It is that time of year again. For so many years, I have been in the closet. 2009 is a new year and I am bursting out of the closet as a Girl Scout Cookie Fan.
It feels so good to proudly eat Girl Scout cookies in the open! Gone are the days of sneaking into the closet to scarf down a few cookies from my secret stash.
Put me down for 2 boxes of Do-si-Dos! My mouth is watering in anticipation.
Snowy day it is
Covers ground white powder does
Shovel now I must
A New Year
A New Attitude
A New President
A Renewed Sense of Hope
Cheers to all!
Every now and then I digress to a thirteen year-old and pull out some good old fashioned toilet humor. Today, one of my co-workers was giggling like a naughty school girl as she waived me into her cube to share.
As I browsed through the pictures, I burst out laughing and nearly wet myself. I went to my desk and started checking on the cost of flights Taiwan.
How can my life be complete without a visit to the “Modern Toilet”?
A trip to Atlanta would not be complete without a trip or two to Waffle House. Every visit is an adventure. One never knows if your order will be what you requested or what you will see or hear. My ears are fine tuned, mouth is watering and my stomach is growling in anticipation.
The 2008 Chicago City Sticker Art Contest finalists were just revealed. The theme this year was “Dog Friendly Chicago”.
Lookman Muhammed’s design incorporated a sleek and sexy Daschund and the city skyline. Take a few minutes to check out the finalists and cast your vote for your favorite.
Vote Daschund! (Lookman, participant #7)
Plummeting stock markets, corporate chaos and piles of financial drama unfolding everyday. I can still find a thing or two that will give me a chuckle.
Take a minute to check out the blogging houseplant Midori-san.
I never knew he was so sad we have been neglecting him.
I was combing my social networking sites and noticed a reference from Anderson Cooper about “Gay Marriage”. I clicked on the link and read a thoughtful post in favor of eliminating discrimination in our great country.
I couldn’t resist reading some of the comments and quickly realized how much work the gay, lesbian and straight allies have to do. I don’t step out of the box all that much, but some of the insane rhetoric pushed me out of the closet and over the edge.
My response to one of the comments:
Cindy … When you peel away the layers of fear, discrimination against gays and lesbians is at the core of this issue. Let me share some of my challenges:
1. In many states, I can still be fired from a job for being gay, with no recourse.
2. I can be denied the right to visit or make health related decisions for my spouse if he is hospitalized.
3. My spouse can be denied bereavement leave when I die.
4. My spouse doesn’t get a share of my Social Security or pension after I die.
5. My spouse doesn’t automatically inherit my estate after I die.
As a gay man, these are only a few of the issues I have to think about everyday. Please tell me now how marriage between same-gender couples is so different from interracial marriage?
Two weeks ago I received a letter from the McCain Leadership Committee. I am baffled at how I was flagged as a possible Republican donor. Perhaps I should change my status to big FAG!
Then on Friday I recieved a brochure to purchase a Hoveround power chair. The Hoveround is way cool, but I won’t buy one until I can pop a wheely and burn some power chair rubber.
The real question … I wonder if the Rebulican campaign and Hoveround are using the same mailing list?