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Botox For The Blog
2006-10-08 05:57:01 Pardon us while we play with our…um…banner. Yeah, that’s it. Banner. I’ve gotten a lot of feedback recently asking why a site called “The Tempest” doesn’t have a more ‘flashy’ look to it. A good question…if not a tad on the fucking nosey side. (seriously…do I email you about your shortcomings?) Be that as [...] More About: Blog , Botox
G.O.P. = Grand Ole Problems - A Haiku
2006-10-06 11:51:03 Nothing concisely sums up a scandal like Haiku . This is no exception. Enjoy. Congressman Foley IMing his latest page (It’s the booze talking.) What can you do when Your bad behavior headlines? Hey, it’s rehab time! John Dennis Hastert Put down that big Mac and Fries Time for cover-up. Notice gay Repubs ‘Outings’ are mega-trauma? Repression’s a bitch! See right wing pundits Seek ghosts of Clinton scandals Quick! Where’s Monica? Reliable [...] More About: Problems , Problem , Grand
G.O.P. - What?s The Phrase I?m Looking For???
2006-10-05 17:45:03 More About: What , Hat , King , Look
October Surprise
2006-10-04 23:39:02 Sometimes, I just hate being right. A few months ago, I was accused of being “politically paranoid”. I mentioned in an article that gays would be thrown under the political bus and used as the Republican chew toy at the polls in the mid-term elections. Fast forward to today. Five weeks before those very elections, the [...] More About: Rise , October
Planning My Spontaneity
2006-10-04 11:36:01 Steve and I were having a discussion a few days ago that really got me thinking. Actually, he did most of the talking. I was trying not to let my A.D.D. ruin the moment by being distracted by something shiny. He was pointing out something I had, until now, not realized. I am fourteen years old…mentally. [...] More About: Planning , Pont , Plan
Dear Mr. President?
2006-10-02 23:30:02 I know this is a week old, but I think it should be replayed every day until November 7th. More About: President , Side , Resident
Caution: Gay Construction Ahead - Part 6 - Jan, Don?t Forge
2006-10-01 11:27:01 One thing about living in the midwest is that the seasons change faster than Cher’s eyebrows. (seriously, is it just me or does it look like they’re trying to crawl off her face??) Here in our little corner of Missouri, it’s all rolling hills, lakes and, of course, trees. Everywhere. You can’t throw [...] More About: Construction , Part , Head , Const , Cons
Showtime At The Apocalypse
2006-09-29 17:18:02 I love filling out and sending party invitations. Other than the fact that Steve and I love to throw parties (minus the clean-up…blick!), it also gives me something to look forward to socially. Don’t get me wrong, we’re very social…but parties are pretty much the only way we can get our “townie” friends to haul [...] More About: Showtime , Time , Show , Apocalypse , The A
Waking Up In Another Country
2006-09-29 05:15:01 When I got out of bed this morning it was just another day. Another day closer to the weekend. Coffee brewing…cats fed and their toys and hairballs picked up…shower and pills taken. Just another day in paradise. Or so I thought. No, today it appears I woke up in a different country…a different time. A republic [...] More About: Country , Other , King , Count
What Dreams May Come
2006-09-27 11:06:01 Dreams are weird. Especially those brought on during a sleep induced by a new pain medication. Last night I was dreaming about my plants…probably because it’s getting to be that time of year when they need to come in to the greenhouse. {I’ve heard stories about how some plants (especially hard-to-get tropicals) tend to [...] More About: Dreams , What , Hat , Dream , Come
Goose vs Gander
2006-09-26 23:03:01 If it weren’t for the fact that the talking heads out there in media land are so laughable - especially as we get ever closer to the midterm elections - one would quite undestandably want to throttle them. I speak mainly of those who just bald-faced lie on the air and/or in print. Case in point: Tucker Carlson [...] More About: Goose
Can Open?Worms Everywhere!!
2006-09-25 23:00:02 For those of you who are talking about the interview on Fox News Sunday between Chris Wallace and former President Clinton, stop bitching. Bitching about it implies FOX (through Wallace) gave Clinton the smackdown and then handed him his hat. This was most certainly not the case. Clinton knew he’d get a [...] More About: Open , Worms , Worm , Everywhere , Here
Call Me Mr. Sensitive
2006-09-22 10:51:02 I could be very off base here, but the need to rant outweighs the show of over-sensitivity. Add one more radio station to my list of sell-out’s who hire on popular and supposedly ‘funny’ DJ’s who like to crack every gay stereotype and mean-spirited joke. Thanks, Air America Radio. You’ve given me yet another reason [...] More About: Call , Sens , Sensitive
Gimme A Break
2006-09-22 10:51:02 Since I woke up with a lovely migraine this morning, staring at this monitor would be about as fun - and painless - as sticking a fork in my eye. So please enjoy some random humor instead of the usual crap. Bathroom Wall: TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW In a Laundromat: AUTOMATIC WASHING [...] More About: Break , Brea , Gimme
Democrats Are ?Brian?
2006-09-20 16:45:02 Finally, I managed to find a video that about sums up the Demo cratic Party…from 2000 until this November 7th. In this video, the Democrat s are portrayed by the dog (Brian ) and the Republicans are being played by the kid (Stewie). Pay particularly close attention to the very end…Which represents November 7th. More About: Rats
UN Diplomatic
2006-09-20 04:45:01 Today’s meeting at the UN should prove to be very interesting. Not for what happens, but rather for what doesn’t happen. President Bush will be in the same building as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He plans to give a stinging speech today regarding the ongoing war on terror, part of which is supposed to include [...] More About: Diplo , Diploma , Diplomat
Slap Some Lipstick On This Pig
2006-09-18 16:39:02 Your comment on this post is appreciated. I was debating on whether to keep the above title, or to call it “Football and Drag - Making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear”. At the risk of losing my membership card in Club Mo, I will admit, Steve and I are big football fans. Not [...] More About: Lipstick , This , Lips , Stick , Some
One Time At Jesus Camp?
2006-09-17 04:36:02 Well, I’m officially creeped out as of right now. I’ll explain… Steve and I always watch “Real Time With Bill Maher” (if you’ll excuse the pun - ‘religiously’) every Friday. Yes, we’re flaming liberals. Try to control your amazement. This evening, during his monologue, there was this tasty little tidbit that was [...] More About: Jesus , Camp , Jesu
Still Another Man For Ann
2006-09-15 10:27:03 “Dorothy Ann Richards - September 1, 1933 to September 13, 2006 was an American politician from Texas. She first came to national attention as the witty keynote speaker at the 1988 Democratic National Convention (detailed below). Considered the first woman elected Governor of Texas in her own right, she served in that post from [...] More About: Other , Stil , Another , Still
Gay Division 101
2006-09-15 10:27:03 Before the panic starts this is not a post about leather daddies versus screaming nellies, or lipstick lesbians versus butch gals. This is about the time honored (and worn, to some extent) phrase “my other half”. I was inspired by our community collective, Best Gay Blogs which, depending on the amount of time [...] More About: Sion , Visi , Vision , Visio , Divis
Trading MySpace?s
2006-09-14 22:27:01 Though I’ve not been sucked in to the whole MySpace .com (they’re all liars, right?), I must admit I’ve been a member of Frappr.com for a while now. Yeah…yeah!! I know there’s no difference. I guess I jumped onto that fun little bandwagon when all of my online friends kept telling me, “Hey, join [...] More About: Myspace , Trading , Pace
Put Up Or Shut Up
2006-09-14 22:27:01 State comunicando fuori il vostro asino perché la vostra testa sa più meglio. It’s funny how some old sayings seem fresh and new today. It means, “You’re talking out your ass because your head knows better”. Another good one is, metta i vostri soldi in cui la vostra bocca è, or “put your money where [...] More About: Shut , Shut Up
Olbermann Said It For Us
2006-09-14 22:27:01 When Keith Speaks, it’s worth passing along… This hole in the ground. By Keith Olbermann on MSNBC’s Countdown “Half a lifetime ago, I worked in this now-empty space. And for 40 days after the attacks, I worked here again, trying to make sense of what happened, and was yet to happen, as a reporter. All the [...] More About: Mann , Erma , Said
Remembering 9/11
2006-09-14 22:27:01 The following is something that sort of came to me after the shock of that day. I thought I’d post it here as my way to mark the day, five years later. I don’t now - nor have I ever - claim to be anything resembling a poet. I simply needed to write [...] More About: Ring , Remembering , 9/11 , Erin
Getting Our Gay Back On
2006-09-14 22:27:01 Curt - Tom - Deschner - Steve - Me (the little one in white) & Todd Okay, this picture appears a little grainy, however, consider the fact that we all had a bit too much ‘grain’ in us at the time. One of many pictures from the 5th Anniversary/…ty …rd Birthday Party. We’ve scanned (finally) [...] More About: Back
They Saw Me Coming
2006-09-14 22:27:01 Okay, we’re all more than familiar with the stories of how mechanics like to rip women off just because females can’t comprehend the internal workings of the modern combustion engine. It must be easier to “explain” what the problem with the minivan is by just pointing out each charge on the final bill, [...] More About: They , Ming
Is it Friday yet?!
2006-09-14 22:27:01 If I have one more f-ed up dream!! I’m tossing and turning and wake up in a freaky upright bolt. The first video comes about as close to the dream as I could find… This reminds me of someone… …but who…?… …oh, that’s right. Okay, no more cake before bed. More About: Friday , Frida
The Kit Kat Clubbed
2006-09-14 22:27:01 As the votes are still being counted, it appears that incumbant Representative Katherine Harris (R - 13th District, Fla.) has won the Republican primary nomination to the Senate seat currently occupied by Senator Bill Nelson (D - Fla.). Nelson had no primary challenger. With 50% (+/-) of the vote going to Harris, despite pleas from [...] More About: Club
The Thing That Ate My Weekend
More articles from this author:2006-09-14 22:27:01 How do I sum up the past several months with one single image…? Easy. ——-> ——-> ——-> ——-> ——-> But we’ll get to all of that in a sec. First, we’ll play catch-up. Even though today is actually both Steve & my 5th anniversary as well as my …ty …rd [...] More About: Hat , Weekend , Week , That , Thing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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