Hey all, I’m going through some changes, taking advice from a lot of the amazing new people I met at the summit (like Andy Wibbels) and so I’d like you to tell me one thing (or more!) that you could see changed, moved around, or added to make this site better.
I’m also tailoring the categories into four sections
Buffalo,
Lifestream
Culture
Technology
Since my flavor is a bit queer, I don’t feel like that’s a needed section.
Let me know!
Um.. to those using my android tag feed, you may have noticed that the feed shows everything, instead of just stuff dealing with Google’s OS and the HTC G1. That was an accident due to a feedburner redirect that nulled the tag specific feeds. All is better as of this posting. I hope so, anyways.
After a dissapointing wet and rainy day yesterday that washed away any trace
of winter cheer, Jack Frost is back with a little more presence. Its
supposed to get colder today too, meaning this snow will stick around. #snap
grats goes to my scranto.
This is Larry, he’s one of our behavior specialists for our agency. He’s
really cute but sometimes he shows up to work wearing bowling shirts… I
wanna take him shopping. He has a cute butt. I don’t think his wife
appreciates it like I would #snap.
With sharp mountain peaks on one side and thickly forested plains on the other, Carrara Island rises majestically from the Pacific Ocean.
Like all worthy places of interest, there are a great many stories to tell about this island. But what good is a story without some characters to meet and greet? Exactly, not very interesting at all! Well, this island happens to be inhabited by a group of characters almost as remarkable as the island itself, and with the word “remarkable” in the sentence, you know something exciting is bound to happen! They are the Pecanpals and as much as I would love to introduce them all to you now, it is far better for you to find out yourself. So, have fun!
A little diversion from my normal vinyl obsession, these 5.5″-6″ figures are 100% handmade from wood, with articulated joints, and come with accessories. Only 200 of each character were made (five in all at this moment), and you can pre-order starting tomorrow. I really dig the classic blocky wood style, and the pastels are beautiful and dreamy. Let it be noted that I’d like Pecan…
…he looks a bit like the Android Logo, does he not?
From the site: Gay people and our allies are compassionate, sensitive, caring, mobilized, and programmed for success. A day without gays would be tragic because it would be a day without love.
On December 10, 2008 the gay community will take a historic stance against hatred by donating love to a variety of different causes.
On December 10, you are encouraged not to call in sick to work. You are encouraged to call in “gay”–and donate your time to service!
Here’s my take: show up for work. If you wanna fight H8, that’s all well and good, but no need to piss off your straight allies by not showing up for work. Even worse, If you live in one of 30 states that you can be fired for your sexual preference (or gender identity), this isn’t the best solution.
The site suggests that you spend your time helping out with some LGBT or other civil rights organization. What good is that going to do? Spending your time around people of like minds isn’t going to change anything. One must reach out to our hetero allies, asking them for support for future change. I feel that a “rainbow strike” isn’t the best avenue.
How about a day with a gay? How many of your co-workers have no idea you are queer? Maybe let your boss know that you were asked to participate in this event, but decided to dedicate yourself to your workplace. Perhaps, instead of those FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD: chains, send a note to your interoffice peers, letting them know how you feel about the aftermath of Prop8, the importance of equality, and why its important to you. Lastly of all: be fabulous! Be a super employee tomorrow, show off your skills and let your workplace really know what a valuable part of the team a gay employee really is!
DayWithoutAGay.org isn’t useless, check some alternatives they list if you decide not to participate.
Lets say you are locked in a room. Trapped. Its really dark, and there is this odor of stale poppers and the walls are really sticky. You know on the other side is a clean towel and a fresh bottle of poppers, but you lost your key somewhere and now you can’t go anywhere. What do you do? Nothing. You’d sit around and try to make the best of it when all of a sudden someone throws a key under the door. What do you do? you blog about the key…
Ok, so I’m sure this guy isn’t really a bear, he looks hairless… but he’s
cute with a bit of a belly.. and he gave my rec group the rest of his bucket
o’ balls. For that he gets a nod. #snap
Have to give thanks to Microsoft for giving away Office 2008 Special Media
Editon to all the bloggers who attended the summit this weekend. I’ve been
really needing to buy this for Mac; its good to see them reaching out even
when the percentage of macs to PCs for attendees was 3:1. #snap
One of my new fierce blogger buddies, Eric Leven, from KnuckleCrack. He’s been so much fun to talk to and really helped me gain some confidence about blogging with a passion. He’s also not too bad a dancer, but more on that a little later. Eric also blogs for the Bilerico Project, and he’s really motivated about spreading information about HIV/AIDs, safe sex, and other bits of important LGBT activism. Blogroll this foo! #snap
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