By Johnny Trlica Labor Day Weekend is the unofficial end of summer, except on Galveston Island where it is Pride Galveston Weekend. It’s three days to celebrate all things queer like other Pride festivities, only with a tan. September 2 through 4, 2022, will see numerous activities on varying parts of the island city. “The
By Forest Riggs Galveston Island is known for being full of “treasures†and it is no secret that island resident Arthur Kennedy, who recently celebrated his 93rd birthday, is truly a great treasure. To know him is to love him! Kennedy, who has called Galveston home since 1996, is a well-known and most respected figure
By Dr. Cynthia Sambataro The Orth poxvirus is the umbrella where monkey pox is found. This includes many variants including small pox, skunk pox, cowpox and other contagious viruses. Scientists use the name of the animal. The virus is used to associate the animal with person transmission. Like smallpox, the monkeypox virus is highly contagious.
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: There is considerable debate about the origins of the phrase, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.†Many people attribute the quote to Albert Einstein, one of the most significant scientific geniuses of the 20th century. Some others believe the phrase
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Howdy, guys and gals. Anyone ready to fry eggs on the hood of your car? Man, oh man, I spit on the sidewalk and it immediately went to boiling phase. Yes, I’m hot! Remember the old saying, “If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen� In
By Nancy Ford Well gang, it looks like the summer of 2022 will go down as the hottest in history ever, until next year. But while average temperatures consistently top out at over 100 degrees throughout all the land, the scorching, unrelenting, drought-inducing weather is merely one of the hottest issues we have been struggling
By Jeff Berry By now we’ve all heard the statistics: 50% of people living with HIV (PLWH) are over the age of 50, and by 2030 it will be 70%. When we talk about HIV and aging it always tends to sound like a laundry list of everything that can possibly go wrong as we
By Jim Ayres If you work from home (as I do), you may only have a fleeting knowledge that the height of summer is upon us. It’s hot and humid out there, so it’s time to dive into crisp, refreshing salads. Here are four of my favorite salads in the Houston area. Italian Family Salad
By Colby Etherton In light of Roe v. Wade being overturned in June and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ opinion he wrote for the case insinuating that previously settled cases like same-sex marriage and contraception should be revisited, Democrats are attempting to codify same-sex marriage into law to protect the rights of same-sex couples
By Romeo San Vicente When the always underrated Jennifer Connelly and the very cool Ben Whishaw — the slyest queer actor of his generation, taking on villainous characters and Paddington with equal skill — sign on to “Bad Behaviour,†a dark comedy about a former child actress and her spiritual guru, we say take our
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