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California Men's Gatherings presents . . .
December 1, 2018 Volume 11, Issue 12
	*Binky's List* CMG Community News, Events of Interest, & Marketplace Classifieds

Dear ,	CMG Quick Links
Welcome to Binky's List, CMG's very own community news publication, named in honor of one of our most beloved elders, Al-Binky Hoch. Did you ever wish you could use the CMG email list to tell everyone about anything you wanted? Well that is EXACTLY what this newsletter is for. It's NOT for CMG events. It's for everything else. So send us your own items: News, events of interest in your area, items for sale, apartments for rent, jobs wanted, personals, community links, etc., by clicking here. _______________________________________________________ CMG does not necessarily endorse the events or organizations listed here, nor guarantee the quality of the goods/services offered.	CMG Website CMG Gatherings CMG Local Events Contact CMG ************** Join our Mailing List!
Quote of the Month
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. ― Mahatma Gandhi

Events & Items of Interest
Longest Serving CMG Camp Burns For twenty-six years, Camp Shalom in southern California served as an annual home for the CMG. It was the longest serving camp our organization has ever used. CMG physically left there after our Spring 2015 Gathering. But for many, we left a part of our hearts in the hills of Malibu. Last month on November 8/9, Camp Shalom burned to the ground in the Woolsey Fire. Camp administration writes, "Staff, animals, Torahs, and some important documents were saved, the physical site as we know it is gone. Portions of the Emma Stern rooms survived, in addition to many trees, fencing and benches." The fire destroyed 95% of camp structures. The dining hall (pictured), white house, boys & girls cabins, all the yurts and bridges, infirmary, pool house, Finegood, and Hillel House up on the hill, are all gone. There really is nothing left. Except the good memories. They remain. More photos: https://shalominstitute.com/wildfire/facility-photos/. 11/10/18 Celebrate Radically With CalComMen! (Palm Spings) Join the heart-centered men of CalComMen as we celebrate all of the year-end holidays together. Saturday, December 8th, 7:00 PM. Raffles, free coffee, potluck dinner, great men! RSVP to Info@CalComMen.com for details. Thanks! 11/21/18
CMG Marketplace - Part 1
Attention Bisexuals: Relationship Wanted (statewide) Single white female, 36 years, slim attractive, romantic, loving, caring, active. Likes travel, home life, cooking, music, sports, gardening and nature. I would like to meet a caring, understanding, honest, mature man, with a good sense of humor and a loving heart for long term relationship leading to a possible marriage. Will relocate. Write me an email anitaamanar@gmail.com or you can also call/text me on (347) 590-4637. Anita. 11/2/18 Attention Homosexuals: Relationship Wanted (Palm Springs) Relationship wanted in Palm Springs, or you are willing to relocate. I’m 85 and play tennis and work out three times a week. I look, dress, think, act, and feel younger. I’m 5'8" tall and weigh 150 lbs. Very active life. You: 35-60s, really HWP, not heavy, non-smoker, if any, social drinker. Both of us financially stable. Send picture and write to Ed at skippers3333@gmail.com. 11/9/18
Did You Know . . . ?
SEVEN THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASON By Lauren Cahn Reader's Digest 1. Who put the X in Xmas? Tums out the Greeks did. What we English speakers know as the letter X is the same shape as the Greek letter chi, best known for its supporting role in sorority house names as well as in the Greek word for Christ. There's evidence of Christmas being abbreviated to Xmas as far back as the 16th century. No offense intended then or now. 2. Kwanzaa, the nonreligious festival (observed from December 26 to January 1) was created by Maulana Karenga in 1966 to empower the black community in the aftermath of the deadly Watts riots in Los Angeles. She modeled his holiday on traditional African harvest festivals. 3. Another holiday invented in 1966: Festivus. Made famous by a 1997 episode of Seinfeld in which the Costanza family gathers around an aluminum pole for the annual "airing of grievances.” This secular nonholiday was actually invented decades earlier by Reader's Digest editor Daniel O'Keefe Sr., who wanted a low-pressure way to celebrate the anniversary of his first date with his wife. Festivus became an O'Keefe family staple--and eventually a cultural icon, after Dan O'Keefe Jr. shared his holiday memories with colleagues in the Seinfeld writers' room. Festivus is celebrated worldwide on December 23. 4. In Korea, everyone's birthday is New Year's Day, regardless of the day anyone was actually born. Odder still, on the day you're born, you're considered to be one year old. So you will be considered two years old on the next New Year's Day of your life. 5. The Chinese Lunar New Year celebration (which starts on February 16 in 2018) brings with it the largest annual migration in the world. It's a seasonal travel rush of hundreds of millions of people returning to their hometowns to celebrate the holiday with family. In 2017, an estimated 2.98 billion passenger trips were made for the New Year festivities. 6. In Japan, if it's Christmas, you're eating KFC. The tradition began in 1974 after a Kentucky Fried Chicken manager overheard a couple of foreigners talking about missing the Christmas turkey. KFC embraced the opportunity, debuting a special Christmas deal: a fried-chicken dinner (plus wine) for the equivalent of about $52. Today, families order their finger-licking-good Christmas chicken weeks in advance, to the tune of about 3.6 million orders a year. 7. Jews have been celebrating Hanukkah with menorahs and fried food for the past 19 centuries or so. It was only in the late 1880s that eight nights of presents became part of the ritual. That's when two Reform rabbis in Cincinnati intentionally brought a Christmasy feel to the festivities, hoping to make Jewish children more connected with their synagogues by turning Hanukkah into a gift-giving holiday. It took off. Happy holidays! 32 Things You Didn’t Know About the Holiday Season https://www.rd.com/culture/holiday-fun-facts/
CMG Marketplace - Part 2
Freshen Your Photo (statewide) “Can you find my grandfather in this and make this a nicer, closer shot?” Done! Through www.FreshenYourPhoto.com, longtime CMG member Milo Shapiro saves old pictures, improves current ones, and even removes people/things from photos. Email him photos for a free estimate. What photo in your desk drawer or desktop folder needs fixing? Wish decades old photos looked fresh or had color? Sun bleaching, water damage, scratches or tears on old shots? Email Milo your photo for a free estimate. 11/15/18 Massage and Yoga (San Francisco) CMGer and CMT Brian Swager offers serious, therapeutic, healing bodywork with a warm, sensual approach incorporating Swedish, deep tissue, shiatsu, lomi lomi, craniosacral, and Body Electric style tantric techniques. Warm, quiet, clean studio, quality table, Sacred Earth lotion, shower. Also available for private yoga sessions, naked or clothed. Additional info: http://www.sfomassage.com. (415) 551-7866 brian@sfomassage.com. 11/24/18
Links of Interest
LGBT Social & Recreational Organizations CMG (California Men's Gatherings) OUT4FUN (Gay Calendar of Events) SAGA-LA (Los Angeles Gay Ski & Snowboard Club) SAGA-SD (San Diego Gay Ski & Snowboard Club) Great Outdoors APGF (Asian/Pacific Gays & Friends) POZabilities (San Diego Social Network) GLTA (Gay & Lesbian Tennis Association) IGBO (International Gay Bowling Organization) IAGSDC (International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs) Fun and Games Club Arriba (Ski & Snowboard Club for Gays & Lesbians) LA Blades Hockey Club Gay Outdoors LANG (Los Angeles Nude Guys) CMEN (California Men Enjoying Naturism) BA-MEN (Beach Areas Men Enjoying Naturism - for O.C., Long Beach, & South Bay) Asian Pacific Islander Pride Council (Facebook Page) Satrang (South Asian Queers of Southern California) Avatar Bienestar Black & White Men Together (Southern California) FaeLA (radical Faeries Los Angeles) Menstuff Menstuff Events Calendar So CA Bondage Club East Bay Network Men's Massage Network (Los Angeles) Southern California Gay & Lesbian Club (and Friends!) Southern California Cycling Group The Billys Gaysurfers.net CalComMen Unusual Attitudes Jonathan's Circle (Fresno) MAX (San Francisco) Community Organizations Los Angeles LGBT Center San Francisco LGBT Community Center Oakland LGBT Community Center San Diego LGBT Community Center Sacramento LGBT Center Palm Springs LGBT Center Antelope Valley OUTtreach Center LA LGBT Center Social Services & Housing AIDS Project LA Shanti Orange County Lifeworks Mentoring Project Angel Food Project Chicken Soup (Los Angeles County) Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic SCA (Sexual Compulsives Anonymous) L.A. Youth Supportive Services (Teen and Young Adult Hotline) Southern Oregon Pride Lotus Rising Project Pacific Center (Berkeley) Red Circle Project One (National Gay and Lesbian Archives) Pop Luck Club Trevor Project L.A. County 211 Mankind Project Los Angeles Mankind Project San Diego The Discovery Community (Bay Area) Gay For Good Starland Community HSD (Homeless Shelters) UCSF Alliance Health Project (San Francisco) The Lavender Effect North County LGBTQ Resource Center (Oceanside) HIV Long-term Survivors Outfest Political Organizations Equality California Human Rights Campaign Stonewall Democrats (Los Angeles) Log Cabin Republicans Miscellaneous Organizations & Listings Gay Business Directory (LGBT Yellow Pages) Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (L.A.)

We told you Binky's List would be fun, informative . . . even helpful! Send us your news, events, items for sale, links, etc., by clicking here. Stay in touch, CMG Hugs
CMG I 1049 Havenhurst Drive #123 I West Hollywood I CA I 90046

California Men's Gatherings presents . . .

December 1, 2018 Volume 11, Issue 12

Binky's List
CMG Community News, Events of
Interest, & Marketplace Classifieds

Dear ,

CMG Quick Links

Welcome to Binky's List, CMG's very own community
news publication, named in honor of one of our most
beloved elders, Al-Binky Hoch.

Did you ever wish you could use the CMG email list to
tell everyone about anything you wanted? Well that is
EXACTLY what this newsletter is for. It's NOT for CMG
events. It's for everything else.

So send us your own items: News, events of interest in
your area, items for sale, apartments for rent, jobs
wanted, personals, community links, etc.,
by clicking here.
_______________________________________________________

CMG does not necessarily endorse the events or organizations listed
here, nor guarantee the quality of the goods/services offered.

CMG Website
CMG Gatherings
CMG Local Events
Contact CMG

**************

Join our Mailing List!

Quote of the Month

Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning,
when I wake up, I am reborn.
― Mahatma Gandhi

Events & Items of Interest

Longest Serving CMG Camp Burns
For twenty-six years, Camp Shalom in southern California served as an annual home for the CMG. It was the longest serving camp our organization has ever used. CMG physically left there after our Spring 2015 Gathering. But for many, we left a part of our hearts in the hills of Malibu. Last month on November 8/9, Camp Shalom burned to the ground in the Woolsey Fire. Camp administration writes, "Staff, animals, Torahs, and some important documents were saved, the physical site as we know it is gone. Portions of the Emma Stern rooms survived, in addition to many trees, fencing and benches." The fire destroyed 95% of camp structures. The dining hall (pictured), white house, boys & girls cabins, all the yurts and bridges, infirmary, pool house, Finegood, and Hillel House up on the hill, are all gone. There really is nothing left. Except the good memories. They remain. More photos: https://shalominstitute.com/wildfire/facility-photos/. 11/10/18

Celebrate Radically With CalComMen! (Palm Spings)
Join the heart-centered men of CalComMen as we celebrate all of the year-end holidays together. Saturday, December 8th, 7:00 PM. Raffles, free coffee, potluck dinner, great men! RSVP to Info@CalComMen.com for details. Thanks! 11/21/18

CMG Marketplace - Part 1

Attention Bisexuals: Relationship Wanted (statewide)
Single white female, 36 years, slim attractive, romantic, loving, caring, active. Likes travel, home life, cooking, music, sports, gardening and nature. I would like to meet a caring, understanding, honest, mature man, with a good sense of humor and a loving heart for long term relationship leading to a possible marriage. Will relocate. Write me an email anitaamanar@gmail.com or you can also call/text me on (347) 590-4637. Anita. 11/2/18

Attention Homosexuals: Relationship Wanted (Palm Springs)
Relationship wanted in Palm Springs, or you are willing to relocate. I’m 85 and play tennis and work out three times a week. I look, dress, think, act, and feel younger. I’m 5'8" tall and weigh 150 lbs. Very active life. You: 35-60s, really HWP, not heavy, non-smoker, if any, social drinker. Both of us financially stable. Send picture and write to Ed at skippers3333@gmail.com. 11/9/18

Did You Know . . . ?

SEVEN THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASON
By Lauren Cahn
Reader's Digest

1. Who put the X in Xmas? Tums out the Greeks did. What we English speakers know as the letter X is the same shape as the Greek letter chi, best known for its supporting role in sorority house names as well as in the Greek word for Christ. There's evidence of Christmas being abbreviated to Xmas as far back as the 16th century. No offense intended then or now.

2. Kwanzaa, the nonreligious festival (observed from December 26 to January 1) was created by Maulana Karenga in 1966 to empower the black community in the aftermath of the deadly Watts riots in Los Angeles. She modeled his holiday on traditional African harvest festivals.

3. Another holiday invented in 1966: Festivus. Made famous by a 1997 episode of Seinfeld in which the Costanza family gathers around an aluminum pole for the annual "airing of grievances.” This secular nonholiday was actually invented decades earlier by Reader's Digest editor Daniel O'Keefe Sr., who wanted a low-pressure way to celebrate the anniversary of his first date with his wife. Festivus became an O'Keefe family staple--and eventually a cultural icon, after Dan O'Keefe Jr. shared his holiday memories with colleagues in the Seinfeld writers' room. Festivus is celebrated worldwide on December 23.

4. In Korea, everyone's birthday is New Year's Day, regardless of the day anyone was actually born. Odder still, on the day you're born, you're considered to be one year old. So you will be considered two years old on the next New Year's Day of your life.

5. The Chinese Lunar New Year celebration (which starts on February 16 in 2018) brings with it the largest annual migration in the world. It's a seasonal travel rush of hundreds of millions of people returning to their hometowns to celebrate the holiday with family. In 2017, an estimated 2.98 billion passenger trips were made for the New Year festivities.

6. In Japan, if it's Christmas, you're eating KFC. The tradition began in 1974 after a Kentucky Fried Chicken manager overheard a couple of foreigners talking about missing the Christmas turkey. KFC embraced the opportunity, debuting a special Christmas deal: a fried-chicken dinner (plus wine) for the equivalent of about $52. Today, families order their finger-licking-good Christmas chicken weeks in advance, to the tune of about 3.6 million orders a year.

7. Jews have been celebrating Hanukkah with menorahs and fried food for the past 19 centuries or so. It was only in the late 1880s that eight nights of presents became part of the ritual. That's when two Reform rabbis in Cincinnati intentionally brought a Christmasy feel to the festivities, hoping to make Jewish children more connected with their synagogues by turning Hanukkah into a gift-giving holiday. It took off.

Happy holidays!

32 Things You Didn’t Know About the Holiday Season
https://www.rd.com/culture/holiday-fun-facts/

CMG Marketplace - Part 2

Freshen Your Photo (statewide)
“Can you find my grandfather in this and make this a nicer, closer shot?” Done! Through www.FreshenYourPhoto.com, longtime CMG member Milo Shapiro saves old pictures, improves current ones, and even removes people/things from photos. Email him photos for a free estimate. What photo in your desk drawer or desktop folder needs fixing? Wish decades old photos looked fresh or had color? Sun bleaching, water damage, scratches or tears on old shots? Email Milo your photo for a free estimate. 11/15/18

Massage and Yoga (San Francisco)
CMGer and CMT Brian Swager offers serious, therapeutic, healing bodywork with a warm, sensual approach incorporating Swedish, deep tissue, shiatsu, lomi lomi, craniosacral, and Body Electric style tantric techniques. Warm, quiet, clean studio, quality table, Sacred Earth lotion, shower. Also available for private yoga sessions, naked or clothed. Additional info: http://www.sfomassage.com. (415) 551-7866 brian@sfomassage.com. 11/24/18

Links of Interest

LGBT Social & Recreational Organizations
CMG (California Men's Gatherings)
OUT4FUN (Gay Calendar of Events)
SAGA-LA (Los Angeles Gay Ski & Snowboard Club)
SAGA-SD (San Diego Gay Ski & Snowboard Club)
Great Outdoors
APGF (Asian/Pacific Gays & Friends)
POZabilities (San Diego Social Network)
GLTA (Gay & Lesbian Tennis Association)
IGBO (International Gay Bowling Organization)
IAGSDC (International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs)
Fun and Games Club
Arriba (Ski & Snowboard Club for Gays & Lesbians)
LA Blades Hockey Club
Gay Outdoors
LANG (Los Angeles Nude Guys)
CMEN (California Men Enjoying Naturism)
BA-MEN (Beach Areas Men Enjoying Naturism - for O.C., Long Beach, & South Bay)
Asian Pacific Islander Pride Council (Facebook Page)
Satrang (South Asian Queers of Southern California)
Avatar
Bienestar
Black & White Men Together (Southern California)
FaeLA (radical Faeries Los Angeles)
Menstuff
Menstuff Events Calendar
So CA Bondage Club
East Bay Network
Men's Massage Network (Los Angeles)
Southern California Gay & Lesbian Club (and Friends!)
Southern California Cycling Group
The Billys
Gaysurfers.net
CalComMen
Unusual Attitudes
Jonathan's Circle (Fresno)
MAX (San Francisco)

Community Organizations
Los Angeles LGBT Center
San Francisco LGBT Community Center
Oakland LGBT Community Center
San Diego LGBT Community Center
Sacramento LGBT Center
Palm Springs LGBT Center
Antelope Valley OUTtreach Center
LA LGBT Center Social Services & Housing
AIDS Project LA
Shanti Orange County
Lifeworks Mentoring
Project Angel Food
Project Chicken Soup (Los Angeles County)
Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic
SCA (Sexual Compulsives Anonymous)
L.A. Youth Supportive Services (Teen and Young Adult Hotline)
Southern Oregon Pride
Lotus Rising Project
Pacific Center (Berkeley)
Red Circle Project
One (National Gay and Lesbian Archives)
Pop Luck Club
Trevor Project
L.A. County 211
Mankind Project Los Angeles
Mankind Project San Diego
The Discovery Community (Bay Area)
Gay For Good
Starland Community
HSD (Homeless Shelters)
UCSF Alliance Health Project (San Francisco)
The Lavender Effect
North County LGBTQ Resource Center (Oceanside)
HIV Long-term Survivors
Outfest

Political Organizations
Equality California
Human Rights Campaign
Stonewall Democrats (Los Angeles)
Log Cabin Republicans

Miscellaneous Organizations & Listings
Gay Business Directory (LGBT Yellow Pages)
Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (L.A.)

We told you Binky's List would be fun, informative . . . even helpful!
Send us your news, events, items for sale, links, etc., by clicking here.

Stay in touch,

CMG Hugs

CMG I 1049 Havenhurst Drive #123 I West Hollywood I CA I 90046