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Martin Duberman's Stonewall has been kicking around my house for a long time before I finally picked it up. The book was updated in 1993, which means the update is a quarter of a century ago. Nonetheless, it stands as an excellent overview of the world of American (mostly urban) gay people just before, during, and after the Stonewall uprising. ( Read more... )

In the last few days, I

1) learned that I had frequent flyer miles that would expire if not revitalized by the end of April
2) tried to use them for travel in May, hoping that trying to use them would revitalize them
3) Paid for new travel for May, hoping that paying for travel would revitalize my miles
4) Found out the miles only revitalize once you' ( Read more... )

I finished Nemesis Games (Book 5 of the Expanse). In this one, James S. A. Corey (pseudonym for Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) provide a Big Event that may, in fact, be the Biggest Event in the history of space opera. And in the interest of avoiding spoilers, I won't tell you what it is.

Suffice it to say that the four crew members of the Roci have ( Read more... )

Why do I feel like I've been doing dishes for three days? Here's why.

Friday morning, Alan made his weekly two loaves of artisan sourdough bread (this involves mostly prep on Thursday, baking Friday morning).

Friday evening, we had pork chops and salad for dinner, a simple familiar house dinner. After that, we did what we call "big cook," which is ( Read more... )

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The 57 bus runs through a long stretch of my home town of Oakland, including many very different neighborhoods and class levels. I ride it in two directions on most Sundays to visit some friends. So, naturally, I was interested in The 57 Bus: The True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Their Lives, by Dashka Slater.

In 2013, after ( Read more... )

Honestly, I didn't stop posting because you all had such good answers to my what-to-post questions. I stopped posting because I got too busy to read DW, and I won't post if I'm not caught up. But here it is still Wednesday, and I have a long stack of books to comment on.

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(An even longer review of Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay, of ( Read more... )