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I told this story in the blog back in 2011, but with Larry Flynt’s recent passing, I thought I should tell it again. See, Larry Flynt, who died at the age from heart disease at the age of 78, was best known as the publisher of the adult magazine Hustler. And our paths crossed in…

I knew of Beverly Hills, 90210, but never really watched it. It wasn’t my vibe. I mean, maybe I wasn’t of that interest, I don’t know. But I am aware that the show has a deep and devoted fandom, so I just understand it peripherally and leave it at that. One of the characters on…

Background. In 2009, I had a little independent Blogger blog – wrote a few posts here and there, nothing major. Well, apparently a few of my blogs caught the attention of Mike Huber, the person in charge of the Times Union’s cadre of staff and independent blogs. He asked if I wanted to join up…

Four years ago, Donald Trump declared that trans men and women were not allowed to serve in the military. And although your Twitter account was shut down, your old Tweets are still visible in the blog post I wrote four years ago. I’m just glad we have a real President now, someone who can take…

By now you must have heard of Marjorie Taylor Greene. She’s the House representative from Georgia who essentially ran unopposed in her district. She’s the first House member to openly embrace the discredited QAnon conspiracy, and her short term as an elected official has been equal parts sensationalism and bombast. She’s like Lauren Boebert, only…

I don’t really know what to make of this. But what I do know is that I’ve been where Claudia Conway is now. And I totally understand her pain, and hope that she can get rescued from this. Claudia Conway is the daughter of George Conway (one of the founders of The Lincoln Project) and…

Case in point. My blog has a four-year hate-hate relationship with Kellyanne Conway. Conway, who advised Donald Trump on his way to winning the 2016 Presidential election, who then violated the Hatch Act on numerous occasions (using her position as White House Special Advisor to hawk products and spew “alternative facts”), is now suddenly “seeing…

For some reason, that morning I watched a video-feed from C-SPAN’s website of the mass gathering of Trump supporters at the Ellipse. I watched as several of the group’s main speakers – Rudy Giuliani, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Eric Trump, Don Trump Jr. – all demanded their “Stop the Steal” crapola over and over. Giuliani boasted that…

My good friend and photo model Muse brought this story to my attention, so now I will share it with you. But first, some backstory. As a child, I remember seeing my Grandma Betty and her friends playing a game called Mahjong, which involves colored Chinese tiles and such. I tried learning it, but it’s…

A piece of prior information. In the past, at least one of my blog commenters has tried to sneak in the name of the government whistleblower who brought to light Donald Trump’s “perfect” Ukrainian phone call. You know, the one where he asked the leader of Ukraine to find dirt on Joe Biden and/or Hunter…