December 2008
98 posts
Mick and I on abstinence-only education:
Update: Mick brings it home
Me: I love how the pro-abstinence program people claim the study was flawed. But being completely ignorant and oblivious to normal human nature isn’t flawed? Hmm.
Mick: It’s true. They also don’t have any numbers to back up their position that this study is flawed. Then again, they don’t need any, since they don’t believe in the...
Premarital Abstinence Pledges Ineffective, Study... →
What a shocker!!
“There’s been a lot of work that has found that teenagers who take part in abstinence-only education have more negative views about condoms,” she said. “They tend not to give accurate information about condoms and birth control.”
Voicemail from my friend Beth:
“I was just watching Lake of Fire and thought of you. ::Laughs:: We should get lunch.”
I’m glad to see depressing abortion documentaries conjure up thoughts of me. Maybe I should stop ranting about feminist politics at parties…
I did like that film, though. ;)
Direct Link Between Homophobic Families and Teen... →
“For the first time ever, researchers have claimed that there is a direct link between homophobic rejection of LGB adolescents by their families and mental health problems.”
I know I’m not a teen, but I should probably send this to my dad.
Full story on the study here.
“Some people, as far as your senses are concerned, just… feel… like… home.”
– High Fidelity (via bowlingalleylawyer) (via capricious) (via hahanotfunny) (via gregbrown) (via present) (via uoma)
Fave movie ever. This line seems so relevant on Day 7 of no girlfriend! I’m going to pick her up in Michigan tomorrow and am actually looking forward to the drive.
Just so you know, the Salvation Army is against... →
tesslynch:
(via nickdouglas)
get thee to a goodwillery.
….and is generally culty/insane.
Yes! My Harry Caray impersonator is back!
Love, love, love the Sunday night crew I hear on the scanner.
Haray impersonator cop: Hayyyyyy!
Cop #2: What did Santa bring Haray for Christmas?
Cop #3: Hopefully a voice deactivator.
Cop #4: I’m glad to see we are all so professional.
“Every time a new medium arises, a new group of avatars arises with it, assuring...”
– Paul Mulshine,
All I Wanted for Christmas Was a Newspaper
All I Wanted for Christmas Was a Newspaper →
fredamoon:
Freda: I couldn’t have said it better, yet I couldn’t agree more.
OMG, I LOVE it!! I, too, could not agree more!!
“This highlights the real flaw in the thinking of those who herald the era of citizen journalism. They assume newspapers are going out of business because we aren’t doing what we in fact do amazingly well, which is to quickly analyze and report on complex...
Very Graphic Design →
trishtumbles:
NY’s gay and lesbian magazines are thriving
Wow…all is not lost!
“Much more to the point is the astute criticism leveled by the gay Democratic...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - You’re Likable Enough, Gay People - NYTimes.com (via uoma) (via smalltowngayblog)
Great piece by Rich today…this I totally agree with as well:
“When Obama defends Warren’s words by calling them an example of the “wide range of viewpoints” in a “diverse and noisy and...
FYI: Last night marked Chicago's 501st homicide in...
“Congratulations! You’re the first-ever Black American president. YES! Will you...”
– Rafael Romain-Edghill, third grade. From “Dear Mr. President…” in the January 2009 Essence Magazine. (via julyshewillfly)
I just stuttered four times while asking a police...
“You go, girl reporters. People may still call it a man’s world, but it...”
– Dorothy Snarker, perking me up on a slow Sunday night in the news room.
<3
Every Sunday night, I look forward to a ridiculous...
Whistleblower: MTV Sweatshop Sponsored by Charity →
I fucking love Amy Poehler.
WatchJust catching up on the Maddow I missed this week.
A. I’m horrified by the photos stopwhispering is posting!
B. My friend/coworker Tina is kicking ass on a murder story for tomorrow while I type up event listings for our holiday daybook.
People Who Deserve It →
smalltowngayblog:
hunsonisgroovy:
“Socially responsible reasons to punch someone in the face.”
This is by far my new favorite site. :) Thanks Tyler.
This site cheered me up so much which says a lot about my state of mind.
Oh no! Am I a #27??
“Fumbling the gay issue is becoming something of a tradition for new Democratic...”
– Neil Steinberg, Obama thanks a pal
This is the exact moment when I fell in love with...
Troy: Flat?
Veronica: Just as God made me!
Troy: Are you always this persnickety?
Veronica: Sometimes I'm even persnickety-er!
Ha! Troy was the worst!
Sequel to Sarah Palin 'nude painting': A Rod... →
This man is seriously amazing. We have been meaning to go to Old Town Ale House for awhile now. It needs to happen soon.
one more time
Ok, this is the last time I’ll talk about the Obama/Rick Warren thing (unless Warren really fires me up during his speech). Whether you think Obama is “reaching across the aisle” or slapping gays (and let’s not forget pro-choice women) in the face, I got pretty freaked out yesterday. I fear that because we supported Obama so fiercely, we are afraid to criticize anything he...
“Obama has proven to be better at winning elections than McCain, who hasn’t...”
– Rachel Maddow
“People said, “Oh, won’t you be disappointed if John McCain loses? You...”
– Rachel Maddow
Change we can believe in?
girlfriendisahomo:
I voted for Obama. I’m pretty sure every gay lady and man I know did as well. We waited in lines and put bumper stickers on our cars. We proudly wore our Obama t-shirts and told skeptical family members about how important this election was. We made phone calls and knocked on doors. When he won, we rallied in Grant Park, we drank too much vodka and bought 12 newspapers the...
excited.
There are a few months to go, but it has been decided that Ali and I are moving in together when our leases are up in May.
So stoked!
I just found this photo of us while lurking Becky’s flickr and LOL’d.
WTF Obama?! Seriously, WTF!!! →
(via maririvera)
Reason # 7325487235486 not to get too attached to any politicians.
Drew Peterson engaged, we hesitantly ask what you... →
sportsprose:
You can not keep Drew Peterson from sweeping women off their feet and to the altar. Bolingbrook’s most famous former police officer is engaged to what will be Wife No. 5, according to his lawyer.
No. Fucking. Way.
A Whopper of a bad ad campaign? →
“We are told that the burger virgins preferred—surprise, surprise—Whoppers to Big Macs, but we are only left to wonder how American-style junk food, laden with hormones, steroids and saturated fats, was received by their pristine digestive systems.”
“Blagojevich’s alleged crimes pale next to the larger scandals of Washington and...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Two Cheers for Rod Blagojevich - Editorial - NYTimes.com (via oliviaisferosch)
This is a very valid point. The pundits point out how Illinois is an incredibly corrupt state, but why don’t we see Blagojevich’s actions in the context of a national standard of corruption?
(via...
Kate Beckinsale as Judy Miller? I'm intrigued!