AUGUST 3, 2009 9:01AM

A Word on Kurt, my Autistic Brother

 

kurt!! Kurt, sometime in 2008 

 

 

My younger brother Kurt, who lives in Jamaica in the care of our mother, is autistic. Today he turns 48 (beaing President Obama to the same benchmark by one day).

 

Growing up, Kurt was looked after by our single mother, onRead full post »

JULY 18, 2009 7:40AM

Ich Been Seen BRÜNO!

Brno!…I just did. …Well, more like 12 hours ago, since it's barely past 6:00am here. It is truly hilarious on the whole. I don’t know about the question of this movie’s merits vis-à-vis the gay-movement, to answer which was evidently many viewers prime reason for siRead full post »

elmanoAt the outset, I’m impelled to detail my indebtedness to kryptogal. Her post ‘Does Having Children Ruin Your Life’, appearing at the end of March, is my immediate inducement to offer this, my first Open Salon Post. Encountering that post of hers just a few days ago, I’v/Read full post »