June 2009
Don't ask, don't tell
I learned something appalling recently. The U.S. military allows gay men and lesbians to serve in the military only if they keep quiet about their sexuality. There have been 13,000 gay and lesbian personnel discharged in the past 16 years under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Unbelievable, blatant homophobia.
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My Sunday (not in photos)
Sleep in
Vespa ride to the Cloisters (FYI - Cloisters is somewhere around the 200th St mark - that’s a long way from Hells Kitchen)
Short walk around the Cloisters
Vespa ride from Cloisters down to the Upper West Side for a late lunch (that’s a 130 block ride down Broadway)
Lunch at Cafe Ronda
Vespa ride down to Union Square to buy dog food
Vespa ride home
Watched the movie...
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WatchForgot to post this video of Winston swimming at the beach last week.
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Vet bills
Winston spent the day at the vet. In case you were wondering, the removal of two testicles and three stubborn baby teeth comes to $400.98. I think I might be Dr Fisch’s best customer.
Also, in case you were wondering how that cone thing on his head was going? I put it on, watched him thrash around desperately trying to get it off, and then realized he was going to cause himself more...
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Memoir suggestions
A lovely reader Erica, sent me an email with some memoir suggestions. I am going to read all of these over the coming weeks.
Happens Every Day by Isabel Gillies
All of Jen Lancaster’s books - Erica says “She is a riot (and actually reminds me a lot of your friend Berry)”. The same Berry who won’t start a blog because she “doesn’t want anyone to know who I...
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My Starbucks Name
If you have been reading my blog for a while then you may remember my decision to use Kate as my Easy-To-Say-And-Spell-Name for things like Starbucks orders. At the restaurant last night I had to provide a name for the list.
Waiter: Name please?
Me: Kate (turns and grins at John like I’m being so funny)
Waiter: Kite?
Me: No, Kate.
Waiter: How do you spell that?
Me: K.A.T.E.
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Glorious
My mother tells me the weather in Ireland is glorious. Other words used: hot, sunny, lovely. I looked out the window to describe the weather back. I don’t know why I bothered looking. I should have already known. Rain.
Ireland > New York.
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A story
We were driving from South Beach to Fort Lauderdale and the dog was sleeping quietly in my lap. He woke up and seemed really antsy. More so than usual. And then we realized what the problem was. He needed to pee. We couldn’t pull over because we were on the freeway. I also thought he would be ok until we arrived because he had only just peed before we got in the car. Turns out I was...
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Monday means....
….a lookback at the last 7 days of google searches leading to my blog. This week’s winners are:
hooker boots
hooker boots vintage
georgie girl nude**
rhinoceros hippopotamus elephant
nude hairdressers**
tumblr nude girls**
stationery thieves
attire of Australia
**sorry to disappoint you but you won’t find anything nude on my blog
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