With the exception of Proposition 8 and other anti-gay amendments passed earlier this month, you have to believe there is a God and a Santa Claus, and that Christmas has come early this year. Several media outlets are reporting that Ann Coulter's jaw has been wired shut. If ... ...

In the right-wing war on LGBT America, we continue to win a few and lose a few.  Today, we won one.  The Miami Herald reports that Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman has ruled that Florida's 30-year ban on adoption by gays and lesbians is unconstitutional.  Another court came to a ... ...

[caption id="attachment_871" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Gov. Palin "signs autographs" in Savannah.  Isn't that too much makeup?  Photo (cc) by Dizzy Girl."][/caption] It was a dark, cloudy, chilly day here in Georgia.  But it wasn't just the weather.  That Alaskan beauty pageant runner-up Sarah Palin was in our state today.  Palin was here ... ...

We had a lovely 4 christmases, and unacceptable traffic only for one leg of the 2 day journey. Mostly, all was merry and bright. PLUS, Santa came. Seriously, I feel like Santa answered the wishes in my heart. Mainly for money - my parents both gave me dollars, which let me make a substantial dent in my CUNY tuition for the spring semester, and nicer apartment stuff - jen's mom got us new slip covers, a new microwave, a new coffee pot, her dad got us new baking sheet, lovely new silicon spatulas. But even like, in the morning, I was saying ...

Normal 0 Are you heading out for the after Christmas sales at the crack of dawn today? Or what the television ads are calling “If you didn’t get what you want after Christmas sale”. Not me. This is the 2nd year I am not partaking in the craziness. In years past I have gone out for the sales on gift wrap, decorations and other clearance items. And I will admit, I would pick up a little something for myself. It just hasn’t been in my budget of late. Besides, Anastasia did an excellent job on the gift front this ...

It must be the holidays because there is a lot of sharing going on in blogland. Special thanks to Harriet at I Am Harriet for this award.I am passing this award along to JD at I Do Things So You Don't Have To simply because she does things so I don't have to, and she has a super blog.Lola's Diner©2008 ...

So I just made myself a cup of Egyptian Licorice tea (inspired, I must admit, by this comic. Suck on it, DAR!) and placed it under the coffee table to steep. A few minutes later, the cat came up and scratched the floor all around it, as if to bury it beneath a layer of dirt. Fortunately we washed our floor a few days ago. But seriously. What the hell, cat? He's been observed doing this to his own food dish after eating from it. We hypothesize he's trying to save it for later, so other unspecified beasties can't ...

W00t! Christmas! I made it to another one. Yay, me. Loot tally for this time round: a v. nice leathern belt, suitable for holding up v. nice slacks, of which I currently have none. However, now have I nice belt, so perchance soon will be nice slacks. Also, a wondrous sketch pencil, actually a lead-holder, which holds fat leads of many colours, came with red and light blue and yellow and grey and black and green and I love it! It is handmade by a nice local woman who makes all kinds cool wooden things. She has a lathe. Now I ...

RIP Eartha Kitt. The entertainer died today in New York at the age of 81. She was being treated for colon cancer. She had a good long run. A few years back, she shared the secrets of her longevity in a book with Tonya Bolden, Rejuvenate! It's Never Too Late! She was well into her 70s and still had both a dancer's physique and a joie de vivre that radiated from the pages. And here she is in 2006:And no disrespect to Julie Newmar, but she was the purrfect Catwoman:This feed contains copyrighted ...

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I’m happy, because I’m *finally* in Toledo, after spending pretty much all day gate-hopping at HJAIA. The only drawback there ever is to flying standby is that, depending on various factors, the chances of one getting on a flight are better on some days than on others. Today…today was not my day. It started at 5 am, and it just kept going, and going, and going. I went from gate to gate to gate to gate…seven in all, I think. The seventh one was the charm, a last-minute flight added to the roster that was wide open as a result. All ...

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It’s been a funny old week so far with that stuff from the Pope which some say we should ignore or laugh off but I think there are a lot of queers going home for xmas with it ringing in their ears. Today Channel 4 announce their shock jock ’scoop’ factor for the alternative Christmas message and it’s a long long way from Quentin Crisp. Adam Long emails me tonight with his thoughts… Channel 4 has decided to invite Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to deliver their alternative Christmas message. This decision is a complete disgrace and should be immediately reversed. Under the ...