NaBlogPoMo: The End Is Nigh

NaBlogPoMo: The End Is Nigh

Today is the final day of my month long odyssey, National Blog Post Month. My goal was to post every day for the month of January. Success! It is great to meet a goal. Energizing, even?

Manager of Bar Where Alleged Queer Bashing Happened Needs to Talk With Police, Not Survivors

This caught my eye in a City Paper blog post about the recent alleged queer bashing at Margaritaville on the South Side. At least one other in the group suffered minor injuries and an employee of the bar was also injured but not hospitalized, according to Brad Rizzo, the bar’s manager, according to PLCB records. […]

NaBloPoMo: Ben Franklin

NaBloPoMo: Ben Franklin

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Benjamin Franklin said, “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” Do you agree or disagree? Second to last day in my month long journey. NaBloPoMo is up for February (love and sex) but I am going to take a break in part due to having some other tasks that need my attention […]

CALL TO ACTION!! Help Bring Equality to the BSA!!!

You may have heard the exciting news that the Boy Scouts of America is considering lifting the National LGBT ban!! Finally! Well where there is equality, there are hate groups. They are spewing their hate all over the BSA! But, you can help! The BSA has set up a hotline to hear ALL opinions on […]

NaBloPoMo: It Sucks Up My Energy When You Don’t Believe Me

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 What reoccurring thought uses up a lot of your mental energy? This theme ties very nicely into an ongoing discussion I’ve been having on Facebook about being gay bashed. THAT is a thought which consumes a lot of my mental energy. Not in an obsessive think about it with anxiety every […]

NaBloPoMo: Oh My … Almost Didn’t Make It Edition

Wow … such a busy day that I haven’t had time to post. Today, Ledcat and I went to the South Side to participate in the rally in response to recent incidents of violence against LGBTQ women at a local bar. More on that tomorrow. It is a great example of where you get energy […]

NaBloPoMo: Inspiration

NaBloPoMo: Inspiration

This video crawled into my Facebook feed today and it felt like a good fit with NaBloPoMo. Arthur’s energy came not just from the yoga he practiced, but from the people who believed in him.

NaBloPoMo: Energy in #SNOMGPGH

That’s Snow My God Pgh. Today, winter came to Pittsburgh for a weekend. It is cold and snowy. So we planned ahead – tonight’s activities feature eating potato chips and watching Season Two of Downton Abbey on DVDs from Netflix. In bed … seriously, I’m not just saying that. 🙂  So a fun hashtag that […]

NBA Star Kenneth Faried “No One Can Tell Me I Can’t Have Two Mothers, Because I Really Do”

This is pretty amazing. It is so real and sincere and simple. He credits their love for each other for making him the man he is today. Faried is a forward with the Denver Nuggets. Colorado is in the middle of passing it’s civil unions legislation right now after tough loses the past few years. This is […]

NaBloPoMo: Heat

I am grateful for heat. Have you ever lived without heat? Or been forced to keep it so low that you have to turn to other forms of warmth?  My furnace died in the winter of 2004 while I had pneumonia. My cousin came to fix it – about 8 hours passed with no heat. […]