Month: May 2023

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Words of Wisdom

From Doug:

Here's what matters in life:

Did you love someone, and did someone love you? 

Have you had some fun, shared some laughs, and helped a few people along the way? 

Did you make the world an ever-so-slightly, infinitesimally better place?

If you can answer these questions yes, shake your own hand in congratulations. You're a success. Continue that success for as long as you can, and don't worry too much about getting your act together.

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I'm Officially OLD

Back in the mid 90s, I seriously doubted I would live to see this birthday. Even though I kept testing negative, after attending multiple weekly funerals and watching friends drop like flies from AIDS, planning for my "retirement" wasn't even a thing I remotely considered having to worry about. When the small architectural firm I was working for at the time set up a 401K for me, I immediately cashed it out, telling them, "I don't expect to live to see 65."

And yet, here we are…

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Conservatives: "Haha we owned them!"

Straight allies: "This is so offensive. Stop attacking queer people."

Actual queer people: "Can I get this on a shirt?"

Wear it with PRIDE.

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An Old Friend, Rediscovered

Remember this one? It was my go-to scent from about 1979 thru 1986, and if you weren't wearing Polo you were probably Halston. I hadn't thought about it in years but rediscovered it after taking a detour down an internet rabbit hole while trying to remember the name of the Pierre Cardin cologne (the one in the phallic bottle) I wore prior to 1979.

I found it on Amazon of all places. Turns out they never stopped making it, but I haven't seen it in at a fragrance counter in years. (Of course, I haven't been to a fragrance counter since the 2000s, so maybe that has something to do with it.)

Even though they've altered the formula a bit since the 80s (current regulations apparently forbid the use of real oakmoss), it still smells just as amazing as I remember it.