BoIdolatry on nibblebit has posted some nice bits !
Been very busy trying to scrape enough cash to pay the bills. My appologies to the the poster of comments that lingered for so long!
Friday, September 18, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
For anyone who thinks we really have nothing to worry about
Lara Riscol, who I've never heard of, has written a soon to be released book titled "Taking Sides: Clashing Views In Human Sexuality. In a nutshell, it describes the split between our uptight moral, public majority and the realistic activities and desires of the masses. Nothing all to new there, or surprising for that matter.
What I found truly appalling are some references to ultra conservative groups in the book excerpt linked in this posts title:
The head of the “Biblically based” policy group Concerned Women for America says that proponents of sexual health education are financially motivated to encourage kids having sexually transmitted diseases and abortions. A Morality in Media press release, “Connecting the Dots: The Link Between Gay Marriage and Mass Murders,” links secular values, the sexual revolution and the decline in morality to the gay rights movement, all sexual ills, including rape and the sexual abuse of children, and naturally a recent spate of mass murders.
For anyone interested, here is a link to purchase the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Sides-Clashing-Views-Sexuality/dp/0073545635/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252005514&sr=1-1
What I found truly appalling are some references to ultra conservative groups in the book excerpt linked in this posts title:
The head of the “Biblically based” policy group Concerned Women for America says that proponents of sexual health education are financially motivated to encourage kids having sexually transmitted diseases and abortions. A Morality in Media press release, “Connecting the Dots: The Link Between Gay Marriage and Mass Murders,” links secular values, the sexual revolution and the decline in morality to the gay rights movement, all sexual ills, including rape and the sexual abuse of children, and naturally a recent spate of mass murders.
For anyone interested, here is a link to purchase the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Sides-Clashing-Views-Sexuality/dp/0073545635/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252005514&sr=1-1
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Recession is over ??
When it trickles down to our level, where we don't have to fret over every nickle we spend, then I'll believe it.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
We all need a little romance
sources:
Sunnyway's blog http://americanpopboy.blogspot.com/?zx=f52134d3d7f11110
paldede's flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/7733218@N06/
beauty surrounds blog http://fancyblokes.nibblebit.com/
Monday, August 24, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
What if a bunch of fags could talk to god?
I found this neat post at: http://www.breaktheillusion.com/
If you could ask g*d 1 question, what would it be. And there were tons of responses. A lot of them dealt with why there is so much pain and suffering. Is he even there and why s/he isn't more visible.
You could tell from some responses that there are some queers with strong belief in GOD. Mostly xtian. Some doubters.
My question is why is faith in an intangible higher power still so necessary to so many. Why belief? And what would the world really look like without it. After centuries without it, where it was taken for granted that it was an ignorant lifestyle from a backward time.
Of course, I have my own ideas as to why faith is important. What hinders humans from moving on. But that's for a later post.
If you could ask g*d 1 question, what would it be. And there were tons of responses. A lot of them dealt with why there is so much pain and suffering. Is he even there and why s/he isn't more visible.
You could tell from some responses that there are some queers with strong belief in GOD. Mostly xtian. Some doubters.
My question is why is faith in an intangible higher power still so necessary to so many. Why belief? And what would the world really look like without it. After centuries without it, where it was taken for granted that it was an ignorant lifestyle from a backward time.
Of course, I have my own ideas as to why faith is important. What hinders humans from moving on. But that's for a later post.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
that's not right
MY LIVING WILL
Last night my sister and I were sitting in the den and I said to her, "I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle to keep me alive. That would be no quality of life at all, If that ever happens, just pull the plug." So she got up, unplugged the computer, and threw out my wine. She's such a b----.
got this funny in an email from my electronics illiterate friend.
Last night my sister and I were sitting in the den and I said to her, "I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle to keep me alive. That would be no quality of life at all, If that ever happens, just pull the plug." So she got up, unplugged the computer, and threw out my wine. She's such a b----.got this funny in an email from my electronics illiterate friend.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Why Atheist?
An old friend of mine, that I hadn't spoken to for years, asked my why I became an Atheist and I wouldn't tell her.
This offended her, and she pressed me. She comes from a strong Xtian background (the main reason I allowed our contact to wain). I got the impression that she was genuinely currious, and not just trying to re-convert me.
So, why wouldn't I tell her? Because I did not want to succeed in proving my point of view. I did not want to steal her comfort from her, because her faith had seen her through some really hard times.
I hope she understands.
This offended her, and she pressed me. She comes from a strong Xtian background (the main reason I allowed our contact to wain). I got the impression that she was genuinely currious, and not just trying to re-convert me.
So, why wouldn't I tell her? Because I did not want to succeed in proving my point of view. I did not want to steal her comfort from her, because her faith had seen her through some really hard times.
I hope she understands.
you shouldn't blog when
you are tired. You don't think "straight", :)
And I can be way too heavy. Sometimes I think too much.
Time for a shower and some Uncle Walt!
After some more coffee!
And I can be way too heavy. Sometimes I think too much.
Time for a shower and some Uncle Walt!
After some more coffee!
Gay Peter Pan
Copied from link:
Almost all of us, myself included, like looking at the youthful bodies of handsome young men: they are aesthetically beautiful, like living works of art. But what about the beauty of 40-year-old men, 50-year-old men…even 60- and 70-year-old men? Youth is a wonderful thing, but all too often it’s used to sell us things we really don’t need and, if unexamined, can destroy our self-esteem if we don’t fit the picture of Youthful Gay Perfection. There’s nothing wrong with finding young guys attractive, but if it prevents us from hooking up with someone hot, handsome and around our own age – someone who could potentially be a good boyfriend/lover/long term partner – than this Peter Pan side of ourselves is not really our friend, after all. He’s the face of self-sabotage.
I guess I have to begrudgingly admit that there is an element of truth to all the paranoid pedo-haters out there. Taken in the context, of course, that they go WAY overboard!
Almost all of us, myself included, like looking at the youthful bodies of handsome young men: they are aesthetically beautiful, like living works of art. But what about the beauty of 40-year-old men, 50-year-old men…even 60- and 70-year-old men? Youth is a wonderful thing, but all too often it’s used to sell us things we really don’t need and, if unexamined, can destroy our self-esteem if we don’t fit the picture of Youthful Gay Perfection. There’s nothing wrong with finding young guys attractive, but if it prevents us from hooking up with someone hot, handsome and around our own age – someone who could potentially be a good boyfriend/lover/long term partner – than this Peter Pan side of ourselves is not really our friend, after all. He’s the face of self-sabotage.
I guess I have to begrudgingly admit that there is an element of truth to all the paranoid pedo-haters out there. Taken in the context, of course, that they go WAY overboard!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Uncle Walt
One of the reasons that I enjoyed "Royal Republic", "Inkplume", and unclesyd's stuff is that he is also a fan of Walt Whittman. That stubborn, gay blade of our civil war era. And back when I put aside the Xtian book of lies, Leaves of Grass rose up to replace it.
Now, I don't have it memorized, so you would be disappointed if you tried to swap favorite lines with me. But what I do know is that Uncle Walt found beauty in the everyday, working male; regardless of age or skin color. Some very powerful stuff about one guy worshiping other guys, in addition to nature, and just being alive.
Uncle Walt would definitly find the boy in the previous post worthy of prose! But he loved men of all ages. Respected their form, their person.
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links for some of these: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15474798@N04/
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