A town, a church, and a pizza (with the Simpsons, too)
It has all the makings of a new tourist trap including hot, humid, swampy land. And certainly, many people asking themselves, WTF? I just stumbled across two articles in the online edition of the...
View ArticleWe're here, we're queer, we got the gene
I wrote this a short time in response to KathleenM1's excellent diary about her fortitude in arguing for a gay gene at a Dobsen controlled website called TrueU. If you haven't yet read it, I would...
View ArticleDick Cheney Hunting Vest Night
Ohhhh....this is just too good to pass up. Think of the potential if YearlyKos were to shamelessly copy the idea. We could have our very own Dick Cheney Hunting Vest Night right on the Vegas Strip...
View ArticleNY St. Pat's Parade Leader compares gays to nazis, the KKK, and prostitutes
"Today is St. Patrick's Day. We celebrate our faith and heritage. Everything else is secondary," said the chair, John Dunleavy, who wore a sash of the Irish colors. The comments which appeared in the...
View ArticleNoising the wingnuts
This is redo of a diary by Plad005 posted last night which many Kossacks had quite a bit of fun with. It's a fun bit of sophmoric fun similar to Kossing a poll (sorry, I can't stomach typing fr...p,...
View ArticleAP Flubs Domenech story
The Domenech debacle has finally hit the AP wires. And in typical AP fashioni, they get it wrong.*
View ArticleThe Bill of Rights doesn't include gays: Scalia
Much discussion has taken place regarding Justice Scalia's speech earlier this month in Switzerland. Here on DKos, almost all has been about his comments regarding foriegn combatants but little has...
View ArticleFuck, is that a leprechaun in the tree? (with poll, of course)
Nope, it's not Jesus in the tree or in the elusive shadow. It's not even the Virgin Mary on a piece of toast screaming out for a tab of butter and some jam. It's a little green man. Or more precisely,...
View ArticleA diary deported
A diary was deported this evening. It didn't have the proper documentation. It didn't have the proper documentation and got what it had coming--a toss back over the river to try again.
View ArticleIt takes bigger balls...
Gay people--fodder for late night television almost every night. Tune into one of the network shows after the 11pm news and many nights, you'll hear a real 'boner' about something queer. I'm sure...
View ArticleLimbaugh arrested--update IV
^AP-APNewsAlert,0032 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office says Rush Limbaugh has been arrested on prescription fraud charges. (Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press....
View ArticleBurning the Porn Down for God
A bookstore was burned in Tennessee early this year. It wasn't just any bookstore, but an adult bookstore. The kind with books of pictures of nekkid people having (gasp) sex. It was arson and no one...
View ArticleBroken: I can't say I didn't try
How long will it go on? Days? Months? Years? For an eternity? Will it happen after the rapture, too? (If it does, please leave the key to your apartment and the passwords here before you go, okay? I...
View ArticleJumping ship
Last August, I found a refuge while waiting for Katrina to ravage the landscape of Louisiana. I was simply stunned at the incompentence of what I saw unfolding before my eyes and felt like I needed to...
View ArticleOne Man, One Woman, and the Intersexed
Reading the many diaries over the past day and the preceding weekend, I've seen intersex issues trying to be introduced into the argument about the Federal Hate Marriage Amendment. Most of the efforts...
View Articlewho are you---and what do your genitals look like?
So, who are you and what do your genitals look like? Do they look like something in a porn magazine or do they resemble something like the rest of us have? What do you call your genitals? Do you give...
View ArticleOutdoor water bans and gardens
My boro has enacted a water ban. I opened the notice this evening while going through the weekend mail and am pretty pissed. I conserve water beyond silly but I also have a garden that needs water....
View ArticleFaux News Loves Fags
Or so goes the claim made by Shirley Phelps-Roper of Westboro Cult infamy last week while being interviewed on "The Big Story" by Julie Banderas. "You think gay pride, bimbo" was the retort put forth...
View ArticleMeta Elvis Cries Tonight-Updated!
Does pop or bad culture reflect us or do we reflect it? After torturing us with Hooked on Feeling (YouTube video)earlier this year, David Hasselhoff of Baywatch fame (or infamy depending on your point...
View ArticleThe death of a 'pioneer'
Many of you may have read my past diaries about intersex. In those diaries, I've mentioned Dr. John Money. In a way, he's the grandfather of the way intersex has been treated in the US and elsewhere...
View ArticleOne hot rant
I admit it, I'm cranky as all get out right now. This heat just gets me down because it is impossible to do anything outside and it turns me surly. And all day I've been staring at my stinking, hot...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? Episode 1.1
Good evening, fellow repasters and thanks for opening what three hungry kossarians hope to make a regular Saturday this time diary---recipes and cooking without the trolls. There are always so many...
View ArticleSmoke this, please
Smoke this. Those are the words a part of my brain is saying to me almost twelve days after I had my last cigarette. I keep looking for that elusive cigarette that I know damn well isn't there, but...
View ArticleTurn off that teevee, pervert (with sexy poll!)
Having scraped their bitten to the nub claws into the local neighborhood porn shop and chasing them out of the fringes of town (because that's where the cheap land is to accomodate mega-churches and...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? Episode 1.4
Welcome to the fourth edition of "What's for Dinner?". I'm your hostess for this evening and beyond dinner itself, tonight's chat topic is regional foods---what did you grow up on and can't find now...
View ArticleKarr-Ramsey Confessor Doesn't Match the DNA Evidence
Breaking news on CNN. They are reporting that KUSA in Denver is saying that John Mark Karr's DNA doesn't match the DNA gathered at the scene where JonBenet Ramsey was killed.
View ArticleThis is not a diary - but it smells like fish
OK... I know this is not a diary and will delete as soon as someone points me in the right direction. There's a brazillion New Yorkers and Bridge and Tunnel people here so hopefully it won't even be up...
View ArticleGerry Studds, Dem from Massachusetts, dead at 69
Gerry Studds, a democrat from Massachusetts and the first openly gay man elected to Congress has died, according to MSNBC. He was 69. He served from 1973-1997.
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner V. 1.11 - The Stock Market
Soup. The mere sound or mention of the word conjores up images of a blustery day. While it hasn't yet turned blustery in New Jersey yet this fall, our first freeze a couple weeks back propelled me...
View ArticleHave you ever (censored) a Republican? With important poll!
Almost one year ago I did a diary about whether democrats would willingly have sex with republicans. Given the events of the past month or so and the new "outness" of many a republican, I'm wondering...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner - The Big Fat Turkey: Episode 1.15
There is a special offer for lonely NJ residents in the tip jar. What's for Dinner is a collaboration between Kate Petersen, Cookiebear, and myself. It is a selection of what we are making for our...
View ArticleMarriage Equality - the newest scourge on society
Drugs got you down?How about gangs?Maybe both have you down where you live in?Any queer people there?In a perfect world, a neighborhood is not unlike a cohesive neighborhood working towards the common...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner - The War on Christmas Edition Vol. 1.18
Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice aka Yule Tide - what does each have in common beyond the time of year and weather? Food and drink, of course!And tonight's What's for Dinner is all about...
View ArticleWelcome to Bushco - the foreclosure capital of the world
The year-end bonuses are coming in fat and heavy this year - the 6th year of the most corporate friendly administration since records have been kept.Over at Goldman-Sachs, the holidays will be replete...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner V1.21 - The Early Bird Dinner Edition
Being that it's a holiday weekend and this diarist has a party to attend shortly, What's for Dinner is being posted outside of its regular time slot of dinner. This week it's more like What's For Late...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? The Comfortable Edition Vol. 1.24
A terrible case of writers block for me today and of course, I have big shoes to fill seeing as Kate Petersen and Cookiebear both made the rec list with their WFD editions the past couple of weeks....
View ArticleNJ High Court: Bullying Gay Students NOT Okay
In what may be a first, the NJ Supreme Court has ruled that the state's Law Against Discrimination also covers bullying in schools, and in particular, the bullying of students based upon their sexual...
View ArticleRest in peace, Andrew
Dear Andrew,You made it to 72 years old before you were violently ripped from us.You escaped disease and misfortune with your health to live a life in which you found joy in simple things. On the...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? What's in Your Kitchen? V. 1.30
Tools, tools, and more tools. No matter what you are making in your kitchen, you need the proper tools to get it done. Without them, the fun of cheffing becomes a tiresome chore.So, what are your...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? Are You Really Going to Eat That? V. 1.33
You aren't really going to eat that, are you?Come'on, admit it - in the secret recesses of your life you indulge in something that the vast majority of the free world would be generally grossed out...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? V: 1.36: The Spice of Life
(author's note: It's an early dinner tonight. Pull up a seat, grab a beer and make yourself right at home.)I have a confession to make.In my pantry are spices that are 6 years old. I know this because...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? The Empty Pantry Version 1.38
Sure I can pinch hit What's for Dinner, I told Kate and Runs With Scissors (formerly known as someone else). I've certainly bailed a bunch of times and they've filled in for me so yes, I would be...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner V. 1.41: It Tastes Like Cardboard
Just a few minutes ago the phone rang and woke me from a deep slumber upon the couch. Upon the first twinkle of light hitting my sleepy eyes, I realized the light at 6pm ET is precisely like the light...
View ArticleMy life or my TU - great decisions in history
This is almost a GBCW diary but it isn't. Instead, it's a diary about life aka that little annoyance that keeps TU status at bay. Like it or not, I'm not going anywhere - at least not tonight.Oh sure,...
View ArticleTony Snow gives notice
The AP is reporting that Tnoy Snow has given his two weeks notice. His last day is September 14.
View ArticleDammit - I wanted to get 250K
A short time ago I lifted my jaw off the floor after being informed that my car needs $2300 in repairs. Given my continuing gasping and silence, I suspect parts of my jaw have gone missing from the...
View ArticleMy Healthcare Horror Story: Bankruptcy
This is a diary I posted in September, 2005; it was the evening after I filed bankruptcy due to overwhelming medical bills, including a judgment for thousands of dollars.Four years later, I still hold...
View ArticleFinding My Way Here, Again
I used to hang out here a lot. I joined DailyKos around the time Katrina was preparing to devastate the great city of New Orleans. At the time, it was mostly because I was eager for information and not...
View ArticleWhat’s For Dinner? v6.32: Corny Meat
St. Patrick’s Day will be here in one week. In America, it's nearly a national holiday right up there with um, Halloween. The notion of dressing up in kelly green clothes to march down the road on the...
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