h/t Pam's House Blend

Not so much fun stuff on tap for this weekend.  Ledcat and I are taking my Dad out to celebrate his 66th birthday.  Then we cap off the weekend with more carpet-ripping-up and, just possibly, feng shuing the cat boxes.  Exciting, no? 

Sunday is the Family Diversity Festival at the Center for Creative Play, brought to you by the fine folks at Persad.  If you have kids, wants kids, like kids, are a kid ... check it aht!

Next week, however, there are a few enticing options, especially if you want to whoop up Valentine's Day dyke style. 

You can head over to the Ava Lounge in East Liberty for Operation Sappho monthly queer/lesbo dance party.  The theme this month?  We heart drag.  Three dj's are scheduled to help you groove.  We met one of the hostesses, Sarah Claire, a few weeks ago at an event she organized at the Shadow Lounge.  It all sounds very chic and fun. 

That same night Cupid's Revenge hits Remedy Lounge in Lawrenceville.  This event is for queer women and allies only.  This is part of a monthly Pink Party series. Every time I see that phrase, the pink panther theme starts running through my head.  I just had to say it.

Want some chuckles?  Check out upcoming gigs for the funniest queer-sensible person in Pittsburgh, Gab Bonesso.  She should headline PrideFest.  Really.   She's like a drag queen in Chuck Taylors only with more leg hair.  Really. 

Really.

Still not feeling up to par so very light blogging of late.  Here's a few tidbits that I may explore later:

Today (Weds) is the seventh annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.  See Tony Norman's excellent column on this very important topic.

Former Penn State basketball player Jennifer Harris reached a settlement in her discrimination case against Penn State Coach Rene Portland.  Check out Pam's take on the whole thing.  Do we expect things to be different at Penn State or more of the same brazen "I win games so I can do whatever the hell I want" attitude from Coach Portland?  Hmmm ....

Mars company aired what some are calling homophobic commercials during the Superbowl featuring two men accidently kissing after sharing a Snickers bar.  Homo-disgust ensues.  Apparently, the Snickers website featured two other ads with rather violent self-loathing endings and some virulent "ick" factor responses from heterosexual men.  Parody or homophobic?  The Human Rights Campaign called foul.  Mars defended their attempts to reach out to the 18 to 24 year old demographic. 

Speaking of foul, others are criticizing Prince for his phallic imagery during the Superbowl halftime show.  We saw the show and both sniggered at the imagery which appears to be unintentional or at least ironic. But, heck, I still think Justin Timberlake got off easy for ripping off Janet Jackson's clothing simply because he was the innocent white guy duped by the black vixen.