'N Sync Soldiers

Cute and funny, nice combination...

Buttercup Marines

Too funny!

Free Huggers vs. Capitalist Huggers

I was going to post about today's unnerving reminder of 9/11 in NYC, but methinks what Allahpundit euphemistically calls a "palate cleanser" is far better after a long, hard day at the office:



While I really have no problems with the Free Hugs Campaign, this prank really made me laugh. The fact that he made $36.00 at this was hilarious!

Capitalist Hugger: "You're really messing up my business here."

Free Hugger: "It's NOT a business!"

ROFL!

Recommended Reading

I've finally finished reading Prayers for Bobby. This is the true story of Bobby Griffith a young gay man whose inability to reconcile his sexuality and the fundamentalist religious tradition in which he was raised, led him to take his own life.

A very sad and poignant tale. Sad for obvious reasons but also poignant in the story of his mother's redemption of sorts: the arduous and painful journy to overcome the rigid beliefs she held that helped drive Bobby to take his own life. This book is about her story as well as Bobby's. I can't do this book enough justice in describing it but I do highly recommend it.

Also check out the movie that was based upon this book and stars Sigourney Weaver.

Backstreet Army Boys

Guess the Alaska wilderness makes one a bit stir crazy. The lack of shirts is nice though...

Bea Arthur dead at 86.

Stereotypes be damned: I did enjoy The Golden Girls, in which the incomparable Bea Arthur played a great role.

Thanks for the memories, Bea. R.I.P.

Methinks that the late Ms. Arthur would get a kick out of this musical homage to The Golden Girls, so here's "In My Eyes" by Pistol Youth:

Gay Marriage = Religious Freedom?

I know that this has been floating around the web for a couple of weeks now, but it's a good rebuttal to the outright lies being put out by religious right groups about same-sex marriage:



h/t - Waking Up Now