Monthly Archives: April 2005

Just Ask W.

Posted on 4/28/2005 by Terrance

I don’t know how I’m gonna break it to the hubby, but there will be no Will & Grace tonight. Primetime television will be pre-empted by a Bush press conference. Word is, he plans to talk about two things: Social … Continue reading →

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Bought and Broken

Posted on 4/27/2005 by Terrance

Here we go again. Blog for America brings us still more “buyer’s remorse,” via the Washington Post. A total of 1,007 randomly selected adults were interviewed by telephone April 21-24 for this Post-ABC News poll. The margin of sampling error … Continue reading →

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More CNN & Crazies

Posted on 4/27/2005 by Terrance

OK. Following up from a previous post. Found the video from The Daily Show. You can see it here. I don’t have much to add. John Steward nails it. And I quote, “Why don’t you call them on the bullshit … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights, Television | 2 Comments

The World in Them

Posted on 4/27/2005 by Terrance

Trey has a beautiful post up at Daddy, Papa & Me about the wonder of watching their daughter Emma grow and develop. It is almost a theme of this journal, if you read it enough… my fascination and wonder, my … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Life, Parenting | 1 Comment

CNN, Cameron & Crazies

Posted on 4/27/2005 by Terrance

I had a brief chat with John Aravosis of AmericaBlog, and he pointed me to the Sunday CNN segment about the Texas law prohibiting gays from being foster parents (which the Texas House supported, and which now faces opposition in … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights, Weblogs | 5 Comments

CNN Outrage?

Posted on 4/27/2005 by Terrance

I don’t watch much television news, so there’s stuff that I miss. Like this item that just recently came to my attention via a co-worker of mine. Apparently there, during a debate on CNN, some representative of a right wing … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights | 8 Comments

Throw the Books At Me

Posted on 4/27/2005 by Terrance

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know I’m a pretty avid reader. I usually have one or two books that I’m reading, and one or two more waiting in the wings. However, on the train this … Continue reading →

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A Holy Homo Role?

Posted on 4/26/2005 by Terrance

Chris Geidner has an interesting post up about the Catholic church’s view on the differing roles of men and women, and how it relates to the Church’s view of homosexuality. It’s always been intersting to me that the Church seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Gay Rights, Religion | 5 Comments

MicroSoft Reboots?

Posted on 4/26/2005 by Terrance

It may be a day late and a dollar short, but apparently, MicroSoft is rethinking its recent retreat (publicly and politically, at least) on gay & lesbian equality. Microsoft may re-evaluate whether to support state legislation that would ban discrimination … Continue reading →

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Hammer Time

Posted on 4/26/2005 by Terrance

This is fun.

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MicroSoft & Reed

Posted on 4/26/2005 by Terrance

Need more reasons to make the switch? Try this on for size, MicroSoft climbing into bed with Ralph Reed—conservative lobbyist and former president of the Christian Coalition. AMERICAblog.com has learned that Microsoft is currently paying a $20,000 a month retainer … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights, Tech Stuff | 1 Comment

What, or Who, Was Jeff Doing?

Posted on 4/26/2005 by Terrance

My Gannon-related musings from yestersday evening must have aroused some interest. No, not Gannon’s. A regular reader and commenter pointed me to the latest news on Gannon. According to RawStory, Gannon spent a lot of time at the White House, … Continue reading →

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The Search is Over…Again

Posted on 4/26/2005 by Terrance

There are times when I really, truly, hate being right. This is one of them. It’s hard to take any smug satisfaction in the final report saying there were no WMDs in Iraq. In his final word, the CIA’s top … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, War on Terror | 1 Comment

Wonkette Hit

Posted on 4/25/2005 by Terrance

Yup. My first hit from an “über blogger.” Wonkette. But it’s not on this blog. It’s the “Virginia Family Values” post on DCist, which I crossposted here a bit later. So, I won’t be welcoming Wonkette’s readers to this blog. … Continue reading →

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Sage Spam Wisdom

Posted on 4/25/2005 by Terrance

Who says spam is entirely useless? Occasionaly, you can learn something from it. A single spam comment got trapped in my moderation queue this evening, and it contained the following quote, which I copied before sending the spam into oblivion. … Continue reading →

Posted in ADD/ADHD, Life, Weblogs | 1 Comment