys who break-up with you just before Valentine’s Day. It contains a few follow-ups and forecasts about Sex Offender laws, Schenectady’s felonious ex-police chief, the future of the legal blogiverse, and some of the best haiku of 2008 ..  .. Moving...

Using some exceptionally helpful information I have found on a couple livejournal posts, I think it’s time to update the old resume again… I might just copy and paste chunks from the Cthulhu resume. I swear some of these entries should appear on my own resume, or I could see appearing on...

http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/579301 Alberta sun temple has 5,000-year-old calendar Jan 29, 2009 05:32 PM Bob Weber THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON – An academic maverick is challenging conventional wisdom on Canada's prehistory by claiming an archeological site in southern Alberta is rea...