Tag Archives: Open Thread Thursday

What’s delicious? Share your personal specialties and recipes.

Tuesday’s blog swarm prompted many of you to suggest that calling one’s own representatives personally would be more effective than “lobbying readers to lobby the HRC to lobby the president to lobby Congress about DADT,” as one reader put it. I don’t disagree, but participated mostly because I was so curious as to how the HRC would react to such …

Suggested by a reader in this post, tells us if, where, and how you do volunteer work. Let us know if your volunteerism is part of a corporate or church project. Are you able to use any of your professional skills when you volunteer? Or is it physical labor, like working in a soup kitchen or delivering meals?

I’m really looking forward to the coming PBS series which traces the family trees of celebrities. According to the promos, there will be lots of surprises. How well do you know your own family’s history? Would you consider DNA genetic testing to find out exactly where your ancestors came from?

So. Feel better?

What are you reading and how do you read it?

Good news only. We can use some.

When I was in Orlando last week, as always I was impressed with the airport. Easy access, close to town, beautiful terminal, cool monorails to the four airsides, loads of shops to kill time. For the 11th busiest airport in the country, it’s quite a marvel. What’s your favorite airport? What’s your least? Mine is JFK, hands down.

New Year’s resolutions? Anyone?

I did some long overdue housekeeping on my blogroll last week, taking out a few dead sites and a dozen others that haven’t been updated in several months. Newly added are some great sites that I recommend you check out.New Civil Rights Movement – By David Badash, a NYC-based activist and the creator of the Great Nationwide Kiss-In. LGBT news, …

Where are you spending the holidays?

Is it time to completely abandon state-level activism and focus all of our energy and resources on the federal government?

Tell us about your favorite bar, club, nightspot. What makes it special for you? The music, the crowd, the location?

Thanksgiving is just two weeks away. Probably more than any other holiday, this is the one where gay folks juggle celebrations/obligations between their gay families and their bio families. Tell us how you handle this. Do you alternate years, as I used to? Do you do one and not the other? Or do you get everybody into one room?

What’s delicious? Foodies and cooks, tell us about your latest favorites.

Have you ever done drag? Even just for Halloween?

Six months ago I asked, “How’s the recession treating you?” If you believe some of the talking heads, the economy has turned around a bit of late. Are you buying that? Has your personal situation improved or worsened in the last six months? How about your outlook?

If you went, tell us about your experience at the National Equality March.

So. What’s everybody doing this weekend?

My beloved Farmboyz are heading out to San Francisco a week ahead of me this weekend. I was about to spend a couple of hours writing them a long list of must-sees, but since it’s been almost nine years since I left, I decided to throw it over to you guys. Key words: art galleries, architecture, staircases, indie theater, and …