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Michelle Obama speech in New Hampshire
Earlier today Michelle Obama responded to Donald Trump’s comments about how he has treated women in the past at a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. She succinctly articulated exactly what I was thinking but had failed to verbalize.
I am going to miss Michelle Obama. Growing up I thought of Jacqueline Kennedy as the ideal First Lady, but Michelle Obama has supplanted Jackie O as my favorite first lady. She inspires and motivates me, and I will miss her.
Shakespeare Unauthorized opens at the Boston Public Library
Are you a fan of Shakespeare? The Boston Public Library is hosting a major gallery exhibition about William Shakespeare that opens today, Thursday, October 13th on the first floor of the McKim building in Copley Square.
The exhibit which runs through March 31, 2017 includes rare first and early editions of some of his most loved plays including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, and The Merchant of Venice. Visitors will experience Shakespeare in his original language and spelling, just as he would have been read by book lovers and theater-goers hundreds of years ago.
21 Things I like
Damien writes 2 Shoes & A Broom out in Kansas City and earlier this week he published a list 21 things that he likes. He asked me if I would compile a similar list and his request made me think of my mother who would routinely ask us at the dinner table to name three positive things that had happened to us that day. So this post is in response to Damien’s request and in tribute of my Mom.
1 – Sergio, family and friends: This group of people deserve a far stronger sentiment but like will have to do for the sake of this post.
2 – Holidays: I like any excuse to get together with friends or family and the fact that the office is usually closed on these days is a bonus.
3 – Chocolate: The darker the chocolate the greater my addiction.
4 – Travel: I’m always planning the next trip.
5 – Live theater: Plays and musicals tug at my heart strings, make me laugh unexpectedly and entertain me in a way that movies cannot.
6 – Ancient history: I can’t explain it, but I always end up watching documentaries about Ancient Egypt, Babylon, Greece, Rome, etc…
7 – Kissing: As a young child no activity grossed me out more and as an adult it is how I like to start and end every day.
8 – Fridays: I feel like this is self-explanatory.
9 – Sense of Humor: I tend to be sarcastic and snarky, and I am at a total loss when I meet someone who lacks one.
10 – Provincetown: Just a two hour drive or 90-minute high-speed ferry ride from Boston, this is one of my favorite places anywhere in the world.
11 – Red Sox: I will always love the Red Sox – always.
12 – Pizza: I could eat it for breakfast, lunch or dinner 7-days a week.
13 – Summer: Perhaps Boston’s most fleeting season it is still my favorite.
14 – Reading: Probably my favorite past time and way to escape reality. My favorite genres are mysteries, espionage, historical fiction and fantasy.
15 – Madonna: The obsession started in grade school and continues to this day although I no longer annoy friends by speaking in Madonna lyrics (thank god).
16 – Obama: This year’s election has driven home how much I am going to miss this man who was the first sitting President to champion LGBT Rights.
17 – Poetry: If you read this blog regularly you will know that I have an abiding love of poetry.
18 – Flowers: A little known fact about me – I buy fresh cut flowers for my house almost every week.
19 -Hairy chests: I probably watched Magnum P.I. at an impressionable age, and readers of this blog are likely familiar with my weekly Furry Friday posts.
20 – Coffee: I like it so much that I have a weekly post each Saturday morning of men drinking a cup of joe.
21 – My Blog: What started as an experiment in in the fall of 2007 has turned into an incredibly rewarding hobby that has introduced me to interesting people both near and far – so to Damien who challenged me to this post and those of you who I’ve had the opportunity to meet, thank you.
Vintage gay
Source: homohistory.blogspot.com
I dedicate this weekly post, featuring vintage gay photographs, to the men and women who lived in a more critical time where being true to yourself and loving who you want wasn’t always an option and came at a great price. Do you have a photo you would like to share for a future post? Email me at bosguymail@gmail.com.
Boston Book Festival is Saturday, Oct 15
The Boston Book Festival takes place this Saturday, October 15th in Copley Square. This annual book festival has grown significantly over the years and attracts 25,000 people. If you’ve never attended this free, public event in Boston, I’d encourage you to check it out. More information about this year’s Boston Book Festival may be found on their website, www.bostonbookfest.org.
Word of the day: Leather Daddy
Leather Daddy (\ˈle-thər -ˈda-dē\ noun)
Definition: A leather daddy is another word for a man who tends to dominate and has a fetish for leather.
Example: George Cluny would make for an ideal leather daddy.
Caption this photo
Each Wednesday morning I post a photograph and ask readers to offer a funny caption. Hopefully the caption below inspires you to share a few of your own.
Next time I get to be Kate Winslet!
Did you know the Federal government is barred from negotiating lower prices for prescription drugs
I pride myself on being fairly knowledgeable when it comes to politics but this morning, while I was watching Dr. Jeffrey Sachs on Morning Joe, I was surprised to learn that the federal government is barred from negotiating prescription medication prices with pharmaceutical companies.
The point of sharing this isn’t to cast blame or shame on one political party or another because the law, that was passed under a Republican President with the support of a Democratic Congress did not change under a Democratic President with a Republican Congress so in lieu of casting blame, I thought I’d take a novel approach to politics and suggest a solution.
Call the US Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to speak to your representative to ask what can be done and how they have voted. In politics the squeaky wheel gets the grease and if you call asking for clarity on this it may make your representative think twice about the pharmaceutical lobbyists.
I know my blog isn’t very political and that political action isn’t why people visit my blog but the thought that the Federal government is barred from negotiating the price of prescription drugs because of pharmaceutical lobbyists and a do-nothing Congress is galling. For all the talk of cost-saving with regards to our healthcare services and social programs like Medicare, Medicaid as well as programs like Social Security this seems like a HUGE donut hole we should be able to change that would bring immediate and significant cost savings.
Boston named one of the most unequal cities in the US
The city of Boston earned a dubious distinction recently by Bloomberg, which ranked all American cities with more than 250,000 people to determine which were the most unequal. Using something called the Gini coefficient, an index that measures the distribution of household income based on 2015 U.S. Census Bureau data, they ranked Miami the most unequal city in the United States.
While I don’t always understand ranking systems like this, I do lend more weight to them when they are published by reputable organizations like Bloomberg. So I was disappointed (but not surprised) to see Boston ranked in the top 10. The silver lining that I take from this is that as an expensive city, it will likely always be a place where there is more inequity than we might like.
I do hold out hope that initiatives Mayor Walsh’s “Boston 2030”, which looks to build 50,000+ new middle income priced homes / units by 2030 and efforts to bring good jobs (e.g. GE relocating their global headquaters to Boston) can help to bring both more economic parity and make it more affordable so anyone (no matter what their career) can feel like they can make Boston their home.
Read the full article here, Bloomberg: The 10 Most Unequal Cities in America.
Dead Silence returns to Provincetown this Halloween season
DEAD SILENCE Disease of Astonishment is a Provincetown horror theater attraction that opened this past weekend and will run through Monday, October 31. Billed as “a thrilling original Halloween production that delves into Provincetown’s darkest history”,
Those who choose to attend will meet at The Art House on Commercial Street and prepare for terrifying surprises as Polly and her enterprising daughter, lead you on an interactive tour of a secluded witches’ burial ground. You can learn more and get tickets by visiting, deadsilence-terror.com.
JetBlue requests (again) a Boston-Havana route
Although it seems like a long shot, last week The Boston Globe reported JetBlue asked the US Department of Transportation to reject a request by Alaska Airlines to give them until January to begin their flights between L.A. and Havana, and instead award JetBlue a Boston – Havana route in its place.
Sergio and I were fortunate enough to visit Havana, and I hope Boston soon gets one of the coveted routes so more people from the area can visit Cuba. If you missed my previous posts you can read all about that amazing trip and see the crazy, cool photos of the cars, architecture, food and of course the people.
Post 1: An American in Havana
Post 2: An American in Havana: The Cuban people
Post 3: An American in Havana: The architecture
Post 4: An American in Havana: Old Havana
Post 5: An American in Havana: The food
Post 6: An American in Havana: The cars
Mehdi Ghadyanloo to paint Dewey Square mural
Last week it was announced that Iranian artist, Mehdi Ghadyanloo, who has made a name for himself by painting large trompe-l’oeils in Tehran, will bring a brand-new, mind-bending mural to Boston’s Dewey Square on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.
The 76′ x 70′ surface will be the fifth public art installation in Dewey Square and will be both a new piece and his first in the U.S. Called, Spaces of Hope, it is sure to be inspired by Surrealism which characterizes his work to date. It is expected to take him through the middle of October to complete the large mural which you can see being painted currently. This is a welcome change to the most recent installation in Dewey Square which I found cold and uninspiring.
Below is an example of some of the work he has done in his home, Iran. 
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