She taught me to read early and often.

Ni en sueños me atrevería a reseñarlos. But if I were to give my reviews, they would be an animated photo of my clapping hands.

This extremely well thought-out, informed, informative, insightful and carefully written book is also absolutely delightful! For example, reading that a whole lexicon-mexicon- homosexicon of gay-referent phrases has been built around the number 41 after the 1901 raid was fascinating. I seriously considered cutting my run short today in its honor. When it came down to it, though, I couldn't stop. But I did make the 41st minute really count. I cued up the gayest song on my Shuffle and ran it really hard. And I'm going to vote really hard tomorrow against the number that has become linked to sexuality and social control in California, 2008...

And for pleasure, for grounding, for reassurance, for direction, for connection, for solidarity, for support, for agreement, for inspiration, for focus, for remembering where I came from...