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The Twist Podcast #164: Planetary Meltdown, BBQ Suggestions, and Our Super Gay July 4 Spectacular
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we survive the planetary meltdown and offer up our annual July 4 gaytacular.
Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, and TheTwistPodcast.com.
Copyright 2021 MadeMark Publishing
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Savvy Senior: Coping with COVID Exacerbated Tinnitus
You can listen to my podcast interview with Savvy Senior’s Jim Miller HERE.
By Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
I’ve had mild tinnitus – ringing in my ears – for years, but when I got COVID in January it got worse. Are there any treatments you know of or can recommend that can help?
Almost 60
Dear Almost,
Unfortunately, new research indicates that tinnitus, a common hearing problem that affects around 50 million Americans, may be worsened by COVID-19 or possibly even triggered by it. Here’s what you should know along with some tips and treatments that may help.
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Book Review: ¡Hola Papi! How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons, by John Paul Brammer
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm Sez
¡Hola Papi! How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons, by John Paul Brammer
c.2021, Simon & Schuster $26.00 / $35.00 Canada
224 pagesYour best friend definitely has an opinion.
You need advice and she offers an answer, though it might not be the one you seek. You may get sound counsel but at the wrong time, with sentiments directly opposing what you were thinking. And yet, you have to be grateful. As in the new book ¡Hola Papi!, by John Paul Brammer, the words come from the heart.
Growing up in a small Oklahoma town of Cache, John Paul Brammer knew nothing about being gay. He had little relationship experience, in fact, and he didn’t learn about hookup apps until he was a junior in college.
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LGBTSr Gets a New Logo
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Gay Travelers Magazine: L.A. Black Pride Weekend Kicks Off Free Community Drive Festivities
This article is reprinted with permission from Gay Travelers Magazine
L.A. Black Pride Weekend Kicks Off Free Community Driven Festivities
Throughout Los Angeles and West Hollywood
The 7th Annual LA Black Pride celebration is taking place this year from Thursday, July 1 – Monday, July 5,2021. This 5-day Black Pride celebration is curated and produced by BBE Group, Founder and CEO, Brandon Anthony and his team.Last year, Anthony led the charge on organizing the ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER MARCH which brought together over 20,000 people marching down Highland Ave to La Brea to amplify black queer voices and support BLM. Anthony’s goal has always been rooted in creating safe spaces for LGBTQ and the Black queer community. This year’s 2021 LA Black Pride has evolved into a weekend of conversation, events and initiatives that are set forth to truly change the representation of the Black queer community in Los Angeles.
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Savvy Senior: Golf Gadgets That Can Help Older Golfers
You can listen to my podcast interview with Savvy Senior’s Jim Miller HERE.
By Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
Do you know of any golfing equipment that can help older golfers? My dad, who’s 76, loves to play golf, but arthritis in his hands has made griping the club challenging, and his fragile lower back makes stooping over to tee-up or retrieve the ball a problem too. Is there anything out there that can help?
Golfing Buddy
Dear Buddy,
There are actually a wide variety of adaptive golf equipment that can help older golfers who struggle with injuries, arthritis or loss of mobility. Here are several golfing products that may help with different needs.
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One Thing or Another: Let’s Face It (Unmasked At Last)
By Mark McNease
It’s always One Thing or Another… a lighthearted look at aging, life, and the absurdities of it all.
I took the gestures we make with our faces for granted. I failed to understand how crucial a form of communication our faces are, and how strange it would become when we no longer exposed them to each other.
For fourteen months I did the right thing for myself and my community. I wore a mask despite finding it uncomfortable and inconvenient. It was required at my job, but I also wanted to be part of a solution when no one was sure what the solution was. This pandemic was a new experience for me, my country and the world. At least it was new insofar as it had been a hundred years since the last significant one.
Then the vaccines arrived, like the calvary showing up in a syringe. Most people I know managed to get appointments after sharing among ourselves how difficult it was, a form of pandemic gossip and communal anxiety. We sat in chairs, we rolled up our sleeves and offered our fleshy arms, and we walked away amazed at how anticlimactic it was. I went through this for months and all I got was this lousy vaccination card.
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One Thing or Another: Let’s Face It (Unmasked At Last)
By Mark McNease
It’s always One Thing or Another… a lighthearted look at aging, life, and the absurdities of it all.
I took the gestures we make with our faces for granted. I failed to understand how crucial a form of communication our faces are, and how strange it would become when we no longer exposed them to each other.
For fourteen months I did the right thing for myself and my community. I wore a mask despite finding it uncomfortable and inconvenient. It was required at my job, but I also wanted to be part of a solution when no one was sure what the solution was. This pandemic was a new experience for me, my country and the world. At least it was new insofar as it had been a hundred years since the last significant one.
Then the vaccines arrived, like the calvary showing up in a syringe. Most people I know managed to get appointments after sharing among ourselves how difficult it was, a form of pandemic gossip and communal anxiety. We sat in chairs, we rolled up our sleeves and offered our fleshy arms, and we walked away amazed at how anticlimactic it was. I went through this for months and all I got was this lousy vaccination card.
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The Twist Podcast #163: Vacation Nation, Shreveport Revisited, and Your Favorite Toxic Personality Types
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we thrill to the thought of a maskless summer, revisit Shreveport with Rick and his memories, and rundown America’s top toxic personality types.
Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, and TheTwistPodcast.com.
Copyright 2021 MadeMark Publishing
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Being Well with LGBTSr: Living With Sleep Apnea
Being Well is a regular feature at LGBTSR highlighting health and wellness.
Editor’s note: This first appeared here at LGBTSr in March, 2020. After a year of pandemic comfort eating and attendant weight gain, I wanted to visit the topic again as I commit to losing the extra pounds and doing whatever I need to to free myself from the CPAP machine that has been my night time companion for three and a half years – if I’m able. Many people benefit from them and lives can be saved. I simply hope someday to no longer need one. – Mark
A few years ago I began regularly waking up with headaches. I’m also a loud snorer, as my husband reminded me several times a night with nudges to turn on my side or just wake up long enough to stop. Headaches and snoring … something was probably going on. I made an appointment with a sleep specialist and did a home test for sleep apnea. It recorded 25+ “events” per hour. An event is when the person stops breathing due to sleep apnea. It can lead to multiple health issues, with headaches and snoring being two of the most obvious.
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The Twist Podcast #163: Vacation Nation, Shreveport Revisited, and Your Favorite Toxic Personality Types
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we thrill to the thought of a maskless summer, revisit Shreveport with Rick and his memories, and rundown America’s top toxic personality types.
Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, and TheTwistPodcast.com.
Copyright 2021 MadeMark Publishing
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Lee Lynch’s Amazon Trail: Standing On My Own Two Feet
Photo by Elaine Lynch By Lee Lynch
The Amazon Trail: Standing On My Own Two FeetI’ve always wanted to outgrow the travails of youth. Now I have, and it turns out that the body wears out as the mind wises up. Where is the balance in that?
Since childhood, I have been looking forward to growing old enough to know pretty much which end is up in life, to reaching Social Security age in order to write full-time, and to tackle mature subjects in my work. I find it strange that just when I’ve reached something like that balance, I’ve lost my relatively reliable physical balance.
I’ve never been with a lover this long, and now I’ve pledged a permanence, called marriage, that I’ve learned to respect. Since the age of eighteen, I’ve never lived in one home this long. My recent stability has enabled me, I believe, to write more complex stories that feature more thoroughly developed characters and, because of my years of travel along the roads of lesbian culture, especially with my sweetheart, I can offer readers more varied and detailed settings.
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Tasty Pride Treats from MarthaStewart.com
MarthaStewart.com It’s June, the month for rainbows, Pride, and enjoying life – especially now that we’re getting back to some kind of normal. Follow the links for 15 delicious desserts from MarthaStewart.com. Make them, share them, feel the spirit.
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Every June, millions of people around the world celebrate Pride Month, which uplifts the LGTBQ+ community and honors the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City. From parades to workshops to concerts, this month offers us countless chances to spread the love. Of course, every celebration deserves delicious food: In honor of Pride Month, we’re sharing 15 multi-colored dessert recipes that you’re sure to love.
If there’s one dessert that’s practically made for Pride, it’s our 12-layer Rainbow Cake. It starts with a large amount of vanilla cake batter-five large egg whites keep the cake super moist and airy. Next, the batter is divided into sections and each dyed with every color of the rainbow. The layers are baked then stacked with a thick layer of our Lemony Swiss Meringue Buttercream between each. When this beauty is sliced, everyone’s jaws will drop as they see that delectable rainbow on the inside.
