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I didn't post the mistake- you did! I was smart enough to know that you had made a mistake, but that mistake was in wishing a dead person a happy birthday. Do you think she will have a happy birthday?

From bostonmagazine.com: People belonged in pairs, she felt—male and female together, marching through life as if they were streaming aboard the ark. For this reason, she found homosexuality outlandish—not immoral, and certainly not to be criminalized, but a rude disruption in the natural order of things. Homophobia was a socially acceptable form of bigotry in midcentury America, and Julia and Paul participated without shame for many years. She often used the term pedal or pedalo—French slang for a homosexual—draping it with condescension, pity, and disapproval. “I had my hair permanented at E. Arden’s, using the same pedalo I had before (I wish all the men in OUR profession in the USA were not pedals!),” she wrote to Simca. Fashion designers were “that little bunch of Pansies,” a cooking school was “a nest of homovipers,” a Boston dinner party was “peopled by 3 fags in an expensive house…. We felt hopelessly square and left when decently possible,” and San Francisco was beautiful but full of pedals—“It appears that SF is their favorite city! I’m tired of them, talented though they are.” The opposite of homosexual, in her terminology, was “normal” or “well muscled” or “very masculine!” Or, as she often put it, “real male men.” Lesbianism was less of an affront to her, though she felt sorry for women so sexually benumbed that they were not attracted to men. (“Can’t be much fun.”)

Oliver, take note! It is 98 in Palm Springs, but the "feels like" temp is 113! And we have yet to hit the highs for the day! 98F° 110°/87° Feels like 113

Okay, then. Now we can move on to inquire why you made this statement: "Your rigidities would not like our Latina so we will omit." I would have thought it was my sexual orientation that would cause me to be unwilling to have sex with a woman, not rigidities. So do I come to a gay website to be told that I am rigid for not wanting to have sex with a woman? If you are saying I wouldn't like her in general, that is an unwarranted assumption. I like plenty of women.

I don't come to gay websites to see anti-gay bigots being given well wishes, even if they are dead.

I think a simple yes would have done the trick!

When a notable such as Fareed Zakaria gets caught cheating, we wonder. When the Olympics is noted for cheating, we wonder. When every bank seems to be fudging the rules, we wonder. Do we then cheat ourselves? The Observer takes a look at the rise of cheating: http://observer.com/2012/08/our-cheating-hearts-honor-integrity-and-playing-by-the-rules-are-all-out-of-style/?show=all

So, we should be wishing her a happy deadday?

We'd all be going nuts if that were the case. I hope he is gay, but I don't see the hand waving above as proof of that.

"PBS put together a brilliant remix tribute to Julia Roberts. I had to share it. It is hilarious." Huh? I thought you were wishing a happy birthday to a dead person. Julia Roberts is alive...

Well, I am telling you! We not only have high humidity for us, but also smoke in the air from wildfires. It's miserable. Weather for Palm Springs, CA 94°F | °C Wed Thu Fri Sat Smoke Wind: N at 6 mph Humidity: 51% 113° 86 The nice chart disintegrates after I post it.

I'll show you mine if...

How hot is it in Phoenix? Very hot, hot enough to make the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/us/unrelenting-heat-keeps-torrid-grip-on-phoenix.html?ref=us And, trust me, it is no cooler in Palm Springs. Today we have a wicked mix of heat and humidity that makes the air feel like soup.

I have no interest in wishing him a happy 25th. He is no friend to gay people.

In a NY Times article on trust in a digital age, one adviser was asked what worries him the most. " His answers surprised me. He is more worried about the international cyberarms race than about outright cyberwar. He’s also concerned about cybercrime. But his greatest fear is ubiquitous surveillance: license-plate readers, sensors, geolocation tracking and so on. He is troubled, too, by the Internet’s refusal to let our memories fade. He predicts a presidential race in the near future in which a candidate’s bad junior high school poetry will be resurrected as a political weapon. “You should be mindful,” he warned, “that the Internet never forgets.” Trust: Ill-Advised in a Digital Age can be read here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/sunday-review/bruce-schneier-an-avatar-of-digital-distrust.html?_r=1

The Taylor is Gay rumor was given traction yesterday by gay blogger Ken Walsh: Monday, August 13, 2012 Taylor Lautner Is Gay Not that I really care, but apparently it's common knowledge. So in case you're like me and didn't even "know about" Ricky Martin -- you're welcome! I've never seen Taylor Lautner in anything, but I heard his fey voice in a movie trailer once and just figured he was from Michigan, which -- I should add -- would make a great euphemism for being gay. "Is he dating Ashley Benson?" "No, he's from Michigan." Read the sad details in THIS blind item. UPDATE: I hadn't even seen this sassy hand gif that keep giving ...

We went went to escape the heat. Mommy nature had other plans as a heat wave is hitting the LA Area. So we got to go from 112 to 107, then went to Anaheim where it was about 100. not exactly the heat escape I had wanted.

Have they been put out to pasture?

I didn't like the guy on the left either. Perhaps he should be an older man with a slight belly, and a wallet with dollars overflowing from it.

This happened long ago. Not only that, it was in Thailand, where your cute wallet gets you further than your cute butt.

Poe is in the news even today! http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/mystery-of-a-poe-relic-the-raven-mantels-curious-journey/?ref=nyregion

He already had his father's support, and his father already supported gay marriage.

It took only one serious sicko to bring the Sikh religion and culture into the mainstream media. Known mostly by the turbans that the men wear, Sikhs are often confused with Hindus and Muslims, but more often are thought to be terrorists, easily identified by the turban. The turban itself is a source of controversy, as airport insecurity officers insist on hand checking a man's turban as he attempts to enter an airport. A New York politician is trying to get police to hire Sikh men as officers, but still allow the turban and the beard which Sikh men commonly wear. Sikh men also carry a kirpan, which is essentially a small sword, but more ceremonial in nature. Airport insecurity officers have had trouble with those, too. The first Sikh person I knowingly encountered was in Bangkok, and yes, there is a commercial aspect to the story. His family operated a street stall near Patpong, and he worked there. But he had a side job, which I discovered one night while walking by. My eye lingered the proverbial half-second too long when I saw him. Being young, he had no beard, and was not wearing a turban. I no sooner passed the stall when he was walking by my side, greeting me by saying "where are you going?" I turned it back at him and said "where are you going?" He responded "I go where you go." This was news to me, and I immediately wondered how to get rid of him. But his persistence was cute, and so was he. Ultimately he took me to a short term motel, showed me his kirpan, and proceeded to educate me on the sexuality of the Sikh male. (I learned that while he was barely 18, he was not new to meeting strangers on the street.) We left the motel, and I walked him back to the family stall, where he resumed his position with not even a look from his parents. Don't ask, don't tell? Ever since, I have had a soft spot for Sikhs. Too bad that sicko didn't.