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Worst Interviewer Ever

I don't know what the show topic is, but this clip is bizarre and hysterical.

Focus... I said 'FOCUS'!!

Everyone knows that James Dobsen, head of Focus on the Family, has said some pretty boneheaded things regarding homosexuality in the past, but I couldn't help but gape a little bit when I read this letter in which he compares the defeat of the Federal Marriage Amendment in the Senate to slavery.

"So where does the issue go from here? Time will tell. It took William Wilberforce more than 30 years to bring about an end to Britain's slave trade in the 1800s."

I wasn't aware that the struggle to protect marriage as 'a sacred union between a man and a woman' was equal to the struggle to end the selling and owning of human beings. If I'd known before what I was putting that poor Dobsen fellow through I might not have protested so much for not being treated like an equal person to him.

NO Taxation Without Representation!

Gay Pride month is once again coming to a close and for all you GBLT's out there, whether you want to get married or not -- or are like me and don't know where you stand on the idea of entering into a marriage at this point in your life -- you MUST realize that the federal government's denial of legal marriage to us (and all the rights that come along with it) subconsciously tells the rest of the country and society that we are somehow not deserving, not worthy, NOT NORMAL, and less than them. It's derision, it's discrimination, it's ridiculous and I, for one, am tired of not being allowed to do something --that millions of other Americans are encouraged to do-- simply because I'm gay.

I've had an idea for a couple of years now (without knowing how to effectively spread the word to try to implement it) of what I think would be the most appropriate form of civil disobedience in order to bring about change. If we are not to be considered equal, then my question is, why should we continue to pay our equal share? Namely: TAXES.

Why should we continue contributing to the payment of programs, benefits and rights that we continue to be excluded from participating in (which also includes our military, by the way)?

This is something that we could do that wouldn't require sending a form to our senators or representatives or congressmen to tell them how we feel. We should just stop helping to pay their salaries until they fix this inequity... OR... we could go to Boston and dump a bunch of lube in the harbor, but I'm not crazy about the message that sends.

Who wants to join me in this?

End of Days

You know it's coming when you can't tell the difference between a story in The Onion and this story about a gang of transvestite thugs in New Orleans.

Here are some choice lines that, I must assume, were written with a straight face.

"Davis said it wasn’t supposed to be like this. They survived Hurricane Katrina’s Category 3 winds and the ensuing looters. They reopened despite the long odds of doing business in a devastated city. The last thing the Magazine Street shop owners expected to threaten their survival was a crime ring of transvestites."

"The transvestites, Ogle said, appear to be drug-addicted and fearless in their lust for designer shoes, jackets and jewelry."

and my favorite, because of its elegant simplicity: "In the ensuing weeks, the gang of transvestites continued their reign of terror. "

Goodbye Kumiko

If you watched the 'commercial' I posted then you heard part of a song by my roommates Mike and Jimmy. You can listen to the full song and a couple of others here.

Beware, they're pretty damn catchy and you'll find yourself humming them for days afterwards.

Poodle Fitness

THIS is the weirdest thing I've seen in a very long time. (thanks Jimmy).

Commercial

This is a spec type commerical I shot a couple of months ago and just posted online for your entertainment.

Enjoy. Oh! and rate me with those star ratings thingys!

Today's Bush primer

Everyone should check out these two posts from Andrew Sullivan today:

#1 and #2.

Holding my tongue

Actor Rick Schroder is coming into the office this morning and I was asked to find out a little about him online so that we don't embarrass ourselves (as we are wont to do around here).

This is what I discovered: "Add actor Rick Schroder to the short list of pro-war/pro-Bush celebrities. The kid star of Silver Spoons who went on to an adult role as a detective on ABC's NYPD Blue, said of President Bush last week, according to a Washington Post item: "'He's a fantastic guy, let me tell you that,' Schroder said. 'I told him I wanted to help him get re-elected.'"

Great.

Just great.

Moonlighting

Today the gossip mills are turning round and round with the news that Britney Spears dressed herself for her 'regrettable' Dateline interview with Matt Lauer.

So where exactly did this leave her wardrobe assistants, handlers, and advisers? Who could they have turned their attention to? Whose public persona needs humanizing???








Pink tie, eh? Can anyone say "The softer side of Dick Cheney"?