My decision to stop drinking happened on a whim. I was complaining to Reuben that I still can’t lose the ten pounds I gained in Japan, and it has been over two months. Of hitting the gym twice a day! That’s when he told me about the latest scientific discovery: that your body [...]
Back in my early twenties, right after I graduated from college, when I couldn’t really afford to eat sushi, I remember hurrying home one night after treating myself to just such a meal. I was trying to rush home while the taste of raw fish and slightly vinegary rice with wasabi and soy sauce [...]
It is a Friday night, and Reuben and I are watching Ordinary People on his bed. Why this particular movie? I don’t know. What a serious downer to watch when you’re stoned. But Reuben likes these serious movies. The light is off. The room is dark. The movie is depressing. And Reuben is eating through [...]
After patiently waiting in line at Taipei Train Station for a good twenty minutes, I was finally making my purchase at the ticket counter when a Taiwanese lady pushed me aside. She had a question to ask the clerk. She did not want to wait in line like everyone else. It was rude, but [...]
You know how God is always talking to you? On her Master Class series on the OWN channel, Oprah imparts this wisdom: God is love God is Life And your life is always talking to you. God talked to me just this past Sunday, on the Fourth of July. I was at my friend Harley [...]
Mr. Prada Loafers sent me an email the other day. It’s been years since I’ve heard from him. I can’t say that I’ve missed him. Because, right away, he starts asking for my favorite scene. It’s always these fantasies with him. You know how I’m rather tortured and never live in the moment? Well, I [...]
There is controversy brewing in the heavily gay Castro district in San Francisco. A group of nudists have descended upon the newly installed piazza at the 17th and Market street closure. The piazza itself has become the new town square. Young drag queens run, in platform stilettos, from bar to bar, trying to hustle up an audience. [...]
So I was driving through downtown Oakland, from Chinatown to Berkeley, when I came across a Wig Superstore. The sign said, 100% human hair! Real and synthetic! Huge variety! Huge inventory discount! I couldn’t resist. I parked my car. I tried feeding the meter, but, like 99% of parking meters in Oakland, it was damaged [...]