RBNY vs. Seattle Sounders, Giants Stadium, Jersey.
















In the end, a 1-1 tie. 8-0-7, here we come!

Megan has a couple paintings in the hid(IN) Hoboken art show, Eureka Market Art Gallery, Hoboken, Jersey.
















Followed by drinks at Mulligan's...




...where Ellie has some interesting news.

The Bowery at Canal.

Jimmy gets a haircut.

Tynisha won an award at The 2009 Blackboard Awards for Teachers (Fordham University Law School, UWS)!









Out there in the world, right in your own neighborhoods, people are doing important, meaningful, positive things.



Would you like to know more?:

MoCCA Art Festival 2009, 69th Armory, Grammercy.


Fred Chao (talking to Spano and Denise), whose collected edition of his transcendentally awesome comic Johnny Hiro is on sale now.


Mike Dawson, whose Freddie & Me: A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody was one of my favorite books last year.


Scott Weinstein and Chris Zaccone, After-School Agent


Tanner, in from SoCal.


Josh Eiserike and Mitch Roth, Assholes. Josh also wrote and drew the will-sneak-up-and-rip-your-heart-out-your-mouth Class of '99.


Alex Robinson, what a card.


Coffee break with Joe.


Brian Wood, who we're pretty sure has shot a guy.


Monica Gallagher, of Lipstick & Malice, Boobage, Gods & Undergrads, Bonnie N. Collide, lots and lots of others.


Chris


Matt Kindt, whose Super Spy was another one of my favorite books of last year.


The legendary Seth (Palooka-Ville; It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken; Wimbledon Green; George Sprott: (1894-1975))


Adrian Tomine, of Optic Nerve and its various collected editions, including Shortcomings, Summer Blonde, and Sleepwalk and Other Stories.


Deemer, Ryan, and Alan

Honestly, I don't even notice the lack of A/C until somebody mentions the lack of A/C, and then I can't not notice the lack of A/C. The lesson here being: next time there's no A/C, don't tell me that there's no A/C. :~p

There are only a few weeks before the Marriage Equality Bill (S:4401) is to be voted on in the New York State Senate, and we still have quite an uphill struggle, as you can see from this article:

http://ny1.com/content/top_stories/100119/-i-ny1-exclusive---i--survey-of-state-senators-shows-gay-marriage-bill-in-jeopardy/Default.aspx

In the next few weeks I urge each of you to please 1) go to http://www.broadwayimpact.com to find your Senator and his or her contact information, 2) call and email your Senator (especially if they are in the "undecided", "won't say", or "no" list in the NY1 article above) and ask them to please vote YES on this bill, 3) pass this message on to ANYONE you know in New York State who supports or might support this bill, and 4) just keep talking, blogging, twittering, facebooking, myspacing, and message boarding about this so that ANYONE who lives in New York State who might care about this issue knows exactly what they need to do in the next week or two. You never know where or when you will find support.

I genuinely appreciate your time and attention to this. If you've been indifferent to this issue before because it really doesn't have anything to do with your life (other than adding to the general happiness and positivity of New York, not to mention the potentially millions of dollars in tourism revenue that will pump up the local economy), please remember that this is something that personally and profoundly affects the life of at least one person that you know.

And give me a call if we haven't hung out in a while. :~)