Keith Olbermann eloquently defends Marriage Equality…

I feel like I have written several dozen posts in my head during the last week but time has not been on my side. Every November sneaks up on me, which at work means time for our annual food show that serves as a reminder of all the job titles I have. I feel a bit robbed that I haven’t had an opportunity to really process, much less write about, the election results.

Not to mention some cool articles that I’ve bumped into during my five minute mental smoke breaks. Which also brings to mind my process of quitting the other habit of sucking in toxins. That’s another post that turned into a small novel with no ending chapter. Yeah, I’m feeling rather scattered. Since I don’t have the energy for anything too deep tonight (especially after splitting a split with myself) I’m just going to wade in the mental muddy water…

I had to revel in the irony after reading that Isaiah Washington slammed Grey’s Anatomy for the recent questionable firing of Brooke Smith. Then his ego stepped back into the interview when asked for the solution to fix the show. “Bring Burke back!”

Changing the channel…

Engineers at the University of Washington have developed contact lenses with integrated circuitry. This achievement could lay the groundwork for the “bionic eye.” Researchers hope that the lenses, once completed, will allow users to zoom in on distant objects and see useful facts. Future applications might allow drivers and pilots to see their direction and speed projected across their view or to surf the Web without a monitor.

Check out the wicked cool photos of the gadget eye.

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WOAH, talk about a headline that you can’t resist clicking… Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron paint a transsexual lesbian love story.

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Damn, the macbook is nearly out of power and I’m too tired to move over aaaall the way to the other side of the couch to plug it up. Oh well, that’s enough dirt to wade through for now. Good’nite.

Lach and I are headed back to the Long Beach Peninsula tomorrow for our semi-annual retreat to a beautiful place called Shakti Cove. If you’ve read our blogs for any amount of time you know what a special place this is to us.

This morning, as I was wishing I could fast forward to our secret little hide-a-way, I came across a development that has me feeling completely out of sorts… the infamous Cove is for sale. If I had $900k in the bank, this would be fabulous news because we’d be moving ocean side but seeing that I don’t, I’m feeling heartbroken.

Shakti is one of the only GLBT-owned and pet-friendly places to be found in the area. But more than that, it has been our place of sabbatical for the duration of our relationship. I just can’t imagine it not being there when our hearts inevitably beckon to the ocean…

I’ve had a really hard time deciding to blog or not to blog so many thoughts that I’ve had lately. My mind, like the media, is filled with politics and the heavy burdens that lay at risk with this election. RSG did a great job of laying out many of the reasons that I have found myself quiet in the last couple of weeks. There is a lot at stake for those of us who so desperately desire to live in a progressive, and not a divisive, America.

It may take me some time to explain how it felt to be in California again. To stand on the beach and know that if we lived in this state, it could be our own petals on the sand representing the trials and triumphs of our life together. I had to catch my breathe, and my tears, as we were visiting the Hillcrest area for brunch and I saw two handsome guys placing “No on Prop 8” signs in the back of their car.

It’s with those images in my head that I came across this video today of behind the scenes footage from Ellen & Portia’s recent ceremony. I think in the end, real people like this will prove to be the best defense against Proposition 8.

UPDATE: Ellen’s mother, Betty, has set up a wedding registry to donate against Prop. 8. Via Joe.My.God.

Governor Bobby Jindal says discrimination based on race, sexual orientation and political affiliation are no longer an issue in Louisiana. Actually, he doesn’t deny that it exists but he does say keeping protections against such discrimination “could cause problems with faith-based organizations’ ability to contract with the state.”

A crowd in Little Rock, Arkansas thought they were seeing a “Blue Collar Brawlin” cage fight but instead got a queer peep show with two guys striping down and kissing. Speculation is that Baron Cohen (of “Borat” fame) is the culprit behind the event, which was all caught on video.

An elaborate array of mounted and handheld video cameras caught the crowd of 1,600’s reaction as the two men “went right up to the line” of the city’s morality laws, Holland said. The two men stripped down to their underwear, kissed and rubbed on each other, the sergeant said.

The audience, as well as local fighters drawn to take part in the show, became enraged. “It set the crowd off lobbing beers,” Holland said. “They had beers in plastic cups. Those things can get some distance on them actually.” Holland said it took officers about 45 minutes to clear the convention center, as the two actors sprinted away through a specially set-aside tunnel.

News of the faked cage fights comes as Baron Cohen is in production of a movie titled “Bruno,” named after the gay Austrian fashion reporter he developed for “Da Ali G Show.” Baron Cohen, in the guise of Bruno, often interviewed hapless subjects in the South.

Ok, now I have to go find Bruno on youtube…

UPDATE: Also brought to you from the great city of Little Rock: Read the rest of this entry »

In comments aired on his radio show Tuesday, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson criticized Obama for comments he made in a June 2006 speech to the liberal Christian group Call to Renewal.

In the speech, Obama suggested that it would be impractical to govern based solely on the word of the Bible, noting that some passages suggest slavery is permissible and eating shellfish is disgraceful.

Dobson said Obama should not be referencing antiquated dietary codes and passages from the Old Testament that are no longer relevant to the teachings of the New Testament.

This is a real news flash folks! James Dobson has stated that Leviticus is antiquated and no longer relevant. I’m sure that logic would also apply to the highly contested 18:22, right?