10 April 2010

Nine Months: A Season of Change

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Three days ago, on Wednesday, it had been nine months since my surgery.  I am thinking now about when I was nine months from my surgery, bac...
08 April 2010

St. Vincent's Hospital: What Will They Do Now?

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Last night I was really, really tired.  I am now, too.  But at least I don't have an early morning class tomorrow, as I did today. So...
06 April 2010

In The Flesh

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On a warm, almost summer-like day, I am reminded of two things:  a.) Men are horny--I mean really horny--and b.) I have gained weight. Ho...
05 April 2010

A Season Turning, Again

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Tomorrow I go back to work, at the college.  It's been a while since I've read about Einstein's Theory of Relativity.  But I don...
04 April 2010

Easter And New Beginnings

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Today was even more beautiful, and a bit warmer, than yesterday.  I was tempted to go on another bike ride.  However, I am still not at the ...
03 April 2010

Healing In The Mist

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I climbed the arc of the bridge from the Queens "mainland" to the Rockaway Peninsula, a long strip of land wide enough for only t...
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02 April 2010

Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar: More Thoughts About About A Transgender Woman's Murder

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It was utterly gorgeous yesterday: the sort of fine early spring day one envisions during the dreariest winter hours.  So, of course, I went...
31 March 2010

Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar: A Transgender Woman Murdered In Queens

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Yesterday afternoon Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar, a transgender woman whose given name is Edelbuerto,  was found naked and strangled in her rans...
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30 March 2010

Penner Agonistes

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Last night, Gunnar sent me an article  about Mike Penner/Christine Daniels .  I guess it was supposed to be a sort of post-mortem.  As such...
29 March 2010

Palm Sunday During Wartime

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Yesterday I took a walk "around the block" that turned into an eight-mile trek.  I started out late in the afternoon, knowing that...
27 March 2010

Wind In The Beginning of Spring

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Last Saturday was balmy: I was riding in shorts and a T-shirt. Today I didn't go riding, even though the sky was clear. When I went o...
26 March 2010

A New Girl In Town

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Tonight, as I was walking from the bus stop to my apartment, I heard someone call my name. She was a young trans woman whom I met, by chance...
25 March 2010

On The Right: Wishing You Weren't There

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One of the courses I teach is Writing for Business. The majority (though not all) of the students in the course are business or accounting m...