I may have to watch Sixteen Candles this weekend while crafting. . . .he was only 59.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c gi?f=/n/a/2009/08/06/financial/f053132D8 5.DTL&tsp=1
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicag otribune/obituary.aspx?n=john-hughes&pid=131018092
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicag
- Mood:
shocked
What can I say. . .lots of FIRE!! And tons of space for large noisy stuff! I will post photo's or a link to photo's later.
My recommendations:
Take BART, they're shuttling people back and forth to the site.
Be there as close to the start of the event as possible so you can see stuff that is not light based art better.
Wear layers of clothing, last night was pretty nice, but a tad chilly if you're ears are sensitive luckily I brought my ear muffs.
Bring ear plugs.
Take your headlamp for the port-a-potties.
Don't trip over the power cables.
Just so you know:
The are multiple ATM's so you can pick up cash there if you forget along the way.
There are 2 food vendors, I hear the crepes are great. . line was too long and the event was almost over by the time I decided I was hungry. . sigh. . .
Clothing vendors as well as fire and light toy vendors.
My recommendations:
Take BART, they're shuttling people back and forth to the site.
Be there as close to the start of the event as possible so you can see stuff that is not light based art better.
Wear layers of clothing, last night was pretty nice, but a tad chilly if you're ears are sensitive luckily I brought my ear muffs.
Bring ear plugs.
Take your headlamp for the port-a-potties.
Don't trip over the power cables.
Just so you know:
The are multiple ATM's so you can pick up cash there if you forget along the way.
There are 2 food vendors, I hear the crepes are great. . line was too long and the event was almost over by the time I decided I was hungry. . sigh. . .
Clothing vendors as well as fire and light toy vendors.
- Mood:
tired
give a whole other meaning to the term blow job. . . .
gusts of 20 to 30mph. . . . . . bbrrrrrrr
gusts of 20 to 30mph. . . . . . bbrrrrrrr
- Location:reception
- Mood:
cold
I had breakfast today with my friend Patricia (she's visiting from Boston) and gifted me with her mothers brass zills from the 70's! Yeah!! They are very cool and sound great. I'm very excited about this gift because currently I have 2 sets of cheap zills and I really hate the way they sound. . .too tin like for my ears. I think the cheap ones will make their way to a new home very soon.
- Mood:
ecstatic
WHY WHY WHY are these people buzzing all our buildings around here?? (I'm at Post and Kearney)
We've been listening to this since before noon. . . .
They've been hovering off and on above as well as landing on the Grand Hyatt on Grant at Sutter.
There is no obvious film crew or respective film related trailers . . . I can't find anything online. . .
anyone know what the deal is?? Though we are all aggravated by the noise here in the office, we're still curious as to what all the hustle and bustle is about.
We've been listening to this since before noon. . . .
They've been hovering off and on above as well as landing on the Grand Hyatt on Grant at Sutter.
There is no obvious film crew or respective film related trailers . . . I can't find anything online. . .
anyone know what the deal is?? Though we are all aggravated by the noise here in the office, we're still curious as to what all the hustle and bustle is about.
- Location:work
- Mood:
aggravated
I just returned from an evening in San Jose with them. They passed me a much belated birthday present of BOOKS!!! It's the Twilight series of 4 books, which I was about to purchase myself. I've not seen the movie yet, despite loving vampire stories. So I'll read this before I rent the flick.
- Location:in my room
- Mood:
loved
...do I have to have male roommates that can not fucking manage to clean up their own urine spots from the bathroom floor???? I don't think it's too much to ask that they clean up after themselves!!!! lazy fuckers. . . .
In my life I've lived with 14 males (family and roommates), NONE of them EVER left any urine spots on the floor.
In my life I've lived with 14 males (family and roommates), NONE of them EVER left any urine spots on the floor.
- Location:in my room
- Mood:
aggravated
http://music.msn.com/music/article.a spx?news=350958>1=28102
© Kelly A. Swift/RetnaLux InteriorCramps founder and punk pioneer Lux Interior dies
Feb. 5, 2009, 10:18 AM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A publicist for the pioneering horror-punk band the Cramps says co-founder and lead singer Lux Interior has died. He was 60.
Publicist Aleix Martinez says Interior, whose real name was Erick Lee Purkhiser, died Wednesday of a pre-existing heart condition at a Glendale, Calif., hospital.
Interior met his future wife Kristy Wallace — who would later take the stage name Poison Ivy — in Sacramento in 1972.
They moved to New York and started the Cramps, with Interior on lead vocals and Ivy on guitar. The group was part of the late '70s early punk scene centered at Manhattan clubs like CBGB alongside acts such as the Ramones and Patti Smith.
Their unmistakable sound was a lo-fi synthesis of rockabilly and surf guitar staged with a deviant dose of midnight-movie camp. Some called it "psychobilly."
© Kelly A. Swift/RetnaLux InteriorCramps founder and punk pioneer Lux Interior dies
Feb. 5, 2009, 10:18 AM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A publicist for the pioneering horror-punk band the Cramps says co-founder and lead singer Lux Interior has died. He was 60.
Publicist Aleix Martinez says Interior, whose real name was Erick Lee Purkhiser, died Wednesday of a pre-existing heart condition at a Glendale, Calif., hospital.
Interior met his future wife Kristy Wallace — who would later take the stage name Poison Ivy — in Sacramento in 1972.
They moved to New York and started the Cramps, with Interior on lead vocals and Ivy on guitar. The group was part of the late '70s early punk scene centered at Manhattan clubs like CBGB alongside acts such as the Ramones and Patti Smith.
Their unmistakable sound was a lo-fi synthesis of rockabilly and surf guitar staged with a deviant dose of midnight-movie camp. Some called it "psychobilly."
- Mood:
calm
It's sort of politically incorrect. . . .
The Wal-Mart greeter
After landing my new job as a Wal-Mart greeter, a good find for many retirees, I lasted less than a day.
About two hours into my first day on the job a very loud, unattractive, mean-acting woman walked into the store with her two kids, yelling obscenities at them all the way through the entrance.
As I had been instructed, I said pleasantly, 'Good morning and welcome to Wal-Mart. Nice children you have there. Are they twins?'
The ugly woman stopped yelling long enough to say, 'Hell no, they ain't twins. The oldest one's 9, and the other one's 7. Why the heck would you think they're twins? Are you blind, or just stupid?'
So I replied, 'I'm neither blind nor stupid, Ma'am, I just couldn't believe you got laid twice. Have a good day.'
My supervisor said I probably wasn't cut out for this line of work....
The Wal-Mart greeter
After landing my new job as a Wal-Mart greeter, a good find for many retirees, I lasted less than a day.
About two hours into my first day on the job a very loud, unattractive, mean-acting woman walked into the store with her two kids, yelling obscenities at them all the way through the entrance.
As I had been instructed, I said pleasantly, 'Good morning and welcome to Wal-Mart. Nice children you have there. Are they twins?'
The ugly woman stopped yelling long enough to say, 'Hell no, they ain't twins. The oldest one's 9, and the other one's 7. Why the heck would you think they're twins? Are you blind, or just stupid?'
So I replied, 'I'm neither blind nor stupid, Ma'am, I just couldn't believe you got laid twice. Have a good day.'
My supervisor said I probably wasn't cut out for this line of work....
- Mood:
amused
Has anyone ever rented from this landlord in the bay area before? I believe that they are mostly in SF and a bit of rental property in Oakland.
If you have or are currently, please let me know. I'm doing some personal research in my quest for future housing.
Thank you, Kim
If you have or are currently, please let me know. I'm doing some personal research in my quest for future housing.
Thank you, Kim
- Mood:
curious
I have many childhood memories of watching Creature Features over the years. . . . .all things must come to an end.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c gi?f=/c/a/2009/01/08/DDQS15665F.DTL
Bob Wilkins - host of 'Creature Features'
Justin Berton, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, January 9, 2009
Bob Wilkins, the cigar-wielding host of "Creature Features," the late-night movie show that aired on KTVU's Channel 2 through the 1970s, died Wednesday in Reno from complications of Alzheimer's disease, his family said. He was 76.
For a generation of science fiction and B-movie enthusiasts, Mr. Wilkins was the bespectacled TV host who drolly introduced underground flicks with titles such as "Attack of the Mushroom People."
"Don't stay up tonight," Mr. Wilkins sometimes told viewers. "It's not worth it."
For the same generation of Bay Area children, Mr. Wilkins was also the host of the after-school KTVU program "Captain Cosmic," donning a silver motorcycle helmet and crimson cape to introduce Japanese cult shows such as "Ultra Man."
"I wouldn't be the movie fan I am today without Bob Wilkins," said Don Hicks, 45, a rare-film collector and projectionist who grew up in Napa and maintains a tribute to Mr. Wilkins' career on his Web site. "At school, we'd all talk all week long about the movies he was going to show; he instructed you on how to appreciate these films, without talking down to you as a kid."
Hicks recalled the watershed moment when Mr. Wilkins showed "Night of the Living Dead," which became a late-night staple in an era with limited channel-surfing choices, and long before cable ushered in movies on demand.
Mr. Wilkins' selections (he previewed the films before airing them) suggested an aficionado's taste for genre cinema, but he held no special attachment to the movies, said his longtime friend and sometime co-host John Stanley.
"Bob had no passion for horror," laughed Stanley, who described the Indiana native as bemused by the subject. "I'm sure he enjoyed it, but he didn't take it seriously."
Robert Gene Wilkins was born the only boy among seven children in Hammond, Ind. The son of a steelworker, Mr. Wilkins served in the Korean War (beating a bout with tuberculosis along the way), and later graduated from Indiana University with a degree in marketing.
Mr. Wilkins worked his way up from the mailroom at a Chicago advertising agency to become a copywriter, then headed to California in 1963, where he landed a job as an ad salesman at television station KCRA in Sacramento.
In those days, ad salesmen helped hold the camera equipment when shooting commercials, even serving as the on-camera talent in a pinch, Stanley said. After watching Mr. Wilkins entertain as a master of ceremonies for a retirement party, a station manager suggested Mr. Wilkins host a late-night movie show designed to run through the station's library of old films. The show was meant to compete with local stations that played the national anthem and went off the air after the 11 p.m. newscasts.
Tom Wyrsch, author of "The Bob Wilkins Scrapbook," said Mr. Wilkins' understated demeanor became a hit with viewers. During breaks, Mr. Wilkins interviewed amateur filmmakers and local eccentrics who tended to believe in flying saucers, Stanley said.
To calm his on-air nerves, Mr. Wilkins purchased a Windsor cigar, the cheapest and largest of the lot, and rocked slowly in a yellow rocking chair. After the Sacramento show brought in high ratings for its time slot, in 1970, Oakland's KTVU offered Wilkins a 9 p.m. weekend slot for "Creature Features," a show he hosted until 1979.
Sally Wilkins said that during the "Creature Features" run, and even after, her husband continued his work as an ad man, with clients such as Macy's and Chuck E. Cheese. He was particularly proud of a television campaign that helped Macy's turn profitable in three weeks, Sally Wilkins said.
In the 1990s, Wyrsch and Stanley helped usher a resurgence of Mr. Wilkins' fame by attending conventions such as WonderCon, and producing "Watch Horror Films, Keep America Strong," a documentary about the horror show genre.
Sally Wilkins said her husband, in his retirement years, remained passionate about his family and helping others; while she attended church, Mr. Wilkins used the time to paint over graffiti in Reno, she said.
"I don't think he ever realized how many young people he influenced," Sally Wilkins said. "Every once in a while, a person would recognize him on the street and say, 'Hey, you're the guy I would watch from my bedroom late at night.' "
In addition to his wife, Mr. Wilkins is survived by two children, Rob and Nancy.
Sally Wilkins said the family is planning a memorial for fans in the coming weeks.
Mr. Wilkins' Web site is at www.bobwilkins.net.
E-mail Justin Berton at jberton@sfchronicle.com.
This article appeared on page B - 10 of the San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c
Bob Wilkins - host of 'Creature Features'
Justin Berton, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, January 9, 2009
Bob Wilkins, the cigar-wielding host of "Creature Features," the late-night movie show that aired on KTVU's Channel 2 through the 1970s, died Wednesday in Reno from complications of Alzheimer's disease, his family said. He was 76.
For a generation of science fiction and B-movie enthusiasts, Mr. Wilkins was the bespectacled TV host who drolly introduced underground flicks with titles such as "Attack of the Mushroom People."
"Don't stay up tonight," Mr. Wilkins sometimes told viewers. "It's not worth it."
For the same generation of Bay Area children, Mr. Wilkins was also the host of the after-school KTVU program "Captain Cosmic," donning a silver motorcycle helmet and crimson cape to introduce Japanese cult shows such as "Ultra Man."
"I wouldn't be the movie fan I am today without Bob Wilkins," said Don Hicks, 45, a rare-film collector and projectionist who grew up in Napa and maintains a tribute to Mr. Wilkins' career on his Web site. "At school, we'd all talk all week long about the movies he was going to show; he instructed you on how to appreciate these films, without talking down to you as a kid."
Hicks recalled the watershed moment when Mr. Wilkins showed "Night of the Living Dead," which became a late-night staple in an era with limited channel-surfing choices, and long before cable ushered in movies on demand.
Mr. Wilkins' selections (he previewed the films before airing them) suggested an aficionado's taste for genre cinema, but he held no special attachment to the movies, said his longtime friend and sometime co-host John Stanley.
"Bob had no passion for horror," laughed Stanley, who described the Indiana native as bemused by the subject. "I'm sure he enjoyed it, but he didn't take it seriously."
Robert Gene Wilkins was born the only boy among seven children in Hammond, Ind. The son of a steelworker, Mr. Wilkins served in the Korean War (beating a bout with tuberculosis along the way), and later graduated from Indiana University with a degree in marketing.
Mr. Wilkins worked his way up from the mailroom at a Chicago advertising agency to become a copywriter, then headed to California in 1963, where he landed a job as an ad salesman at television station KCRA in Sacramento.
In those days, ad salesmen helped hold the camera equipment when shooting commercials, even serving as the on-camera talent in a pinch, Stanley said. After watching Mr. Wilkins entertain as a master of ceremonies for a retirement party, a station manager suggested Mr. Wilkins host a late-night movie show designed to run through the station's library of old films. The show was meant to compete with local stations that played the national anthem and went off the air after the 11 p.m. newscasts.
Tom Wyrsch, author of "The Bob Wilkins Scrapbook," said Mr. Wilkins' understated demeanor became a hit with viewers. During breaks, Mr. Wilkins interviewed amateur filmmakers and local eccentrics who tended to believe in flying saucers, Stanley said.
To calm his on-air nerves, Mr. Wilkins purchased a Windsor cigar, the cheapest and largest of the lot, and rocked slowly in a yellow rocking chair. After the Sacramento show brought in high ratings for its time slot, in 1970, Oakland's KTVU offered Wilkins a 9 p.m. weekend slot for "Creature Features," a show he hosted until 1979.
Sally Wilkins said that during the "Creature Features" run, and even after, her husband continued his work as an ad man, with clients such as Macy's and Chuck E. Cheese. He was particularly proud of a television campaign that helped Macy's turn profitable in three weeks, Sally Wilkins said.
In the 1990s, Wyrsch and Stanley helped usher a resurgence of Mr. Wilkins' fame by attending conventions such as WonderCon, and producing "Watch Horror Films, Keep America Strong," a documentary about the horror show genre.
Sally Wilkins said her husband, in his retirement years, remained passionate about his family and helping others; while she attended church, Mr. Wilkins used the time to paint over graffiti in Reno, she said.
"I don't think he ever realized how many young people he influenced," Sally Wilkins said. "Every once in a while, a person would recognize him on the street and say, 'Hey, you're the guy I would watch from my bedroom late at night.' "
In addition to his wife, Mr. Wilkins is survived by two children, Rob and Nancy.
Sally Wilkins said the family is planning a memorial for fans in the coming weeks.
Mr. Wilkins' Web site is at www.bobwilkins.net.
E-mail Justin Berton at jberton@sfchronicle.com.
This article appeared on page B - 10 of the San Francisco Chronicle
- Mood:
sad
Stupid people needing Darwin Award nominations. . . ..
Chunk of NZ glacier crushes 2 Australian tourists
Thursday, January 8, 2009
(01-08) 11:39 PST WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) --
A falling chunk of glacier crushed two brothers to death at a popular tourist spot, and one remained buried under ice blocks the size of large vehicles, police said Friday.
The two Australians apparently ignored rope barriers set up to prevent hikers from wandering into dangerous areas.
They were struck when a section of ice sloughed off the main face of South Island's Fox Glacier on Thursday afternoon, said Constable Tony LeSueur.
One body was recovered. "It was too dangerous to carry on" to dig out the other, LeSueur said, adding that rescuers with a mechanical digger would consider whether to resume the operation later Friday.
The glacier face is steep and prone to random ice collapses, Department of Conservation area manager Jo Macpherson said Thursday.
The brothers, who were in their 20s, went to the glacier without guides, Rob Jewell of Fox Glacier Guiding, a private company that takes tourists around the glacier, told National Radio.
Police have not released the brothers' names.
Almost one in three of the 600,000 visitors to the region's two glaciers ignored warning signs and entered danger zones in 2007, the Department of Conservation said.
click the link and read the comments. . . some of them are GREAT.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c gi?f=/n/a/2009/01/08/international/i0621 45S08.DTL&tsp=1
Chunk of NZ glacier crushes 2 Australian tourists
Thursday, January 8, 2009
(01-08) 11:39 PST WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) --
A falling chunk of glacier crushed two brothers to death at a popular tourist spot, and one remained buried under ice blocks the size of large vehicles, police said Friday.
The two Australians apparently ignored rope barriers set up to prevent hikers from wandering into dangerous areas.
They were struck when a section of ice sloughed off the main face of South Island's Fox Glacier on Thursday afternoon, said Constable Tony LeSueur.
One body was recovered. "It was too dangerous to carry on" to dig out the other, LeSueur said, adding that rescuers with a mechanical digger would consider whether to resume the operation later Friday.
The glacier face is steep and prone to random ice collapses, Department of Conservation area manager Jo Macpherson said Thursday.
The brothers, who were in their 20s, went to the glacier without guides, Rob Jewell of Fox Glacier Guiding, a private company that takes tourists around the glacier, told National Radio.
Police have not released the brothers' names.
Almost one in three of the 600,000 visitors to the region's two glaciers ignored warning signs and entered danger zones in 2007, the Department of Conservation said.
click the link and read the comments. . . some of them are GREAT.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c
- Mood:
silly
My brother Tony will be 40 in April and seems to be fully decided that his birthday party will be Star Wars themed. That's fine, he'll be Han Solo, not sure how his wife will be dressed. . sort of assuming Princess Leia.
I'm not sure how I'll dress, but my smart ass brother seems determined to have me dress as a JAWA. . . yes, those little 3 foot tall creatures. . . .
yeah, that works well with my be almost 6 feet tall. . . . .
I think he wants to fuck with people by there being a mutant tall Jawa and is curious to see how I'll put that together costume wise. . . .
So anyone have suggestion on Jawa-ing myself out. . . .I guess I need to go to a military surplus place for some gear or I could make my own. . . .
And we all know I have plenty of playa dust to make myself a bit more authentically desert-ish like. . .
I'm not sure how I'll dress, but my smart ass brother seems determined to have me dress as a JAWA. . . yes, those little 3 foot tall creatures. . . .
yeah, that works well with my be almost 6 feet tall. . . . .
I think he wants to fuck with people by there being a mutant tall Jawa and is curious to see how I'll put that together costume wise. . . .
So anyone have suggestion on Jawa-ing myself out. . . .I guess I need to go to a military surplus place for some gear or I could make my own. . . .
And we all know I have plenty of playa dust to make myself a bit more authentically desert-ish like. . .
- Mood:
contemplative
Accused drunken driver ends up running over self
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
(11-26) 05:25 PST Santa Fe, N.M. (AP) --
A man is in a northern New Mexico jail, accused of driving drunk and leading police on a chase that finally ended with him running over himself.
Roy Travis Aguilar, 21, was treated for minor injuries at a Santa Fe hospital and booked into the Sandoval County detention center on charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated, fleeing a police officer, careless driving and two other outstanding traffic warrants.
A tip on a police hot line Sunday afternoon reported a possible drunken driver on a highway.
State Police Officer Grace Romero spotted Aguilar's pickup truck swerving across both lanes of the highway, driving slowly and then fast. He refused to stop.
After narrowly missing other vehicles, police said Aguilar drove through a ditch and a barbed-wire fence before stopping. He tried to put the truck into park, but it ended up in reverse.
Police said Aguilar fell from his open door and both of his legs were run over by the front driver's side tire.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c gi?f=/n/a/2008/11/26/national/a052504S36.D TL&tsp=1
Seriously folks, this takes a particular gift to accomplish this task. . . .
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
(11-26) 05:25 PST Santa Fe, N.M. (AP) --
A man is in a northern New Mexico jail, accused of driving drunk and leading police on a chase that finally ended with him running over himself.
Roy Travis Aguilar, 21, was treated for minor injuries at a Santa Fe hospital and booked into the Sandoval County detention center on charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated, fleeing a police officer, careless driving and two other outstanding traffic warrants.
A tip on a police hot line Sunday afternoon reported a possible drunken driver on a highway.
State Police Officer Grace Romero spotted Aguilar's pickup truck swerving across both lanes of the highway, driving slowly and then fast. He refused to stop.
After narrowly missing other vehicles, police said Aguilar drove through a ditch and a barbed-wire fence before stopping. He tried to put the truck into park, but it ended up in reverse.
Police said Aguilar fell from his open door and both of his legs were run over by the front driver's side tire.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c
Seriously folks, this takes a particular gift to accomplish this task. . . .
- Mood:
amused
FUCK YEAH for Obama!!!
Now we get to watch Obama work magic and turn a big bag of shit that Bush has made the USA, into Lemonade.
POO on Prop. 8 passing. . . .damn damn damn. I do see this being overturned in the future, so you can color me hopeful.
Now we get to watch Obama work magic and turn a big bag of shit that Bush has made the USA, into Lemonade.
POO on Prop. 8 passing. . . .damn damn damn. I do see this being overturned in the future, so you can color me hopeful.
- Mood:
hopeful
Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're single, or involved and thinking about getting married, and don't want marriage "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.
and I had to add this because I loved it all :)
ganked from the LJ of
blaugirl who pulled it from. . .
...and also, from the LJ of
bronicablue:
10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage is Wrong
.
.
.
and 10 sarcastic rebuttals
1) Being gay is not natural.
...And real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning, tattoos, piercings, and silicon breasts...
2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay.
...In the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior.
...People may even wish to marry their pets, because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract. Lamps are next.
4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all;
...Hence women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed;
...And we can't let the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage be destroyed.
6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children.
...Therefore gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry, because our population isn't out of control, our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.
7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children,
...Since, of course, straight parents only raise straight children.
8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion.
...In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.
(Did I miss the lesson where Jesus says He hates gays?)
9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home.
...Which is exactly why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. We could never adapt to new social norms.
...Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.
and I had to add this because I loved it all :)
ganked from the LJ of
...and also, from the LJ of
10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage is Wrong
.
.
.
and 10 sarcastic rebuttals
1) Being gay is not natural.
...And real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning, tattoos, piercings, and silicon breasts...
2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay.
...In the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior.
...People may even wish to marry their pets, because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract. Lamps are next.
4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all;
...Hence women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.
5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed;
...And we can't let the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage be destroyed.
6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children.
...Therefore gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry, because our population isn't out of control, our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.
7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children,
...Since, of course, straight parents only raise straight children.
8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion.
...In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.
(Did I miss the lesson where Jesus says He hates gays?)
9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home.
...Which is exactly why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. We could never adapt to new social norms.
...Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.
- Mood:
amused
Following conversation regarding the SF Chron endorsing McCain/Pallin on this morning's paper. . . I overheard the following:
Secretary to Attorney, "I wonder where the Bush Library will be located."
Attorney to Secretary, "In a Volkswagen!"
heheheheeehahahahhaaaaa, that particular attorney is good for one liners and is clearly an Obama supporter.
Secretary to Attorney, "I wonder where the Bush Library will be located."
Attorney to Secretary, "In a Volkswagen!"
heheheheeehahahahhaaaaa, that particular attorney is good for one liners and is clearly an Obama supporter.
- Mood:
amused
Today I determined that expiration date of my habitation on Baker Street is nearing it's end date. The past few months in regards to our our new roommate, now soon to be ex-roommate has shown me sides of the master tenants interpersonal skills and at times her lack there of, and have brought me to the conclusion that I must go. The last thing I need is to have any of this aimed at me in the future.
For the moment, I'm financially recovering from India earlier this year and Burning Man, but after the first of the year I'll be finding myself a new place to live. I'm hoping for the same neighborhood as I have been there for the past 10 years and I really like it :~) but I'm going to remain open to other areas of SF so long as they have the same amount of available public transit in the area.
more on this later. . . .
For the moment, I'm financially recovering from India earlier this year and Burning Man, but after the first of the year I'll be finding myself a new place to live. I'm hoping for the same neighborhood as I have been there for the past 10 years and I really like it :~) but I'm going to remain open to other areas of SF so long as they have the same amount of available public transit in the area.
more on this later. . . .
- Mood:
frustrated
I've been watching this show since the beginning (it feeds the science geek in me) and remember the episode when the characters were all talking about who they were in school. Grissom replied that he was a ghost and that one day he would disappear. I'm curious to see how this ultimately plays out.
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- Mood:
curious
