[LINK] Why is so much attention paid to white Zimbabweans?

Abiola Lapite at Foreign Dispatches reiterates a point worth noting about Zimbabwe: The close attention paid by the Western media to the plight of Zimbabwean whites not only overlooks the sufferings of Zimbabwean blacks (who, incidentally, outnumber white farmers by something like a thousand to one), but gives Mugabe grounds to argue that this coverage bias is proof of the outside world's racist intentions. Racism isn't Zimbabwe's problem; totalitarianism is.

[NON BLOG] Choir Practice

It went well, again. There's something about participating in group creative activity that's energizing. Even the bar-by-bar dissection of our singing errors was fun, in a twisted sort of way.

I should likely mention, here, how grateful I am that I've retained so much from my music courses in school, especially my music-reading ability. It's really nice to be able to follow along, especially since there will be a major performance in eight weeks. I'm not quite sure how people lacking this ability would get along, since playing by ear has obvious limitations.

[NON BLOG] Meetup

Enjoyable time was spent with talktooloose this late afternoon, talking over coffee. As always it was time well spent. Would that I could be as grounded as my recent interlocutor.

[BRIEF NOTE] Publishing

Via trapezebear, I've just found out that the anthology Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way is coming out.

"Learning to Look at Bisexuality" is my essay-length contribution; also, my first published work.

This is rather cool.