Alex is upstairs suppose to be bathing the kids and I just see a post. CiCi's was crazy. I now know why some animals eat their young. Monday can not come soon enough...by the way I like the new icon next to your name. I thought Liams was the Pink Panther. Oops!!!! B)

Alex, you are now addicted aren't you? Before you come downstairs, put the cloths in the dryer please. Next week, I'm bathing the cat. And the catnip was not everywhere...just in half of the kitchen. NiCi told me to put it all over the floor (I think).

Yes dear. And yes it was all over the floor! We have a huge kitchen and it was everywhere. I had to empty the dustbuster 4 times!!

Good night all, I'm beat. DrB..."take me to bed or lose my forever". Anyone remember what movie that is from?

Yeah Disney!

I tried to make this point the other night but JC was feeling all "militant" and cut me off... (although he does look cute in his Napoleon costume (I think it's the epaulets and the crazy hat).

What do the Walt Disney Company, Proctor and Gamble, Kraft Foods, and the Ford Motor Company have in common?

All have been threatened at some point with boycotts from the Christian Right for their Pro-gay policies.

And all of them said to the Religious Right, "we love and support our gays".

Disney & P&G basically ignored them.

Ford's response: "Ford values all people - regardless of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation and cultural or physical differences. And we are glad to see that this spirit of inclusion is evident in the practices of other automakers who do business in this country as well. It is one of the things that makes us proud to be part of the auto industry."

Kraft's response: "Diversity is more than a word many people like to say. At Kraft we truly respect all kinds of differences. And diversity is not a selective concept. By definition, it's nothing if not inclusive. We respect diversity of ethnicity, gender, experience, background, personal style and yes, sexual orientation and gender identity. Recognizing, respecting and valuing these differences help us be a more successful business and a workplace where all employees can realize their full potential."

So spend your hard earned cash where it can do the most good. Not by purchasing products (or watching TV shows) promoting hatred and bigotry.

Thanks for giving us the good guy list. Is there a bad guy one?

I think you can tell from my posts who just got moved to the number one position...

But seriously, you can check out GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) - they usually have a list of people...

Yeah Disney!

I tried to make this point the other night but JC was feeling all "militant" and cut me off... (although he does look cute in his Napoleon costume (I think it's the epaulets and the crazy hat). I like it when he puts his hand in his jacket.

What do the Walt Disney Company, Proctor and Gamble, Kraft Foods, and the Ford Motor Company have in common?

All have been threatened at some point with boycotts from the Christian Right for their Pro-gay policies.My mom was a port of that boycott til her finance guy got an email from her about boycotting Ford and he immediately called and told her how much stock she owns of the Ford Motor Company. Never heard anymore about that. Alex took my nieces and newphew to Walt Disney World that next fall.

And all of them said to the Religious Right, "we love and support our gays".

Disney & P&G basically ignored them.

Ford's response: "Ford values all people - regardless of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation and cultural or physical differences. And we are glad to see that this spirit of inclusion is evident in the practices of other automakers who do business in this country as well. It is one of the things that makes us proud to be part of the auto industry."

Kraft's response: "Diversity is more than a word many people like to say. At Kraft we truly respect all kinds of differences. And diversity is not a selective concept. By definition, it's nothing if not inclusive. We respect diversity of ethnicity, gender, experience, background, personal style and yes, sexual orientation and gender identity. Recognizing, respecting and valuing these differences help us be a more successful business and a workplace where all employees can realize their full potential."

So spend your hard earned cash where it can do the most good. Not by purchasing products (or watching TV shows) promoting hatred and bigotry. (AA is pro-gay).

I hope everyone is ok with the bad storms.

My new avatar might not last long, but I like it at the moment. It was a gift from a friend, who liked the irony.

I am bushed at the moment, I literally had an ass delivery(which is in my barn for anyone wanting to sleep there). It was a rescue picked up tonight. It is sooo skinny. I was worried about if it would fall over getting out of the trailer. It kinda wiped me out.

I wanted to say thank you again for people who had my back. I think the speed and the responses surprised the attacker. I do appreciate it.

I am going to bed.


waving night night to all

Top Gun, I love that quote.

You win...Alex loves that quote also. She says that every night.

Liam, Alex turned off the computer in the office but her name is still showing up in the members list. Why? Do you know? I don't want nobody trying to hit on her or be mean to her if she's not even online.

OK, first of all, the cat is only the size of a small FAINTING goat, not a regular size goat. I came home this AM to crap all over the kitchen floor. I don't know if she thought you were suppose to use the whole bag or what, but it was everywhere. He only bothers her when I'm gone, which I thought she exaggerated, but Nannie Cam caught it all. He is really very sweet and loves to cuddle(with me). Do not know who to thank for the catnip tip but don't encourage her. Someone told her to bath him for god's sake. Called from London and she announces she is going to bath Morris.

No, I think he was too afraid to get out of the kitchen window he sleeps in. He didn't know what was all over the floor!

Alex, you are now addicted aren't you? Before you come downstairs, put the cloths in the dryer please. Next week, I'm bathing the cat. And the catnip was not everywhere...just in half of the kitchen. NiCi told me to put it all over the floor (I think).

Lucky!

She has been saying it for 20 years...At first really sweet and I thought if meant, you know...now it just means she's going to bed and I need to check the doors and turn off the lights when I come to bed.

20 years is awesome!! I haven't made it that long with a relationship yet.

I was thinking you should just give it a bath.... I bathed our family cat when I was a little kid and that thing avoided me for the rest of it's life! Of course, once I saw that big fluffy kitty looking all skinny and sad, I did point and laugh! (did I mention I was a kid?) I thought it was the ugliest critter I had ever seen! (no offense to anyone who likes wet pussies, just not to my individual liking- I'm more of a rooster man myself).

The thing is, the anti gay thing for me does not exist. It is very difficult

having people discount how difficult it is seeing someone bully others no

matter what the reason and no matter how many problems the person

being bullied has that makes them a target. Any hidden agenda I might

have isn't really hidden at all. I was badly bullied as a child and as well

as a young adult. The reasons for me being bullied was my size and

that somehow I always seemed to say the wrong thing. Not trashing

people, just trying to fit in and not doing it very well.

It has been a slap in the face for

anyone to come on here and make it clear that they believe that there

is no way that what we are doing MUST be anti-gay. How bigoted are

these remarks???? I had some very close friends that I grew up with

who were beaten up badly, lost jobs, all kinds of anti-gay actions. So

for me to be accused of anything Anti-Gay just gets me upset. I sat

at one friend's hospital bed after his beating. It was difficult to even

recognize him from the swollen features. Speaking for myself, stop with the

accusations of my stand against Jackie Warner's behavior in this show

as being Anti-Gay. I don't deserve it, and I'd bet neither do the others

who are also standing against the bad behavior of Jackie Warner. It

is wrong and extremely hurtful. Why is it so difficult to believe that

having loved this show and Jackie Warner and then seeing her take that

love for her to a place where she believed that because we love her

we will understand Lisa and she trashing a client and then lying about

trashing the client. Firing Peeler because he wanted an apology from

her. I think that once you see the heartless behavior of someone who

you thought was an incredible human being you simply cannot go back

and love her the same way ever again. Whatever the reasons behind

my feelings it is not Anti-Gay and never would be. I have made a lot

of mistakes in my life but that area is not one of them.

Kari Ana

ACK! Read back, Hon, I did not!
(Really Alex, who are you going to believe?!!)

Besides, DrB. you owe me, big time!
Did the goat sized beast attack you last night? No!
Why? Because it was afraid of the catnip all over the floor! (OK, not the way we had PLANNED for the catnip to work, but the fact is the catnip WORKED!)

Medium rare with a baked potato and green beans with watermelon for desert, thanks!

Kari Ana,
I teared up reading this, I shortened your post (for space) but I encourage everyone to click the return arrow above and read the entire post.

I too have spent a night in the emergency room with a friend after a brutal anti-gay attack.

He was on a gurney in a full body and neck brace for almost 12 hours waiting for a specialist.

They had kicked him so hard in the head, the staff on duty at the hospital thought they had almost severed his spinal column at the neck.

He was told to remain absolutely still, that any movement at all and he could become paralyzed. He was 19.

And 4 of those 12 hours he spent alone because the hospital would only allow "Immediate Family" in to see him.

We finally fought and argued enough that a kind nurse took pity on us and let us in one by one.

He was so scared lying there strapped down, tears streaming out of the corners of his eyes, afraid to even blink.

This was in Rhode Island when I was 20. His parents arrived from Florida the next day.

Thankfully when the swelling went down they saw his spine was only badly bruised.

Yeah that's something you don't forget too soon. That's why I also got upset on these boards when I was called anti-gay.

To any parents reading this please, don't teach your kids to hate. Teach them to love and respect everyone even if they are different.

OK, OK...maybe I misunderstood. Steak is in the mail. It was so funny this morning when Alex got home. It was about 6 am and our master bedroom is downstairs, so all I hear is,"WTF? You have got to be kidding me!" I started laughing so hard, I knew right then I might have overdone the catnip. Then when I stop laughing, all of a sudden I hear the dust buster going and I about soiled myself. She finally came to bed and she said, "You heard that damn dust buster going and all you did was lay in here and laugh, didn't you?" I started laughing all over again, I had tears streaming down my face.

Ok, good night all. I have the tournament again tomorrow so I'll talk later.

Here is my original kitty bathing post, I hope you can gather from the tone.....
Just how serious I am.

I don't know how many of you remember Laugh In. [expletive deleted] Martin has

passed away at age 86. I can't help but feel very sad. He was such

an influence for so much of my life. Not directly of course. I have

always thought that comedy after Laugh In was influenced by it.

Saturday Night Live appeared to me to be a more grown up version

of the Dan Rowan/[expletive deleted] Martin style. I remember a talk show with

I think it was [expletive deleted] Martin who was a guest and there was this young girl

who was maybe 12 years old singing a song sounding like Ethel Merman.

I can't remember who that girl was, but I know Dan Rowan pissed her

off when he was discussing Saturday Night Live. He told her that it

was a show filled with Not Ready For Prime Time Players, and that she'd

be perfect for it. Well, of course the young girl thought he meant she

wasn't good enough for Prime Time, not that her sound was something

that would work on SNL. Anyway, that is one of my [expletive deleted] Martin Stories.

Anyway, sad day.

Kari Ana

Kari Ana,
I teared up reading this, I shortened your post (for space) but I encourage everyone to click the return arrow above and read the entire post.

I too have spent a night in the emergency room with a friend after a brutal anti-gay attack.

He was on a gurney in a full body and neck brace for almost 12 hours waiting for a specialist.

They had kicked him so hard in the head, the staff on duty at the hospital thought they had almost severed his spinal column at the neck.

He was told to remain absolutely still, that any movement at all and he could become paralyzed. He was 19.

And 4 of those 12 hours he spent alone because the hospital would only allow "Immediate Family" in to see him.

We finally fought and argued enough that a kind nurse took pity on us and let us in one by one.

He was so scared lying there strapped down, tears streaming out of the corners of his eyes, trying not to breathe, afraid to even blink.

This was in Rhode Island when I was 20. His parents arrived from Florida the next day.

Thankfully when the swelling went down they saw his spine was only badly bruised.

Yeah that's something you don't forget too soon. That's why I also got upset on these boards when I was called anti-gay.

To any parents reading this please, don't teach your kids to hate. Teach them to love and respect everyone even if they are different.

I can't believe they bleeped D-I-C-K! It's a name!

I was just thinking that, you are way too quick for me!

I can't believe they bleeped D-I-C-K! It's a name!

I can't believe they bleeped D-I-C-K! It's a name!

Will they allow Peter? Wang? Harry Balzac?

Will they allow Peter? Wang? Harry Balzac?

Hey ya'll...on FX right now there is a show on called "30" and they have this straight guy that they put in San Fransico for a month. Pretty interesting. He is living with a gay man and being introduced to the whole gay community. Check it out.

What show are they on?

This show was started by the guy tht did the movie Supersize Me. He ate McDonalds for 30 days and it documented his fitness levels. Now he has this show that puts people in different situations for 30 days. It is pretty cool to see how people open they minds to different situations.

Morgan Spurlock, it won't be on here for another 25 minutes, West Coast time here

I guess so....
And I bet you have more that you would like to try out Hmm?
Well, go ahead!

I was thinking.... Hugh G Reckshun, Michael (Mike) Hunt, Ben Dover.....

Homer Seckshuall, Amanda Zuck, Courtney Cox-Zucker.... give me a moment...

Wow you are a plethora of information (yes I get a word a day in my email!)
It's actually been (from what I've seen) a pretty good show!

Isn't it Courtney Cox-Arquette??

Kari Ana

Hey NiCi

Hey Gyspy...fires out?

Dr. B, Thank you for asking. In my neck of the woods they're either out or under control. We got rain yesterday. Supposed rain again today. Has some viscious storms yesterday.
(sighs) But at least it isn't Kansas here with all the tornados.
I feel for them

Gypsy in Fl

What's up with the weather this weekend? Bizarre weather across the Nation...
Here in Southern California, after several weeks in the high 80s and constantly sunny, it's now grey and cold (50s which is cold for us) with isolated thunderstorms. We may get rain occassionally (usually Jan.-Feb. is the rainy season and "man it pours") but we hardly ever see thunder and lightning... this would be my third time in 5 years (I'm New England born & raised.)
And JC had flash flooding in the desert... just seems weird.