tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5773527431797686312011-07-30T22:40:54.397-04:00Reflections and Rants of a Queer with Socialist tendencies.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704870685300954793noreply@blogger.comBlogger481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577352743179768631.post-46927210017971466612010-08-04T21:25:00.008-04:002010-08-04T22:45:04.474-04:00

I never thought I would be a class warrior. At least, I never thought I would be on this side of the class war.I was running, furious. I yelled at a police man in his cruiser. "I don't think this man should be doing this," while I pointed him out. He pulled over and yelled at the man. I ran down the basement of my apartment building, searching for management.I was so angry. How could this ass

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Does anyone else see the resemblance?A few weeks ago I went to see Bruno with Casey and my friend whom I'll refer to as T. We had all been looking forward to the film since we'd heard about it. The previews made the film look hilarious. And it was. But a lot of the time I felt extremely uncomfortable... even though I was with two other close gay males.That could have been because despite our

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Casey and I made it to the Jazz and Ribs festival this weekend. You might ask yourself, why would two gay white vegetarians choose to go to a Jazz and Ribs festival. The answer lies in the jazz more than the ribs. Casey is a jazz enthusiast, and we even found a band playing more complex stuff than the regular jam band that is the Columbus norm. The ribs part of the festival only reinforced my

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So, contrary to the note of my previous post, here is another rant. Sorry, I couldn't resist.Case and I were enjoying dinner together at Easton this evening. I opted for Chipotle because I'll eat it any chance I get. Casey needed something coffee-esque, so he got Potbelly, where he got a mocha shake. We sat at a picnic table outside, each consuming our respective fast food.The picnic table was

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As many of posts begin, so does this one. It has been a long time since I've written. I've been super busy so far this summer with two jobs, so that is my excuse.A dear friend of mine, SW, pointed out to me the last time I saw her that my blogging amounts to ranting. And she's right. The main things that inspire me to write/blog are things that piss me off. And living in conservative Ohio gives

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The Feds caught billionaire fraudster Allen Stanford in VA Thursday night. His wealth is reported to be the creation of an international Ponzi scheme, taking new investors money to pay the profits of existing clients. CNN has the story here.The poor sap complained a couple a months ago that he had to fly commercial airlines after the federal government confiscated his six private jets. "They make

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Would the UN building in Manhattan be better used as housing?David Rothkopf thinks so. He thinks the member states would get more out of the funds raised by the condo project than any of the results we've seen with the UN's "negotiations" with N. Korea."Seriously, I can hardly understand how in a city in which every cab driver is prepared to get all up in your grille about the most casual comment

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I have not been writing very much lately. I realize many of posts start off with a phrase like the previous sentence. But this time I have an excuse. Aside from a somewhat intense week of final exams, which I thankfully passed with A's, I have been suffering from kidney stones for a little less than a week. And holy fuck do they hurt.I awoke Thursday night after several glasses of wine to a

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I have no analysis for you, but this is just fabulous, albeit late (Suze's Valentine's Day wish.)I keep waiting for her to say: "What is going on my little honies?" or "As much as this pains me, I have to deny all straight people the right to marriage, you simply cannot afford it and don't deserve it."Just another facet of the logical argument for gay marriage. NPR featured a story on the gay tax

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Great relief today after the announcement of the list of closing plants that accompanies GM's bankruptcy. Mama T's plant is not one of them!! Sorry for those who lost out on this one.I was frightened over the weekend when I heard that there would be plant closings, and that dental insurance was being cut. Fortunately, neither affect our family. The UAW conceded dental insurance for retirees only.

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Un-Broke: The Seth Green Cribs Edition Friday night, I had just finished eating leftover stirfry and was looking forward to watching Super Nanny before going out for drinks. But Jo was nowhere to be found. Instead, like a public service announcement, Un-Broke interrupted regular Friday night broadcasting (and all of the pleasure I derive from seeing Jo's healthy discipline technique) to tell me

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She's all the rage. I have heard Poker Face, but don't hear anything particularly unique. For all the hype, Lady Gaga sounds like generic dance pop.But to see Gaga is anything but generic. While critics say she's simply stealing David Bowie's style, she is a unique sight to behold. And I have to admit that I am jealous of the no pants thing... in my dreams, I am a pop star who rocks leotards and

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It has been a long long time since I last blogged. I was distracted by another blog (sorry for this infidelity, my dear Painting) and an issue of grave importance. All of my work at applying to graduate school culminated in my being accepted to Columbia's MA program in Sociology. A dream come true no? Casey and I had been struggling with the idea of staying in Columbus for two more years, and we

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I was enjoying a lovely pb&j for breakfast and watching Daytime Columbus when an "environmentalist" came on to tell me about ways I can make a difference without causing any inconvenience for myself. His prescription: buy buy buy!! You can buy these awesome organic t-shirts... after you wear them, you'll need to wash them, so buy Tide's new cold water detergent so you don't waste energy using

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It was time. The blog had been bland and theme-less for long enough... I mean, TYLER'S NOTEBOOK??? Come on! It was time to make the blog fabulous - give it some color and some direction!And so here it is. Painting the City Red. The title captures my primary interests in a neat old-fashioned expression. Significance? First of all, every queer dreams of himself as a star. When I go out, the city

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Casey and I returned from a lovely trip to Florida to visit his parents. Going to Florida is always pleasant, but it often leaves a bitter taste behind. I've figured out why that is. I have identified the three features that contribute to the quintessential Floridian vacation.1.) The first is the pleasant weather - plenty of sun, warm temperatures, and beaches!! The climate and geography of

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Read:An Anthropological History of Drums in the AmericasA Natural History of LatinNietzsche in 90 minutesDeer Hunting with JesusAte:oatmeal with blueberries, agave-maple syrup blendglass of milk (WHOLE, not skim)chocolate filled milanoscream cheese covered whole wheat bagelspinach salad w/ cranberries, goat cheese, and vinaigrettemore milanostwo slices of bread w/ butterstarbucks tall coffee (

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I am feeling very blah today.Blah indeed.I have no job. I have gotten the first in what is likely to be a chain of rejection letters from grad schools. Proof that a ticket into elite financial security is not as easy as spending countless hours and $100 each on grad school applications.To boot, I cannot find a professor who is willing to take on my research project that would be my senior thesis.

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I was washing myself in the shower this morning when I finally discovered a way to reconcile my immense love for NYC and my belief in frugality and living within one's means. Living with other people!!It's quite obvious, isn't it? If the average cost of a studio apartment is $2500 per month, then you can just split it among four or five people to be able to afford it. Of course, then no one has

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Like everyone else, I was royally pissed to hear about the Big Three Execs flying to DC on private jets to beg for money for their failing companies. I am personally vested in GM because my mother, Mama T, works for the company as a laborer. Seeing these rich ass holes flaunting their wealth just proved to me the disgusting degree of the disconnect between the welfare of a company and that of the

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After reading Michael Pollan's book In Defense of Food, I am all about eating healthily. In his work, he attacks the Western diet, one he characterizes as industrialized food like substances. The key is to avoid these processed foods. Indeed, his mantra for healthful eating is"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."The easiest way to do this is1. Get out of the supermarket. Go to farmers markets

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First, let me say that I know Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State under President Nixon, can be a conservative asshole, and that he is perhaps the staunchest ideologue/ practitioner of Realpolitik. He is wanted in several countries on charges of abetting genocide. Further, His Diplomacy is written in a sometimes sickening supercilious tone.Diplomacy is nonetheless extremely insightful. The 800

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Would you consider yourself rich if you had a million dollars? John McCain wouldn't. In fact, you would need to be making five times that figure annually to be one of John McCain's rich. Yeah, that's right, you did not just misread. In order to meet McCain's requirements of rich, you must make $5,000,000 PER YEAR! Make sure you skim over all six zeros in that number again.Hell, if you're like me,

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Wortschatz, German for vocabulary (literally word treasures), accurately describes all the new words I've been learning! How erudite of me.The imperious preacher exhorted the apostate to revert, but the apostate remained intransigent.apostasyexhort hortatory imperiousintransigentI feel so verbally well endowed...

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Kagame, in a sexy oversized leisure blazer, at right.Aha! Perhaps Rwanda's indictment of senior French officials is not as altruistic as it seems. An IHT article published yesterday suggests that Rwanda's government, which is run by Paul Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front, is distracting international attention away from itself. The International Criminal Tribunal has accused the RPF of killing

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mercurialtruculenceperemptorydilettantishexegesisHitler was truculent and imperious in conquest. Up to a certain point, his peremptory nature, while scaring the mercurial former Allies, elicited only dilettantish reference to collective security.**Most of these words and ideas are courtesy of Henry Kissinger's Diplomacy.

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I just returned from a lovely vacation in Chicago. It was fabulous, but I am happy to be back in Cbus. Just in time to find some great reads in the Financial Times and Le Monde.It looks like international law is going to get a lot more interesting in the coming weeks and months. The Rwandan government has indicted top French officials, including former Prime Minister de Villepin, in the genocide

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Oh no! German mail carrier DHL may consolidate their North American air delivery service with UPS. Should that occur, the DHL North American hub, located in Wilmington, Ohio, will be closed. Some 10,000 jobs would be lost!The issue has become a point of contention between the US and Germany. A possible anti-trust suit may be brought by the US against DHL. Both presidential candidates have voiced

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War is the likely outcome of the long standing border dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia, now that the UN peacekeeping mission has committed to withdrawal. The UN mission was disabled after Eritrea began restricting access to the border. The UN Security council voted unanimously today to end the peacekeeping mission between the two countries. Tomorrow, the end of the mission will be

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I found this map to be very interesting. Who knew that Mexico has a higher rate of gun death than the US? It is important to note, though, that among the core countries, the US has by far the highest rate of gun deaths. Furthermore, the peripheral countries that are characterized by a higher number of gun deaths are either destabilized by warfare, as is the case in many of the Sub Saharan African

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The city dwelling bourgeois demands cheap labor to deliver their fancy lattes and serve as their doorman, but they certainly do not want affordable housing in their neighborhood where those service people might be able to live, as that would be near suicide for property values. Those poor bourgeois. Meanwhile, we non-salaried, minimum wage workers are stuffed miles away from the people we service

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Casey and I have begun studying for the GRE. We go to our local Barnes & Noble and use one of their Princeton Review study guides. Don't tell B&N! I feel so very incompetent. My vocabulary is especially ignominious. (YAY! New word!) For those of you who are gifted, or whose parents have cultivated in you a grand vocabulary (like my boyfriend), please wipe that supercilious look from your face (

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It may sound crazy, but $10 is the true cost of a Twinkie, according to anthropologist Richard Robbins. The cheap price we pay now is due to directly and indirectly subsidized transportation and sugar.  The other $9.85 in externalities that the Twinkie costs is hidden, that is, paid for by society. These hidden costs consist of the aforementioned subsidies in transportation and agriculture,

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I found an interesting bit of information recently. In the current election cycle, weapons industries, with the exception of Lockheed, are contributing more heavily to Democrats than to Republicans. The figure is that $8.5 million is going to Dems, and $7.8 million going to Republicans. Does anyone know why that is? Assuming most Democrats agree with Obama, then we will not be going to war

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Will I ever be able to realize my dream of becoming a New Yorker? Probably not... at least not in a financially comfortable way. Read Paying the Price for Living in New York  by Courtney Gross from the Gotham Gazette:"New Yorkers already pay a high price to live here, and the cost of everything from a subway ride to tap water keeps going up."Also, check out escapebrooklyn.blogspot.com for the

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A great explanation of the current conundrum we find ourselves in, and much more logical than my previous posting! America's Culture of Debt in IHT Opinion Page by David Brooks.

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In a word, I am DISTRESSED. The US economy is out of control. Our country’s debt is skyrocketing (bought by China Inc.), Americans’ personal debt is following suit to lenders, and what is normally our most valuable asset, our home, is, in some cases, worth half of the mortgage borrowed in its namesake. What with the skyrocketing price of oil, on which the economy has been stupidly founded, we are

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> It is incredible. My boyfriend and I were walking down the streets of the Short North minding our own business, trying to figure out what to do with our selves on a pleasant Friday evening. We were both wearing clothes that would not be considered “normal” for guys, that is, not a loose pair of khaki shorts with an even more ill fitting dress shirt, although neither of our outfits was

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On Wednesday morning, Raj Patel appeared on Open Line with Fred Andrle. He discussed the global food system that connects producers to consumers. He describes it as a singular system that at once starves the poor and fattens the core countries. This is the central theme of his book Stuffed and Starved. How exactly does the same system manage to overfeed millions while systemically starving a

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Womenare finally able to claim their place in the political arena. We have the fabulous Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. Should Bush and Cheney die, she would be president! Of course Hilary Clinton is a political powerhouse, and was the first woman to run in the Democratic primaries for president. Condoleezza Rice is a genius, and our current woman secretary of state, being preceded by

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I recently began working at WOSU on Open Line, screening callers and maintaining the webpage. It is a lot of fun! Today, we had an open forum where people just call in to talk about what's on their mind. Many callers were very concerned with the rising price of gas. With demand for crude oil skyrocketing due to growing demand from the developing world, not to mention shameless speculation on Wall

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I thought a few of you would find this amusing. If you ever wondered what a hipster was, this site has it covered with 56 definitions. I especially liked #1:"Listens to bands that you have never heard of. Has hairstyle that can only be described as "complicated." (Most likely achieved by a minimum of one week not washing it.) Probably tattooed. Maybe gay. Definitely cooler than you. Reads Black

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I am writing an essay for a world history class, using primary sources like Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci's diaries to substantiate my claims. I took some notes on Vespucci's diary of first encounters with Native American, and found them to be interesting and entertaining. Don't mind the lack of accurate punctuation and unpolished ideas... they're notes!! Do note the utter lack of respect and

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The Iraqi government is beginning to investigate ANOTHER set of shootings by a security firm this week. As much unwarranted murdering as they have committed, it seems their appetite for turning Iraqis into lead containers is never satiated. This is what happens when corporations are put in charge of security. Good job America, for once again screwing over the Iraqi people. We should all feel very

Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704870685300954793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577352743179768631.post-56936831390838100322007-09-15T10:42:00.000-04:002008-07-08T10:49:57.430-04:00

Wow wow wow wow wow!! Britney, Britney, Britney. I don't really need to say much, as everyone has said it already, but I can't help but indulge myself... WTF?!! It was only a few years ago you were making out with Madonna on stage, in anticipation of the release of your new album. You were on top of the world, in a really hot, slutty getup. And now what? You still have the slutty getup, but an

Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704870685300954793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577352743179768631.post-23812699468484614422007-09-07T10:50:00.000-04:002008-07-08T10:55:58.867-04:00

I had a fabulous summer in New York these past few months. I got to spend time with my hot bf, whom I miss very much now, as he has left me back here in Columbus. And I have to have my tonsils out tomorrow! I am second guessing myself now, but cryptic tonsilitis is not a pleasant thing, especially to the nose. So, I digress...Being in the "center of the universe" for some time has given me some

Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704870685300954793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577352743179768631.post-17066181194376782332007-06-12T10:56:00.000-04:002008-07-08T11:00:35.475-04:00

I think that the whole world should be shaking in their boots now that Sarkozy is to be the next French president. He is, by all means, the same to France as George W. is to the States, and we have all seen where this kind of Christian conservatism has gotten the world.It really couldn't be much worse, as the US's social fabric continues to decay due to lack of funding for basic social programs,

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So I began reading The End of Work: The Decline of the Global Labor Force and the Dawn of the Post-Market Era by Jeremy Rafkin today. It was written over ten years ago I believe, so it is not exactly up to date, but it is interesting all the same. It basically explains the paradox of technology. On the one hand, technology is a good thing. It makes our lives easier and has lead to longer

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