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We got about a foot of snow here in the last 24 hours.

As disappointed as I am with Barack Obama's lack of leadership, I will say once again how glad I am that John McCain is not president.



Colin Powell has also now come out in favor of repealing "Don't Ask Don't Tell."

I guess what McCain really means is, "I will listen to military leaders as long as they agree with me, and as long as I think it's good for my political career."

And the lies and spin I have heard from the "experts" at the Family Research Council are downright nauseating.

And since when are the FRC experts on the military? Seriously?

I finally got these to work! I now have animated Nuke mood themes. w00t!

Thanks to frances_veritas MWAH!

What was the #1 song on the day you were born? Google the date and #1 billboard song...copy & paste with your song. Mine:

Roses Are Red (My Love) - Bobby Vinton

This is not the real ad. I wish it was, because it's hilarious.



CBS had another epic fail when they agreed to air a not-so-covert, pro-life ad from Focus on the Family during the Super Bowl. I guess their desire for more money trumped their desire to enforce their "no advocacy ads" policy. They had no trouble enforcing it in 2005 when they refused to air an ad by the United Church of Christ, which promoted itself as a "welcoming church" regardless of sexual orientation, etc.

They say they've relaxed the policy since then, but I'd like to have seen a real challenge to that statement - and not the gay dating website ad that was rejected this year, which was not a serious contender, but a blatant attempt to push the envelope.

Who people say I look like depends on how I'm wearing my hair at the time. ;)

Lately, I've gotten:



And someone thought that my Galadriel icon was a picture of Gwyneth Paltrow. Hey, she's younger than me, so I'll take it!

Happy Birthday, lordofhaladin!!

Happy Birthday, droxy!!

You know, there's an ad for Match.com that shows up on Facebook all the time. The guy in the picture looks disturbingly like Rick Warren. ;P

You'd think that Massachusetts was the only state in the union.

Just sayin.'

Happy Birthday, indigo_5!!

This from kernsville



( And this from the Courage Campaign: )

President Obama has been in office for one year. Yay.

During this year, we have seen the party of "NO" gain momentum with tea parties and charismatic former and current beauty queens and scary "we must stop socialism/Obama's coming for your guns" tactics.

Why has this worked? Two reasons: 1. The Republican party grabbed at anything that seemed to energize their party, no matter how radical or half-true. 2. The Democrats did nothing to counter it.

Those of us on the fringe, who advocate for less mainstream ideas like lgbt rights, were, as Michelangelo Signorile put it, "the canaries in the coal mine." He and others not assimilated into the political machine noticed the problems early on, but few paid attention to the signs.

( We have a leader who waits for others to lead. )

Happy belated Birthday to dekesler and m_cubicle!!

I've been on my own for over ten years now. And that's OK, but I've been keeping my eyes open. I'm ready to try again, finally. Meanwhile...

I got my hair cut. I'm not liking it. You know, there's a really fine line between the cool Adam hairstyle and the "WTF" old Kate Goslin style. It may just need to grow a bit. I'm wrestling with it, but I did get a compliment on it today. I'm seriously thinking about changing stylists. However...

I met this REALLY cute guy in the shop as I was leaving. Fifty-ish, grey streaked, slightly curly hair. Thin and with a really cute smile. We were just kind of staring and smiling at each other. But she was there, and we were both shy.

Later, I had to go to the bank (since I was so blown away, I forgot earlier), so I stopped back to ask about him. He is available (!) with a grown son in college. He's been divorced about a year longer than me. He works for the state parks, and she's known him since he was about 18.

She offered to give me his phone number. (What?! Welcome to small town living.) I said, "No. That's a bit stalker-ish." But I asked her to give him my phone number next time he's in. I said, "Tell him I'm that wierd girl with the blue cape." Hee.

But like I said, I'm thinking about changing stylists. If they are friends and anything comes of this (big IF), that may prove difficult. ;)

(Thanks to Yvette for letting me bounce things off her tonight!)

So angsty. So pretty.

Talking about the "gays can't reproduce, so they recruit" theory, and I said to this kid who makes videos, "you should make a movie where these gays have guns covered in glitter that shoot rainbow colored lazer beams and turn people gay." He told me about this gay zombie movie.

Very cliche, but hey, if you're going to mock the homophobes, you should make it as stereotypically gay as possible, right?



I'm surprised this theory hasn't actually been used. It's just as logical as the recruitment theory.

Happy Birthday, princess_lesa!