Game On!

A viddle on a balcony and we're ready to go

Devil in Hades

Jack Induced

Father and Reagan are ready for the parade!

Peace and Love

I lit a candle for my friends across the globe at The Cathedral of St. Louis, King of France. Health and happiness to you all.

Mango Mango

Shout out to Mango from Bourbon St.

W

I do love the 10 cent lunch Martinis at the restaurant AND our room has a view!

Happy Halloween from New Orleans!

We are waiting outside our hotel for Karen & Craig! It is a little after 10 and past time for our breakfast cocktails! People are already walking the streets drunk and in costume. Yes RJ, we've already seen a man part...clearly A fake nude, but an enormous third leg a swinging! The city may still be in recovery, but the quarter is the same old thong and dance!

HHR Recap

It was too cold and my pictures from Tuesday night have much to be desired. This video from NBC4 captures the essence of the event. The best part starts at :30 where a giant drunken? queen tumbles to ground face first. This was, of course, the only piece of the clip actually shown on the evening news. Enjoy.

I like rusty spoons.

I enjoyed Cambell Brown's utilization of the "Obamamercial" term on her recap after the event. The Mango stopped by to watch with us and we agreed that it was a finely crafted commercial. I was marginally creeped out by the Oval Office style shots that I hope don't bring any bad vibes for my Barack. I already heard frightened right wingers refering to it as presumptive. From what I've seen, we are anything but presumptive and will campaign with vigor till the last minute.

For a lighter note, Mango turned me on to Salad Fingers. If you aren't familiar with them, you should definitely click over and take a quick look. It is SFW.

Thanks to Boston Steamer for the graphic above. It was originally posted at The Slog.

An Extra Hour!

I was thrilled to find out Daylight Savings time ends this Sunday. This means we get a 25 hour drinking day in New Orleans instead of only 24. I have enough trouble knowing when to quit when nobody locks the door and yells, "Last Call." This will be just what we need to deepen the madness!

Looking forward to the Krewe of Boo Halloween Parade this Friday. It will certainly be a weekend where our minds won't be on the election! If we decide to go low key, our hotel is having Scary Movie Night in the courtyard. Doubting we'll make that event, but fun to know it is there.

Now if I can just get through two more work days! Have a great Wednesday peeps!

Dirty Republicans #2

I agree the Acorn issues are disturbing. However, those PAID canvassers were trying to get more money by providing falsified registrations. Does anyone really think "Johnny's Chicken Shack" would show up to vote and would get past the poll-workers? Acorn pro-actively identified questionable voter registration forms when they had suspicion of fraud. In the end, it is unlikely that anyone's intention was to create "fake" votes. If any fraud was intended, it is unreasonable to tie it back to Obama.

Apparently in Virginia, the Republicans are scared and are trying to confuse voters by telling Democrats they have to vote on November 5 instead of the 4th to ease the load on local electoral precincts. This WOULD impact the results of the election. I'm not so closed minded to think McCain printed these, but it does show there is malicious intent by dirty Republicans. I always encourage EVERYONE to vote. This is crappy, dirty, and expected.

Thanks to joemygod for posting this fake flier!

Now, as I mentioned, I want everyone to vote. This video from CNN delivers the message:

HHR Reminder

I am not talking about the utilitarian Chevy HHR kids...it is time for DC's own 17th Street High Heel Races!

Hope to see you there tonight! The festivities start at 6 and most places say the race is at 7 (Today's Express p.25) but I'm not 100% certain of the time since other places still say 9 PM. Make it an evening of crazy crowds and ridiculous people watching. I plan to!

Election Day Lockdown

Children - Watch this clip. It is very important NOT to choose lockdown on Election Day. Obama needs all of our votes. Even if you are voting for McSink our country, I want you to vote too. It is our right, our privilege, and our duty as citizens of this fine country.

We are not the enemy

My friend, Kevin, sent me this link to a photo blog of LGBT people facing harmful legislation in CA, AZ, AK, & FL. Take a moment to check out WeAreNotTheEnemy and you may even want to submit a picture of your own! Let's see if they post this one from our 10 year anniversary party. I know it is so Anti-American to be in a long term relationship; it undoubtedly threatens the fabric of our society.

Don't Hate

Braids eyeballs falling out the head after 3 hrs of Mimosa drinking at the Beacon!

Solid as Barack

According to a Chicago Tribune blog, Amy Poehler had her son yesterday. Archie Arnett was born healthy and happy. Last night's show (watched via DVR this morning due to my extended recovery time from Friday night) was not nearly as exciting without Fey & Pohler. This was the best clip and I imagine you will agree it isn't fabulous. I did, however, like the Obama Variety show tagline, "Solid as Barack." Cute.

Time to prepare for Sunday Funday brunch!

Cast your vote today!

Please click here and vote for my friend, Maggie. She is #113. It only takes a second but you have to use a real email address to validate the vote. Thank you!

It was a good night!

Don't judge for getting the Taco Bell at 11 AM...The District has needs too.

Solly knows what upish

Men against palin 2

Non Partisan Drinking

I took this picture with Elizabeth. She is an Obama supporter, but purchased this doll for her McCain supporter friend, Jane Doe, who would not identify herself or agree to be photographed. This Shows i love all peoples and dont judge, but i do vote.

Big Girl Drinkin at The Fox

Despair

Poletics

Obama is taking time off to visit his ailing grandmother so I thought I'd take a break from Politics as well.  Today, it's all about the Poletics!  I believe Baby H may need to own one of these.  If you can't live without one, head over to cafepress.com and customize some textiles of your own!

Happy Friday!  We have St. Louis peeps flying in today...stay tuned for details of an undoubtedly fun weekend.

80s for Obama

Chimney Fall Mike, Cat, and I are rockin' out at an 80s dance party benefit for Obama! McCain can have his cowboy music, we got the Wild Wild West spinning up in Be Bar! Of course the secondary and equally compelling reason I came was to see Box in his tight white Be Bar uniform. He's so dreamy! GO OBAMA!

Dirty Republicans

The Republican party should be ashamed of their dirty campaign. Check out this mailer that positions the word "Terrorist" on the outside and has Obama on the inside and says, "Not Who You Think He Is." I don't know why I am so fired up about it; I had very low expectations for the Republicans and John McCain to begin with. I just didn't know they'd position themselves as such nasty racists.

He's So Smart!

Thankfully, McCain didn't waste his time with a Political Science degree from Columbia or even attempt to graduate magna cum laude from Harvard Law. I mean, those two degrees don't show any intelligence or initiative. In fact, such education barely even relates to running a country. Can Obama even shoot a gun?

Despite all the other information out there, at least we know McCain is really smart too. He graduated #894 out of 899 graduates at the Naval Academy. Yes, that's 5th from the bottom of his class. I guess that's why, "John McCain has an 18-percentage-point lead among rural voters over Barack Obama, according to a recent AP-GfK survey," according to story by Ann Sanner. They can relate to him and they can shoot a gun.

Watch this brief video to find out if McCain is a Mac or a PC guy...

No Marriage For You!

Sarah Palin let us know early on that she "tolerated" people with different views than her own and insinuated this included the "diverse" groups of friends she keeps.

Today, CBS News' Scott Conroy wrote an article about her interview with David Brody where she said, "...I have voted along with the vast majority of Alaskans who had the opportunity to vote to amend our Constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman. I wish on a federal level that that's where we would go because I don't support gay marriage" While McCain has made it clear he does NOT want a constitutional amendment to define marriage this way, we would be one heartbeat away from a president that clearly wants to discriminate against us.

I imagine by diverse, Palin means that some of her friend's sheets are from Wal-Mart while others are from K-Mart. All white, of course.

Too Freakin' Far

This news story is fuxed up my friends. I found it at Boy Culture. You have to watch the entire thing. While the ghost of Obama hanging by a noose from a tree is completely incomprehensible, I am most disturbed by the clip showing the McCain mannequin in KKK garb chasing the Obama mannequin. Yeah...exactly. We have to keep these people out of the office.

SNL - RapPalin

Timmy and I just finished watching SNL. I do love the DVR that allows us to play at night and watch our shows during the day. Kudos to Palin for being a good sport! The opening skits were ok, but the closing skit rocked the house. Here it is from NBC's website.

What's wrong with this pic?

Or right? There might be Oreo treats for snacky time on the bar at Ulah tonight! Fun times with the peeps!

Happy Birthday Frank

We stumbled into Pat Troy's Irish Pub where nearly the entire place is filled with birthday party participants. We thought it a bit odd when they announced the birthday boy wasn't here. We giggled a bit until they then announced he died a few weeks ago. I like their spirit and their loyalty. I'm about to have more whiskey in his honor.

Edit: For a little explanation, we were in Old Town after discovering the Rustico Restaurant sponsored "Octoberfest" we intended to go to was just a parking lot with a bunch of kids and long lines. It was a treat to listen to Pat Troy, 36 year host of the Irish Radio show on WUST 1120 AM. He spoke for about 45 minutes about Frank, the birthday boy and deceased friend. Dags, Mary, & Cynthia thought it was inappropriate for me to wonder whether or not we'd be offered cake. As you can see, I was right to think they'd want us to participate in their party!

Doing Time

Ms. Mexico is celebrating 3 yrs. at the p-rat this weekend!

Sarah Palin to appear on SNL

Friends - Set your DVR for Saturday night! The biological Sarah Palin will be on SNL according to today's story on CNN.

They haven't yet confirmed whether or not Tina Fey will also appear. Either way, I can not wait to see what she does in her desperate efforts for attention and votes.

Joe, The Illegal?

I am sure you've heard by now...Neither Joe, nor his employer, are legally licensed in their county. To make it worse, this big successful plumbing company he wants to buy...has only 2 employees. The State of Ohio says Joe owes back taxes. Check out a full article here.

Interesting...guess we shouldn't trust people who voted for McCain in the Republican Primary to tell the WHOLE truth. I'm just sorry he's representing OSU with that sweatshirt. I'm sure he didn't actually go there and is just a poser for that too.

Leanne wins the debate!

...or was that Project Runway? I actually watched the debate first and PR via DVR. There was no need to watch the debate follow up because I assumed Joe, The Plumber, would be all they talk about. I guess McCain wanted to get our minds off of Joe Six Pack? I guess he doesn't realize that Jay, The Voter, doesn't relate to these Joes.

Can I get 2 seconds?

PBS has an online poll posted asking if Sarah Palin is qualified. Apparently the right wing knew about this in advance and are flooding the voting with YES votes. It shows them tied right now... YUCK!

The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up by mainstream media. It can influence undecided voters in swing states. Please do two things -- takes 2 seconds.


1) Click on link and vote yourself. Here's the link: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

2) Then send this to every single Obama-Biden voter you know, and
urge them to vote and pass it on. The last thing we need is PBS saying their viewers think Sarah Palin is qualified.

Big Girls Blouse

Nice brace aint it? Why am i watching tv? I should be up in the bed sleeping

Sable Coat

Standing next to my friend Sable and her girls makes me look and feel petite!

Somewhere Else

Only here can one find a drag queen and a Nascar hood sharing the same stage. Sable drug us here.

Vote for Bubba!

I guess he dropped the 'a'

Mansion Development

The deck is coming along nicely! It needs more railing before baby H comes

Save Me

Well...I am home. Sometimes I wish I had a big old bottle of Clairol to hide these roots.

Adams Street

Fun times in Akron

The good oral Dr

Did i mention that all those drinks were 8.50?

Leaving the rental Ford Focus at Bubbas: good

Drinking shots with friends and getting flirted with like an 18 yr old frat boy in a sorority at Square: good

Stripper with his pants down to his ankles, peeing in a beer bottle at Adams Street where you met your first boyfriend in 1995: bad

2 beers for Friends new and old and a premium vodka cocktail fr me: priceless

Angel Falls

I finished work around 3 PM and headed to the Angel Falls Coffee Company in the faggy Highland Square neighborhood of Akron. I have no idea how long Bubba or Jeffrey will be working and I have some reports to put together from this week's work. I assumed free wi-fi and a few cups of Joe would get me through the afternoon. I didn't realize what I'd see.

First, the windows are glass block. Odd that you can't look outside from a coffee shoppe. Second, the people are very interesting:

• A couple of Elderly Women nearly pushed my laptop off the table as they leaned over it to check out the artwork on the wall. They apologized and started a conversation about the colorful art of children.
• A man sits across from me with giant headphones, thick plastic square glasses, and an old school CD carrying case the size of a factory lunchbox. I guess no iPod for him? He's wearing a striped hooded Mexican poncho and feverishly writing in a notebook with his left hand. His Revolutionary War style military hat is cracking me up. I'd be marginally frightened if he approached me too quickly with that pen clenched in his fist.
• I had to sneak a phone pic of Victor (The man pictured above.) While he doesn't resemble Victor in the face, his body, his mannerisms, etc. are dead on. He jumps up and runs in and out of the coffee shoppe every few minutes like a schizophrenic three year old. The kicker...he doesn't have a laptop, but he brought his 24" iMac desktop and set it up at a table. He also has his ipod plugged in, a full keyboard, and is putering away. There is more than one way to skin a cat.
• Speaking of cats, the Men's bathroom is decoupaged and painted with a seascape. On one wall is a carved turtle with a cat riding on its back. The cat's collar says, "Killer." Odd.

Time to go. My new friend, Todd, from Square, just rolled through and sat down to join me. I love chatting up new friends! Have a great Friday.

What Day It Be?

It be the day for The Mango & The Jayhawk to start blogging! I am confident their writing will not disappoint. Check it out. I am particularly fond of their date widget (pictured above.) I first saw this concept on the Human Clock which is a real treat if you have mindless time to kill! Welcome to blogland friends!

Off to Cleveland

Cleveland Rocks. Well, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame does, but I won't be going there. After a full day in the office, I head to Cleveland tonight for work on Thursday and Friday. Hoping to get some time in with Whitney on Saturday, but she'll let me know. Ugh.

How about my pal Obama! You know, "That One." While the debate wasn't earth shattering, I continue to place him clearly as the winner in this format, despite McCain's alleged expertise in doing the town halls. I know which train I'll be on and this time it won't be a train wreck.

That train link will take you over to Knee Deep In Mud. Once again I am frightened by his post. Not the train one, the previous about his weekend, which once again resembles mine (or vice versa.) I rarely go downtown; this weekend I was there several times playing tourist with Rene, doing AIDSWalk, chasing theatre, etc. I also saw the Turkish Festival and avoided it. I also randomly decided to go to the National Portrait Gallery in Chinatown, (aka China Block.) It is in my top two DC Museums (American History is the other and it opens back up next month!)

I didn't go to Rosa Mexicana for Margaritas, but I was across the street at La Tasca for Sangria. Random. I also decided to walk since it was a nice day and passed the 'Bring your pet to church' sign at Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes. I was also going to blog about this, but Rita Jean assured me it was a completely ordinary occurance to have a pet blessing in a church? At least this time I blogged about some of these things first so it doesn't appear that I am stalking him. I mean, despite the fact we have mutual friends, I've only met him once in real life. Yes, that was on a Friday, the Thirteenth. Hmmm.

Lost & found

We had a lovely lunch and dropped Rene off for his Bolt Bus. Rita Jean and Cynthia found what they were looking for in Chinatown.

Townhouse

Delicious treats from the county. My sitter may need sat

Rounda World

Stillgoing and Nancy Pellegrino been drinking from the water

We love Kevin

It wasnt meant to be. We were told 915 G St. We got to NW early and had time to have a drink...so we did. Then the addy led us to the library. We took a cab to 915 G St NE. After cabbie dropped us we realized it wasn't a theatre. Took this pic to prove we tried. Now we'll try to find the H St bars. Always an adventure on Sunday Funday!

Sarah Palin Washington INSIDER

She said she was a Washington outsider, but I found her Chevy Cavalier up in the Target parking garage.

Sunday Funday!

Fantastic!

Town Discoboutiquewhatthefuckever

Rita's never had to wait in her life for anything, but tonight she might have had to wake us up and wait, but we made it to the late show!