They warned me about it. We've rehearsed for months. Now it's time to bring on the gayest gay of gay gaydom ever. The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus present the 18th Annual Home for the Holidays concert at the Castro Theater. Now with more gay!

See me and 200 incredibly well groomed men in tuxes sing traditional and non-traditional holiday music including a Chanukah piece by my father. Shows are:

Thursday Dec 13 at 7 PM

Monday Dec 24 at 5, 7 and 9.

tickets available at SFGMC.ORG .



The Thursday show includes an extra hour of small group performances. Hope to see you there! And bring your extra gay!

 Holy Crap! I have the best auto insurance on the planet!



The accident was completely my fault. The damage to the truck was greater than the value of the truck. The repair shop closest to my house was over the Bay Bridge.



What did AAA do?



Pay for the towing. Pay to have the truck repaired instead of totalling it. Pay for a rental until the truck is fixed. And the BEST FUCKING PART:

The other driver also had AAA, so my claim will only have to pay her deductible. This means that my rates won't sky-rocket. They may not go up because the total payout is less than the amount it takes to put a point on my license. In fact, they may go DOWN because all AAA insurance is going down 6% next year.



I'm in complete awe. Do insurance companies like this really exist?

People thinks its funny that I don't like to drive in San Francisco. It's not that bad. Really. They tell me so. And I say, "I don't drive in SF because I hit things."



Today it was another car, in the left lane while I was trying to make a left turn from the middle lane because I was confused. No injuries and some minor body damage to both vehicles.



What have we learned:



AAA membership and insurance AAA fantastic! They towed my car to Oakland as part of the claim (no charge to me) and hooked me up with a rental (also no charge). The other driver also has AAA insurance so everything will be handled in-house, quickly and quietly.



My truck rocks! Despite the point of contact near the front, there's no internal damage. The door and wheel well are banged up, and might need some alignment work. Seatbelts work and no one was hurt.



Driving in SF sucks. Especially around the Hayes Valley area. Parking there the last few nights has been the thing of nightmares. BART and MUNI may be more expensive than driving, but still less than my deductible. Yowch!