UPDATED February 17, 2010


Updated 6/5/2009
All of chapter 3 is now online. You find out what Beef Matson finds in his search for hidden mobster rooms, you learn all about the "creature" and much more. There's some interesting color illustrations and a comic strip version of part of the chapter as well!

The masculine San Francisco gay detective who sleeps with a teddy bear is back in a new adventure called "Catch A Falling Star" which is a prequel to "A Person In A Position Of Trust". This adventure has a science fiction theme and has our detective hero involved with political intrigue, mysterious murders and a journey on a luxury trans continental train.

CHAPTER 2 - GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL.

CHAPTER 1 - THE REINDEER MAN

Since it's basically a Christmas story, A PERSON IN A POSITION OF TRUST will make a good read for the Christmas season. In this story, none of the gay characters die, in fact many of them become "not dead".

Beef Matson, A PERSON IN A POSITION OF TRUST previous chapters:
Chapter 11, It Came Upon A Midnight Queer
Chapter 10, Just My Funny Way Of Laughin'.
Chapter 9, Faithful Friends Who Are Dear To Us Gather Near To Us Once More. The last section of chapter 9 is actually part of chapter 7 as seen from a different point of view.
Chapter eight, Little Orphan Randy. Chapters five, six and seven. Chapters 1 to 4 of the mystery are available for reading on first Beef Matson archive page.

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Notes

A Passing:  Richard Harold of Asbury Park, New Jersey.  Richard Harold (he preferred to call him Rick) was of my internet buddies that I knew the longest, probably since I first accessed the internet.  I think Rick originally sent me an email to compliment me on one of my paintings he saw on the net.  Rick was a veteran of World War II and lived in New York City after the war.  He sent me many interesting tales of both WWII and NYC of the 1950s.  He told me of being wounded in France and being sent to a hospital to recover, missing a battle in which many of his comrades were killed.  Rick also told me of the show people  he had come to know of the 1950s Broadway era.  He also told me how proud he was to march in the first gay pride parade in New York City.  Rick was also very proud of his family, his parents, his brothers and sister and their children and would frequently send me photos of them.  I kept prodding Rick to write down and record his memories because they were priceless - but he wasn't interested.  Right up to the very end, Rick was concerned with gay rights issues and issues of the common man (which are now called Progressive isses)and he would send out emails regarding a current issue  that concerned him.  He'd also send out emails of a lighter nature, photos of a man he thought was particularly sexy or humourous emails, or simply those emails to wish others well.

Dick (Rick) Harold at Camp Hood in 1946. Rick was the cute little guy back then, wasn't he?

I would make sure Rick would get a package of Rick Chris goodies for holidays, especially Christmas.  Rick seemed to really enjoy those surprises.  Rick lived on the 10th floor high rise for seniors in Asbury Park.  He used to enjoy watching the pride parade in Asbury Park from his windows - that is, until the route was moved and his view was blocked.  So sneaky little me, made some contacts in 2009 and arranged for someone, another gay  WWII vet, to take Rick to the parade.  However, Rick turned down my offer, he wasn't getting around very well any more and preferred to not to make the trip down to the parade. I will most surely miss Rick and getting his daily emails.  Whether he knew it or not, Rick taught me that while we grow older on the outside, we never stop being young on the inside.  I only wish Rick had not been so stubborn and would have agreed to my suggestions that he record some of this wonderful memories in writing so that others could share them. Richard Harold passed away on July 17th and in accordance with his wishes, he was cremated and his ashes were sent to Gates, New York to be buried with his mother and dad. A graveside service will be held during the first week of August.

A Passing:  I recently found out that Dennis Aiello of New Rochelle, New York had passed on suddenly and unexpectedly  in June.  Dennis was one of those people who would send out funny and/or spirit lifing emails that would brighten your day.  Dennis also liked Halloween, I remember photos he would send of costumes he and his friends wore to costume parties.  He will very much be missed.

An Arrival:  Congratulations to Chris and Michael in Illinois on the arrival of their new son, Nathaniel.  Best of luck to you guys and I'm sure Nathaniel has the best two daddies in the whole wide world.

Beef Matson/CATCH A FALLING STAR Chapter Four sneak preview:  I've posted some new artwork from the upcoming remainder of Chapter Four below under the Bloggette header. To jump down, click here.

What's New In The Gallery

Special Offer! - Complimentary Matting
Regarding all the artwork I'm currently offering that needs matting when framed (paintings and illustrations on watercolor paper or illlustration board), I'm offering complimentary matting, double mats, bevel cut, thrown in for free when you purchase a piece.  That would save you quite a bit when you get the piece framed.  All you would need to do then is to get a frame and glass and put the matted artwork into it.  Some people prefer to get the matting and framing done to their own particular tastes, so if you purchase a piece, let me know if you prefer  the piece matted or unmatted.

An "Awww" Moment Here's something a little different, it's an "awww" moment showing a little cowboy tenderness. Another painting on high quality watercolor paper.	Click on image to go to Purchase Gallery Page.
"Castro Rainbow" I've finally gotten around to starting a series that I've long wanted to do, a series of gay historical images.  Click on the image at right to go to the Purchase Gallery page.

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Just a note to let everyone know, my paintings are NOT computer generated images. I do my paintings the traditional way, by hand and start with a pencil sketch and work my way to the finished painting. So what you are getting is a product of my skill and not a software program.

During these rough times…
I know things are kind of rough out there for a lot of folks and the only magic I have to share with you is through my art and my little web site. If you are having bumpy day, I'd like to share my Affirmations page with you. It's one of the oldest pages on rickchris.com. Maybe you can use that page to build a little magic, gather a little grace and get the strength to help you through your trials. "Where is the night luster? Past my trials…" Click here.

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Spare Change For The Rick Chris Cookie Jar:
During these tough economic times, your donation would certainly help keep my little web site going. If you enjoy the various features on rickchris.com, please help support this web site through a donation. Any amount is helpful. Many thanks! - Rick Chris

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A New Feature: Rick's Disco Devasting Ditty!
A somewhat regular posting of a classic dance track.

Additional Devastating Disco Ditties

July12, 2010: "One For The Money" - The Whispers, 1976.  This little song really kicks.

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Putting the spotlight on those who add value to the gay community through their creativity, talent and achievement. The Shout Out column is open to any gay creative type, performer, writer, artist, etc. I know how challenging it can be for gay creative types, so this is my small way of trying to lend a helping hand by offering a little publicity. Just send an email (rickchris@rickchris.com) about yourself or someone you would like to be spotlighted. The cost? You only have to promise that you're going to try to be rich, famous and successful. I also accept news releases for shows, benefits and events.

Note: if you send in information about an event or individual I will be glad to list it for you free of charge - however, in your email, please state that you are requesting a listing under the Shout Out banner and I would also like to know who is making the request (the name of a contact person) so I know the information about the person or event is "authorized".

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Filthy Fifties Frisco: The Art of Fogtown by Bradley C. Rader

Four years after his debut show (THE LEGEND OF HARRY & DICKLESS TOM: Original Comic Book Art Work - October - November 2006), Emmy award winning animation artist/director Brad Rader returns to Flazh!Alley Art Studio to celebrate the release of his latest book, the 171 page graphic novel, FOGTOWN (DC/Vertigo, August 10, 2010) written by Andersen Gabrych. Paraphrasing the author, FOGTOWN is a raw, ugly, and explicitly human pulp/noir detective series, set in the ferociously filthy underworld of ‘50’s San Francisco. It follows the seamy temptations, damnations, and redemptions of Frank Grissel, P.I., an aging, hard-living, and morally ambiguous detective in the Mike Hammer/Sam Spade tradition…who “just happens” to be a pier-trawling, deeply closeted homosexual.

Brad Rader’s original artwork from pages of his book, drawn in black and white pen and ink, comprise the show.  Stylistically, the Alaska born artist emulates the comic book artwork of the 1950’s with influence of Russ Heath and E.C. Comics artists Jack Davis and Wally Wood.

An Emmy Award winning animation artist and director, Brad Rader has served as storyboard artist on many animated series including The Real Ghostbusters, Alf, Batman, Gargoyles, Stripperella and most recently, King of the Hill. He has directed several series, including HBO’s Spawn, for which he won an Emmy award (1999).  He has illustrated the comic books Batman Adventures, and Catwoman  (DC Comics); The Mark (Dark Horse Comics); and Tex: The Fine Art of Character Assassination (Atomic Basement).  A graduate of Art Center College of Design (illustration), Mr. Rader returned to his alma mater and to Otis/Parsons to teach storyboarding. His art has been exhibited in galleries in the United States as well as internationally.

The only public receptions and book signings will be on San Pedro's 1st Thursdays Art Walk Nights, August 5 and September 2, 2010 from 7-11 PM ADULTS ONLY (18 and over) "Filthy Fifties Frisco" can also be seen by appointment. Please call, 310.833.3633 or flazhalley@aol.com

Flazh!Alley Art Studio is located at 1113 S. Pacific Ave., Suite B, San Pedro, CA. Park in the large city parking lot behind the Ramona Bakery at Pacific & 11th Street. Enter Flazh!Alley from the alley, of course.

http://www.flazhalleystudio.com/

The Mormon Proposition

An article about the recent suicide of a young man that was originally signed up to be interviewed for the film. Click here.

Director Reed Cowan initially planned on making a documentary about gay teen homelessness and suicide in Utah but soon realized that the homophobia that prompts otherwise loving parents to kick teenagers out of their homes is deep-seated in current Mormon ideology. Cowan, with his fellow filmmakers, experienced first-hand what it was like to grow up gay in Utah in the Mormon faith, then turned their attention to the historic campaign by the Mormon Church to pass Proposition 8 in California believing that it was the cornerstone of an ideology that has worked for decades to damage gay people and their causes. The film is their emotional outcry to what they found.

 
Stonewall Uprising

"And if we catch you with a homosexual, your life will be a living hell! And you will be caught! Don't think you won't be caught!" A film by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner "It was the Rosa Parks moment," says one man.  June 28, 1969: NYC police raid a Greenwich Village Mafia-run gay bar, The Stonewall Inn. For the first time, patrons refuse to be led into paddy wagons, setting off a 3-day riot that launches the Gay Rights Movement. Told by Stonewall patrons, Village Voice reporters and the cop who led  the raid, STONEWALL UPRISING compellingly recalls the bad old days when psychoanalysts equated  homosexuality with mental illness and advised aversion therapy, and even lobotomies; public service  announcements warned youngsters against predatory homosexuals; and police entrapment was rampant.     A treasure-trove of archival footage gives life to this all-too-recent reality, a time when Mike Wallace announced  on a 1966 CBS Reports: "The average homosexual, if there be such, is promiscuous.  He is not interested in, nor capable of, a lasting relationship like that of a heterosexual marriage."  At the height of this oppression, the cops  raid Stonewall, triggering nights of pandemonium with tear gas, billy clubs and a small army of tactical police.  The rest is history.

Playdates

Peter Wolfe is a new novel by writer Gerald Libonati.  Mr. Libonati is currently working at Tribune's Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale where he has won six awards for features.  Before that he was at the Miami Herald.  He has also written for the Advocate and numerous gay/lesbian newspapers around the United States. Mr. Libonati writes: "In addition to Peter Wolfe, I wrote “The Adjuster” about a cocky, modern gay artist who goes back in time before Stonewall. That’ll raise a few eyebrows.  And,“The Artist’s Life” about a guy from a small town who moves to glitzy South Beach, Miami. Talk about culture shock." Quotes from Gerald Libonati: “Initially, I started writing because there were very few positive images about gay men and lesbian women. Most of the information gathered and published about homosexuality before the 60s was taken from interviews with prisoners and mental patients.” “I like taking a popular fantasy and turning it into a story.  I mean, who wouldn’t want to hook up with a famous rock star?”	Gerald Libonati
"Rock star Peter Wolfe, has fame but wants love.  He is ditching his trademark sunglasses and washing the mousse from his hair. He’s convinced the only way to meet Mr. Right is to pretend he’s just another guy. Peter sets out to find a boyfriend who isn’t after his money; awed by his star-status or looking for a ride to the top.  He thinks it will be easy but quickly discovers that the world outside the tour bus is a lot more complicated than he expected.  When personalities clash in a real world romance, Peter realizes that if he’s going to succeed, he’ll have to take a long hard look at his expectations, his assumptions about himself and his perceptions of others."   (Names and people in this novel are fictional and do not portray anyone living or dead.)
Available through the publisher at orchardhousepress.com. Also available at Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.

Out Radio

Out Radio is a production of JD Doyle. You can find links on the Out Radio site to his other radio shows as well as an email link to JD. www.outradio.com JD Doyle writes: "I'm very pleased to announce that I've started a new radio show, called OutRadio. This is a companion show to Queer Music Heritage, and like QMH it will be a monthly multi-part show, but it will focus on new and recent music by GLBT artists. There is just so much new music I want to share and this will be my way to do that. It starts at www.OutRadio.com."

Queer Music Heritage and Out Radio host, JD Doyle

JD Doyle writes: OutRadio for July’s three hours start off with some dance (Jason Antone, Brian Kent, Ernest Kohl), then goes into a Gay American Idol set, and lots of directions from there. But I’m particularly psyched about Part 3, which I call “These Instrumentals Are Gay,” as I don’t pay enough attention to the instrumentals (in this case electronica) done by our GLBT musicians. OutRadio for July: Interviews and More:   http://www.queermusicheritage.com/outjul10.html Out Radio is a new show produced by JD Doyle in addition to his Queer Music Heritage shows. QUEER MUSIC HERITAGE Queer Music Heritage For July - The Sonia & Disappear Interview JD Doyle writes: "I'm very pleased this month to bring you a special two-hour career interview with SONiA. SONiA Rutstein and her sister Cindy Frank released their first album as Disappear Fear in 1988, and in various incarnations twelve more albums followed over the years. We start off with her new album “Blood, Bones & Baltimore,” which is a visit to Blues Americana and a delight. And my site features an extensive gallery of her recordings."   You can stream or download the show anytime at http://www.queermusicheritage.com/jul2010.html http://www.queermusicheritage.com Outradio site: http://www.outradio.com Co-producer of Audiofile, the monthly radio review of CDs of interest to the GLBT communities, airing on over 175 stations around the world on This Way Out. The Audiofile site is at www.Audiofile.org and all past Audiofile segments are archived at http://www.queermusicheritage.com/af.html Also co-host of Queer Voices on KPFT, Monday nights from 9-11 pm, www.kpft.org and at MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jddoyle

Rick Chris very much recommends the Queer Music Heritage web site. If you are at all into music and would like to see how much gay performers have contributed to the music scene over the years, this site is a MUST SEE. For those of us who love music, JD Doyle has catalogued an incredible amount of information on gay artists and albums including some incredible rare stuff. A fun site to visit and JD has done a great service for the gay community by preserving the history and memory of these artists and recordings. QMH is also a radio show on KPFT radio in Houston, Texas and is also netcast. JD writes:

There are also many extra sections, such as a page of Gay Marriage Songs (with free downloads), a page of songs about Matthew Shepard, a section on Gay Musicals, lots of info about drag artists, a page listing songs about AIDS, etc, etc."

Take Back Pride
In response to the current political environment and in the interest of unifying the work of LGBT Organizations around the country, Take Back Pride is a new campaign aimed towards educating our community and the citizens of the United States on the many inequalities we currently face.

Talk About Equality

Take Back Pride

Get Equal

The Big Gay Musical
Sometimes being the person you're not helps you love the person you are. http://www.thebiggaymusical.com/

In the meantime, take good care of yourself. You've got to, because you're the only one of you we've got. They just ain't making anymore just like you.

Queerty

 

 

Pride 2010 Album

Pride 2009 Album

Pride 2008 album

Pride 2007 Album

Pride 2006 Album

Unexpected Guests For Christmas

Rick Chris Crossword Puzzle

What's In The Rick Chris Closet:
Currently: a visit to a gay bathhouse

If you would like to leave a tip in the Rick Chris cookie jar:

PEOPLE CARE ABOUT YOU!

National Suicide Hotline
1-800-suicide (784-2433)

Rick Chris says: "Take care of yourself. You've got to, because you're the only one of you we've got. They just ain't making anymore just like you."

The Trevor Helpline
An around-the-clock (24/7) crisis and suicide prevention helpline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.
1-866-488-7386

Youth suicide with a focus on gay male youth.

In memory of GLBT suicide victim

Do we have a gay saint watching out for us? If you have an issue, it wouldn't hurt to send a prayer his way and see what happens. Click here.

"The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later." - Harvey Fierstein

"Never place a period where God has placed a comma." - Gracie Allen

News

Courage Campaign

Gay Liberation Network

Pink News United Kingdom

Buzz Flash.com

Buzz Flash.net

Buzz Flash Blog

Gay Russia
Gay Russia - News on Russia and Human Rights.

The Huffington Post

Robert Reich
Informative commentary about politics and the economy by Robert Reich, Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, Served in three national administrations and as Secretary Of Labor.

Truthout
An alternative to big media news.

True Majority

Truth Wins Out
Fighting Right Wing Lies and the Ex-Gay Fraud.

Move On .org
Democracy In Action

Denver, Colorado News and Info

Denver's Gay Blog

WHAT'S GAY ON TV
TV Gay Guide

GIFTS AND SHOPPING

Rainbow Depot

Adam And Andy
A comic strip featuring the adventures of a gay male couple.

Gilbert Baker
Meet the man who created the rainbow flag.

Belasco Comix
Homo afro erotic artist. Author of 'Brothers of New Essex', creator of character 'A Brutha Named Boo'

Zack Blank
Australian artist and photographer Zack Blank.

ButchBoyStudios
From San Francisco, the art of Joel Hoyer and Martin Freeman

Capitol Hillbillies
Comic strip adventures of gay guys in Seattle. "Because sodomy is funny."

Daniel Cool
Auf Deutsch and in English. "My pictures stand for friendship, partnership and love."

Danny Boy Studio
Masculine art of bears and full figured men.

The Sultry World Of Bobby Cook
Arizona artist Bobby Cook

CManart Thoughts
Cartoonist and Caricaturist

Drubskin
The blog of San Diego artist Drubskin.

durkART
Artist durkART's Myspace page

The Gay Monsters
Online animated comic strip about gay monsters by Andy Bauer.

S±even Laredo Garrett
Author, Artist and Photographer

Homoerotic Art Museum
Matt and Andrej Koymasky Foundation Homoerotic Art Museum

Hotlead
The erotic art of Michael Broderick

Christopher Howlind
A gay male artist living in southern California.

Zane Maxwell
Gay erotic art paintings, drawings and illustrations for sexy men and male nude in watercolors. His artwork is simple, unique, and provocative to stimulate intellect and humor.

Randy RD Riccoboni
San Diego artist Randy Riccoboni

Designs by Sean

Tedited
An artist living in Oslo, Norway

Comic strip about a gay bed and breakfast.

Writers

Jay Bell
Home of author Jay Bell, writer of fantasy, romance, and gay fiction. Keep up to date with his latest novels and releases.

Alan Ilagan

William Maltese

Maltese on MySpace

Beau To Beau Publishing
The writings of BK Wright. "All persons are entitled to unconditional acceptance." These fictional stories of romance (with happy endings) help to convey the message that gay men can find a significant other with whom to share their lives.

Gay America Blog

America Blog
US politics overall with a particular focus on the Bush Administration, the radical right, and gay civil rights.

Arrumako's Gay Blog
En Español.

Best Gay Blogs
Keep up on the best gay blogs on the web.

BOBnews
Russian Bears. In Russian.

Buff's Tufftalk
Exploring man to man relationships from a top man's perspective.For top men who care about their relationships. Setting a responsible example while pursuing our gay identity.

A Conservative Lesbian
A newly conservative lesbian

David Mixner
Live From Hell's Kitchen

Gay.com

The Gaytheist Agenda
Two Cats, One Wife, No God

Get Equal

Good As You (G-A-Y)
Gay and lesbian activism with a sense of humor.

Perez Hilton
Hollywood gossip blog

Joe My God
Gay culture, short stories, politics, and fabulous disco trivia.

Il Salottino Del Barbiere
In Italiano. Vietato ai minori di anni 18!

Dyer Times
Notes on a crazy world - Milwaukeean Kurt Dyer's views on politics, rights, Jake Gyllenhaal, etc.

KC Risen Phoenix Journal
A blog by Ben, who lives in Kansas City.

The Latest Outrage
A political blog by Erik Ose.

Lavender Newswire
If you're not outraged, we're not doing our job.

LGBT Minute
Newsy commentary about the latest community issues by a delightful, positive soul named Bonnie.

The Male Vagabondage
Italiano. Un viaggio attraverso una cultura tutta al maschile nel tentativo di scoprire e riscoprire nuovi e vecchi orizzonti artistici. L'obiettivo primario di questo blog é quello di analizzare, principalmente attraverso le immagini, l'eros maschile in tutte le sue possibili espressioni artistiche.

William Maltese on Amazon

Meatcute
A blog about gay art and artists.

Pam's House Blend
Always steamin'.

Parisianboys by Seb and Fred

Queerclick
"All things queer" which includes a lot of naked guys.

Queerty
Free of an agenda, except that gay one

Bobby Rivers

Website and blog of former VH1 veejay and the host of cable network TV shows, actor, writer and movie reviewer, Bobby Rivers.

Sacred Pauses
Blog on faith and spiritually. " Never let any preacher tell you that you're a worthless sinner."

Saint Mychal Judge
To encourage greater Faith, Hope & Love through "the saint of 9/11"

Salsa para Pecar
En Español. Un lugar homoerótico para gente adulta, responsable y hedonista.

Marc Scott - Segue Artist

Michaelangelo Signorile

Take Back Pride

Talk About Equality

Towleroad
More gay news for more gay men.

Truth Wins Out
Fighting anti-gay lies and the ex-gay myth.

The Unbearable Truth…Fear Eats The Soul
True life stories of a man who learned that "A life lived in fear is a life half-lived…". (A very literate, sensitive and entertaining blog.)

Rex Wockner

Classic Top Forty rock and roll radio by the master.

Queer Music Heritage
An internet music museum site and radio show devoted to GLBT music hosted by the cognoscenti of gay music, JD Doyle.

Below are some of Rick Chris's favorite Live365 radio stations. The following listed stations can also be accessed through the Live365 widget below.

WGAY 365
Fun and upbeat original Classic Disco and Dance with extended plays and special mixes plus lounge tunes including Streisand, Garland and Minelli. Stereo, 32 kbps.

Brokeback Mountain Radio
Music from and inspired by the movie and short story. 64kbps

Gay Bar Music
Hi-NRG tracks heard in gay bars and clubs, Current and classic hits. 32kbps

Mark's Dance Party
The most eclectic dance station on Live365. Wide variety of tracks from 60's to present. You won't get bored. Low band width! 16kbps.

Sites Of Interest

Arcigay
The Italian Gay Association

Easy Boy Friend
Home of the future ex-boyfriend of the week.

Gay Gamer
For boys who like boys who like joysticks.

Gay Heroes

Singer Jay Spear's totally excellent site highlighting gay historical figures.

HomoRodeo
Interested in gay cowboys and gay rodeo events? This site's for you, a matrix of information for gay rodeo fans.

JoeHerzenberg.org - a site devoted to the life of the first openly gay elected official in the former Confederacy.

Leonard Matlovich.com
To inform and inspire.  Awarded a Purple Heart for being wounded by a land mine, Sgt. Leonard Matlovich was the first to volunteer to fight the military's ban on gays.

Miracomovan
En Español. Hombres para Hombres. Dibujos y Pinturas de hombres de todas las épocas del arte. Site contains images of nude and homoerotic art.

Not Kansas
A personal memoir and reflections on gay history and popular culture from the post-World War II years to the early Nineties. An alternative to politically correct history.

Savage Love Advice Column by Dan Savage

Truth Wins Out
Fighting Right Wing Lies and the Ex-Gay Fraud.

"I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit." - Fran Lebowitz

Fulfilling your dreams is more therapeutic than analyzing them. - Barbara Sher

Our first teacher is our heart - Cheyenne proverb

I am what I am - Popeye

Art is not what you see but what you make others see.

"You're never too old to become younger." - Mae West

"You're never too old to have a happy childhood" - George Bernard Shaw

"I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man." - Henry David Thoreau

Seen on a bumper sticker: "I do whatever my Rice Krispies tell me to do."

"Too much stress and strain on the brain makes you go insane."

"Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privillege. Use it. Dwell in possibility." - Oprah Winfrey

"Gay is the feeling you get when all of the straight people leave the room."

"There is a major difference between a friend (in office) and a gay person in office. It's not enough just to have friends represent us, no matter how good those friends may be. We must give people the chance to judge us by our own leaders, and our own legislators." - Harvey Milk

"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues." - President Abraham Lincoln

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." - Harvey Fierstein

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt"

It's a funny old world…a man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." - W.C. Fields

"According to you, everything I like is either immoral, illegal or fattening." - W.C. Fields

"If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door." - Harvey Milk "

"…but personally I thank God for gay men, 'cause if it was not for them, us fat women would have nobody to dance with." - Rosanne

"The only thing necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing." - Edmond Burke

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they are okay, then it's you." - Rita Mae Brown

"Only until your high enough on the mountain, will the real purpose of the valley come into view." - Cowboy Dave

"The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese" - Steven Wright

"The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later." - Harvey Fierstein

"Never place a period where God has placed a comma." - Gracie Allen

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction." - Blaise Pascal

"You should take a husky man who will always be at your side." - Sherlock Holmes to Sir Henry in Hound of the Baskervilles.

"Marriage hasn't been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out." - Ben Affleck

"Deciding on a husband is like picking a diamond, you don't want to choose one that's obviously flawed." - Jerry Hall

"The bias of the media is not liberal. It's lazy and sensationalist." - Jon Stewart

"The moment you see something wrong and don't say anything, is the moment you start to die," - Dr. Jocelyn Elders, Former Surgeon General of the United States

"Worry is like paying interest on debts you haven't incurred yet" - anonymous

"Better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not" - anonymous

"A free society is where it is safe to be unpopular." - anonymous

"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." - from Historical Review of Pennsylvania [c.1759] by Benjamin Franklin [1706-1790]

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