oh yeah - let the games begin!

gotta love those Greek show producers! dig that basket on pink arrow boy?

FUCK OFF BUSH . . . . and the rest of you conservative, ignorant, white bastard FUCKS!

hee! hee!

Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic.

... from snarkymalarkey

Checking In

Hi all. I am fine. A quick update - I spent the last several months shutting down San Francisco operations of TechTV. Friday July 30 was my last day and the business is now officially in LA. Comcast made me a last minute job offer in LA but at that point I had already psychologically had myself here. I have to admit that having spent many weeks in LA over the past months, I am starting to understand some of the appeal. Still, I have never gotten as much attitude as I did at the Wilshire Blvd Whole Foods store. What up with that??? I'm here buying the brown rice sushi and Fuji water just like you sister!

My plans are to take off the month of August and get my head together on what to do next. The job market in my field seems better and the severance from Comcast was decent so I am not sweating it yet. I will go to Michigan to see family in the next few weeks.

For those keeping track, things with JB have ended. I spent most of May and June making myself sick wrestling with the idea of moving to Atlanta. Ultimately, it was something I couldn't bring myself to commit to. Once JB understood I wasn't coming, he chose to distance himself and we have not spoken. It wasn't an easy decision and August is as much about wrapping my head around what just happened as anything.

On the literary front, I am reading several books now and over the weekend started Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. It has me positively seething with anger!! I have been tuning in to Fox News on occassion just to see their spin. Last night it was Laura Bush all softly lit and dressed in red talking about being a devoted wife who keeps her opinion to herself since "my husband was voted into the oval office, not me". Bill O"Reilly is tossing her softball questions and fawning over her to the point of almost falling out of his chair. He refers to himself as a journalist and then gushes about what a great job W is doing and how divided the country is over issues like gay marriage. Two sentences later he mentions gay marriage again, this time to be sure the audience knows the "Liberals" support gay marriage. This guy knows how to use a wedge issue. Seething!!!

mini tutorial

ok, so a few days ago, Boyer had a legitimate beef about creating links from blogger. Seems blogger has taken away its easy links function. But no fear, here are some codes to use.

when making a link to a word in text, use this coding:

(a href="http://www.websitenamegoeshere.com")link word or words here(/a)

... pretend that the ( and ) in this example are actually chevrons <>. I cannot write the code that way because it would create a real link!

the coding must be exact, or it ain't workin. Once you click on Publish Post, blogger will give ya an error msg if something is missing, etc.

for a photo, use:

(img src="image link goes here" /)

again with the parenthesis subbing for the chevrons ...

Alert your Lesbian friends

well, Sparky has done it again. Where does she find this stuff? Does she surf all day? Does she type random words into google between cups of dark dark coffee?

so, the site is dykedolls.com. And yes, one can purchase fun dolls. Complete with add-ons! No questions, just look ...

Blog woes

David,

I have certainly not blocked you or anyone from posting an image. I do not know what is up. Has blogger.com changed things? Now that I am writing this in the posting area, I realize that I don't see the old buttons that made picture posting and hyperlink creating easy. Hmmm. Well, there does still appear to be a little square that looks like a picture frame at the top of this window into which I am typing. It leads to the old action that allows one to navigate to image links or other links.

So, David, try going back to blogger, finding your post, and then clicking on edit. It should let you back in to try including your link. I know that I sure would like to read about this heavyweight, tusked creature run amuck.

As for Mr. Ligotti, how could you boys lose him? Didn't I leave you in charge?

WHY

I cannot upload images - joseph have you banned me form that?


arrrgh! you know i need my visuals darling!

Whey is no one blogging?

why is jospeh not calling me?

did greg go to Atlanta afterall ?

He is MIA in San Francisco?

Wax Bush! Vote 2004!

Was this a reason for Greg NOT to move to Georgia . . . .

I mean can you believe it?

SCARY Mary!!!! 9" Tusks? 1000 Pounds!

Seeing this monster walking around Buckhead Atlanta would make me run for the urban jungle bubble of SF for sure!!!!



Read the whole story here . . .

a darker view

go there

David to Leave Birdcage and join Nike Camp in SF as cheerleader . . . .

Geeeee - wonder why?


Oh yeah - I will start blogging again now that i am getting back in my game! I figured this would be a fantastic start ! ! !

Her name is Vaginal Davis

"I was hatched a half-breed drag baby out of the primordial ooze of L.A. I was a Vagisaurus rex who popped out of a leathery egg in a welfare hovel in South Central, perfect as you now find me, complete with high heels."

from "Ready to fade into obscurity. Wait, he's already there," an article in today's NY Times SundayStyle section. If you haven't seen it, look it up. It's must reading.

Trip abroad

of course, you and JB MUST go to Italy

G4TechTV

The sale of TechTV to Comcast closed on Monday, May 10. As expected, Comcast is merging TechTV with G4, their gaming network based in Los Angeles. The new network, temporarily called G4techTV will premiere on May 28 using a combination of programming from both networks but with a younger demographic M12-34. About 80 of our 300 employees are getting jobs at the merged network, but as I expected, I am not one of them. Since I have known about this for months, none of these events are surprising to me, though it has made me realize just how much I have loved this job and what a great culture we had. One of the great ironies of these situations is that the finance department gets totally slammed and I am working more now than I ever have here.

Some folks from E! another Comcast network were in the office yesterday. They were all fabulous and most were gay. Sadly, no Anna Nicole schwag to be had.

I need to stay at TechTV for transition for 2-3 months and then it's off to my next gig with a pause for some vacation in July or August. I am thinking about doing some touring of US sites (perhaps Seattle, Jackson Hole, New York, Boston and a trip home) and one out of country trip (JB and I are wrangling on that one). The big step will be my possible relocation to Atlanta. Stay tuned for the definitive word on that by mid-June, my personal deadline for 100% committing to that.

What up

Mr. Ligotti, what's new on the job front? Everything still ok? Keep us posted in the Midwest.

Here, not a lot is new. Chris and I are actually enjoying bulldog workouts in the mornings now that the weather is real ... most days. Had hail one day recently.

And now I'm training for a long ride, a 192-mile, 2-day tour of the Mississippi River Valley, on the Iowa side. This is the way our friends Matt and Kevin want to celebrate graduating from college, and they talked me into joining them. Another one of their friends, a crazy girl, name of Melinda, will join up. She's known for stoppping every 20 miles for 2 beers. Training has been difficult because each day we ride I set a new PB on distance. Plus, I don't have the right fashions!

Alan, help!

With A Name Like Blowfish....

JB was in town this weekend. We decided to go for sushi at Blowfish on Saturday evening. I dropped him off to put our name in and parked the car. When I got back he told me he had charmed the hostess and that it would be a short wait. While sitting at the bar I looked around and noted that we were the only gay couple in the place. In San Francisco! Saturday night! Portero/Soma! After a wait somewhat longer than promised, we sat down to an excellent meal and good service. Later in the evening, we mentioned this to my friend, Michael who replied that Blowfish has long had a reputation as one of the most homophobic places in the city and that it had previously been the subject of several articles in the BAR. Who knew? We later realized that if we had walked into the restaurant together, perhaps the promise of a swift table may have never come.

Later in the evening, after having the good fate to run into Shad and Justin at the Stud, we were again returning to my car. A group of young kids walking by made a crude remark about how we must be gay.
Geez...in San Francisco. I was pretty stunned.

Tonight at the LGBT Center board meeting I learned that red paint was splashed upon the sign in front of the building thanking Gavin Newsom for his marriage efforts. Clearly , the sign was the intended target.

The battle is not over folks....sadly it is true.

shhhh. maybe no one will notice

Pop culture and the press have taken the Bushie administration to task, but still the White House brings dishonor upon itself by trying to hide the toll of the war. In an episode of "West Wing" last season (I think), the president goes to an airbase to welcome the caskets of fallen soldiers. In this past week's story line in the comic strip (a comic strip!) Get Fuzzy, the character Rob goes to meet his cousin who is returning from the war missing most of one leg. The shocking story line is that the soldiers come home in the middle of the night so that the press won't be able to cover the event. And, finally, a photo of flag-drapped caskets in a cargo plane published on the front page of the Seattle Times led to the woman who took it being fired.



It's all very sad. Convert a Republican today.

Old birdcage couple arrive from SF, take PV by storm!

PV newswire for the Esmeralda Papers

after much season with boring twitty american tourists, david
and pablo have arrived from their shangra la in sfo to titillate
the mexican razzle community in their sexy square cuts.

seen on the town already in the choicest of nitespots, these two
men have raised the standard in swimwear, as well as catch phrases
and improper linguistics, to teach the bulging youth of mexican
marines our deep love and admiration.

--dispatch from Paulie, posted by friend

fashion correction

those were tan or khaki shorts. I would not let him wear gold shorts. jeez ow.

somehow ...

the bushie campaign sent a letter here asking for money.

Now, really. I mean, c'mon.

So, this is the letter I am sending in their handy, postage-paid return envelope:

Dearest Bush-Cheney ’04, Inc. types,

I cannot imagine who among your vast, overeducated, yet clueless—on so many levels—staff thought that even one copper cent could be squeezed out of this household to further your campaign, but whoever he or she is, well, that person is mistaken.
Former President Clinton was impeached for lying about a stupid, tawdry affair. Big deal. The sitting president, however, lied about non-existent weapons to excuse invading another nation, starting a war that he is prosecuting poorly. For this crime against our nation, nothing. And he continues to lie that he didn’t lie.
No, not a penny will you see from this home. Instead, I would like my money back. Yes, that’s a good idea. The money I have paid in taxes—willingly, for I believe we must all contribute to the nation as we can—I want it back, for the services rendered have been inadequate. Even Kmart has a money-back guarantee.
I will invest said funds in moveon.org or similar campaigns to recall this embarrassment from office, to elect a better voice—anyone else, really. Anyone with integrity.
So please check on the income taxes I have paid since the Bush-Cheney team stole into town and send the money to the above address. Better yet, please send it to the families of the servicemen and servicewomen who have lost their father, mother, husband, wife, sister or brother because of this lie of a war.

P.S. I am quite grateful for the postage-paid return envelope, for I certainly enjoy the poetry of costing the campaign another 37 cents.

feel free to use any parts in your own letters, e-mails, etc.

I'll let you know if I hear back.

keep up the good fight, duckies!