Month: June 2005

  • Democrats.org Relaunches

    Democrat website just relaunched with an all-CSS design. Slick.

  • Queer Podcasters

    Check out this sample platter of queer podcasts.

  • Half of Ohio's Black Voters Had Problems on Election Day

     The six-month investigation into Ohio voting has published their report: (via Salon, use Free Pass login) According to the study, half of the state’s African-American voters reported some problems at the polls on Election Day. On average, black voters waited in longer lines than white voters; they were asked to provide identification more often than […]

  • Book Meme

    1. How many books do you own? Probably in the 200 range right now. I purged many college texts a year ago. I don’t trust people that don’t own books. 2. Last book read? Chain of Command by Sy Hersh and  Hegemony or Survival by Chomsky. Light summer reading. 3. Last book purchased? Hmmm… I […]

  • Canada Approves Same-sex Marriage

    Canada approves same-sex marriage Blame Canada! 

  • Viewership Down for Bush's Speech

    (via Republic of T)  President Bush’s 8 p.m. update on the war in  Iraq averaged just 19.13 million total viewers on the big four broadcast networks, ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, according to Nielsen overnights.  That’s down 41 percent from the 32.75 million who watched Bush on the Big Four during a primetime press conference […]

  • Gay Dating Advice

    Today I interviewed Dr. Eric from Gay Dating Advice blog over at gaydatingadvice.com.  His advice on gay dating boils down to: Figure out who you are. Decide what you want. Don’t be a pussy.

  • Scientists Create Zombie Dogs

    Pittsburgh’s Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has developed a technique in which subject’s veins are drained of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt solution. The animals are considered scientifically dead, as they stop breathing and have no heartbeat or brain activity. But three hours later, their blood is replaced and the zombie dogs are […]

  • Hash Cashing

    Experimenting with WP-Hashcash for comment protection on this blog. Moderation is off. Let’s see if this baby works.

  • Chicago Gay Pride Parade 2005

    Here we are! Pictures over at Flickr.