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Born On This Day- May 29th... English Writer T.H. White
During the 4 decades that I was an actor, I had a tendency to immerse myself in research, of which only the tiniest touch would be timely & valuable. In 1969. I was cast as Merlin in the musical-...
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Born On This Day- May 29th... Rupert James Hector Everett
We were already big fans of his good looks & his talent, & then in the early 1980s,The Husband waited on Rupert Everett & his entourage, in town for the Seattle International Film Festival...
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On This Day- May 30th, 65 years ago, The Flooding Of VANPORT.
I enjoy riding the MAX train. The bus always seems to have the odor of diesel, sweat & a slight hint of wet wool, & MAX is electrically powered & usually clean. I find the sound of the...
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Born On This Day- May 30th... Helmut Berger
It sounds like a weekend at Post Apocalyptic Bohemia: anguished souls, sinister villains & twisted Nazis, but I am actually considering Helmut Berger on his birthday.In 1964, Helmut Berger met...
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Born On This Day- May 31st...Walt Whitman
When I write about individuals from history that were homosexual, I avoid using the term- GAY, because for me, there was no GAY before the 20th century, until I consider Walt Whitman on this, the day...
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Born On This Day- June 1st... Norma Jeane Mortenson
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius& it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."50 years after her death, Marilyn Monroe lives on as an enchanting enigma. She was the...
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MM
“My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God,...
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RIP
I am made sad to hear of Jean Stapleton taking her final curtain call today. I knew her very briefly. I even appeared on stage with her, well, sort of. I did props & set changing for a production...
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My Boo
It was love at first sight. I saw him reporting from Africa on ABC in the mid-1990s, & my heart wound up in my throat. He sends me subliminal messages from my TV while broadcasting nightly on...
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Born On This Day, June 3, in 1901… Maurice Evans
How astonishingly gay was the cast of Bewitched: Paul Lynde, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, plus the star of the series- Elizabeth Montgomery, a supporter of gay rights before it was cool?American TV...
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Born On This Day- May 5th... Suze Orman
What were the chances that John Maynard Keynes & Susan Lynn Orman would share a birthday? Is there something about June 5th that is telling of people being smart about money? Do Geminis think a...
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Born On This Day- June 5th... Chad Allen
In the terrific & engaging 1980s TV series- St. Elsewhere, one of the main characters has a young son who was autistic. In the series finale- The LastOne, it is revealed that all the storylines...
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Born On This Day- June 5th... John Maynard Keynes
"Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." John Maynard KeynesI have never had much interest in...
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Born On This Day- June 5th... Allen Ginsberg
Have you ever spent time with a book you loved so much, you didn’t want it to end? I started to slow down my pace with Just Kids, Patti Smith’s recollection of her time with Robert Mapplethorpe, when...
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Can You Hear Me Now?
The media are abuzz with this story & at last, it seems to be a bi-partisan issue, with Republicans defending the action & Republicans decrying the policy. Democrat Senator Diane Feinstein...
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Born On This Day- June 6th... Sandra Bernhard
I am just crazy for her. I have seen Sandra Bernhardperform live 6 times (that I remember), including a non-concert question & answer session at the University of Washington in the mid-1990s......
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Born On This Day- June 6th... Harvey Fierstein
“If you don't look, you don't know.”Harvey FiersteinWell, first of all, there is that voice. I always think of my distinctive voice, made possible by decades of pot smoking & whiskey drinking, but...
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Born On This Day- June 9th... Cole Porter
At a very young age, I was so enamored of the songs of Cole Porter & the story of his life & friendships, that my parents gave me huge “coffee table” book about this great American songwriter...
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Born On This Day- June 10th... Maurice Bernard Sendak
I am not certain how the tradition started, but sometime in my late teens, I would give my mother a gift of a classic children’s’ book on her birthday. The very first one I presented her with was...
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Born On This Day- June 10th... Gay Icon Francis Ethel Gumm
How can I come up with a gay connection to Judy Garland? Let’s see… her father was gay, 2 of her husbands were gay, the man she handpicked as a husband for her daughter was gay, her gay fans remained...
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