When I filed last week’s column (and I really enjoy saying that), I figured there would be another one to follow up on the idea of the “All Gender” bathroom. Something about the need for new etiquette for the usage of the 21st century restroom and what that might look like. It’s nice knowing you have something to write about […]
Last Saturday night, Karl and I attended the annual Black Tie Dinner in Dallas, the largest fundraising dinner held in the nation benefiting the LGBT community. But his experience of it was a little different than mine. We’ve done about 30 of these dinners over the years, plus other occasional “formal-ish” events. So you will understand that I can and […]
No doubt about it—presidential politics fell lower than ever this week with the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. And it wasn’t just one low, there were several of them. But let’s go right to rock bottom, shall we? The Trump Tease about Bill Clinton’s sexual infidelities, including the possibility that Gennifer Flowers would attend the debate, was […]
Now that we’re just days away from the first presidential debate, there’s a blanket of anxiety cloaking the nation’s voters. I won’t include non-voters for reasons I’m just not prepared to discuss. Clinton supporters are anxious to the point of bed wetting, especially since Nate Silver—one of my favorite geeks—has dropped the probability of a Clinton win to below 58 […]
Do you wonder about things that perhaps no else is wondering about? For example, I recently saw a commercial for Volkswagen with Willie Nelson singing “On the Road Again” and driving a yellow VW convertible. I wondered if he was given a drug test before they let him drive. And I wonder about this “basket” thing. Why did Hillary Clinton […]
Sometimes, it is challenging to maintain focus, even when you’re all grown up and don’t have ADHD. Maybe it’s just ADD, because hyperactivity requires too much energy. Last week, I was all prepared to write about those nude Donald Trump statues that popped up in various American cities. Of course, someone had to point out that the humor in this […]
It is official—I am over having my chain yanked. And, since I’d rather be thought prescient than prudent, I’m just going to say out loud what is obvious to everyone who’s actually paying attention: Hillary Clinton is probably going to win the presidency in 11 weeks. It’s not just Trump’s bad poll numbers—as bad as they are. And it’s not […]
There is no doubt about it. Presidential elections bring out the worst in some people. Even with my commitment not to fight with anyone in the state of Texas over this election—remember Texas is red and is going to stay red, for the time being*—I managed to get myself into a bar room brawl over this election. Granted it […]
In the South, one learns that folks don’t always say what they mean nor do they mean what they say. “She’s so pretty in the face” means “she’s big as a house.” And everyone knows that “bless her heart” means anything but a blessing. Then, there are the unspoken things…anything that is too unpleasant to say out loud. When one […]
I think I have heard and seen the word “unprecedented” more times in the last few days than I have since 9/11. But here we are, back in uncharted waters. And I am not in the mood for a remake of “The River Wild”…even if Meryl could play it again (which she can’t) and even if Kim Kardashian played the […]
