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Twofer: A little eye candy with our new administration

November 6th, 2008 · 10 Comments

I love a good looking man. Even more, I love a good looking, smart man. Oh, look: That’s what we’re getting! The hotness quotient is certainly increasing with this new administration. Perhaps they’ll make a different kind of presidential calendar this coming year. I mean, Barack? Rahm? Who knows? Maybe Obama will even tap Javier [...]

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Keep the rubber side down, people

October 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments


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My mammaries, your mantel

October 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments

You remember these, right?

Well here’s what they look like now:

(Photo courtesy of Amanda.)
Now, I’m not a huge fan of Cocopelli or the southwestern-esque theme that ended up on my cast, but this is for charity and I haven’t actually seen the cast live and in person, so I’m withholding my full judgment. I have [...]

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Rap even old people can understand

October 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

The Gaydi Project sent this to me this morning and all I have to say is: Why, Why, WHY would people not want to be a part of this:

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One mistake after another

October 13th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Sam and I spent Saturday night drinking and dancing and eating lots of hot, miniature donuts with a few of our friends at The New Children’s Museum. Because where else do you go to get your drunk on but a place aimed at entertaining the ankle-biting set? We’d attended a fund-raiser for the museum and [...]

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“That one”

October 7th, 2008 · 28 Comments

“You know who voted for it [an energy bill]? You might never know…that one.” -John McCain
A derogatory reference dehumanizing/objectifying Obama or an out-of-touch dig by an old curmudgeon?
Your thoughts, please.

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Flim-flam flummox: Even a 3-year-old is questioning the big production

September 30th, 2008 · 7 Comments

(As published today in San Diego CityBeat.)

“Mama, what’s razzle-dazzle?”
I had been shushing Ruby for well over an hour, and now the questions were flowing.
I was trying to make sense of The Maverick and his maneuvering with help from The Rachel Maddow Show and then Hardball after that. OK, so maybe I was blowing [...]

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Sorry, Robert

September 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments

But I think she’s hilarious.
Here’s another one.

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Get out your tissues on this one

September 29th, 2008 · 10 Comments

I’ve been reading Andrew Sullivan lately to get a feeling for what intellectual conservatives are thinking about this election. He’s very angry, like I am (like we all should be) but he also offers up some comedic relief here and there. Last week, he introduced his readers to British comic Catherine Tate, who plays a [...]

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It’s a matter of semantics

September 23rd, 2008 · 6 Comments

“Daddy?”
“Yes, Ruby?”
“You’re not a girl. You’re not a girl because you don’t have vagina.
You have peanuts.”

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