Code En Mah Node

I've felt a whopper of a cold coming on this week, and yeeeowwch.  I am down for the count, feeling like crud.  And not that you asked, but I am a big 'ol baby when I get sick.   When I have a cold, I am always convinced no one else on earth has suffered to the extent I'm suffering, and even though I know intellectually that isn't the case....damnit it sure FEELs that way! So enjoy your health...I'm gonna go watch some crap tv and feel sorry for my snotty self.   ...

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Time Travel Thursday

A gentle touch..... a warm look... a gentle embrace and a time gone by. Oh yeah and a sun bonnet.   Were these gentlemen just goofing around? Having a lark, posing for a fun photo to take home? Maybe.  Perhaps there was much more to the story. It's kind of sad we'll never know, but what a remembrence of two people...what a treasure to see their photograph today and just imagine what might have been between them...

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Thoughts

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Hope

I vividly remember waking up that morning in November of 2007.  President Obama had been elected and we had gone to bed happy, confident that Prop 8 wouldn't pass.   After all, how could it?   Gay Californians weren't asking for money or power...just the simple right to marry the person they chose.  It wasn't like they were asking for the moon, but they might as well have been....and still the hateful legislation passed. I woke up, read the news and felt like I had been assaulted when I saw this very picture.   It was the prop 8 side cheering victory...a rampaging victory of hate.   I felt...

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OUR Artist of the Week: Mark Beard

It's often said that an Artist wears many hats, and that couldn't be more true than in the case of Mark Beard.  He's a stage designer, and he works in paint, prints and sculpture.  Mr Beard is an American Artist, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City Utah.   He is a unique artist with a distinct point of view when it comes to artist growing and maturing through styles and periods versus turning one's art into a brand.    To counteract the latter he  "--developed a number of distinct artist personalities, each with a detailed biography and portrait photograph, to enable himself to work in a variety...

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Will They Do The Right Thing?

The big news today isn't about Madonna, M.I.A., or Mitt Romney...but that the California 9th Circuit Court is announcing it's verdict about Prop 8 tomorrow (tuesday!) around 10am.   This is big...huge...beyond huge.   The world is going to be watching California tomorrow and that's no exaggeration.  Judge Walker's decision has been lauded as a brilliant piece of work, and now we're going to find out if it will stand, as it was written...on the merits of justice and equality.   It's downright frightening when religious bigotry can trump what's right because common sense plays no part in the equation.  ...

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When You Think....

When you feel like you're being taken for granted You probably are When you feel there is distance, There probably is When you feel alone You probably are When you feel something's wrong Pay attent...

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Dying Regrets

Death is a part of life, and we all have to face it and deal with it sooner or later.   All of us have lost someone, and it's never easy, often messy and always abrupt.  One of my favorite blogs, Towleroad, posted a link to the UKs The Guardian refrencing the top five regrets of a dying person.  While the article is a little misleading in that it's really a rant against homeopathy...I'm still mesmerized by the actual list itself.   I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. I...

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The Eameses & A Homosexual Act Of Vandalism

Charles and Ray Eames were a fascinating, dynamic couple whose partnership and marriage thrived on a creative, kinetic energy of art, design and craftsmanship. The Eames’ didn’t just design a couple of famous pieces. They looked at things and life, in an extraordinary way….and together created an entire design aesthetic which not only survives today in it’s present form, but has influenced countless other designers. I pay homage to them now….but back in 2003 some would gasp in horror at the sacrilege I committed to their chief icon, but more about that later. Have you heard the joke about the gay couple who were divorcing after spending...

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Time Travel Thursday

There's not much sexier than a man in uniform, unless it's TWO men in uniform cheek to cheek!   This is one of my all time favorite photos...god these two guys were hot!  We're incredibly lucky we have seen history change and now with the fall of Don't Ask Don't Tell, two U.S. Servicemen can actually fall in love and build a life together if they choose.   That definitely wasn't the case back when this photo was snapped, though I'm not sure what would have been more shocking...two men cuddling or the fact they were Army and Airforce!  Today's Daily Aural: The Mills Brothers singing Paper Do...

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Think Before You Speak

If you're watching the Super Bowl...or only pretending to so you can see Madonna's half time show, keep your eyes open. GLSEN's "Think B4 You Speak" campaign is airing a commercial during the testosterone celebration....uh, I mean Super Bowl! The "Think Before You Speak" campaign is the one featuring Hilary Duff, Wanda Sykes and the NBA’s Grant Hill, and has already reached millions of Americans across the country. These spots are spreading the message about the negative impact of anti gay slurs to a whole new audience. Today's Daily Aural is Madonna: Celebratio...

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