Saturday night Aaron and I were seriously overbooked with commitments to three parties. It’s always feast or famine in my social life and my apologies go out to George for missing out on his housewarming party in Brooklyn Heights. After dropping in at PR guru David Orchard’s 40th birthday bash at the HK Lounge, we attended the going away party …

“Dear colleagues at the Capitol Resource Institute, “I am a firm supporter of freedom of speech, and therefore I support yours, even if it in direct contrast with my own. However, we all use the media and the internet to spread our message: and with no hubris intended, I advise you — if you continue your efforts, we will BURY …

There’s a movement afoot among those wacky San Franciscans to rename a local sewage plant in “honor” of George W. Bush. Looking to honor the forty-third President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, the recently formed Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is looking to change the name of the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility. It seems the …

After last week’s “Slushgate” revelation that her office had been funneling millions in city funds into sham organizations, openly lesbian New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is now facing calls for her resignation. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn burned up the phone lines over the weekend, trying to calm an uprising by rank-and-file Council members infuriated by the financial …

WingNutDaily is claiming that pro-gay hackers have repeatedly crashed the site of Capitol Resource Family Impact, which is working to reverse California’s anti-bullying law, SB777. Staff members for a prominent pro-family organization that has been key to the battle against California’s mandated homosexual indoctrination programs for public schools are working off-site while an investigation is conducted into threats that someone …

Health insurance companies are adopting a new pricing model which forces people taking expensive medications to pay up to 33% of the cost, rather than the typically low co-pay. With the new pricing system, insurers abandoned the traditional arrangement that has patients pay a fixed amount, like $10, $20 or $30 for a prescription, no matter what the drug’s actual …

Bill Richardson has explained his decision to endorse Barack Obama, saying that the Clinton campaign’s clumsy efforts to woo him to their side “really ticked me off.” Before he endorsed Barack Obama, before he drew the wrath of the Clintons and was likened to Judas, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson nearly endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton for president. But Richardson hesitated, …

Yesterday afternoon, after a nice brunch down in the Bowery with Little David and visiting Chicago blogger Jake and his humpy fiancé, we wandered up to Union Square and ran into an anti-Olympics protest. I walked around to take pictures of the protesters with their signs, but aside from the woman below (I think she’s a nun), most didn’t want …

Embiggens nicely.

Hundreds of sadly self-deluded people attended an “ex-gay” conference near San Jose, California this weekend. A traveling national conference billed as an event “to provide help for those struggling – and those whose loved ones struggle – with unwanted same-sex attractions,” drew about 700 people to a Mountain View church on Saturday. The gathering at the evangelical Christian church, Abundant …

Download Me by Italian techno duo XP8 should kickstart your week quite nicely. From their bio on LastFM: XP8 is Marco Visconti and Marko Resurreccion. The band, started in 2001 as a trio including previous singer Paul Toohill and based in Rome, Italy , composes an airy blend of EBM, electronica, techno and trance, bringing their various visions and talents …

We are fully sprunged today in NYC and the Upper East Side is bustling with people in shorts. Not much of a winter, was it? Just a few days of meager snow and a couple of bitterly cold weekends. Meh. The little girls up the block have got their lemonade stand back in business, raising money for “Bring A Baby …

Ten seconds after I change the pillowcase, she’s back on it. This is why I wake up with a mouth full of hair every morning. Just like at Lazy Bear.

After nosing around on some techie forums, I’ve learned that the Red Lasso videos I’ve been embedding have been causing a lot of sites to lock up. Therefore, I’ve removed those videos and reduced the numbers of days’ posts on the main page from ten to five. JMG should load for you now in 10 seconds or less*. Heh. “Load.” …

Well, this is a suh-weet way to end the week! Speaking to the annual Log Cabin Republicans convention in San Diego, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said that if the current initiative to ban gay marriage in California makes it to the November ballot, he will fight against its passage. Gay journalist Rex Wockner quotes Schwarzenegger as saying: “Well, first of all, …

On the Boycott Absolut site they are linking to the Americans For Legal Immigration who say: History was made today when American made SKYY Vodka sent out a press release proudly supporting the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and criticizing Absolut for their offensive advertising in Mexico. “This is the first time we have ever seen an American brand stand up, …

The American Family Association, fresh off their Ford boycott, is now turning their guns on the gay and straight porn that Marriott Hotels offers on its pay-per-view system. The AFA, based in Tupelo, said 47 “pro-family leaders” have signed a letter asking chain’s chief executive, J.W. Marriott Jr., for a meeting to discuss their concerns. Marriott was told that stopping …

[ABOVE: San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders (left) with Log Cabin Republicans President Patrick Sammon. Photo by Rex Wockner.] Gay journalist Rex Wockner attended the Log Cabin Republicans’ annual convention in San Diego yesterday, where Mayor Jerry Sanders gave the welcoming remarks. (You may recall Sanders’ very moving change of heart on gay marriage last year.) Wockner spoke with LCR President …

Bears and chubby chasers have a new reason to watch baseball. The Manatees are the Florida Marlins’ new 16-man “plus size” cheerleading troupe. FIFTEEN men auditioned. Fifteen made the cut. Few could tell an eight-count from a pivot turn, but no matter: Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for the Manatees, Major League Baseball’s first all-male, plus-size dance troupe. When …