More Fun with Jay Brennan

My Favorite Gay singer/composer Jay Brennan answers a few questions and sings one of his most popular songs from his movie "Shortbus"

Fall Fell...Let's lighten things up!

The series this is from is cumin to the US this season...It should be fun

Matthew Shephard 10 years later

As the ten year anniversary of the brutal attack and subsequent murder of Laramie, Wyoming's Matthew Shepard approaches - October 12, 2008 - Moisés Kaufman, the founder of the Tectonic Theatre Company which brought "The Laramie Project" to life, decided to return to this town of almost 30 thousand people in the southeast corner of Wyoming to see what, if anything, had changed. (After a brief stop at "The Fireside" on the night of October 7, 2008, Matthew was offered a ride by two men then taken to a fence post, tied up, pistol whipped and left to freeze to death in 18 degree weather. He entered a coma and died five days later. The two men, Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are both serving life in prison.) What Kaufman found was a town "exhausted" by these horrific events and the ability to cope with such a profound act and in with such continuity. "A lot of people in the community went through a sense of grief, in a very poignant, heartfelt, painful way, and I think eventually the pain became so great that they don’t want to think about it or hear about it,” says Rebecca Hilliker, a professor of theatre at the University of Wyoming. Kaufman plans to amend The Project to include his findings. I sure Matthew's family and friends would disagree with Ms. Hilliker's armchair analysis of the situation. Kaufman, who had presumably hoped to find a more enlightened Laramie, noted dolefully, "I guess what disappoints me isn’t so much Laramie, it’s the fact that more social progress hasn’t happened everywhere.” The full article can be read here.

Sara and Hillary Together from SNL

This is just too funny to miss ....

Tampa Vs Hurricanes IV

Once again the powers that be took a major storm to another area of the gulf. Ike hits Texas today with a vengence. People were warned earlier in the week to evacuate the areas ... most did.... but alot didn't. I have to agree with one official that told some that wanted to 'ride it out' to take a marker and write their name and social security number on their arm ... to speed up identification of thier body. If you are stupid enough to try to stay with 20' waves coming in.. then dont complain or call 911 for help when things fall apart. For the rest of the people in the areas effected our prayers are with you.

For the gas companies that are gouging the public ... many states have laws against that. You should be required to provide free gas to eveyone in the areas you are stealing from.

09-11-01 Seven Years Later

It was about 8:40AM as I watched GMA...when the world changed. The whole world was soo different before. The economy was still good. There was no war. True the person at 1600 was the lowest rated resident there ... ever. There was more than 10,000 innocent people alive, that have been killed in the name of politics.
Seven years later, we still do not have answers to much of what happened ... or why. Was the attack totally arranged and put together by one man in a small country halfway around the world? Or was it part of a huge plot to make someone more popular? Or a combination of both? Why was that resident of 1600 hiding in Centeral Florida? Why did the "leader" of the free world run and hide in caves instead of standing up and taking charge. Why do the scenes of the tragedys still not fit what we are told happened? How does a plane totally disappear with out any wreckage? And bigger still why was that same plane seen later at another airport? Why did the US attack a country that was never involved in 9-11?
A lot of questions that will never be answered......
Where were you that tragic morning?
Leave a comment if you wish ..

Daddy's boys

It's about time I gave a bit of an update on my 3 boys.

Kyle was chosen to go for Jury duty this week ... and of course needed a new outfit for that LOL .. It always makes me proud when they are involved in civic dutys. He weathered Hanna well and is back to normal ... for him LOL. Kyle had the pleasure of a guest just befor Hanna... Tucker drove down for the weekend. They had a blast!

Eric and Jeremy went to a small cabin in the woods for a 'getaway weekend' ... Well the cabin turned out to be a castle in Canada! They both had a great time and well Eric can't brag so much about being a top anymore LOL

Tucker also made it thru Hanna with some flooding at his school and had the fun of going thru a tornado. His Precious Red Miata suffered some minor damage from some rocks that hit it. He is ok tho. He has been busy with school and working on the LTC site. He is soo well loved there.

All three are great guys and make me Very Proud that they have chosen to call me their daddy. Thanks Guys!

Tampa Vs Hurricanes III

Tampa again gets a blow job and a sprinkle .... Not that I am complaining mind you... Ike is headding west to Texas. The storm is sooo big that the outer edges are now begining to come into our area. People in Texas need to be ready for a big storm. I know they like things big but... there is a limit I hope.

Some things are Just Wrong

On a lighter side.. there are some things that just shouldn't exist... this is one ...

Politics 2008

I was not going to get into politics here but after last night's debacle from the RNC, I feel I need to at least express my feelings before they explode!

Last week, the nation saw a 'peoples convention' It was all up and positive from start to finish. No one was arrested on cam ... No one was slandered. The final night was open to anyone that wanted to get in. We saw a very large cross section of Americans celebrating being true Americans

Last night we saw the opposite. The most negative and down bunch of rich people of one color I have ever seen. Minority's were paraded in to praise their man and escorted out as fast. Last night alone 4 people were arrested on camera for expressing opinions. Apparently that is not legal in a republican controlled world.

I think it was interesting that the " leader" of the party was not mentioned and not in the hall the entire time. He was allowed a taped performance from a prepared speech. His parents and wife were there .. but he never showed his head.

The speeches, last night and the night before, were basically Democrat bashing, the only substance of either speech came from the text of Sen Obama's speech the week before.. only delivered with hatred instead of hope. Their comments tried to blame the Democrats for the economy failing and the money being spent on non essential BS. No blame was put on the current administration for ruining the country and any connections with the rest of the world. If History is correct... the current occupant of 1600 was given a balanced budget and actually a surplus, rather good relations with most countries and declining unemployment... exactly the opposite of conditions today. At times speeches turned into right wing christian prayer meetings, even tho many are not of that faith. The videos, shown during breaks comparing their team with Roosevelt, Lincoln and Reagan, reminded me of 1930's style propaganda from a country in Europe that was about to try to take over the world.

The thought of as many as 8 more years of the last 8 is very scary to me ......
I am not sure this pic is in any way real .. but the concept is.

Tampa Vs Hurricanes II

This is one of the sites I follow for info on hurricanes...Hanna is going to visit the Carolinas and north...the scary storm is IKE. Ike went from a TS to cat 4 in 6 hours. It has been going up and down in strength since .. Hopefully it will continue southwest. More info as I get it. The maps and info above update frequently.