tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53113132024-03-12T21:35:27.756-04:00From The Ashes ...Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.comBlogger1523125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-31399326960607741112011-06-22T13:30:00.003-04:002011-06-22T13:36:27.087-04:00Tip Your Bartender - Please!Mint.com Personal FinancesTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-33400180829118806632011-03-10T13:17:00.000-05:002011-03-10T13:18:28.994-05:00You're So Hot ... Is Pretty Fuckin HotTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-7757606650616732762011-02-17T00:41:00.002-05:002011-02-17T00:45:11.393-05:00Hey, Look Who Made It In The Local Fag-Rag!AS THE HEALTHCARE WAR CONTINUES to rage in Washington, the Callen-Lorde Community Health center in Chelsea continues to do its part as New York’s largest healthcare facility dedicated to LGBT communities and those living with HIV—providing sensitive, quality healthcare and related services regardless of ability to pay. “LGBT people know they can see a medical provider, dentist or therapist at Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-35900555243744505552011-02-09T13:05:00.002-05:002011-02-09T13:09:56.955-05:00Death To The HIV+ Ninja Prison Assassins. Huh?Nothing will get your legislation passed faster than making up an outrageous, scientifically implausible, stigmatizing lie about HIV+ prisoners.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-59777285922081165212011-02-08T10:45:00.001-05:002011-02-08T10:49:22.243-05:00Weapon DetectedRussia puts out an effective (and hot) PSA advocating that a condom will get you in to a bed with an aggressive security setting. Nicely done.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-78147487118337529112011-02-07T00:34:00.003-05:002011-02-07T00:42:31.313-05:00Crystal Meth: Still Killing Gay Men Meth to the Madness :: The Return of the Drug Culture - via Edge New Englandby Shaun KnittelAs our conversation veers towards the timeline of his use it becomes very clear that AJ has not only accepted that he abuses crystal, but has no intention of living a life without speed. We go over the checklist of "Are You’s?" that I’ve brought."Are you HIV positive?" I ask."Don’t know," he shrugsTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-27419668517481547912011-01-19T00:40:00.003-05:002011-01-19T00:49:13.892-05:00AIDS Is A Plague Allowed To HappenBy Larry Kramer, Special to CNNJanuary 14, 2011New York City (CNN) -- I want this article to break your heart. But it deals with a subject that has had a tough time of it in the break-everyone's-heart department. I'll bet that a number of you will be more angry at me than sympathetic by the time you finish reading it. If indeed you finish reading it.From its very beginning, most people have not Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-34397134453106053442010-12-22T20:06:00.003-05:002010-12-22T20:09:50.689-05:00The New Phone Book Is Here!Actually, it's just the latest issue of Patient 2 Patient. The newsletter I edit and contribute to for the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center. You can view the PDF here.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-35106501773883074142010-12-13T12:27:00.003-05:002010-12-13T12:56:13.233-05:00Ever Hear Of Gratitude?Lux Living is a blog written by and for the residents of nearby Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. It is a WWII era housing complex that up until a few years ago, was run as if it were a private gated community in the middle of Manhattan. The residents, many of whom were born in the complex and have lived there for decades, have been spoiled rotten by years of over-indulgent amenities Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-279824790354961462010-11-26T10:06:00.003-05:002010-11-26T10:08:34.074-05:00Happy ThanksgivingMake A Wish!Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-85454857430928676642010-11-05T00:35:00.003-04:002010-11-05T14:09:53.956-04:00Washington D.C.A couple of pics from the Rally to Restore Sanity. I made a quick trip down to D.C. followed by an excruciating long trip back up to NYC. Was stuck on a bus in several traffic jams between there and here. Proof if you ask me that travelling by car is woefully inefficient, given the amount of cars forced to use an aging infrastructure. In short, I think there are far too many cars on the road, andTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-37175699032888733442010-10-27T13:44:00.002-04:002010-10-27T13:52:54.605-04:00The Vagina SongWillam Belli of Ticked Off Trannies With Knives and Nip/Tuck re-works the "Billionaire" song, imagining what life will be like after the old *snip* and tuck. You can follow Willam's cheeky humor and in-your-face exploits on the blog we've been following forever, here: as long as there's sidewalks, I'll have a job.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-28821035796605086632010-10-25T01:04:00.002-04:002010-10-25T01:05:46.975-04:00Um ...Much more here.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-30175612538690606532010-10-22T13:46:00.003-04:002010-10-23T12:09:35.160-04:00Ticked Off TranniesAfter unexpectedly getting a night off due to anemic ticket sales, I suddenly realized I would have an opportunity to check out what turned out to be a controversial entry in to last year's Tribeca Film Festival. Ticked Off Trannies With Knives, after initially receiving some positive support from more "mainstream" gay media groups like GLAAD, suddenly found itself the focus of a lot of negative Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-49466323123323728472010-10-09T09:22:00.003-04:002010-10-09T11:25:43.233-04:00Verizon Sucks. No, They Are Evil.Last week I received a bill from Verizon which I assumed to be a final bill after discontinuing what was, especially the last year, truly horrible DSL service. I finally opened it at the end of last week and found that it was a bill for internet service. For this month. And to add insult to injury, the bill was $5.00 more than I had ever paid for internet service, which had been slowly increased Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-16682449224186761552010-10-08T00:25:00.000-04:002010-10-08T02:09:19.091-04:00What Do You Do?I was about to write a post about something that happened at work this weekend when it occurred to me that I haven't posted about work in a long long time. Looking back on the old posts, it appears I haven't written a work piece since the spring. Surprising, considering that "work" is one of the most-used categories for post labels I have. And believe me, I thought that spoke volumes about my Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-24267406968666796282010-09-27T16:47:00.005-04:002010-09-27T17:05:19.285-04:00Get TestedToday is National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness day. While I have always maintained that HIV is not a "Gay disease" and I don't believe that sex or sexuality really should have much to do with HIV awareness, the facts as they are today force me to acknowledge that HIV/AIDS is and continues to be a cause for concern among American men who have sex with men.The most important tool we have in the Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-47852427107847224342010-09-24T15:40:00.005-04:002010-09-27T09:25:15.240-04:00On A Great AdventureI'm leaving in just a few minutes to join thousands of NY and NJ area gays for an evening of dancing, eating and mass consumerism, with roller coasters, as we descend on Six Flags Great Adventure theme park. Group outings still make me very nervous, which is why I'm going. This is mitigated by the fact that I'm riding up and down on a luxury coach bus with members of SIN. So it's not just a groupTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-70620260374887741352010-09-20T23:35:00.004-04:002010-09-21T01:25:07.824-04:00It's All About MaintenanceI had a very "I'm an alcoholic" day. I'm not one of those drunks who lives and breathes AA. I don't go to a meeting every day, but I do notice when I have skipped quite a few days in a row. And it's not always enough to just go. It's helpful if I participate. Talk when it's time. Stay after and talk with other AA's. It's even better when I do some service. Meet someone for coffee or do some Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-41125332395405076372010-09-14T21:27:00.002-04:002010-09-14T21:56:57.109-04:00Foot SoldierI spent the last two afternoons in a conference room talking about HIV. In my volunteer role as a member of the Community Advisory Board for the local health center, we had a two day "retreat" with a rep from HRSA. He had been sent down to work with us to make sure that the CAB was organized, proactive and functioning at a level that will meet the requirements that many of the federal programs Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-35815442155747234832010-09-11T12:52:00.002-04:002010-09-11T12:53:17.458-04:009 years later ...Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-25154001865745921482010-09-10T00:20:00.002-04:002010-09-10T00:20:00.190-04:00Miles And Miles And Miles Of ArtSent this photo from a shoot last year off to the printer and got back a gorgeous 24X36 print that I framed for the bedroom. I bought a poster sized frame from Bed Bath & Beyonce that felt kind of flimsy, so I broke down, crossed the boycott line and bought a sturdier frame at Target. I know. We're not supposed to be shopping there. I try to be politically correct, although I loathe knee-jerk Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-69317659714008970362010-09-09T01:10:00.003-04:002010-09-09T02:03:14.590-04:00Brought To You By Time-Warner CableI'm nothing if not loyal. I've been getting my Internets access through Verizon DSL ever since 2003. For the most part it's been a glorious marriage, but sometime last year we hit a very rocky patch. My download speed would slow down to the point that I couldn't even get a page to load. But it would happen gradually, until I would suddenly notice that I was sitting in front of the PC screen Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-74709458382438595422010-09-01T15:18:00.005-04:002010-09-02T13:29:08.835-04:00EditorialFor the past couple of years, I have been a member of the Community Advisory Board at the LGBT Community Health Center in Chelsea. It's where I go for all my health care, including periodic counseling and all of my dental work. My work on the CAB, aside from being rewarding on it's own, is my way of paying back all of the wonderful care I have received over the years, before and after I was Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311313.post-68010497916595690192010-08-31T00:51:00.001-04:002010-08-31T23:52:25.156-04:00I Can See Clearly NowI'm thinking I should probably update you as to the recovery from my eye surgery. As you undoubtedly don't recall, when last we spoke of it, I had been about 2 or 3 weeks into my recovery from PRK laser surgery. My vision was obviously so much improved from where it started. I don't know what my exact prescription was in corrective terms, but "blind as a bat" works fairly well. I rarely even Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933438868757796632noreply@blogger.com1