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I had no idea .. I think this is very cool that people would elect a head of state who happens to be gay. -------------------- Europe now officially has its second openly gay prime minister with the swearing in today of Elio Di Rupo as Belgium’s leader. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is not only Iceland’s first woman prime minister but also Europe’s first openly gay head of state. News that Di Rupo is gay was overshadowed by the circumstances of his coming to power. Belgium had been without a government for 541 days. That is a record for a modern government and beat the previous record held by Cambodia (182 days). He is the first French-speaking prime minister in that biling…

The female Dachshund mix dog weighed just one ounce when she was born. Animal rescuers in California say that a fortnight on she still remains so small that can easily fit on an iPhone while she is the same size as a business card or credit card. Experts say she is now likely to set a new record for being the world's tiniest dog. She is not yet officially the title holder but a "fast-track" application has been submitted to the Guinness World Records. But a dog rescue centre in El Dorado Hills, California, has now been inundated with requests to adopt the little animal. Beyoncé was the runt of a litter of five that was born to an abandoned dachshund mix, named Casey. …

A military plane crashed into a apartment complex. Before doing so the pilots ejected and one of them landed on this woman's patio. The call is so surreal. http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2012/04/09/erin-911-call-fighter-jet-crash.cnn

The long awaited and highly anticipated Evita revival hit Broadway, but the sound was more of a THUD... Ricky got poor reviews as bringinh NO personality to the role althought his singing and dancing was "adequate". The LEAD Evita was called, OK but with a weak and powerless voice... Who the fuck cares ? Ricky is still hot, and the sotry familiar. Still getting my tix....

I know the ABC show Missing was part of another thread but I want to bring it up front. I was hesitant to start watching a new show til it past its first season. So many programs get cancelled so quickly I hate to invest my time. But I began watching Missing and I am now officially otally hooked. If you have not been watching this awesome series you can easily get caught up at abc.com and watch from the start of the season to get caught up. I hope if you were on the fence you give it a chance.

Sarah Palin's grandson's daddy, Levi Johnston, has gotten another girl pregnant, reports TMZ. Johnston, 21, and the mom-to-be Sunny Oglesby, a 20-year-old teacher from Wasilla, Alaska, have been dating for just over a year. Oglesby is reportedly less than three months into her pregnancy, and apparently Johnston hasn't told his other baby mama, Bristol Palin. (Of course, she probably knows now.) Johnston is telling friends that Sarah and Todd Palin are completely alienating him from his son,Tripp, and he barely gets to see him. He also says Sarah and Todd have lied to him about Bristol and Tripp being out of town. Thus, he's reportedly "so excited" about his new little f…

Mike Wallace, the CBS reporter who became one of the nation’s best-known broadcast journalists as an interrogator of the famous and infamous on “60 Minutes,” died on Saturday. He was 93. On it Web site, CBS said Mr. Wallace died at a care facility in New Canaan, Conn., where he had lived in recent years. Mr. Wallace, who was outfitted with a pacemaker more than 20 years ago, had a long history of cardiac care and underwent triple bypass heart surgery in January 2008. A reporter with the presence of a performer, Mr. Wallace went head-to-head with chiefs of state, celebrities and con artists for more than 50 years, living for the moment when “you forget the lights, the ca…

Autopsy: Whitney Houston found scarred, high, scalded, missing teeth By David Martosko - The Daily Caller | The Daily Caller The London tabloid The Sun reported Sunday that the final autopsy report of legendary singer Whitney Houston has revealed a cocktail of illicit drugs, 11 missing teeth, a weakened coronary artery and “skin slippage” where scalding water burned her body as she lay in the bathtub where she died. The bath water where Houston was found measured 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit six hours after her death, suggesting a temperature of as high as 150 degrees when she died. The medical examiner’s report, the newspaper claimed, also revealed a perforated nasal sept…

Some early pics from the San Fernando Valley just north of Los Angeles.

Congrats to Expat! Today he made it to 2190 posts for the contest and is the first person to do this. I have really enjoyed his post and thank him for all his hard work! Way to Go Expat!

Someone posted this on Facebook this morning. I thought it was hysterical. Now who on this board is in this picture? (btw, I never thought of Santa this way . . .)

I am not talking about religion here but want to say what a great model he is for christians. We need more people like in our community. Happy Easter~~~ http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/gods-quarterback-tebowing-easter-220913053--abc-news-topstories.html

Lets see if the board upgrade likes Vimeo as media... If not, here's the link. Via Towle.

He has never been very likable. For a while, Perez was a bully on his famous blog but after the gay bullying started he made a vow to never do it again and frankly he hasn't. He has started a bunch of new sister blogs including FitPerez that highlights diet, exercise and recipes for healthy eating. Well he attended the NewNowNext Awards in Canada and decided to show off his abs with an open jacket and no shirt and apparently shocked everyone in attendance. Here are a couple of shots after he has now reportedly lost 80 pounds and really did the workouts to get the muscles. . .

Tonight I had a "Marge Simpson Daiquiri". How about that?

These were appropriate for today . . .

I was about to board a Cathay Pacific flight from Taipei to Hong Kong early yesterday evening when an announcement was made that there would be a delay of at least 30 minutes. Hong Kong was operating on one runway and so all flights not yet in the air were being held prior to departure. Turns out the reason was the Emirates A380 from Bangkok had suffered a failure of some anti-skid device on landing at Hong Kong late afternoon. This resulted in two blown tyres on exiting the runway and the wheels being ground down to the axle! The aircraft was thus disabled and it took about an hour for the passengers to be deplaned by mobile stairs. The runway was closed for about 4 …

Well at least for one young man its not going to be a sweet Easter ---------- AIDS activists are stepping up their call for a boycott of Hershey candy to protest the rejection of a student at a boarding school connected to the company because he is HIV-positive. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation planned demonstrations Friday in Hershey, New York City and San Francisco to coincide with the usual Easter surge in candy sales. Michael Weinstein, president of the Los Angeles-based group, says the policy of the Milton Hershey School for disadvantaged youngsters is the product of discrimination and ignorance. School officials say the policy is designed to protect other studen…

After this post I'm sure some will be looking to lock me up I believe that when we sleep we have the ability to communicate with loved ones that have passed on. That our mind is in such a state whereas we have the ability to use portions of our brain to make the connection with the spirits of our missing relatives and family members and at times to break through to others who have had an impact on our life. I have had real time conversations with my Mother, Grandmother, Aunt and a young boy numerous times since they have passed away. The conversations and interaction is somewhat routine, never scary, always an active exchange. So do any of you guys experience the same…

I love the Texas Rangers They're a awesome team and we are gonna finally actually win the WS this year. But thats for another thread. I do enjoy relaxing every so often in front of a good baseball game, especially one with plenty of sexy players showing off their semi bulges One of my all time favorites is Grady Sizemore! Who do you guys like?

Kudos to TWC for standing up to the MPAA asshats! http://www.towleroad.com/2012/02/weinsteinbully.html *Really* hope somebody mentions this at the Oscars!

I had to re-post this. I thought it was funny.

Angry ex-girlfriend goes ballistic, rips off man’s scrotum By Taylor Bigler - The Daily Caller | The Daily Caller – Fri, Apr 6, 2012 Talk about a ball buster. An Indiana man was rushed to the hospital Wednesday after his scrotum was the victim of a vicious attack by an ex-girlfriend, The Smoking Gun reports. The victim told police that his former girlfriend, Christina Reber, stormed into his apartment as he was innocently sitting at his computer. Reber, who he had severed ties with a few days earlier, first struck him on the head and then grabbed his scrotum and began “squeezing as hard as she could.” Naturally, he told officers that he “was in incredible pain when [s…

The first pic is Sunset Blvd however the date is unknown. The tagline for the Imperial (on the billboard says) America's Most Carefully Built Car lol. The second pic is a kid stopped by the LAPD for racing in the Los Angeles River Bed 1958.