Daily Archives: 11/15/2010

(Community Matters) We’ve been staying at the Hotel Schloss Edesheim (a castle in the center of Edesheim) but I’m moving us this morning to the Hotel Deidesheimer Hof.  Both are in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate (aka Rheinland-Pfalz) , the serious wine producing state in Western Germany.

Coincidentally, two of Steven’s friends (Reiner & Heidi Mielecki) made reservations at the Hotel Deidesheimer Hof, not knowing we’d be staying there tonight and tomorrow.  Turns out for the better – the hotel’s gourmet restaurant Schwarzer Hahn (1 Michelin star) is one of their favorites and they wonderfully introduced us to the menu and wine list.

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(Community Matters) My friends know I’m an unapologetic enthusiast: I believe a great deal has been accomplished legislatively and perhaps even more through the regulatory system.  I’ve told the story how on election night 2008 after then Senator Obama was declared President-elect, after jumping up and down so damn happy, crying, and hugging each other, most of us had a few minutes of pause, recognizing that it wasn’t gonna be pretty given the economic crisis and after 8 years of gross mismanagement.  We knew there would be hell to pay in just two years and there has been – we can’t bemoan now what we agreed to then.

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(Community Matters) what a courageous 14yo – “a silent Holocaust”

Towleroad: We all have teachers that make a lasting impression on us. It appears as if young Ann Arbor student Graeme Taylor has already found his.

The 14-year-old, who is openly gay, bravely stood up for his teacher, Jay McDowell at a recent school board meeting. McDowell was disciplined on October 20 for removing two students who had made anti-gay remarks in class. During his speech in support of his teacher, Taylor revealed his problems with bullying and a suicide attempt at the age of 9.

Watch young Taylor’s very mature and highly inspiring speech

then, of course, there’s this jerk

(Community Matters) very cool

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(Community Matters) Sigma Phi Beta a gay fraternity – shouldn’t there be a chapter at UT-Austin?

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