No NYC Big Fat Gay Wedding on Today?…then how about tomorrow?
GLAAD is protesting that the Today Show’s annual summer wedding contest is not allowing gay couples to enter. Isn’t this the same old Rockefeller Plaza three-ring nuptials they have been showcasing since Katie Couric was a flower girl? In New York City, right? Where the bride and groom faithfully hold up that very legal Empire [...]
What You Should Be Watching: Las Aparicio
July 6, 2010 by admin
Filed under Entertainment, TV, What's Featured
I have to preface this review with a muchas gracias to one of my international readers who turned me on to the Mexican telenovela, Las Aparicio. The sexy soap opera chronicles the lives and loves of three generations of extremely strong, successful, and at times flawed, women who share a family tradition of all giving [...]
Rent-a-Friend? Really?
July 5, 2010 by admin
Filed under Life, Musings, What's Featured
I was just beginning to shake off my less than three cups of caffeine morning fog when I heard on the Today show a segment referencing renting a friend. Surely, I must be in some blood sugar stupor of post-Independence barbecue bliss. Really? There is a website where you can rent a friend for the [...]
Eclipse…True Blood on Training Wheels
June 30, 2010 by admin
Filed under Entertainment, Film, Life, Musings
Ok, I admit it. I saw an early screening of Eclipse. I know, I know, I can feel the accusatory fingers of friends pointing in my hypocritical direction, but I must preface this by saying I became involved in a spur of the moment charity event. A friend of mine was having difficulty filling a [...]
Palin Calls on Those With Dike Experience
embedded by Embedded Video In keeping with the June is Pride theme, Sarah Palin is questioning the government’s rejection of those with experience in plugging dikes. Well, Sarah, isn’t that the same question we are asking when demanding the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell”? I know, I couldn’t resist teasing the former Governor of [...]
