I’ve written about Etsy before. If you don’t know Etsy, you should. It’s the coolest site on the web. Ok, well, it’s the coolest site on the web if you’re into DIY (do-it-yourself) crafts, projects, art, fashions, etc.
I don’t remember how I discovered Etsy–oh, wait, yes I do, it was an ad in ReadyMade Magazine.
I’m [...]

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I’m not even going to write about American Idol (though i’m happy to say that the one person I voted for consistently, David Cook–who happens to look like my younger brother, only with a bigger head than my younger brother–won. Yay!).
David Cook and My brother, Justin
Separated at birth?
Here’s a pic of me and Justin [...]

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Last night, at the community college where I teach Ted and I gave a presentation titled That’s So Gay! for our annual Literary Arts Festival. It was the kickoff event, a reading/interrogation by several of the professors of the school. Our theme for the Lit. Arts Festival this year is The Writer As Activist and [...]

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It’s mine and Ted’s 6 year anniversary today!
We’ve known each other since grad school started in 1999, but we got together in 2002 in NYC.
Here are some pics of our journey:
  First there was Bobby,

  Then there was Teddy,
  Then there was Rob and Ted.
and more Rob and Ted
and still more Rob and Ted
and then [...]

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Oh, today I mourn the last day of teaching poetry! Alas!
We’re heading into fiction after today. Last week I shared this Billy Collins poem with
the class. Billy Collins. Sigh. I still have a man-crush on him (does that make me gay?).
If you’ve read his poems you’ll know why.
Class Picture, 1954
Billy Collins
I am the third [...]

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