Posted in I Just Found Out, What I Hate on Oct 22nd, 2007
Once again, I’m underwhelmed by celebrities who make half-hearted attempts at showing the GLB community how open-minded they are without actually doing anything about it. The newest incident comes from J. K. Rowling, as she outs Dumbledore as gay.
Posted in America America, What I Hate on Sep 23rd, 2007
Nothing annoys me more than hearing a straight person say, “that’s so gay.” Erm, ok, that’s a lie. A lot of things annoy me more. But this one really does annoy the hell out of me.
And yes, there is a double-standard here. Gay people can say derogatory things about themselves in an effort to […]
Posted in America America, Politics, What I Hate on Sep 3rd, 2007
The Washington Post has a great op/ed article that positions the Larry Craig hoopla with the esteemed senator’s stance on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the military:
Poor Larry Craig. He’s being held to the same standard of sexual conduct he imposed on the U.S. armed forces.
Fourteen years ago, in his first term as […]
Posted in Bad Days, What I Hate on Aug 16th, 2007
Am I right in thinking that $6 for window washer fluid is a total scam?
Here’s what happened: my 2004 VW Passat broke down a few weeks ago. I have no idea what the problem was, but it had something to do with “coils.” I asked them to do my 50,000 mile service, as well. […]
Posted in America America, Religion, What I Hate on Aug 12th, 2007
In the musical Rent, there is a scene where two friends of “Angel,” the cross-dressing gay man who died of AIDS, go to a church to find a place to hold his funeral. As they are turned away by the priest, the audience is meant to understand that there is a vast group of people […]
Posted in America America, Tech, What I Hate on Jul 25th, 2007
I have, up until this point, been an avid fan of Alltel “America’s largest wireless network.”
Posted in What I Hate, Work on Jul 19th, 2007
I am, admittedly, one bull-headed sonofabitch. I get it from my father, who rarely ever changed his mind about anything when I was a child. (He has mellowed with age, fortunately.) On top of this stubbornness, I also have a massive entitlement complex. I don’t know whether this was caused by being spoiled as a […]
