Author Archives: Bryan

The quest for Diet Coke

Let me preface this entry by saying that I am addicted to Diet Coke. A few years ago I weighed about 35 pounds more than I do now. Then, as now, I drank an amazing amount of cola on a daily basis. But one day I decided to switch to diet cola, and over the […]

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Earthquake on the Kyrgyz/Chinese/Tajik border

People have contacted me regarding the earthquake in Kyrgyzstan, wondering if I am OK, so I just wanted to say to everyone that I am fine. Many of the news reports are saying that it occurred on the border with Tajikistan and being unfamiliar with the geography, some people became worried about me. So for […]

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Back in the (former) U.S.S.R. [Update 1]

(Updated October 3, 2008) So I’m back in Dushanbe, Tajikistan right now and I’ll be here until late October. In the past I haven’t really written a whole lot about what I do out here. Maybe it’s because I didn’t think other people would be all that interested. Or maybe, this being my fourth trip […]

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The Gay 2000s

It struck me recently that I think our country could be heading into a new era of moral conservatism, and if McCain wins the next election, it’ll pretty much seal it. In this future I think the era from the beginning of Clinton’s presidency until now would be remembered as a free and easy time, […]

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Playing near you (maybe)!

What We Do Is Secret What you’re looking at over there is for me a very historic ticket stub! Today was the first time I saw my name in the credits of a movie that I had worked on, playing on a regular day, in a regular theater, to a regular audience. Not a one-time […]

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