Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Hump Day Candy--
How many more?
Mesa priest resigns; says bishop becoming 'aggressively anti-gay'
How many more will follow? Stay tuned.
Still in the Hunt--
AUBURN - Auburn survived another round of cuts Tuesday and remains in consideration for one of the four Bowl Championship Series games. The field of contending teams was reduced from 16 to 15 from the previous week.
Auburn remains a BCS contender by virtue of having nine wins and being ranked among the Top 12 teams in the nation. The Tigers, however, are not a favorite to make a BCS bowl and have instead been maneuvering toward the Capital One Bowl in Orlando.
Penn State, Southern California and West Virginia have already qualified for a BCS game. The other contenders are Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Colorado, Texas, Miami, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon and UCLA.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Tuesday Candy--
Blame the Gays--
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - In the first major ruling of Pope Benedict's reign, the Vatican on Tuesday imposed restrictions on homosexuals entering the Catholic priesthood, saying men must first overcome any ``transitory'' gay tendencies.
Gay groups around the world were furious. The U.S-based Human Rights campaign called on Catholics of all sexual orientations to complain to their local pastors.
Monday, November 28, 2005
Nazis riding Dinosaurs--
Well, one of the characters, Xandir, is gay. I know, how shocking is that?
And, one of the other characters, Spanky, who is an internet porn stalker gets a virus and needs to go to the clinic. But lo and behold, he doesn't have health insurance.
So Xandir and the stalker guy hatch a plan to get fake "Gay Married" so that the software guy can use Xandir's insurance benefits to cure his virus.
Needless to say, Ms. Religious Virgin (Princess Clara) would have nothing of it and swore that if they were able to marry that Nazis would start riding dinosaurs. (I loved this metaphor!)
So that brings me to this:
Elton John and his mister are getting hitched after 11 years.
Nick and Jessica are splitting up after 3 years.
I see Nazis riding Dinosaurs right down Main Street U.S.A.
And from here, not so scary!
Monday Morning Candy--
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Sunday Candy--
Tend This--
It's the typical sports bar slash disco wannabe. TV's in all corners and a DJ Booth up in the sky overlooking a badly decorated stage at the end that has those bands that play the songs that you really don't want to hear. So, anyway!
We walked in and proceeded to order our drinks. I was asked what I wanted. The Good Doctor was buying the first round. Cool. I looked behind the bar thinking that I was going to stick with what I was currently drinking and there HE was. There was the cutest bartender behind the bar. He had curly hair and a goatee and a pierced ear. And then I saw his shirt. I almost "came" unglued. It was the cutest! It said: SPOONING LEADS TO FORKING!
And then I "came" unglued again!
I am going to have to get one of those shirts for myself!
It has been SO LONG since I have "spooned"! Or "Forked". Dammit!!!
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Happy Thanksgiving--
1. Getting to spend the day with the people in my life who really matter.
2. Health, Wealth (not really), and Wisdom. (Early to bed and early to rise, you know! Yeah, right!)
3. That our country is slowly waking from it's kool-aid induced slumber.
4. Good friends who called to say Happy Turkey Day.
5. Finally feeling better after catching a bit of a nasty cold (or so I hope it's going away).
6. Coming here and finding comments from Lady Dawnelle who hasn't visited here in awhile.
7. Auburn's victory over Alabama last Saturday.
8. When I came home, my two cats were really glad to see me.
9. Having this space to list these things for all of you to read.
10. Hopefully waking up tomorrow and doing it all over again.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Face Candy--
Today's Candy is a cutie (In my opinion). It may be because he looks an awful lot like "The Good Doctor". You remember the story about The Good Doctor, don't you?
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
I'm Confused!
"In September, polar ice contracted to its smallest size in at least a century, according to measurements by space agency NASA and the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center."
Snows fail to fall in Arctic tundra
It's getting scary when the Arctic tundra doesn't get snow. I would start to worry!
Tuesday Candy--
Monday, November 21, 2005
Grand Opening--
How political!
More Candy--
The Results are in--
You are a Social Liberal (65% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (33% permissive) You are best described as a: Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test |
Playing Gay!
It seems these days, the sure fire way to Oscar gold is by playing HOMO. It worked for Tom Hanks, Hillary Swank and Charlize Theron. Here is a great article from yesterday's New York Times about this very thing.
Maybe Heath and Jake will both get best acting nods. I am sure that Phillip Seymour Hoffman's portrayal of Truman Capote will get one.
More good press--
The rave reviews just keep on coming for "Brokeback Mountain". Here's another positive article focusing on Heath Ledger's performance.
Monday Morning Candy--
Missing in Action!
--Got up in time to catch the ESPN College Gameday show. (Rumor had it that they may show up in Auburn for today's game. But when I tuned in and saw they were at Penn State, I was bummed.)
--Had to go to the store and get all the paper goods for the football party.
--Got to Sis's and helped get everything ready.
--And then about 100 people (it was more like 35) started to arrive. And we watched the game and it was 21-0 halfway through the first quarter and then I could start having fun. Yep, as long as the game is going our way early I can relax, and stop stressing and let my hair down. And that is exactly what I did!
--We went out to Broad Street to The Alley and danced to a live band (who sucked) and a DJ during the band breaks (that didn't suck). We had a blast and then at midnight when the bars have to close (because at midnight it becomes Sunday and that's a church day and we can't sell alcohol on a church day), we went back over to Sis's and continued to partay well after 3am.
Back in the Top Ten!
Here are the latest polls: AP, Coaches',
Sunday, November 20, 2005
It's Great to be an Auburn Tiger!!
SportsFlash Home More Alabama Sports
No. 11 Auburn upsets No. 8 Alabama 28-18
WAR DAMN EAGLE!
Saturday, November 19, 2005
TailGate Central--
Friday, November 18, 2005
Cotton Candy--
UnJust!
Gary Wayne Carriker was convicted of felony reckless conduct for not disclosing he is HIV positive before engaging in private, consensual sex with another man.
Here in the red state of Georgia, a 26 year-old medical student will now spend 10 years in jail. I find that a bit harsh!
Here's a good editorial on the case.
Friday Candy--
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Gay Penguins?
Tonight's episode was about Just Jack! getting his new apartment and moving far, far away from Will. There were also gay penguins that the zoo was attempting to seperate. And one was named Beverly Leslie. He cracks me up. It was supposed to be some crazy type of metaphor. (It was SO obvious!). In the end, Just Jack! decided to donate his move-in money to the gay penguin cause and stay close to Will.
Fast forward to the series finale:
Will and Jack's Wedding . . .
The Price of Fame--
So I was inspired by my FunkyBrown diva's post today and decided to see how much my blog is worth. Here are the results:
My blog is worth $3,951.78.
How much is your blog worth?
I guess I need to improve its' worth somehow. Anybody out there got any ideas how I can make this blog more entertaining or sassy. I am thinking it is in need of a "Queer Eye" make-over. Please leave suggestions in the suggestion box for management. Thanks for stopping by!
One More--
This one has it all! Nice abs and a cute Hispanic look.
He reminds me a little bit of Bruno Campos, the newest sexiest bi-sexual plastic surgeon on "Nip/Tuck". Only a little cuter and alot SEXIER!!
Iron Bowl Showdown
Tigers vs Tide
The Tigers welcome the nasty, ugly elephants to the Plains this weekend for the annual "Iron Bowl" game. We are having another football gathering at Sis's house that's sure to be a blast.
Auburn Wins The Pontiac Game Changing Performance Award
More good press--
"Brokeback Mountain" could be the mainstream gay romance that many people have been waiting for. One Toronto wag called it "the gay 'Gone with the Wind'." "Of all the gay-themed films I've watched," says Damon Romine of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, "this is the first one I've seen about two men in love, told in a way that straight people can relate to. People don't have to be gay to understand loss and longing and unrequited love. Hollywood churns out endless variations on the theme of forbidden love. This is a new take on that genre, a film that has tremendous potential to reach and transform mainstream audiences."
Today's Candy--
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Testify Sister!
"Goodnights" are said and off to bed they go. Or so we thought!
We had begun to watch TV and then it started. The nightly STALL!
Yep, multiple trips downstairs to "remind" mom of something they meant to tell her right after school. Mom, I didn't eat enough dinner and I am still hungry. Dad, I forgot to tell you that I need some help with my next school project. And on and on and ON! It's a nightly ritual, especially if the TV is on.
Well, Mom was having NONE of it tonight and she snapped! "Go to BED right now!"
They scurried and then my brother-in-law kinda' looked at her funny and she began to tell the story of HER day:
"First of all they have been this way all day long. After picking them up from school I have heard nothing but whining. "
"Like what?" he meekly asks.
"I asked them to clean up the carport and I got nothing but aw mom, or that's his and not mine, or no it's not mine it's JUST ZACK's"
It took me five times to ask them to bring in firewood!
And then, we stopped at the CVS and I had to lock them out of the car for ten minutes while they continued to argue and fight in the parking lot over who called "SHOTGUN!" first!
So yeah, "GO TO BED, RIGHT NOW!!!!"
Dave and I busted out loud laughing hysterically.
It was one of those priceless MasterCard moments!
(Note: if you clicked on the TV link and wondered why we were watching that show, it was TIVO'ed cause Sista was at a work meeting last night.)
Prince Charming--
And it's not just the ladies who've been inspired to new sartorial heights. "He's really impressed everyone - including the men. Everyone's dressing a bit smarter. Everyone made sure their poppies were in their lapels before Armistice Day."
Click here to see the prince in his "birthday" suit.
Funny Ha Ha--
One day a fourth-grade teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came up: fireman, mechanic, businessman, salesman, doctor, lawyer and so forth.
But little Justin was being uncharacteristically quiet, so when the teacher prodded him about his father, he replied,"My father's an exotic dancer in a gay cabaret and takes off all his clothes in front of other men and they put money in his underwear. Sometimes, if the offer is really good, he will go home with some guy and have sex with him for money."
The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the other children to work on some exercises and then took little Justin aside to ask him, "Is that really true about your father?!""No," the little boy said, "He works for the Republican National Committee and helped re-elect George W. Bush, but I was too embarrassed to say that in front of all the other kids."
Ha Ha Ha Ha
Hump Day Candy--
Coffee Talk--
I have to say that I am proud that in it's only 20 month existence, Air America Radio is holding its' own and growing slowly, market by market.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Dr. Feelgood--
The Good Doctor and his wife are friends of ours. Plus they are really a cute couple in their mid-30's. They are both HOT! Well, Saturday night at sista's birthday celebration we were dancing and having a good time. Needless to say, cocktails were flowing. So I was out there dancing with sis and the good doctor's wife and he decides to join us. And just to "tease" me he came up behind me and started to grind my butt. So I started to have fun and return the favor. I grabbed his ass! And he seemed to like it! (to be continued) . . .
Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Hysterical--
I just love that you can find anything on the internet!
Good Press--
Here's a good article about the upcoming "Brokeback Mountain". Good word of mouth is creating a huge buzz about the movie.
Will straight guys in Kansas show up at the movie theatres for this one? Probably not! There should be plenty of open minded folks out there to boost the box office, though! One can hope, anyway!
Not Surprising--
The union says the administration is trying to silence unions from becoming involved in social issues.
Tuesday Candy--
Anger Management--
Monday, November 14, 2005
GI Brad vs Drag-gelina
Okay! I am sitting here putting my christmas wish list together and I can't decide which doll I want to ask Santa to bring me. Do I want the action figure doll or the funky diva doll? I can't decide. So let's compare the models for the dolls: Brad Pitt vs. RuPaul!
I loved Brad as the cowboy hustler in "Thelma and Louise".
I loved RuPaul's "Supermodel" (You better work, bitch!).
So, you get to decide what to get me for Christmas!
Another Tiger Cutie--
Over the weekend, I caught part of the Clemson-Florida State game and came to the conclusion that Clemson Tiger quarterback Charlie Whitehurst is extremely cute. He comes close to being as cute as Auburn Tiger quarterback Brandon Cox (my favorite, of course!)
Monday Candy--
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Tigers move up to 11th
Sunday Brunch Candy--
What a finish!
No. 15 Tigers Upset No. 9 Bulldogs, 31-30
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Gameday Central--
Saturday Showdown--
So here's the gameplan for tomorrow:
I'll wake up in time to catch the ESPN Gameday predictions.
I will have to take a shower and get ready for sis's party and take an overnight bag and then go and buy sis a birthday present before heading to her house before the Alabama-LSU game kicks off at 3:30pm.
We will get ready to go the birthday football bash around 6:00. Cocktails and snacks will prevail before the Auburn-Georgia game kicks off at 7:45pm on ESPN.
Then we go out! Probably at halftime to a sports bar to watch the finale before making our way to the dance bar to finish the birthday celebration.
I can't wait!
Friday, November 11, 2005
Lions, Tigers, and Bears (Oh My!)--
(enjoying a cocktail!)
So after watching "Friends" on TBS we see that they are going to show "The Wizard of OZ". Not just the version we have all seen, but the brand new digitally-enhanced remastered version. So I ask the twins, "Do you want to watch this?"
"Yeah, sure Uncle Tony! It's been a while since we seen it and this is going to be cool to see how remastered it is." I am not kidding, they couldn't wait to see how much better the movie was going to be technologically. (Their dad is a computer geek.)
So we started watching and I was amazed. It really did look like it was filmed in '99 and not '39. Simply amazing. While we were watching I understood why I loved this movie so much.
It's still SO GAY!
Come on! The cowardly lion IS gay! How else do you explain the perm and red bow at the end?
And it starred Judy Garland who begat Liza Minelli.
More Candy--
Atlanta Gay Film Fest--
18th annual Out On Film includes notable features, shorts for every taste
GAY AND LESBIAN MOVIE buffs are in for a treat Nov. 11-17 with the 18th annual Out On Film festival, which serves up a buffet of entertaining features, documentaries and shorts.
From the buzz-generating “TransAmerica” to independent gems like “Keep Not Silent,” as well as comedies like “Adam & Steve” and moving love stories like “Sevigne,” this year’s festival has an offering for everyone.
There are a number of remarkable documentaries, along with several intriguing stories about gay men, lesbians and transgendered people of color.
Happy Veterans Day!
Friday Candy--
Another hot pic of Matthew Mahaney, the actor from "Days of Our Lives" who was in the shower picture the other day. He looks as good in B&W as he does in color.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Just Zack!
A couple of weekends ago, I was babysitting the 10 year-old nephews while mom and dad were working and housesitting. They also have an 18 year-old brother, Zack. Well Zack was getting ready to go to his girlfriend's high school play and he came out dressed to the nines in khaki pants, a nice white shirt and this cool pink and purple and black sleeveless argyle sweater vest. It had big pink triangles on the pattern.
"Uncle Tony, does this look too gay?" he asks.
"No, Zack, I think it looks good!" I replied.
"That's what I thought, too. Everybody else said it looked gay."
So he proceeded to go to the play and I didn't think anything else about it until the next day when I retold the episode to my sister and brother-in-law and we all had a huge chuckle about it. My brother-in-law, David, said that I should have said, "No Zack, that is just the right amount of Gay." And I would have, had I been faster with my wit.
So this brings me to the reason for this post. Tonight I am watching "Will & Grace" and lo and behold Jack (Just Jack!) is wearing the same sweater vest! Exactly! I cannot wait to tell my nephew, Zack, that YES I should have stopped him from wearing that vest that fateful night out. I am sure his friends (IF they watched TV tonite) will give him hell. But he thinks having a gay uncle is pretty cool so it will probably not matter much. To him, anyway.
Saturday Night Showdown--
Auburn and Georgia renew the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry when the two teams meet Saturday in Athens. This will be the 109th meeting between the two teams, with Auburn holding a 52-48-8 edge in the series. It will also be the fifth time in the last six years that both teams will be nationally ranked entering the game.
Swept out with the trash--
"My kids believe in God. I believe in God. But I don't think it belongs in the science curriculum the way the school district is presenting it," said Jill Reiter, 41, a bank teller who joined a group of high school students waving signs supporting the challengers Tuesday.
UPDATE: I was sitting here watching the NBC Nightly News and they just ran a story about a comment that Pat Robertson made about the citizens of Dover , PA. He basically said that they had voted God out of their city and if a disaster were to hit the town, they were on their own. WTF! Can these crazy fundigelicals get any more crazy? I am sure they can but REALLY!
Good News!
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A solid phalanx of Republican moderates drove House GOP leaders to drop a hotly contested plan to open an Alaskan wilderness area to oil drilling as a sweeping budget bill headed toward a vote Thursday.
A plan to allow states to lift a moratorium on oil drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts was also axed.
--Notice that it was the Moderates in the House that killed the bill. Finally, hopefuly, they can take back control from the far right and do something good for the country as a whole. Could be that they also see the writing on the wall in the upcoming '06 elections and they started listening to their constituents who will vote their asses out and not big business interests. Could we actually have started to take back the country? I hope so!
Gay Media Merger--
PlanetOut, Inc. acquires publisher of Advocate, Out
PlanetOut, Inc., which operates a number of the most popular gay Web sites including Gay.com, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired LPI Media, Inc., which publishes the Advocate and Out magazines, among other interests.
We Knew!
Not sure a gay man would be caught dead in that chiffon dress to go out to feed the chickens, though!
Morning Candy--
Today's Candy is fitness model/actor Rusty Joiner.
He was born in Montgomery, AL and attended Georgia Southern University where he was a college cheerleader before being discovered in Atlanta and hitting the big time. You go boy!
Exile, I hope you don't mind--
You may have checked out Exile's blog by my link to their blog. I love their take on all things relating to the daily struggles that we in the GLBT community deal with daily especially during this MISadministration that we currently have to deal with. Well the other day they posted a wonderful historical entry of all the famous gays and lesbians that have contributed to the greater society as a whole. It was a wonderful list of historical figures, some I knew and some I did not. Thanks Exile, by the way for updating my internal gay encyclopedia! Well this post of theirs seemed to get some heated comments from someone who disagreed with their take on things. Yeah! Another Bush koolaid drinking social conservative who disagreed with any of us in society who may be different getting any "special" civil rights. You know, just like that black lady who refused to give up her seat on the bus. Isn't that so 60"s? Well I just had to post her response to one of those comments (because I could not have said it better):
"Let's see, we also forgot to add Mark Bingham to our list, one of the heros of Flight 93 on that fateful 9/11, that kept his plane from potentially slamming into a government building, is also a gay man.I'm sure by saving countless lives he made no contribution to "man."I'm sure only those that squirt out babies or the semen in the effort to make babies make a contribution.Yet, this contribution can come in the form of the next Son of Sam or Ted Bundy. Contributions don't always come from what develops between your legs. Sometimes it's from between your ears, from the pen in your hand, from the words from your mouth, and from the love in your heart.I contribute through my love to another human being and add value to this world and to the lives of the people I meet through my deeds and words.I can't make anyone see that I deserve anything, just by being me, and especially when someone refuses to see the validity of my life. Simply because I don't want to marry a man and have his baby, this makes me less valid is some people's eyes and those are minds I'll never change, no matter what is said or what proof is given. It's conversations like that which are not worth continuing.They will also NEVER see or if they see NEVER care that they deny another person their "pursuit of happiness." A pursuit which does not harm another. However, if you turn the tables and demanded a popular vote on issues that would affect or impact their personal lives, it would be terribly discriminatory and unfair of us to vote on their personal lives.After all, what would happen if we could vote on these amendments?Your first spouse maintains all rights to your finances and property in the event of your adultery, not your 2nd spouse, 3rd spouse, 4th spouse, ad nauseum and any children begetted from your adulterous affair, whether it later becomes a marriage, will not be rewarded with medical coverage or financial gain-only children from your first marriage will have a right to this benefit.If caught in an adulterous affair, you will be publicly lashed, forced to pay fines related to mental anguish to your spouse and your children, and then spend a year in jail for every year you cheated and/or for every affair you had. If caught in an adulterous affair, you will lose unsupervised visitation rights with your children and visitations will only be allowed at the non-adulterous spouses discretion and can be revoked at any time.I would personally enjoy voting on these. Turn about is fair play. Then again, I'm monogamous so these amendments wouldn't affect me even if I was married. I can see where a straight person can get off on someone else's pain. The whole "yeah, we'll teach them a lesson" mentality.Hmmm, well, how sad that someone feels it necessary to spend their time trying to make someone else SO miserable!"
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Hollywood Liberals -- Part deux
Remember this post from Sunday? Well it looks like it is already beginning. According to this Drudge Report article, the movie "Brokeback Mountain" is going to be:
"too much for red-state audiences, but it gives the liberal-leaning Academy a great chance to stick its thumb in conservatives' eyes."
According to the report, even Madonna calls the movie "Shocking"! I cannot believe that for one minute unless I hear it straight from her mouth.
--for Dorsano
Truly Scary!
I got this photo in an email and thought it needed to be passed around. This chimperor has no face! I think the whole country is finally realizing what is really wrong with the shrublet and they don't require any of these special sci-fi sunglasses to see the truth.
Feel free to copy and paste to your own blogs.
More Baby Steps--
First, the voters of Virginia elected another Democratic governor and then they ousted one of the biggest homophobes out of their state assembly. Now it looks like another Virginia institution is going to get things right:
Tech launches program to combat harassment
BLACKSBURG -- Virginia Tech officials unveiled a new anti-harassment program Monday to address concerns that the university had failed to adequately respond to discrimination against gay and lesbian students.
Within several weeks, Tech plans to launch a new Web site that will allow people to file confidential reports of harassment on campus.
Today's Funny--
At least some sanity--
Related: The Victory Fund endorsed 45 gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender candidates in this election. So far, 16 have been declared winners. You can view those races here.