better late than never i suppose -- december 6th photos

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Monday December 14, 2009 · 3:41 PM PST

2009/12/14 · 15:41

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i guess that it is better late than never with my photos from the holiday party that was hosted by the side pockets, yes?

so, be that as it may, here are my few photos from the event that i wanted to share with everyone. if anyone wants a hard copy or an electronic copy of any of these photos, please let me know in the comments section, ok?

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follow me if you please for 51 more photos to add to the collection...

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Saturday October 24, 2009 · 1:10 PM PDT

2009/10/24 · 13:10

Of course it was the ultimately the simple utterance of "yop!" by that one recluse geeky Who that finally adds enough oomph to the other Who cries and screams of "we are here, we are here, we are here!" to break through and let the world know that in fact, they were there. Luckily, the aforementioned "yop!" comes just at the nick of time, just as Whoville and the clover it finds itself within as well as Horton, the elephant, who heard the Whos down in Whoville from within said clover, are about to be boiled in oil. Disaster averted.

Growing up watching Dr. Seuss cartoon specials I always had this sense that no matter how bad or twisted or out of whack the problem (think Cat in the Hat and that mess in that house or the Grinch or even green eggs and ham), there was always a solution. Crises were always able to be averted. That is, until I saw the Lorax. Suddenly Dr. Seuss wasn't so funny. Now, Dr. Seuss was prophet.

So, what does this have to do with climate change? Follow me. I may not know where I am going, but I'd rather be lost with someone else than lost alone...

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Monday October 19, 2009 · 5:24 PM PDT

2009/10/19 · 17:24

Got a Happy Story is a community gathering every Monday night where we share stories large and small that have put a smile on our face. The Happy Story diary exists as a way to anchor the community in hope and comfort while we do the hard work of maintaining a permanent Democratic majority. Everyone and all sorts of stories and pictures are welcome. Consider this an open thread.

One of the things I learned recently in New York City is that Golden Gate Park in San Francisco is actually larger than Central Park in New York. I also discovered that Bethesda, the most beautiful fountain/statue ever, sits smack-dab in the center of the island of Manhattan. There she is, below, center of the photo...

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Sorry for that gratuitous use of my cool photo of Bethesda from last month, but I figured if I didn't use it now, chances are I'd never use it.

Golden Gate Park photos after the jump

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Thursday September 24, 2009 · 5:56 PM PDT

2009/09/24 · 17:56

THURSDAY NIGHT IS HEALTH CARE CHANGE NIGHT, a weekly Health Care Series (cross-posted at ePluribus Media and Tikkun Daily).

My doctor walked in to the examining room and just looked at me.

"We need to talk" she said.

"OK, about what?"

"I am concerned about your viral load, really concerned" she answered.

"Why? Today's supposed to be the day that you tell me that once again, now, that for over a full year, that it's undetectable. What's the matter?"

"It looks like you have had a viral breakthrough" she stated, somewhat sadly.

All I could think of was that if she was right, I was completely screwed.

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Thursday April 23, 2009 · 6:30 PM PDT

2009/04/23 · 18:30

Please note: This is Part 2 of a 2-part diary series.

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[snip] It was, after all, the one truism that I knew to be absolutely true, namely that everything good goes bad, everything alive dies and everything gained will be lost.
from last week's diary, part 1

Somehow we moved from my clinical trial to my first real successful HIV treatment regimen with a few stops along the way. I said I'd pick up exactly where I left off last week, so here we go...

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Thursday April 16, 2009 · 6:22 PM PDT

2009/04/16 · 18:22

The Thursday Night Weekly Health Care Series is published every Thursday. It is meant to provide a forum and encouragement for people organizing for positive health care change.

Please note: This is Part 1 of a 2-part diary series.

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As of April 16th, 2008 all I knew for certain was that I could provide no one with any information about my health with any certainty. Oddly, living under the perpetual cloud of one step forward, one step back was not only familiar but oddly comforting for me. It was, after all, the one truism that I knew to be absolutely true, namely that everything good goes bad, everything alive dies and everything gained will be lost.

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Thursday February 26, 2009 · 2:52 PM PST

2009/02/26 · 14:52

seven days and counting...

in one week, on march 5th, the california supreme court will hear arguments regarding the legal challenges to the recently-passed prop 8 which eliminated rights for same sex couples in california to be legally married.

less than one year ago, on may 16, 2008, this same supreme court struck down the california ban on same sex marriages:

The California Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage Thursday in a broadly worded decision that would invalidate virtually any law that discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation.

The 4-3 ruling declared that the state Constitution protects a fundamental "right to marry" that extends equally to same-sex couples.

on monday of this week, the naacp -- in a press statement -- called for prop 8 to be invalidated and/or overturned.

more after the fold -- and even a video!

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Tuesday January 13, 2009 · 12:46 PM PST

2009/01/13 · 12:46

i honestly was there at the dinner.

i really did take pictures.

30-some-odd to be exact.

but i got clobbered over the weekend by this damn flu.

today i feel human.

after the fold come the photos. but first, our guest of honor:

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Land of Enchantment

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Thursday June 26, 2008 · 6:09 PM PDT

2008/06/26 · 18:09

The Thursday Night Weekly Health Care Series is published every Thursday. It is meant to provide a forum and encouragement for people organizing for positive health care change.

While trying to draw my blood for the clinical trial I was enrolled in, the research site's head physician looked at me and remarked:

You know, I am not so sure that enrolling you into a study that would require an infusion every two weeks is such a good idea.

I had to agree.

Not having very good veins to begin with, I am used to difficult moments with phlebotomists. But at first, the pronouncement from the doctor really shocked me. After all, one of the reasons I was even a trial subject at this site was expressly to get me into the new clinical trial that was an infusion of HIV-meds every two weeks. Since my current regimen of HIV meds had not worked for the previous two years, this gateway into a new regimen was one of the only promising possibilities for me.

After the last vial had been drawn, the doctor then walked out of the room. All of the sudden, though, he returned.

More after the fold, ok?

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Tuesday June 17, 2008 · 7:39 AM PDT

2008/06/17 · 07:39

Yesterday, at 5:01 p.m. PST, lesbian rights pioneers Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin became the first same sex couple to be legally wed in San Francisco following the May 2008 ruling by the California State Supreme Court. Lyon and Martin have been together for 55 years.

Lyon and Martin were also the first same sex couple to be married in San Francisco four years ago when Mayor Gavin Newsom directed the County Clerks Office to accept fees from and issue marriage licenses to same sex couples.

Yesterday outside of City Hall, crowds gathered, in some part, to witness history being made. Not all the crowd, however, was happy with history being made. Not by a long shot.

I took some photos. Here they are (that is, after the fold):

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Thursday June 05, 2008 · 5:20 PM PDT

2008/06/05 · 17:20

this diary was originally published january 10, 2005. given that today marks the 40th anniversary of rfk being gunned down at point-blank range after winning the california democratic party primary, i thought the historical time frame also offers another perspective to the murder of rfk, namely by showing just how chaotic the world was at that time.

in just 143 days, the entire world changed.

at least, for most americans in 1968 it did.

over the course of just 143 days, between january 16, 1968 and june 6, 1968 not only was the nation turned upside down, but it was then turned on its ear, inside-out, and then turned every which way it could be turned.

it begins on january 16th, when the YIPPIES are formed... [snip]... 142 days later, bobby kennedy was declared dead after being gunned down on june 5th in los angeles.

there's more after the fold:

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Thursday April 17, 2008 · 4:02 PM PDT

2008/04/17 · 16:02

The Thursday Night Weekly Health Care Series is published every Thursday. It is meant to provide a forum and encouragement for people organizing for positive health care change.

So, today marked the half-way point of me successfully completing my first real HIV Clinical Trial.

7 days down, 7 more to go.

I would be a liar if I did not own up to the fact that while in part my being enrolled in this clinical trial is because of altruism, part of it is pure selfishness. I want to remain healthy.

More after the fold including pictures!

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