RIP George Weber (of ABC News Radio)

[Gazoo]

I wasn't familiar with him, but the journalist was murded about a week ago in a Brooklyn neighborhood not far from where I used to live.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/obits/abc_news_radios_george_weber_found_dead_112024.asp

[RGMike]

I wasn't familiar with him, but the journalist was murded about a week ago in a Brooklyn neighborhood not far from where I used to live.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/obits/abc_news_radios_george_weber_found_dead_112024.asp

a hot topic on the NYRMB; apparently he was gay and they think the killer was a guy he picked up. Very sad.

[Tinka Cat]

very sad, here's George's blog:
http://georgeweberthenewsguy.blogspot.com/

[urth]

A suspect is in custody, a 16-year-old who's into S&M.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/25/national/a072133D97.DTL&tsp=1

[Gazoo]

A suspect is in custody, a 16-year-old who's into S&M.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/25/national/a072133D97.DTL&tsp=1

I have spent quite a bit of time trying to compose my thoughts on this whole situation.

And I really need to remind myself not to read the NY Post or Daily News, even if they are the most up-to-date on what's happening.  The spin, it chafes.

[Gazoo]

Took me a long time to get this out of my system:

http://babyivebeenthinking.blogspot.com/2009/03/elton-john-all-girls-love-alice.html

PS: A most horrid irony from his blog:

http://georgeweberthenewsguy.blogspot.com/2009/02/rash-of-break-ins-plague-carroll.html

One of the things I love most about reading the local Brooklyn newspapers is the police blog. I'm always curious about who's been burglarized, mugged or killed in my neighborhood. But, it gets a little eerie when the crime is happening within a few blocks of your home, or worst yet, right on it. Luckily, no bodies have shown up on my doorstep recently.

He'd just posted that on February 6.

[mshray]

PS: A most horrid irony from his blog:

http://georgeweberthenewsguy.blogspot.com/2009/02/rash-of-break-ins-plague-carroll.html

One of the things I love most about reading the local Brooklyn newspapers is the police blog. I'm always curious about who's been burglarized, mugged or killed in my neighborhood. But, it gets a little eerie when the crime is happening within a few blocks of your home, or worst yet, right on it. Luckily, no bodies have shown up on my doorstep recently.

He'd just posted that on February 6.

scary. 

[RGMike]

Took me a long time to get this out of my system:

http://babyivebeenthinking.blogspot.com/2009/03/elton-john-all-girls-love-alice.html

That was a beautifully rendered piece, my friend.

[Gazoo]

Took me a long time to get this out of my system:

http://babyivebeenthinking.blogspot.com/2009/03/elton-john-all-girls-love-alice.html

That was a beautifully rendered piece, my friend.

Thank you, Mike; I really appreciate it.

[mshray]

Took me a long time to get this out of my system:

http://babyivebeenthinking.blogspot.com/2009/03/elton-john-all-girls-love-alice.html

That was a beautifully rendered piece, my friend.

Thank you, Mike; I really appreciate it.

Gaz, I just got done reading that & have forwarded it to my cousin Jerome & my folks.  Outstanding writing.

But seriously, you must PROMISE me that you will submit this to Newsweek for their My Turn feature.  It is exactly perfect for that forum.

[Gazoo]

Took me a long time to get this out of my system:

http://babyivebeenthinking.blogspot.com/2009/03/elton-john-all-girls-love-alice.html

That was a beautifully rendered piece, my friend.

Thank you, Mike; I really appreciate it.

Gaz, I just got done reading that & have forwarded it to my cousin Jerome & my folks.  Outstanding writing.

But seriously, you must PROMISE me that you will submit this to Newsweek for their My Turn feature.  It is exactly perfect for that forum.

Can you e-mail me offlist about this?  I've never heard of the My Turn feature, and don't really have time to look into it now as I'm leaving for Boston for the weekend in a few hours - but I would be interested in extending this essay beyond my handful of readers.  Thanks!  And I'm so glad you dug it.

[RGMike]

Dan Savage weighs in with one of the best things I've seen written about the Weber story:

http://www.sfweekly.com/php/advice/index.php?coltype=SavageLove&pubdate=2009-04-02

[Gazoo]

Dan Savage weighs in with one of the best things I've seen written about the Weber story:

http://www.sfweekly.com/php/advice/index.php?coltype=SavageLove&pubdate=2009-04-02

This was phenomenal.  I've already posted it to Facebook (where I get a lot more attention than my blog does).  Thanks for the alert.

[RGMike]

Dan Savage weighs in with one of the best things I've seen written about the Weber story:

http://www.sfweekly.com/php/advice/index.php?coltype=SavageLove&pubdate=2009-04-02

This was phenomenal.  I've already posted it to Facebook (where I get a lot more attention than my blog does).  Thanks for the alert.

Mr Savage has become one of the most eloquent gay "spokespersons" around. And I used to dislike him intensely -- 15 years ago I found his column unbearably snarky (before that word came into common parlance) and steeped in pc gay "dogma". But he's really come into his own.