February 2008
FebruaryFeb 29 Friday 08
Former Anglican Bishop implicated in terrorism
How horrible! The article was very disturbing indeed, and it is sick how Akinola slyly suggested he had been complicit in allowing slaughter to happen. Oh, but he is straight, so therefore he's okay, apparently. It was sort of...
FebruaryFeb 28 Thursday 08
Faith in humanity vindicated
I had a rather long and difficult day at work yesterday. (The next week is likely to be stressful.) I got home late, and there was snow to shovel when I got there. A guy came over and said that...
Hapless robbers target biker meeting - CNN.com
Okay, I have to admit that this story made me giggle. Robbing a place where a motorcycle group was hanging out. I have known some bikers, and they can be very nice people, but as a general rule, it...
Officially a fogey, apparently
Sigh, so I looked through my junk email folder, and saw an ad from Eventful.com pushing a dating service for (ahem) mature singles (i.e. 45+.) I actually don't turn 45 until August, but it did make me feel like I...
FebruaryFeb 26 Tuesday 08
Newsletter out, with help from friends
Wow! We had an amazing group of helpful people tonight getting out the March issue of Erie Gay News. We had everything folded and distribution stuff to volunteers by 8:30! We are so lucky to have such a nifty community....
Bush predicts GOP will hold White House - Yahoo! News
Oh my. I wonder if in his tiny little mind Bush actually believes this. Needless to say, I am somewhat skeptical here. (Okay, I am thinking of Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard in terms of being out of touch with...
FebruaryFeb 25 Monday 08
Finishing newsletter and completing tasks
Today went fairly well. I am mostly caught up on the usual Sunday domestic chores thing. The Pride Picnic meeting went well. We had about 7 people. The wife of the coordinator for the Erie Sisters volunteered to set up...
FebruaryFeb 24 Sunday 08
Busy weekend
I am so close to being comatose right now, but things are pretty good. Ken and I went out dancing last night, and I was sort of tired/out of sorts. We went out to grab a bite to eat afterwards,...
FebruaryFeb 23 Saturday 08
Time of Day meme, via Eden
Eden was shocked to get 6:50 AM. 10:02 is cool. I get cranky at having to do anything much before then....
FebruaryFeb 22 Friday 08
DNS issues with Erie Gay News domain
Sigh, for a few weeks now, I have been having intermittent DNS issues with the eriegaynews.com. I can usually get in at home, but it seems to be a hodge podge for other folks sending me email, browsing the site....
FebruaryFeb 21 Thursday 08
Social Networking Groups for Erie Gay News
I have been cross posting events for Erie Gay News, like the upcoming folding work party, on MySpace and Facebook. I was playing around today and set up a group on both social networking sites. So, here is the MySpace...
FebruaryFeb 20 Wednesday 08
Shrubmeister has 19% approval
Holy cats! Talk about box office poison. This represents an all time low for ANY US president and is down from 34% last month. I am not sure if this particular poll is an outlier, however. He hasn't exactly...
Mystery photo of me from early/mid 1990's
Paula sent me this photo that she found. I got this house from John and Paula in 1996, and I first would have been over here around 1990 or so. I am guessing that is was probably sometime around 1993-1995....
'Fake Christians' seek genuine apology: Good As You
Kudos to Charles Barkley for correctly labeling those extremists who have hijacked the Bible to act as a cover for their own bigotry. Can I just mention how much I cordially loathe when some religious right whack job encloses marriage,...
Death of a friend
I was saddened this morning to read about the death of Phil Bennett. I hadn't seen him in a while, but he was a very calm and good person. I hope that his friends and family are dealing okay....
FebruaryFeb 18 Monday 08
Fun dance party at the Latonia
I got some of the domestic chores done and then checked with Ken to see if he wanted to come along to the dance party at the Latonia Theatre in Oil City. I had gotten the details only on Friday,...
A quiet day
It has been kind of a quiet and pleasant day. I am basically caught up with all of the domestic stuff. Ken and I slept in, and woke up to the dogs being cuddly. After grocery shopping, we picked up...
FebruaryFeb 17 Sunday 08
Candidate questionnaires and a demi-crappy day
Sigh. It has been a slightly crappy day. There are a few things that I am feeling bad about being negligent or thoughtless or just plain incompetent about. So, slightly in the dumps. On the up side, Deb was over...
FebruaryFeb 14 Thursday 08
Erie Bloggers and hanging out
Wednesday was a very pleasant night indeed. We had a nice turnout for the monthly Erie Bloggers get together. There was a new guy who was looking for advice on promoting his writing via a blog. He was looking for...
UNCLE Newsletter/Pagan Publication
We had a fairly animated board meeting for the United NeoPagan Council of Lake Erie (UNCLE) last night. We have been considering doing a print publication for a while and are now planning on doing it bimonthly, with the first...