Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
the wee hours
Check Out “The Amateur Gourmet”!
The other day, I was reading our new issue of “The Advocate” and saw a little blurb about Adam Roberts’ blog and his new book (just published!). Being that I sign bloggers to syndication contracts for work and enjoy entertaining blogs just in general, I went to his site. It’s a fun blog about food, and even if you don’t cook (I don’t, Leigh-Ann does), it’s just a nice well-written blog. You’ll like it. I promise. Go check it out. Start with my favorite entry so far, the picture of his proud mom holding up his book.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
evening
I Hate Myself Because…
I find Fergie’s music to be catchy and enjoyable, yet I find Fergie herself to be rather, uh, skanky. I guess things could be worse, I could be a closeted Republican man (it’s almost always the men, isn’t it?) who hated myself for being gay, but couldn’t stay away from gay sex in the men’s room. Yo, shout out to Senator Larry Craig! He’s this week’s hypocritical “Family Values” spokesman. Honestly, it sure seems like there are more gay Republicans than Democrats, only the gay Republicans are closeted and having dangerous and/or illegal sex, and they must be desperately unhappy. If the Republican Party could just support gay rights, yet stick to their supposed (I say “supposed” because spending recklessly to send our budget surplus quickly soaring into a horrendous deficit like no other isn’t exactly fiscally conservative, is it?) other objectives, perhaps there wouldn’t be a nasty sex scandal every week. Damn, they make Bill Clinton’s assignations seem almost harmless. Well, they were harmless (assuming they were all consensual), except to Hillary. But, they seem to have worked it out, figuring that they’re better together than apart. Good for them. Maybe their marriage isn’t hot & heavy romantically, but they must have fascinating conversations.
When it comes down to it, fascinating conversations should be a bigger part of a marriage than sex. After all, there are 24 hours in a day, and even the most physically fit of us wouldn’t have enough stamina to have more sex than talk. Which brings us back to poor ol’ Sen. Craig - maybe he isn’t gay, but he sure does like anonymous gay sex, and since it doesn’t take up that much of his time, perhaps his wife is okay with that. Isn’t it horrible how all these Republican wives have to stand next to their disgraced husbands during the press conferences? What on earth would a guy have to do to make that up their wife? I imagine the very least of it would be doing chores around the house without fail, putting the toilet seat down, and putting the cap back on the toothpaste.
Monday, August 27, 2007
the wee hours
Fantasy Football ‘07 - It’s that time again!
Come one, come all, come play fantasy football with us. It’s fun, and it makes watching the games on tv so much more entertaining. Even if you’ve never played before, there’s no time like the present to learn. When I started playing a few years ago, I barely knew anything about football. I knew the basics, but none of the details, and I certainly didn’t know ANY of the current players. I knew all the players that had retired 20+ years ago. But with a little reading and a little help from your friends, you’ll get the hang of it in no time.
ID# is 611363 and the Password is nfl07 - after clicking on the link above, then click the BLUE box on the right that says “Join a League”. On the next page, click the BLUE box that says “Join Custom” and it’ll ask you for the ID# & password. Then you’ll pick a team name and you’ll be pretty much set. After that, you can poke around and see the rankings of the players and see the league settings, etc. If you have any questions, ask away.
The live draft is Sat Sep 1 3:00pm PDT - if you can’t make it, you can pre-rank your players and the computer will automatically draft according to your preferences.
***Please do not sign up if you don’t really want to play. It’s not very fun for the rest of us to play against abandoned teams.***
Sunday, August 26, 2007
terribly early in the morning
The Bush Administration Is Stealing Your Tax Dollars While Making Their Buddies Filthy Rich
You have to read this article from Rolling Stone magazine. It will make you sick! ”The Great Iraq Swindle” I hate to spoil a happy ending, but the last paragraph so perfectly summarizes the horror that is our current government. “According to the most reliable estimates, we have doled out more than $500 billion for the war, as well as $44 billion for the Iraqi reconstruction effort. And what did America’s contractors give us for that money? They built big steaming shit piles, set brand-new trucks on fire, drove back and forth across the desert for no reason at all and dumped bags of nails in ditches. For the most part, nobody at home cared, because war on some level is always a waste. But what happened in Iraq went beyond inefficiency, beyond fraud even. This was about the business of government being corrupted by the profit motive to such an extraordinary degree that now we all have to wonder how we will ever be able to depend on the state to do its job in the future. If catastrophic failure is worth billions, where’s the incentive to deliver success? There’s no profit in patriotism, no cost-plus angle on common decency. Sixty years after America liberated Europe, those are just words, and words don’t pay the bills.”
As for me, I’ve most been exhausted and sleeping.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
the wee hours
More Camera Phone Pictures Until I Actually Write Again
Carlo, contemplating world peace.
Dobby, contemplating whether or not to run away from me.
