2008

Oct

John Prine has made me cry, too, for the better part of three decades. I think it’s the way he...

Sep

“Barstool Blues” by Death Culture at Sea (a cover of the Neil Young song from Zuma).

Maureen Dowd

alexbalk: I just figured it out. She’s the worst girlfriend ever, the one who gets loaded at the...

On a Story of Floating Weeds

“Perfect Circle” R.E.M. (Death Culture at Sea version)

Part of me was dying to see My Bloody Valentine…but a...

My new band is called Death Culture at Sea: this is a cover of “The Killing Moon” by...

Mornings are easily the best time of day in Washington...

A Disability Epidemic Among a Railroad’s...

Orchids everywhere for the one-year anniversary…

“This Same Day and Feeling” by Saturnine, or more psychedelic trix…

This is where Sarah Palin doesn’t live. (Or John...

mikedressel: cajunboy: Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on SNL. On.Fucking.Point. I didn’t want a woman to...

“Song for Saturday Morning” by Saturnine (actually just me, which will be pretty...

All the Women in My Family...

who btw live in Pennsylvania and Ohio are furiously forwarding the womenagainstsarahpalin e-mail...

Lou Dobbs. Lou Dobbs. Lou Dobbs. Lou...

I agree with all of this! I think they’re letting like these big (but excrutiatingly...

Hey—we’re renting a room in our Washington...

Aug

Srsly, Wtf Is Going On at The Times?

As encouraging as it is to read about the 40 million people who watched Obama’s speech on...

Times Trend: Why Must Sad Losers Spend...

Umm, I know this may or may not be getting old, but here’s a regular (by which I mean at least...

OMG -- Why I hate Adam Nagourney

The current lede on the front page of the NYT. “John McCain’s choice of running mate was a...

Hardly a day goes by when I don’t miss Ann...

Dante, Very Perplexed and Seriously Annoyed

Washington Heights: The New Prague

One good thing about the (slighty) cooler weather…oh...

This is the most variegated plant in the world and...

I could so easily become a crazy cat lady…sigh. (Does...

Jul

The New Old Gays

I thought this article was fun, and most of the people complaining about it probably haven’t...

So a friend of mine in Harlem sent me this ad today and I...

lolz--this anti-gay/McDonald's boycott is...

The George Washington Blimp!

Help Brad

Eesh is right. And speaking of things to boycott, I was thinking Turkey (as in the country) might be...

A couple of nights ago…best sunset ever.

I am a stupid.

homophile: I just emailed my favourite Internet writer Choire Sicha because I really liked his...

Food Writing with a Conscience

Friends! Not every cat is a lotcat.

My Job as a "Social Networking Evangelist"

Everyone Hates You On The Internet. Try Not...

Leona Helmsly's Fortune Goes To Dogs

Jun

Homeless Pets Crowd Shelters as Families Hit...

“Intimate, lightly trafficked and often quirky, the...

Not that excited about Michael Ian Black

Heinz gay mayo ad pulled, sigh

doree: Lemurs at the Bronx Zoo [via NYT] Omg, I love...

Because asthma rates are through the roof uptown,...

I don’t think I’ve ever been called a...

On ugliness

doree: There’s an article in USA Today by Michael Gartner, who hired Tim Russert to host Meet the...

“Mr. Collins believes his partner is his ideal match because...”
— Gay Couples Find Marriage Is a...

On the First Time I Met Frank O'Hara and...

Recently we finished The First Time I Met Frank O’Hara by Rick Whitaker, a collection of essays...

My Father’s Nostalgia for the Past Blinds Him to the...

Lightning over the George Washington Bridge! (Even though...

Continental Columnar Pin Oaks in Oceans of Blue Sky (or:...

The City Pattern Project: Manhole Covers!

May

My dream career: making sidewalks in Berlin.

Ferns! (Seriously underrated.)

Friends, please take note: Not every cat is a lolcat!

The copper beech: A great way to cover up the vacant shell...

This is from the 163rd Street subway station, but to us it...

An Ode To Hillary Clinton on Behalf of Our Mother

An Uncommissioned Masterpiece from the 163rd Street Subway...

Abstract Jeopardy: 50,000 Red Geraniums is the answer, but...

From our trip to Pittsburgh…ha!

Apr

On Forty Years in Broken Lampposts

Mar

On an Uncommissioned Masterpiece from the...

On Hot Gay Statues: George Washington...

On The Gay Recluse: Your Favorite Filthy...

On Gay Modern Love: How We Got from Grief to...

On an Uncommissioned Masterpiece from the...

On the Opinion Page: March 28, 2008

On Hot Gay Statues: The J-Man Shown To...

On the Opinion Page: March 27, 2008

On Hot Gay Statues: London Statues Proclaimed...

On the George Washington Barge Project

On The Yacoubian Building: Hilarious...

On the Opinion Page: March 25, 2006

On Whether Asthma Is Caused By Dirty Air:...

On the George Washington Bird Project: March...

On Hot Gay Statues: Philadelphia Apparently...

On the Moors of Washington Heights

On 671 West 162nd Street: No Smoking, Please

On a Reader Comment about This Week’s Gay...

On the Opinion Page: March 23, 2008

On The George Washington Bridge Project...

On the Opinion Page: March 22, 2008

On the Search for Gay Modern Love: March 22,...

On Gay Modern Love (Mom, It’s Me, Your Gay...

On the George Washington Bird Project: March...

On The George Washington Breathing Project:...

On The George Washington Bridge Project:...

On the George Washington Bridge Project: Is...

On the Opinion Page: March 21, 2008

On Proof that the Sun Sets Magnificently,...

On the George Washington Breathing Project:...

On Hot Gay Statues: Los Angeles Is Definitely...

On the Importance of Resurrecting The Dead

On The Search for Gay Obituaries: Arthur C....

On Hot Gay Statues: Madrid Shames the United...

On the Death of the Winter Garden: The...

On Gay Modern Love: Kayla Rachlin Small...

On the Vegetarian Awesomeness of Heights...

On Gay Modern Love (The Steep Price of Our...

On Hot Gay Statues: Sadly, Murray Hill Not...

On the George Washington Bird Project: March...

On the George Washington Bridge Project:...

On the George Washington Bird Project: March...

On Geraldine Ferraro and Barrack Obama

On Some Reassuring News about Corsican Mint

On Hot Gay Statues: Hot and Gay from the Park...

On What You Need To Know About Tristan if...

On Hot Gay Statues: How Seriously Does the...

On One Reason To Move To Washington Heights:...

Henry James Was a Hot Bear: Why Not Just...

There is something oddly unsatisfying about The Master, Colm Toibin’s 2004 treatment of the life of...

On The London Eye: Naked Statues Possibly...

On an Exception to Zephyr’s Usually Congenial...

On Fleeting Evidence of Andy Warhol in...

As we walk through midtown each morning and each afternoon, we often pause to observe a fading...

On One Important Difference Between Pets...

Let’s assume for