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January - April, 2004
TOO LONG OF A BREAK — started driving a cab, stopped reading. Not good.
MAY, 2004
Being America: Libery, Commerce, and Violence in an American World
Jedediah Purdy
327.73...
Papers
Admissions Essay
Projects
Errata
This book is great. A brick of a text, but great. Quite simply, it is over 500 pages on the life history of a French lord who lived in the 13th century. The remains of his castle are still around,...
Oldest entries at bottom
July 29: Submitted (after yet one more day of procrastination!). Now, it is up to the admissions committee. I am VERY nervous.
July 28: I actually finished this essay a...
UPDATE: On August 3, I received a call from Tara at the Admissions Office informing me that I have been ACCEPTED to the program! I am now officially enrolled in a masters program!!!!
As part of the...
Eisenhower: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect 1890-1952
Stephen E. Ambrose
New York: Simon and Schuster
1983
Biography
WATERMARK
Issue 5.07
April 7 - 15, 1998
Page 18
A Coming Crisis?
New Medications Have Changed the Face of AIDS. But How Has this Impacted Fund-Raising?
Across the nation, AIDS service organizations...
Define "artist." I challenge you.
So much of what we think of as "art" usually lies in a museum, but I happen to think of art as something more than "fine" art. For instance, my greatest artistic...
I consider myself a transhumanist, humanist, spiritual naturalist who practices Buddhism…okay, an atheist. I think the religious experience is important to life, but I do not think it must...
I think the religious experience is important to life, but I do not think it must involve superstitious beliefs in metaphysical beings or divine books. One aspect of most traditional religions is...
Stuff I need to do for my website, KimBooSan.net:
BUY NEW DOMAIN: atheistic-optimism.net
move content
update everything (ugh)
Add plugins!
Figure out way to incorporate "atheist quotes" list...
There are few things less interesting to me than the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars era - I don't do Napoleon, ships, the ocean, or the early 1800s in general. All that has been excepted...
If there is a feel-good optimist movie of all time, this is it….which is not why I love it, but it helps. This is the story of a whacky bohemian woman who gets saddled with her conservative...
ALL PARTY SYSTEMS GO
Bar news compiled by Spacegirl Spiff
Oh Jack! Oh Jack! Sweet adieu, my most fabuloso mentor! You remain the party boy of the ages, despite the fact that you no longer pen this...
Time to Update Your Galactic Party Star Map!
bar news compiled by Spacegirl Spiff
Over here in the Orlando area, I can't say that the scene is back to the routine, because there is nothing routine...
Resolved: To eat, drink, and be merry
Bar news compiled by Spacegirl Spiff
The biggest New Years' parties in Orlando were the traditional ones. SOUTHERN NIGHTS packed people in, most of whom have a...
Stuff MiKE wants that is a bike, is related to bikes, or are bike parts:
DVD: Joe Kid on a Stingray
More stuff to be added later
It is of course de rigueur for an s/f fan to have this movie on their list of top ten movies of all time. And of course they must vehemently argue that the Director's Cut is the only version that...
This is the ongoing list of books I've read, by year. Unfortunately, 2005-2007 I did not keep accurate record, so those years are thin, and in fact you will note that I do not have 2005 listed at...
Books I read reviews about or hear about and want to eventually get to:
A World Undone: WWI - G.J. Meyer (always checked out! grrrr)
Betraying Spinoza - Rebecca Goldstein
Death Makes a Holiday: A...
Alas, records are for November and December, 2001 only.
NOVEMBER, 2001
Ancient Shores
Jack McDevitt
The Third Chimpanzee
Jarid Diamond
573.2 DIA
Understanding Thomas Jefferson
E.M. Halliday
B...
JANUARY,2002
Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks
Year in Provence
Peter Mayl
944.9 MAY
13 Gun Salute
Patrick O'Brian
The Other Wind
Ursala K. LeGuin
Slightly Chipped
Goldstones
002.075 GOL
USA
Dos...
JANUARY, 2003
A Time To Die
Robert Moore
910.916324 MOO
Pattern Recognition
William Gibson
FEBRUARY, 2003
Look to Winward
Iain M. Banks
Alien Emergencies
James White
The Book of Courtesans
Susan...
January through August, unordered
The Prince
Machiavelli
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy
Sons and Lovers
D.H. Lawrence
101 Dalmations
Dodie Smith
1632
Eric Flint
1633
Eric Flint and David...
JULY, 2007
Stardust
Neil Gaimen
The Pentagon's New Map
Thomas P.M. Barnett
355.033073 BAR
MAY, 2007
Why the Allies Won
Richard Overy
940.53 Ove
Why GOD is Not Great
Christopher Hitchens
unk
Uncle...
I have tried to figure out what books have been crucial to the development of who I am today. These are they, in no particular order, and subject to revision:
The Plague - Albert Camus
A Distant...
Projects/ideas/to-do for House of MacYork:
Make "Friends" sticker for MiKE
Redo section icons
Add sections to store for categorizing products
Create new Southerner flag product(s)
Add "Atheist"...
What can I say that has not been said before about the brilliant comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes? Well written, well drawn, well done! It is my belief that this comic is a deep, penetrating mirror...
I cannot imagine that anyone has not seen this movie, one of the most classic films of all time. Bogart, Bergman, and Raines shine in the roles that would, really, define their careers and their...
AUTHORIA: This is a weird little bit of a story that even I don't think makes sense, and I wrote it! I'm considering trying it out as a "graphical" but…dunno. Well here it is for you to chew...
Charities I try to give money to when I can:
Mountains and Rivers Order (Zen monastery)
Elephant Listening Project
Save the Elephants
InCef - International Conservation and Education Fund
This movie was an "HBO Original," meaning as we all know that it was never theatrically released. It is a TV movie, as only HBO seems to manage. However, I never saw it on HBO; Mike, my husband,...
Stuff I need to get done to get [www.clubmachiavelli.org] off the ground:
Set up schedule for posting
Redo-theme (Fleur de lys?)
Write post #4 (still on Ch. 3)
Finish "A Princely Primer"
Complete...
These are columns I penned for, yet again, Watermark. What can I say, the editor kept me busy! The first set is a fun-loving column of the queer bar scene in Orlando that I wrote under the name...
Your Guide to Cyber Gay Space
Webmastering by KimBoo York
Gay space is exploding, and I'm not talking about the ViMi in Orlando or Hyde Park in Tampa. ON the Web, the number of gay and lesbian...
Radio is dead
Webmastering by KimBoo York
We've heard over and over that radio is dead. First came vinyl (okay, not first, but let's not be too technical here): Why would people listen to the radio...
Myth Adventures in Email
Webmastering with KimBoo York
Nothing beats writers block for inspiring sheer panic in a person. I have looked at a blank screen titled "CompuQueer" for the last hour and...
Always willing to hear from someone like you: moc.liamtoh|nasoobmik#ooBmiK.
My other places on the web:
LiveJournal
MySpace
KimBooSan.net
So you have no excuses, one way or another!
WATERMARK
Issue 4.25
Dec. 11 - 24, 1997
Page 12
Cyndi Delivers:
'Sister of Avalon' Cyndi Lauper has just released a new CD — and a new son — into the world. She talks about both in this...
OBGYN (KimBoo's doctor, natch):
Dr. Hoggart
Azelea Women's Clinic
1219 Hodges Dr.
Tallahassee, FL
850-877-5767
DENTIST (both MiKE and KimBoo):
Dr. Weaver
385-2003
FAMILY DOCTOR (both MiKE and...
The life of Elizabeth I of England should be required reading for all women. It cannot be said that she was perfect; she was vain, stubborn, selfish, self-righteous, arrogant, and sometimes quite...
This is an outline which I developed because I realized I was banging on with the writing w/out actually having any structure in place. Bad idea. Note that "O.O." stands for "Operation...
The Collected What If?: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
ed. Robert Cowley
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons
2001 (?)
Selected essays:
"How Hitler Could Have Won the War: the Drive for...
These are bits and pieces that I have decided cannot ever get published anywhere because they are not really categorifiable, or they are just fragments that don't belong to an actual story…you...
Feature articles I have written. These all appeared in print with my byline, "KimBoo York." Most of these were printed in Watermark; they were also written a long time ago, so most of the contact...
"Anyone….anyone….anyone…."
Who among my generation (said "X") hears that refrain without laughing? Or at least smirking?
No one, I'll wager. Although I pity Matthew Broderick, who at over 40...
WATERMARK
Issue 5.16
Final Chapter of Flag Controversy?
The Orlando City Council approved new regulations restricting use of downtown flag posts.
ORLANDO - With the onset of July and Independence...
WATERMARK
Issue 5.11
FLAGS TO FLY OVER ORLANDO
Despite the efforts of Televangelist John Butler Book, rainbow flags are set to fly over downtown Orlando during June.
ORLANDO-Plans to fly rainbow...
Sorry, only members are allowed to view this wiki. It is a development space for my personal projects and for a lot of reasons I do not want it publicly available. Nothing personal; I'm sure you...
This is the homepage for my current efforts to earn a second undergraduate degree. I am currently studying "Studio Art" (that is, "fine art", or, "drawing and painting stuff"). Since I won't be...
Full Title: Germs, Guns, and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies
An amazing analysis of the development of human civilization, and how and why Western/Eurasian Culture came to dominate most of the...
This is the book that finally sent me over the hard edge into atheism. I have always been an atheist, but I have always been an understanding, sympathetic, 'looking for God in all the wrong places'...
I am going into business as a writer. One talent I can sell is grant writing, and these are the steps I need to take to do it:
Biz Cards
Website (kimboosan.com)
Ref. books
Networking
Tallahassee...
Historical Maps of WWII Europe
Micael Swift and Michael Sharp
London: PRC Publishing, Ltd.
2000
library: 940.5421 SWI
Not an atlas to the war; this is a collection of copies of actual maps used in...
Somewhere here I will be writing about my dream of the revival of the TRUE Southern spirit.
All Sorts of things about the house we live in right now.
To BUY:
Roller shades for all windows
Closet shevling/org.
hallway light
kitchen light
bathroom light
bathroom mirror
bookshelves (bought...
Eisenhower and Churchill: The Partnership That Saved the World
by James C. Humes
Roseville, CA:Prima Publishing
2001
(Introduction)
p. vii-viii
"Eisenhower's gifts lay not so much in his voice or...
No one is going to shoot me for saying that this is not cinema of the grand, literary order. It's an adventure movie staring Alec Baldwin and Sean Connery and just about every B-list actor...
I am going into business as a writer, and I actually think I will be a damn good indexer. These are the steps I need to take to do it:
Biz cards
Website (kimboosan.com)
Create Contract
Write list...
This is not actually a great introduction to Zen Buddhism, although it is a classic of the literature. D.T. Suzuki trained in the Rinzai tradition, which is markedly clear in the book, and he was...
WATERMARK
Issue 4.24
Nov. 27 - Dec. 10, 1997
Page 13
Inmates Treated Differently in Central Florida Jails:
A survey reveals widely diverent policies
For a person who is arrested and on medication,...
This is my "business arena"; not everything on this page is about making money, but they are all projects that require a dedicated amount of time and energy and therefore qualify as my...
Items that need to be done on this here wiki thang:
Write "Atheism" page (w/ logo!)
Add "Quotes" page (side nav?)
Re-write pages partially written
Upload pages from old site to wiki (movies,...
http://www.kimboosan.com is the homepage for KBS Communications. It is basically the "umbrella" for my grant writing, indexing, blogging, business writing, design and entertainment (peekAboo)...
My full correct name is Kimberly Cooper York. I was born on August 15, 1969 in Warner Robins, Georgia. At which point my parents promptly moved to Florida.
I am still in Florida; currently we live...
WATERMARK
Issue 4.23
November 13 - 26, 1997
Page 29
Love and Politics:
Tosca, the Masterful Creation of Puccini, is Updated for Modern Audiences
The word diva was born in opera, and nowhere in...
This is MiKE's baby, but were in it together! This will be MiKE's bar/nightclub, eventually. A few years off from now, but 20 years in the making! Ha! Anyway:
Trademark name
Buy web domain...
WATERMARK
Issue 5.06
March 19 - April 1, 1998
Page 5
Low Turnout Impacts Orlando Election
Councilman Ammerman Handily Defeated Challenger Dack Cole in District 1
ORLANDO - The contect for seats on...
I first started imitating Mae West when I was a young girl. The gay hairstylists at the salon's my mother frequented loved it, and I vividly remember prancing up and down the salon-way when I could...
WATERMARK
Issue 5.05
March 5 - 18, 1998
Page 10
Making Love Sing
Director Ken Cazan and Tenor Barry Busse Have Made Their Relationship Last Through Good Reviews and Bad
ORLANDO - Theater director...
Who can join?
Absolutely no one; this is my sandbox. Please go get your own.
TRULY miscellaneous stuff — info/stuff I find and don't want to loose track of for some reason.
vagotomy: snipping of the vagus nerve (stomach) to reduce stomach acids. Possibly good for weight...
I am not a huge movie fan; I have my favorites and I enjoy a good movie when one comes around. Art-house cincema annoys me (I am simply not that sophisticated) and popular flicks annoy me too (I'm...
Music I am looking to get:
Andante Festivo for string orchestra by Sibelius
Natacha Atlas
Azziddine
Tinariwen
MoMo
Gorey End - Tiger Lillies
Adham Shaik
Biber (composer)
Gandalf (corny name, but...
WATERMARK
Issue 5.07
April 7 - 15, 1998
Page 38
Never to be Typecast
Gay Shakespearian Actor Tom Paitson Kelly Returns to Orlando
While waiting to become the interesting character actor that his...
Very old, very boring, but mine. All mine. Unfortunately, the majority of these appeared without my byline, as they were written under my "staff reporter" hat at Watermark (I wore that, plus:...
Norwich
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This is the homepage for my (proposed) Norwich University studies. As of May, 2007, I have applied to the University's School of Graduate Studies, Master of Arts in Military History Program. I am...
These are opinion columns I have written and had published over the years, in print or online. That's all.
Homeschooling and the Double Standard at The History News Network (also at Teach at...
MiKE and I belong to these organizations, either singly or together:
NRA
ARMA (although we have not become active as we thought we would and might let our membership lapse)
Southern Cultures
A production company that stages erotic, crazy, fun burlesque shows. In planning stages.
Most of my by-lines are old, but still valid. Some articles were published online (and eventually taken down) and a few were published in obscure special interest magazines, but the majority of my...
These are quotes I have collected over the years. I started this list when I was in college, back in 1988. Yes, I'm that old…but anyway, these quotes are meaninful to me in a variety of ways, and...
Everyone has their guilty movie pleasures, and this is mine. If you have not heard of it, no surprise: it was a complete and utter flop.
If you enjoy the madcap comedies of the 1930s, though, such...
This was Val Kilmer’s first big splash, and unfortunately for him it will probably always be his best splash. It is fun and inaccurate and irreverent, but what the hell, it is the best Geeks Make...
Bouddicca
Eleanor de Aquitaine
Elizabeth I
Colette
Mae West
Margaret Burke White
H.H. Dali Lama
Thomas Merton
Camus
The Sacred Depths of Nature
by Ursula Goodenough
1998
New York: Oxford University Press
574.01 GOO
Follows is a collection of quotes I have pulled for future ref. from this most important book:
P....
KimBoo York, scientist?
Not really, of course. I do not have any degrees in a scientific field that would qualify me, nor am I an amatuer in any field. Unlike this guy, I do not spend hours...
General Ike: A Personal Reminiscence
John S.D. Eisenhower
New York: Free Press
2003
The escapades at Camp Meade, Maryland with Patton (p. 3-6)
Ike reviewing his field gear, aid out on the lawn for...
Madame de Sevigne
This incredible noblewoman wrote over 1100 letters in her life - not postcards or little Hallmark witties, but genuine, full-bodied, multi-page letters full of politics, wit,...
This book is not specifically a Buddhist book, although the author was a reknown Buddhist (he founded the Naropa Institute and wrote many popular books on Buddhism, and was a teacher of the Trungpa...
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Singing in the Rain has to be the most perfectly created musical movie of all time; the plot is delightful and silly, but not stupid, while the numbers and dancing are fantastic, and altogether the...
Members:
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This Billy Wilder fantasia stars Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe. You need a better reason than that to see this hysterical movie? No, you don't, so go rent it.
This is another one of...
What is a Southerner? I think this is an important question because the stereotype of the ignorant trailer park red-neck is prevalent…and where that isn't invoked, the KKK is, and often under the...
For right now, start here.
Well, come ON….it's STAR WARS for chrissakes. The original. The best. (Mike contends that The Empire Strikes Back is the best of the series, but I have to disagree with that).
I will not waste...
KimBoo York: aka Kimberly C. York, :::KBS, KimBooSan
Born: August 15, 1969 (some form of Leo). Born on my Mother's birthday, and my parent's anniversary. Top that!
Height: I am 5'6" but no one...
MiKE and I live in Tallahassee, FL. It is a small city in north Florida, and is far more "Southern" in flavor than Orlando, which is five hours south of here. We enjoy this sweet little village,...
WATERMARK
Issue 5.01
January 8 - 21, 1998
Page 10
Teaching By Example
Who do gay and lesbian teens use as role models? Mike McKee — an Orange County "Teacher of the Year" — hopes to provide and...
WATERMARK
Issue 5.20
October 1 - 14, 1998
Page 17
Business Profile: The Craftsmen Offers Advice and Experience
ORLANDO - Just ask anyone who has lived through it, and they will tell you that...
The Longest Day
Cornelius Ryan
30th ed.
Reprint, New York: Simon & Shuster
2007
Did not use for any reference in the paper. Good book, though! And a great movie…
"The Man Who Beat Hitler"
Bruce W. Nelan
Time Magazine
June 6, 1994
Web permalink: article
Ref. Chicago Manual of Style, section 17.181, on "Pagination and Examples" for electronic sources; Nelan's...
This is a flag I designed for Progressive Southerners to display, wave, and stand for. Despite appearances, not all of us are nostalgic for the argarian days of slavery, vicious racism, and...
A study of humanity, locked in a quarantined city and dying by the truckload. I have never been much for navel-gazing writers or literary pretensions, but Camus ducks all that with his...
The Second World War
John Keegan
10th ed.
New York: Penguin Books
2005 (original print date - ???)
P. 374: Discussing Montgomery as the ground commander of choice, Keegan succinctly wraps up the...
WATERMARK
Issue 5.06
March 19 - April 1, 1998
Page 21 (Artful Living Section)
The Specturns Grow Up
The Awards Ceremony Turned Five, Exceeding Many Expectations
ORLANDO - The Spectrum awards once...
AUTHORIA: A bit of something much greater, I think, but I don't know what. It was hard to write, it felt real. Sad, and real.
The Wife
She was a weathered stalk, spent and beat hollow. Her fiber...
This is my "To Do" list, and it really isn't meant for anyone but me. I thought about creating a new private wiki just for it, but that seemed kind of extreme and really, if you are so much of a...
Stuff I want to accomplish before I die:
Learn:
French
Spanish
Hebrew
Learn to play the violin
Run a marathon
Get my master's degree
Become a professional artist
Study yoga
Study...
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I keep track of stuff. Sometimes I might need it (house measurements, doctors' info) and sometimes not (Misc.) but here it is, for reference. I'm sure you can learn a lot by reading what is here,...
Books I have read and think are important enough to own:
Master & Commander series - Patrick O'Brian
Third Chimpanzee - Jared Diamond
Germs, Guns, and Steel - Jared Diamond
Edward Gorey...
SERIES OF FUND RAISERS SPELL SUCCESS FOR THE CENTER
ORLANDO - The Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Community Center recently held a series of events to raise awareness about the Center's services and to...
HOPE AND HELP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RESIGNS
ORLANDO - In a tersely worded press release, Hope and Help Center of Central Florida, Inc., announced the resignation of executive director Debbie Sanders....
AIDS WALK ORLANDO MOVES, EXPANDS
ORLANDO - The popular annual event AIDS Walk Orlando saw several important changes in 1998, culminating in a successful fund-raising walk on November 15 in downtown...
Channel 24 to Air In the Life
ORLANDO - Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) WMFE, Channel 24 has decided to air the gay and lesbian newsmagazine In the Life, beginning in 1998.
The award-winning...
Operation Rescue: Trying to Save Itself:
With Waning Support for its Anti-Abortion Agenda, the Group Now Targets Gays
ORLANDO - Operation Rescue, the Dallas-based organization known for its...
WNBA Scores in Orlando
ORLANDO - The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced on April 22 that it has awarded a conditional franchise to Orlando. The expansion team will begin play...
PROBLEMS PLAGUE LOCAL NIGHTCLUBS
ORLANDO-Something appears to be in the water… or the drinks! Several popular Orlando gay and lesbian nightclubs— Union, Romanz, Crews, Wyldes, Club at...
HOOPER-ELLETT SENTENCED FOR CRIMES
The man who stole thousands from GLCS is jailed.
By KimBoo York
ORLANDO— Timothy Hooper-Ellett, the man who embezzled thousands of dollars from the Gay and...
LOCAL GAY BUSINESSES FACE OFF WITH CITY INSPECTORS
ORLANDO-Two gay-owned businesses in the popular Virginia/Mills (ViMi) area of Orlando have experienced recent difficulties with City of Orlando...
ORLANDO PRIDE PARADE GAINING MOMENTUM
ORLANDO - The Orlando Pride Parade, beset with a recent history of luke-warm turnouts and a rebellion last year by long-time participants against steep...
LOCAL PASTOR SPOOFS RELIGIOUS RIGHT
DAYTONA BEACH - Daytona Beach resident and minister Tim Ward is no stranger to controversy, and his latest recording brings him once again to the forefront of...
LESBIAN CHILD CUSTODY CASE DISMISSED
VERO BEACH - Palm Bay resident Penny Kazmierazak lost her fight for custody of the daughter born to her former lesbian lover in early June, but says she plans...
LOG CABIN CLUB INAUGURATES ORLANDO CHAPTER
ORLANDO - While gay and lesbian Democrats in Orlando have had local representation for years through the Rainbow Democratic Club, local gay and lesbian...
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS DEFINE MARRIAGE AS HETEROSEXUAL, PROPOSE MOVING CONVENTION FROM ORLANDO
ORLANOD- Bapists overwhelmingly adopted the first change to The Baptist Faith and Message document in 35...
PIGNONE ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN FOR COUNTY CHAIRMAN
ORLANDO - In a surprise move, former county commissioner Fran Pignone announced in mid July that she has entered the race for the Orange County...
FLAG FELON COURT DATE NOT SET
ORLANDO - Charges have been set against Brandon Shawn McGarity, the 19 year old who allegedly stole and vandalized gay pride flags that were flying around Lake Lucerne...
HOPE AND HELP HIRES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ORLANDO - Hope and Help of Central Florida, a local AIDS service organization, has announced that its search for an executive director is over. On the...
CITY COUNCIL QUIETLY CHANGES FLAG POLICY
ORLANDO - In a quiet meeting without comments or opinions on August 17, the Orlando City Council voted unanimously to approve a list of future events that...
GLCS GETS NEW DIRECTOR, NEW NAME
ORLANDO - Gay and Lesbian Community Services of Central Florida, Inc. (GLCS) has announced the hiring of Chris Alexander as the center's new executive director on...
HEPATITIS A INFECTION RATE TRIPLES
ORLANDO - Outbreaks of the usually non-fatal liver disease Hepatitis A took a sharp upswing during the first half of 1998, with a total of thirty-four cases being...
RDC BEGINS SAFE SCHOOL CAMPAIGN
ORLANDO - The Rainbow Democratic Club (RDC) recently adopted a new program to eliminate anti-gay bias in the local public school system.
The Safe School Campaign is...
GLCS GETS NEW DIRECTOR, NEW NAME
ORLANDO - Gay and Lesbian Community Services of Central Florida, Inc. (GLCS) has announced the hiring of Chris Alexander as the center's new executive director on...
AIDS FORUM DRAWS LEADING RESEARCHERS
ORLANDO - An open community forum on national HIV/AIDS research efforts was held on September 16 at the Adams Mark Hotel in the Florida Mall. The program,...
IMPEACHMENT FORCES CANCELLATION OF FRANK FUNDRAISER
ORLANDO— A special local fundraising appearance by U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was canceled at the last minute because of President...
LATE NIGHT CLUB CHALLENGES ANTI-RAVE BILL
ORLANDO— A new club touted as a "Late Night Party Experience," has opened in the space formerly occupied by Noches De Leon. Fluid, which opened Oct. 9,...
GLBSU SPONSORS COMING OUT CELEBRATION AT CITY HALL
ORLANDO-The attack of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shephard was on the minds of those gathered at Orlando City Hall as they...
TEACHER, TEEN FACE REPRIMANDS FOR GAY DATING SERVICE AD
GROVELAND - The Orlando Sentinel reported on Saturday, Oct. 23, that a South Lake High School student and the school's journalism teacher are...
ARA HOSTS BENEFITS IN ORLANDO, LEESBURG
LEESBURG - On Saturday, Nov. 21, the AIDS Resource Alliance (ARA) is hosting the Red Ribbon Ride Rally from 11 AM to 3 PM at Constitution Green in downtown...
LOG CABIN CLUB OF ORLANDO GEARS UP
ORLANDO - The Log Cabin Club of Orlando, a political organization for gay and lesbian Republicans, is beginning to firm up its leadership and seek recognition by...
HOPE AND HELP EVENT BRIGHTENS DAY FOR CHILDREN
ORLANDO - Hope and Help of Central Florida, Inc., held it's tenth annual "A Holiday Season of Sharing Charity" event on Saturday, December 5 at the...
PRIDE OVER ORLANDO FLAGS RETURN
ORLANDO - The Heart of Florida Foundation recently issued a press release announcing the distribution of the Pride Over Orlando flags. The flags originally few over...
YOUTH SUMMIT REACHES OUT TO AT-RISK TEENS
ORLANDO - Hope and Help of Central Florida, Inc., sponsored its annual AIDS-awareness Youth Summit on Tuesday, December 1, at the Omni Rosen Hotel. Over...
ARA PLANS AIDS AWARENESS EVENT
ORLANDO - AIDS Resource Alliance, Inc. (ARA) is teaming up with members of Central Florida's entertainment community to host Voices…A New Beginning in May of...
GIRTH AND MIRTH HOSTS FUNDRAISER FOR ARA
ORLANDO - Girth and Mirth of Central Florida sponsored two holiday projects in conjunction with AIDS Resource Alliance (ARA) to help provided funds for the...
GLAAD CONDUCTS LOCAL SEMINARS
ORLANDO - Representatives from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) will be in Orlando January 23 and 24 to conduct a series of seminars focusing on...
LESBIAN GOSPEL SINGER TO PERFORM
DAYTONA BEACH - Marsha Stevens, a contemporary lesbian gospel singer, will perform in Daytona Beach on Friday, Feb. 5. Her free-admission concert is at 7 PM at Hope...
GIRTH AND MIRTH HOLDS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
ORLANDO - Girth and Mirth of Central Florida (GMCF), a social club for heavy set men and their admirers, is holding a membership drive and free pot luck...
THE CENTER UNVEILS LOCATION OF PROPOSED BUILDING
ORLANDO - The Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Community Center of Central Florida, Inc., has received permission to disclose the location of the property...
UCF STUDENT UNION GETS CONFERENCE FUNDING
ORLANDO - The University of Central Florida's Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Student Union (GLBSU-UCF) has been approved to receive $1,000 worth of funding to...
AIDS WALK DAYTONA BENEFITS OUR HOUSE
DAYTONA BEACH - The AIDS Coalition of Volusia/Flagler County, Inc., again sponsors the Daytona AIDS walk, called Walk For Your Neighbor, on February 21. This is...
FAIRVILLA WINS ZONING FIGHT WITH CITY
ORLANDO - After five years of litigation between the city of Orlando and the owner of the adult entertainment retail store Fairvilla MegaStore, a settlement...
THE CENTER LOSES BID ON BUILDING
ORLANDO-Once again, the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Community Center of Central Florida, Inc. (GLBCC) has suffered disappointment in their pursuit of a permanent...
This is a wiki site; that is, it is created as I go along and it is has very little external structure imposed upon it. Kind of like Life.
I am a writer, an artist, a scientist, a Southerner, and a...
Why the Allies Won
Ricard Overy
New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
1996
P. 1: "The Soviet Union bore the brunt of the German onslaught and broke the back of German power."
P. 2-3: "One of the most...
WATERMARK
Issue 5.06
March 19 - April 1, 1998
Page 21 (Artful Living Section)
Women of the Wilds
The Lake COunty Organization WILLOW Gives Rural Womyn a Way to Meet and Socialize
MT. DORA - On the...
Below are the jobs I've held since 1996. Prior to that I was a "housewife" (long story). Jobs are in reverse order, generally, and descriptions include some personal reflection and commentary. This...
I write. I cannot remember not writing; my mother encouraged me from a young age and while I think her aspirations for me were a bit extravagant, I think I am at least somewhat talented at this...
I've been writing for years, and theoretically I could post here a scan of the first book I ever wrote. I was six. It was in crayon. I think I meant for it to be a sequal to The Wizard of Oz.
But I...
Germans enforcing Western shores: Atlantic Wall began being built in 1942; in late 1943 "German Commander-in-Chief in the West, Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt had in all some 46 divisions under...
Sorting, archiving, indexing, editing everything I have left from my parents. EVERYTHING. This includes all the boxes of photos and yes, even their income tax statements starting from…uh, WWII....