All posts by Will O'Bryan
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Witty Repartee
The trick of improvisational theater is taking a few ideas and stitching them together on the fly before an audience. Success can be measured in...
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Electing to Evolve
With about as much interest in the Olympics as in the Super Bowl -- none -- I didn't catch any of the games. There was,...
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A Rootin' Tootin' Return
The faint scent of steers and sawdust, mixed with same-sex affection, will soon waft once more across the metro area. Marking its 17th year, the...
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Snowden Steps Down
With the end of August also came the end of Courtney Snowden's year as president of D.C. Black Pride. Although her term was to run...
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Heath and Home
Advances in technology are often heralded as labor-saving enhancements of our way of life. Yet the technology often seems to simply create avenues for even...
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Strange Blogfellows
Born just a few months apart and thousands of miles from each other, both John Aravosis and Andrew Sullivan today call Washington home. And both...
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On the Outs
Love him or hate him, blog-reading Washingtonians know Mike Rogers. And his handiwork can be seen in some collapsed careers. Rogers is that boogeyman that...
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Club Kudos
Extending the celebration of the just-ended Democratic National Convention -- and not likely to worry about missing its Republican counterpart, Sept. 1 to 4 --...
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Pakt-Man
Moving back to D.C. after seven years away, Jim Gade knew, for the most part, what he was coming back to. That doesn't mean he...
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Ina Fried
Following the pattern of humanity and quite a few other species -- though by no means all -- computer technology has been largely born of...
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Eric Hegedus
Eric Hegedus didn't really need the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association -- but, oh, how he wanted it. A 1984 graduate of Penn State,...
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Good Taste
The Halo experience, always one of lounge-cool relaxation, has since mid June added to that ambience with a hint of sommelier sophistication. With the help...
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Friends and Front Pages
As the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association brings its national convention back to D.C., my travel plans have me elsewhere. That's unfortunate, as I...
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No Tricky Fixes
It's hard to miss those advertisements. ''Helping Couples Have Hotter Sex Since 1997.'' That's the claim made by Michael Radkowsky, a licensed psychologist in D.C....
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Exit, Stage West
Locals might wish they had more time to get to know Earl Plante, who came to Washington just shy of four years ago. But during...
