"If you want to discriminate, there is no place for it in Ameri...
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
We're Standing With You Dan
12:07 AM
Geoff
Sending prayers, good wishes and good vibes for a speedy recovery. Thank you for all the work you have done, and are doing LT. Your community owes you a substantial debt of gratitude. Kristine W says it perfectly.....It's gonna be Alrig...
Monday, December 13, 2010
Christmas Crack
2:54 AM
Geoff
Today is "C-Day" at our house.
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S Decorating day.
The house has been cleaned, scoured, dusted, shined and vacuumed to within an inch of it's life.
I've lugged the Christmas decoration boxes inside, and later I will pull them one by one out of the dining room and begin unpacking all the treasures, all the memories, all the newly acquired Christmas Junk and attack the house with the frenzy of a masculine Martha Stewart on Christmas Crack.
I'll break for lunch sometime around 1-1:30 but it will be a light meal because I'll have snacked on the mountain of Christmas Cookies I've been preparing for goody boxes...
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Could You Step Back A Bit Please.
12:11 AM
Geoff
If I came with an owner’s manual it would have a few helpful tidbits. Such as: If I’m driving, don’t bug me by grabbing my arm or touching me….anywhere really (and this includes my Mom). If I’m at a party, no problem….get as close as you want. If you have a beef with me? You’d better not be so close I can smell your breath. And if I’m in line at Fred Meyer waiting to return something…I do NOT want to feel your body heat on MY back, which is exactly what happened today.
So I’m returning a vacuum cleaner belt because I bought the wrong one. It’s a simple exchange, and I know it’s near Christmas….I also know it’s a Saturday…..I can handle crowds....
Friday, December 10, 2010
Up To 'Here'
2:29 PM
Geoff
From time to time I reach a saturation point when it comes to TV.
The bad news, horrifying news, the sometimes crushing disappointments and sickening politics, just get to be too much for me. I didn't used to be this affected by the news, but I've noticed during the last couple years this is the case.
DADT, ENDA, Tax cuts for the rich, Lawmakers and Representatives who lie, Presidents who fail miserably on their campaign promises, murders, rapes......I've had it.
So today I'm "TV free"...... for today. I'm not insane after all, I could never just forego the news. But just for today,...
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
"Cousin Liz" ahead of her time
1:13 PM
Geoff
My parents used to control the tv dial. Remember those days? The days when TV's had dials and Parents, not children, decided on what was watched as a 'gasp' family?
One of the shows we had to endure was All In the Family. We had a love hate relationship with it. On the one hand we LOVED Edith. The sweet, innocent "dingbat" as Archie called her was the best. Archie however, sort of epitomized my dad who laughed a little too loudly every time Arch said a racial epitath, which was all the time.
As an adult I've been surprised at how much "I" now enjoy watching All In the Family. I'm sure some of it is childhood nostalgia, but that was one smart...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
I Think Santa Is Following Me
12:33 AM
Geoff
About this same time last year I was feeling a little blue, and while I was waiting in line at a local drive thru.......... I saw Santa! I can't tell you how that simple event raised my spirits.
Yesterday I was going to the grocery store and I saw him again! Of course he wasn't wearing the suit,because (duh)...it's waaaay to early, but it was the same car and the same beard and this time he was chatting on a cell phone.
I think Santa is following me. Good thing I've been nothing but 'nice' this year! ...
Monday, December 6, 2010
Pricetag On Civil Rights
10:59 AM
Geoff
The Atlanta police reached a settlement with the Eagle on the raid last year, remember that? Last year they burst through the doors in full SWAT gear, brutalized a couple patrons screaming anti-gay slurs and were just in general total douche bags.
I remember being dumbfounded when I first heard about that story. Can you imagine what that must have been like? That day at the Atlanta Eagle was closely reminiscent of that night in NYC at the Stonewall Inn……..but this was 2009. One thing that's clear, is that the struggle for civil rights is far from over, and that's sad.
While I’m not a bar-gay anymore, I try to place myself in that situation...
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Horror Of A Good Man
12:09 AM
Geoff
I never thought I would write a letter to a man incarcerated for three counts of murder, but last night I did just that.
In the mid 1980s, my grade school Principal took a shotgun and murdered his wife and two young daughters. I vividly remember watching the news and listening in horror as they played one of the girls 911 call which ended with a shotgun blast.
During the early 70s when I was in the first grade, it was a tough time for my family. My mother brought my sister and I to a small Idaho town on a wing and a prayer and we lived with my grandparents. It was an especially hard winter, and I was scared at the idea of a new school and...
Friday, December 3, 2010
A Unicorn F@#$ing A Dolphin
12:23 AM
Geoff
If I were to get a tattoo, it would have to be a unicorn fucking a dolphin in front of a beautiful gay rainbow.
Why? because I'd cock it up anywhich way I went. My 'cool' would be nerdy. My 'cutting edge' would be sooooo 80s.
I admire some tattoos on some people, but when it comes down to it, I just don't trust myself to make that kind of commitment.
I have two nephews who are pierced and tattooed beyond belief. Though I love them dearly, if I’m being 100 percent honest…..they look just plain awful. Demonic skulls, writhing monsters…and other rotten art decorate arms, legs, heads and other nether...
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
We've Forgotten
2:34 AM
Geoff
We have forgotten about AIDS. Well, maybe not completely......but almost.
Of those currently infected with HIV, one in five doesn't know they have the condition, and the majority of new infections are spread by people who are unaware of their own status.
About 41% of new infections last year affected young people aged 15-24, and women accounted for about 51% of new infections.
I am 43, which might as well be 158 in gay years...but I'm okay with that. Really.
I was 2 years old when Stonewall was happening, 8 when Anita Bryant was singing about orange juice while trying to eradicate gay people. I was 16 when I saw...
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