Saturday, January 31, 2015
Weekend update
I linked to a few stories yesterday...
(The rest of this post about new developments, including a few really good laughs [I can't decide which is funnier, the Sodomite Cannibals or the Bieber is a Trans-something claim], is at FontFolly.Net.)
Friday, January 30, 2015
Friday Links (Live and Let Die Edition)
We've reached the final Friday in January. In just two days the Seattle Seahawks are going to play in the Superbowl again, and while I do not expect them to obliterate their opponents as they did last year (we didn't just mop the floor with the Broncos, we stomped the Broncos until they were the floor, and then we mopped them), but I do believe we're going to beat the Patriots. Go Hawks!
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch: "I'm here preparing for a game".
The obscenity of calling Saudi King Abdullah a “reformer”.
7 heinous lies “American Sniper” is telling America.
Simon says the Republican Party’s clown car has become a clown van..
America’s best-selling cars and trucks are built on lies: The rise of fake engine noise.
What 'Explicit' Gay Sex Scenes Is Billy Crystal Talking About, Exactly?
The Cop Who Choked Eric Garner to Death Won't Have to Pay a Dime in Damages.
Oklahoma’s Refreshingly Honest Plan To Discriminate Against Gay People.
Astronomers Catch A Quasar Shutting Off.
Unseen Galaxies of the Universe Detected.
LOOK! The Asteroid That Flew Past Earth Tuesday Has Its Own Moon.
Fox News, American Sniper, Jesus, and…well…I can’t even.
Bobby Jindal’s Prayer Rally Explicitly Advocated a Christian Theocracy in America.
Bones From Era of Alexander the Great Raise More Questions Than Answers.
Mary Jane Watson was not the sort of girl you brought home to meet your mother.
Dwarf Planet Ceres Reveals Tantalizing Details in Best Photos Yet.
The Absurdity of Infinity: Astrophysicist Janna Levin Explains Whether the Universe Is Infinite or Finite in Letters to Her Mother.
The Secret Douglas Adams RPG People Have Been Playing for 15 Years.
Some Thoughts on White Anti-Racists and Angry Black People.
Study: Men more open to feminism when it’s paired with a photo of Canadian actor Ryan Gosling.
More of Seahawks Tight End Cooper Helfet's Modeling Career.
The Real Learning Channel: A Straight Spouse Of A Gay Husband Speaks Out.
OP-ED: MALE GAYS AND THE MALE GAZE.
Newfound Mormon LGBT Tolerance Is The Same Old Discrimination.
Why Apple Selling Fewer iPads Is Actually A Huge Achievement.
For Lawyers, a Rocky Walk Down the Gay Marriage Aisle.
My boyfriend in Dragon Age: Inquisition broke my heart when he told me he was gay.
TED Talk: the Myth of the Gay Agenda. "This is the gay agenda: equality. Not special rights, but the rights that were already written."
Three policies Obama can adopt to support LGBTQ criminal justice reform.
Okay, New Starbucks Palace on Pike Street, What the Hell Are You?.
The Cops Don't Care About Violent Online Threats. What Do We Do Now?
The AFA Cannot Wash Its Hands Of Bryan Fischer's Bigotry That Easily.
Bryan Fischer Was Not Fired From Wingnut Central For Saying Any Of The Following.
The serialist’s dilemma.
In case you haven't already seen it: Lars Andersen: a new level of archery:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
George Takei presents, My Husband's Not Straight:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive by Ruby Friedman Orchestra:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Dancing Traffic Light:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
What happens when men find out the women they’re catcalling are actually their mothers in disguise:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
2CELLOS & LANG LANG - Live And Let Die [OFFICIAL VIDEO]:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch: "I'm here preparing for a game".
The obscenity of calling Saudi King Abdullah a “reformer”.
7 heinous lies “American Sniper” is telling America.
Simon says the Republican Party’s clown car has become a clown van..
America’s best-selling cars and trucks are built on lies: The rise of fake engine noise.
What 'Explicit' Gay Sex Scenes Is Billy Crystal Talking About, Exactly?
The Cop Who Choked Eric Garner to Death Won't Have to Pay a Dime in Damages.
Oklahoma’s Refreshingly Honest Plan To Discriminate Against Gay People.
Astronomers Catch A Quasar Shutting Off.
Unseen Galaxies of the Universe Detected.
LOOK! The Asteroid That Flew Past Earth Tuesday Has Its Own Moon.
Fox News, American Sniper, Jesus, and…well…I can’t even.
Bobby Jindal’s Prayer Rally Explicitly Advocated a Christian Theocracy in America.
Bones From Era of Alexander the Great Raise More Questions Than Answers.
Mary Jane Watson was not the sort of girl you brought home to meet your mother.
Dwarf Planet Ceres Reveals Tantalizing Details in Best Photos Yet.
The Absurdity of Infinity: Astrophysicist Janna Levin Explains Whether the Universe Is Infinite or Finite in Letters to Her Mother.
The Secret Douglas Adams RPG People Have Been Playing for 15 Years.
Some Thoughts on White Anti-Racists and Angry Black People.
Study: Men more open to feminism when it’s paired with a photo of Canadian actor Ryan Gosling.
More of Seahawks Tight End Cooper Helfet's Modeling Career.
The Real Learning Channel: A Straight Spouse Of A Gay Husband Speaks Out.
OP-ED: MALE GAYS AND THE MALE GAZE.
Newfound Mormon LGBT Tolerance Is The Same Old Discrimination.
Why Apple Selling Fewer iPads Is Actually A Huge Achievement.
For Lawyers, a Rocky Walk Down the Gay Marriage Aisle.
My boyfriend in Dragon Age: Inquisition broke my heart when he told me he was gay.
TED Talk: the Myth of the Gay Agenda. "This is the gay agenda: equality. Not special rights, but the rights that were already written."
Three policies Obama can adopt to support LGBTQ criminal justice reform.
Okay, New Starbucks Palace on Pike Street, What the Hell Are You?.
The Cops Don't Care About Violent Online Threats. What Do We Do Now?
The AFA Cannot Wash Its Hands Of Bryan Fischer's Bigotry That Easily.
Bryan Fischer Was Not Fired From Wingnut Central For Saying Any Of The Following.
The serialist’s dilemma.
In case you haven't already seen it: Lars Andersen: a new level of archery:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
George Takei presents, My Husband's Not Straight:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive by Ruby Friedman Orchestra:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Dancing Traffic Light:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
What happens when men find out the women they’re catcalling are actually their mothers in disguise:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
2CELLOS & LANG LANG - Live And Let Die [OFFICIAL VIDEO]:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Friday, January 23, 2015
Friday Links (NFC Champs Edition)
It's already the fourth Friday of 2015! But it's still January, so it's too early for "the year's just flying by" jokes, right? I either had a major relapse or came down with a new bug on Sunday, so I've been out of it a lot again, this week.
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
My Seahawks are going back to the Superbowl!!!
The Purple Passions of Carl Corley. I love all the old paperback cover art!
The pope stumbles over Charlie Hebdo.
Deflated footballs just latest corner Belichick's Pats accused of cutting. (Warning: there's an autoplaying video.)
Father rips into Steve Deace on gay rights.
Galapagos Tortoises Make a Comeback, Thanks to Rat Eradication.
The boy who didn't come back from heaven: inside a bestseller's 'deception.'
What the Reaction To Billy Crystal Tells Us About Gay Tolerance.
The Real ‘Deflategate’ Scandal Is That Anyone Cares.
Shouts Of Protest At Supreme Court On 'Citizens United' Anniversary.
Nullification, Now Coming to the Supreme Court? - Mike Huckabee suggests that if the justices rule that gay-marriage bans are unconstitutional, states don't need to listen.
Mike Huckabee’s PAC Paid His Family Almost $400,000.
Dumb arguments against legal protections for transgender people, part 4.
This goes way beyond double-standards!
Maybe it wasn’t as funny as I thought.
Jeremy Jordan - "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" (Broadway Loves Celine Dion):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Jessie Ware covers Labrinth's Jealous in the Live Lounge:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Simon Amstell Stand-Up 01/14/15 - CONAN on TBS (Not exactly safe for work, but hilarious-stand-up comedy about his regrets of not being more sexually adventurous before settling down with his boyfriend):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Just A Gay (Blank Space MashUp) -- Morgan Reynolds:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Friday, January 16, 2015
Friday Links (divine figs edition)
It's already the third Friday of 2015! Have you stopped typing "2014" yet? I've been sick most of the week. Almost all of my time has gone to either sleeping or working. So you'll notice that this week's list of links is a bit shorter than usual.
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
Pastor's Gay Brother 'Frustrated That NPR Made This A News Story'.
Supreme Court faced gay rights decision in 1958 over 'obscene' magazine. A nice story of another mostly forgotten stepping stone in the gay rights movement.
Why it's time to pull the plug on the worst awards show in Hollywood. "Broadcasting transphobia under the guise of punching up is still punching down."
"Excommunicated Any Day": The Real Reality Of 'My Husband's Not Gay'. "In reality, that choice has been dictated by the threat of being ostracized by their families, community and religion."
Scenes from the Portland Counter-Protest That Drove Off the Westboro Baptist Church.
Dog sometimes hops on bus alone, gets off at Seattle dog park.
God, Gays and the Atlanta Fire Department.
What TLC doesn't show on TV: Nearly 7 in 10 Mormon marriages between straight women, gay-leaning men end in divorce. Thanks to @seashellseller for the link!
What not to say to authors (and what to say instead).
132-year-old Winchester rifle found propped against desert tree in Nevada.
How secular family values stack up.
The Importance Of LGBT Visibility: Why I Want Everyone To Know I'm Gay. Awesome cartoon!
All The Little Things | Panti | TEDxDublin:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Nice Guys Finish First:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Patrick Roche - "21" (CUPSI 2014):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Bright Light Bright Light - There Are No Miracles (Official Video):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
Pastor's Gay Brother 'Frustrated That NPR Made This A News Story'.
Supreme Court faced gay rights decision in 1958 over 'obscene' magazine. A nice story of another mostly forgotten stepping stone in the gay rights movement.
Why it's time to pull the plug on the worst awards show in Hollywood. "Broadcasting transphobia under the guise of punching up is still punching down."
"Excommunicated Any Day": The Real Reality Of 'My Husband's Not Gay'. "In reality, that choice has been dictated by the threat of being ostracized by their families, community and religion."
Scenes from the Portland Counter-Protest That Drove Off the Westboro Baptist Church.
Dog sometimes hops on bus alone, gets off at Seattle dog park.
God, Gays and the Atlanta Fire Department.
What TLC doesn't show on TV: Nearly 7 in 10 Mormon marriages between straight women, gay-leaning men end in divorce. Thanks to @seashellseller for the link!
What not to say to authors (and what to say instead).
132-year-old Winchester rifle found propped against desert tree in Nevada.
How secular family values stack up.
The Importance Of LGBT Visibility: Why I Want Everyone To Know I'm Gay. Awesome cartoon!
All The Little Things | Panti | TEDxDublin:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Nice Guys Finish First:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Patrick Roche - "21" (CUPSI 2014):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Bright Light Bright Light - There Are No Miracles (Official Video):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Friday, January 9, 2015
Friday Links
It's the second Friday of 2015! And it's been a weird week, with sad or troubling news on both the personal and worldwide level.
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
American Treasure Betty White Won A People’s Choice Award And Was Escorted To The Stage By Captain America.
FL Counties Ending Courthouse Weddings Over The Gay.
Christians Behave Like Prayer Does Not Work.
Siberian, Native American Languages Linked -- A First.
Despite lawsuit, Apple's iOS 8 storage is actually far more efficient than Google's Android, Samsung's Galaxy, Microsoft Windows.
Why We Should Ban Conversion Therapy.
7-Year-Old Girl Climbs Out of a Plane Crash That Killed Her Parents, Her Sister, and Her Cousin.
Florida Law Firm Steps In To Marry Gay Couples After County Clerks Refuse: Today In Gay.
Why is television still ignoring gay lives?
No going back to the closet.
Straightwashing at the movies: the Pride DVD shows gay people still make the film industry nervous.
A Dad Dropped His Son Off on a Date and It Restored My Faith in Humanity.
Let's just let history decide who showed respect and who didn't.
Want to Help Stop LGBT Teens From Committing Suicide? End Conversion Therapy.
It Gets Boring: NPR Features Same Old Ex-Gay Story.
Researchers Use Cangrande Mummy To Solve 700-Year-Old Murder Mystery.
Mike Huckabee Has Resumed Digging His Grave with a Knife and Fork.
What It's Like Working for a Funeral Home.
The Blasphemy We Need.
DisneyWorld guest challenges Beauty & the Beast's Gaston to a push-up contest:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Eurotix - When You Are In My Dreams (Official Video):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Frances Carroll & Her Coquettes Featuring Drummer Viola Smith:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
American Treasure Betty White Won A People’s Choice Award And Was Escorted To The Stage By Captain America.
FL Counties Ending Courthouse Weddings Over The Gay.
Christians Behave Like Prayer Does Not Work.
Siberian, Native American Languages Linked -- A First.
Despite lawsuit, Apple's iOS 8 storage is actually far more efficient than Google's Android, Samsung's Galaxy, Microsoft Windows.
Why We Should Ban Conversion Therapy.
7-Year-Old Girl Climbs Out of a Plane Crash That Killed Her Parents, Her Sister, and Her Cousin.
Florida Law Firm Steps In To Marry Gay Couples After County Clerks Refuse: Today In Gay.
Why is television still ignoring gay lives?
No going back to the closet.
Straightwashing at the movies: the Pride DVD shows gay people still make the film industry nervous.
A Dad Dropped His Son Off on a Date and It Restored My Faith in Humanity.
Let's just let history decide who showed respect and who didn't.
Want to Help Stop LGBT Teens From Committing Suicide? End Conversion Therapy.
It Gets Boring: NPR Features Same Old Ex-Gay Story.
Researchers Use Cangrande Mummy To Solve 700-Year-Old Murder Mystery.
Mike Huckabee Has Resumed Digging His Grave with a Knife and Fork.
What It's Like Working for a Funeral Home.
The Blasphemy We Need.
DisneyWorld guest challenges Beauty & the Beast's Gaston to a push-up contest:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Eurotix - When You Are In My Dreams (Official Video):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Frances Carroll & Her Coquettes Featuring Drummer Viola Smith:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Friday, January 2, 2015
Friday Links
It's the first Friday of 2015! I am working on a final blog post about my goals for 2014 and how they worked out. I'm also working on finalizing my goals for 2015. I know for many of my friends in wasn't a great year, but personally, I'm pretty happy about 2014, and looking forward to an every better year going forward.
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
Old Fashioned 101: The classic American cocktail. An awesome, single-page web site explaining the proper way to make the world's oldest cocktail.
Twitter, LiveJournal and navel-gazing. Covers some ground I've written about before, but much less rambly.
Thoughts on Fathers.
4 Things That Were Supposed To Happen By 2015 Because Obama Was Reelected.
In Which John C. Wright Completely Loses his Shit over Legend of Korra.
One last buzzing beehive for 2014. A nice answer to the bigoted writer who has proclaimed, “did not call for the extermination of people, but ideas.”
‘Modern Family’ gay criticism misses mark.
INDIANA CONSERVATIVES POISED TO INTRODUCE LICENSE TO DISCRIMINATE BILL.
Op-ed: We Queer Folk Have Always Been Both Black And Blue.
10 great LGBT stories from 2014.
Your biggest online security mistakes (and how to avoid them).
Ancient Trees: Woman Spends 14 Years Photographing World’s Oldest Trees.
How Amazon's Ebook Subscriptions Are Changing the Writing Industry.
If Protesters Are Responsible For Officers’ Deaths, So Then Are The Tea Party.
Is inclusiveness becoming the new closet?
When a Gay Man Marries a Straight Woman. The stories of people interviewed are worth reading. The author's conclusions are a bit... well, you'll see.
AFA's top spokesman, thinker: Make adultery and homosexuality illegal.
NASA’s Plan For An Off-World Colony: A Floating City Above Venus.
Transgender teenager, 17, leaves heartbreaking suicide note blaming her Christian parents before walking in front of tractor trailer on highway.
DAN SAVAGE: PROSECUTE TRANSGENDER TEEN LEELAH ALCORN'S PARENTS FOR ABUSE.
This Graduate Stripped Down For All The Right Reasons.
Unconditional Love: A Missing Link for Homeless LGBTQ Youth.
Gay Black Men, It's Time to Do Away With 'Trade' and Down-Low Brothers in 2015. While I agree with the idea, for a complex set of sociological and psychological reasons, I think this call will be as successful as the perennial attempts to get gay men of all races to stop having downlow relationships with politicians and the like who have anti-gay public personae/agendas.
The Saddest Thing I Know about the Integers.
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism - My Husband’s Not Gay isn’t so much an indication that Mormonism is homophobic as it is a sign that Mormon homophobia has taken an even subtler and more pernicious turn.
The Solar System Is Slowly Re-Arranging Itself.
Judge stops short of ordering Florida clerks to issue same-sex marriage licenses when ban ends.
I wrote about the writing process in The idea of ideas, The idea of ideas, part 2, and The idea of ideas, part 3.
The unexpected math behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - Natalya St. Clair:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
A gif set from this commercial was being shared on Tumblr, and I just had to track down the video:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
LogoTV NewNowNext blog reports: Hozier’s “Take Me to Church” has become something of an LGBT anthem, especially with its video depicting a harrowing gay-bashing and lyrics decrying religious intolerance. At a live show in Paris this month, the Irish singer-songwriter was surprised when a 20-member choir infiltrated the audience and began to sing along during “Take Me to Church.”:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
I included Hozier's heartwrenching video in Friday links some months ago, but here it is again:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian offers the Best of 2014:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Abba - Happy New Year:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Eli Lieb - Lightning In A Bottle:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
Old Fashioned 101: The classic American cocktail. An awesome, single-page web site explaining the proper way to make the world's oldest cocktail.
Twitter, LiveJournal and navel-gazing. Covers some ground I've written about before, but much less rambly.
Thoughts on Fathers.
4 Things That Were Supposed To Happen By 2015 Because Obama Was Reelected.
In Which John C. Wright Completely Loses his Shit over Legend of Korra.
One last buzzing beehive for 2014. A nice answer to the bigoted writer who has proclaimed, “did not call for the extermination of people, but ideas.”
‘Modern Family’ gay criticism misses mark.
INDIANA CONSERVATIVES POISED TO INTRODUCE LICENSE TO DISCRIMINATE BILL.
Op-ed: We Queer Folk Have Always Been Both Black And Blue.
10 great LGBT stories from 2014.
Your biggest online security mistakes (and how to avoid them).
Ancient Trees: Woman Spends 14 Years Photographing World’s Oldest Trees.
How Amazon's Ebook Subscriptions Are Changing the Writing Industry.
If Protesters Are Responsible For Officers’ Deaths, So Then Are The Tea Party.
Is inclusiveness becoming the new closet?
When a Gay Man Marries a Straight Woman. The stories of people interviewed are worth reading. The author's conclusions are a bit... well, you'll see.
AFA's top spokesman, thinker: Make adultery and homosexuality illegal.
NASA’s Plan For An Off-World Colony: A Floating City Above Venus.
Transgender teenager, 17, leaves heartbreaking suicide note blaming her Christian parents before walking in front of tractor trailer on highway.
DAN SAVAGE: PROSECUTE TRANSGENDER TEEN LEELAH ALCORN'S PARENTS FOR ABUSE.
This Graduate Stripped Down For All The Right Reasons.
Unconditional Love: A Missing Link for Homeless LGBTQ Youth.
Gay Black Men, It's Time to Do Away With 'Trade' and Down-Low Brothers in 2015. While I agree with the idea, for a complex set of sociological and psychological reasons, I think this call will be as successful as the perennial attempts to get gay men of all races to stop having downlow relationships with politicians and the like who have anti-gay public personae/agendas.
The Saddest Thing I Know about the Integers.
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism - My Husband’s Not Gay isn’t so much an indication that Mormonism is homophobic as it is a sign that Mormon homophobia has taken an even subtler and more pernicious turn.
The Solar System Is Slowly Re-Arranging Itself.
Judge stops short of ordering Florida clerks to issue same-sex marriage licenses when ban ends.
I wrote about the writing process in The idea of ideas, The idea of ideas, part 2, and The idea of ideas, part 3.
The unexpected math behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - Natalya St. Clair:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
A gif set from this commercial was being shared on Tumblr, and I just had to track down the video:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
LogoTV NewNowNext blog reports: Hozier’s “Take Me to Church” has become something of an LGBT anthem, especially with its video depicting a harrowing gay-bashing and lyrics decrying religious intolerance. At a live show in Paris this month, the Irish singer-songwriter was surprised when a 20-member choir infiltrated the audience and began to sing along during “Take Me to Church.”:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
I included Hozier's heartwrenching video in Friday links some months ago, but here it is again:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian offers the Best of 2014:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Abba - Happy New Year:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Eli Lieb - Lightning In A Bottle:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
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