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Prince Harry's Six Pack

Prince Harry certainly bulked up while he was in Afghanistan!

Just look at those abs!

do you ever?

I read a lot of blogs and online journals on a pretty regular basis.

Sometimes I just want to write a comment on a post but I stop myself.

I want to tell the blogger that they are a self absorbed wanker.

But I don't, it's not nice.

But I wish I would, maybe that would make it a bit more fun.

But I am already a big enough bitch and a big pile of contradictions.

Free LCD TV

just a few weeks to go...

Some eye candy to start the week

I have had a pretty full on weekend, building a roof on our downstairs balcony and painting the spare room and was pretty exhausted from all that.

Today has been a really full on day, a new staff member started and I have been battling a really complex project too. I think I have a handle on it finally!

I am pretty damn whacked and am looking forward to watching the grammy awards and being excited for a friend, one of his artists won a Grammy now how cool is that!

Not too bad for an old fart

DNA magazine is promoting their next party at IVY and yours truly is the image they are using to promote the party.

Not too bad for an old fart I say :)

http://www.dnamagazine.com.au/articles/news.asp?news_id=11251

Some GWIP goodness for Friday TGIF!

And Now we wait

After 12 days of the trial the Perry vs Swharzanegger trial has now closed for the time being and we must wait 30 days for final closing statements and for the judge to raise questions.

You can read the live blog of the trial here: http://prop8trialtracker.com/

How has it gone?

What will be the outcome?

The Plaintiffs have made a good case, they have managed to embarrass and ridicule the defendants witnesses quite well.

But at the end of the day it will all come down to the law and nothing else.

Has our side proven that Gays and Lesbians are a suspect class (minority) that requires protection under the Constitution? Have they proven that the ban on same sex marriage was done only through prejudice and animus?

Other than the judge and what he thinks it's anyone's guess.

So now we wait and we should all use our blogs, facebook and twitter accounts to promote the trial and promote equality.

Have you ever wondered...

Have you ever wondered just how much money has been spent by people arguing to deny equal rights to Gays and Lesbians?

Over the last twenty or so years of court cases, grass root campaigns, mainstream press advertising and lobbying tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars must have been spent trying to deny a simple equality for same sex couples.

It defies belief that such a simple civil right can generate such hatred and opposition amongst so many people that they feel compelled to make this the focus of their lives.

Just imagine if all that money was instead used for something really worthwhile, let's say if the Mormon Church spent the money on helping third world nations get better access to clean drinking water.

With Hawaii about to legalize Civil Unions for same sex couples (a 20 year battle) and the Proposition Trial in California I just can't fathom the money that is spent to discriminate, and most of it either based on lies and fallacy like William Tam's idiotic statements and beliefs.

It just really really pisses me off.

It's all a wedge issue to keep the right wing in power and money

This quote amused me from the Proposition Trial Tracker website:

But that’s not how the opposition is thinking. See, I don’t think they really believe most of the garbage that they’re spewing out. The right-wing movement to pass Prop 8 — and other anti-gay amendments — are really part of a strategy to keep right-wing conservatives in power. There’s lotsa money to be made keeping the masses distracted by cultural, wedge issues — and to dredge up homophobia and malice against the “other” (in this case, gays) helps propel them politically. These folks have money to burn — where else do you think the National Organization for Marriage gets their money from, and how it just comes out of nowhere?

When it all comes down to it the reason the right wing is so vehemently anti-gay is nothing more than a way to rally support and power.

Look at the inclusion of McCain's Wife and daughter in the NO8t campaign, a republican presidential nominees one wife and daughter support same sex marriage but he doesn't?

The right wing sprouts the Kool Aid and expect people to believe it but they don't actually believe it themselves.

They are playing with our lives and our rights as just a way to keep their power base.

Sure there are lots and lots and lots of people who do believe the hateful things they say, but much of this is based on what the Church and anti-gay community / political leaders say.

I once had a client who point blank told me that she would not let her children be photographed for a children's clothing catalogue because she didn't want gay guys drooling over her young kids.

That old baseless link between pedophilia and homosexuality, it's stupid and insulting

The more I read the more I am horrified

I read two articles recently that the Catholic Church had authored.

The first in an attempt to force Hawaii to NOT provide civil unions for same sex couples and the second why homosexuals should not be allowed to adopt children.

Both of the articles got my stomach crawling and reminded me just how bigoted and hopelessly outdated the Catholic Church is.

In the first article the ridiculous argument yet again that marriage is about procreation and raising children.

The second article stating it is not good for a child in a same sex family, again going against ALL properly peer reviewed studies which have found there is no difference.

But my favorite two gems in the second article were the statement that homosexuals should practice celibacy (yeah right with all of those kiddy fiddlers in the Catholic Church - which incidentally is suggested to be caused by their struggles with chastity) and the second statement which makes me so mad:

it would be wrong to ignore the possibility that a particular homosexual couple wishes to adopt children for the perverse purpose of using them for child pornography, sexual abuse or prostitution.

Yep that ridiculous and proven wrong statement that gay guys (or women) are kiddy fiddlers.

You just have to ask yourself how in this day and age such totally baseless statements are accepted as fact.

When you think about it the Church and other opponents of same sex marriage and same sex equality in general are using baseless scare tactics appealing to the masses who hold deeply held distrust of the gay community.

We lack as a gay community a normalized visibility yeah sure some parts of the community are visible, but quite often it's the extremes. You know like the OTT campness of Elton John or the stereotype of Will and Grace.

Rather than just the normalized visibility of gay couples getting on with their lives, buying houses, working etc.

I strongly believe that if the Catholic Church wants to be involved in political debate like this they then forgo their Tax Free Exemption status.

There is supposed to be such as thing as separation of state and church, but I guess since the Catholic Church has so much political power no political party could ever rescind their tax free status.

A conundrum

With all the hoopla over the Perry vs Schwarzangger trial in California an interesting situation has been encountered in Oakland.

A board member of a city owned theatre is due to be reappointed for another three year term.

Problem is he was one of the singularly largest donors for Proposition 8, donating a whopping $25,000 to the cause of denying same sex marriage rights.

Should he be reinstated or should he lose his role on the board?

Legally he has done nothing wrong, he donated money to a public cause, but this public cause is potentially unconstitutional and serves only to take away rights of the citizens.

It's a hard call really, Oakland has an anti discrimination policy that outlaws discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Whilst technically supporting proposition 8 does not legally discriminate.

It's a moral issue though.

As one commenter on the article said

He would not even be considered for the board if he advocated revoking some of the civil rights of African Americans or Jews.

By supporting a campaign against the rights of gay people he has violated the community standards of the Bay Area

I must admit I agree, since this is a publicly appointed position and his donation goes against the values and expectations of the community then he should not be reinstated

What do you think?

My mind is elsewhere...

Even though it's barely past the middle of January, tomorrow will be the end of the third week back at work.

It's been both slow and busy the last three months, slow because a lot of clients have still been on holidays and or not really doing much.

Busy because we have some large projects which are ongoing that have taken up a huge amount of my time and focus.

But I am finding my mind wandering to this resort.

The Hualalai Four Seasons Kona on the big Island of Hawaii.

We went there a couple of years ago and I have to say that all in all it is the best resort I have ever been to, it shits all over Hayman Island which we have been to several times.

Everything is just so perfectly done and the setting and service is just superb.

I could really do with a week away in a place like this lazing around the pool, reading, swimming and eating.

Unfortunately there are no major holiday plans for us this year, we are tightening our belts to pay more of the mortgage off as quickly as we can and certainly reigning in our spending habits of massive holidays past.

The last time we stayed in Hawaii it was a work related 'holiday' so someone else paid the almost $1000 USD a night not us.

Maybe a board meeting of my company needs to happen in Hawaii...

Some eye candy for a Tuesday

It's a Tuesday and I am already up and at em working reading emails from overnight and planning the day.

Some very cute eye candy from GWIP to start the day!

My First Soft Coral

Over the weekend I purchased my first soft coral for my aquarium, a cute little number in the picture.

I wanted something that looks kind of like an anemone, but without the ability the wander around the tank.

It's a curious little bugger, it seems to be 'exploring' it's surroundings quite vigorously indeed!

I wanted to get get a pair of black clownfish but the store didn't have any pairs and I was not keen on getting two that may not pair well.

So that's on the cards for next weekend instead.

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Monday, February 08, 2010

Prince Harry's Six Pack

Thursday, February 04, 2010

do you ever?

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Free LCD TV

just a few weeks to go...

Monday, February 01, 2010

Some eye candy to start the week

Friday, January 29, 2010

Not too bad for an old fart

Some GWIP goodness for Friday TGIF!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

And Now we wait

Monday, January 25, 2010

Have you ever wondered...

Friday, January 22, 2010

It's all a wedge issue to keep the right wing in power and money

Thursday, January 21, 2010

The more I read the more I am horrified

A conundrum

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

My mind is elsewhere...

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Some eye candy for a Tuesday

Monday, January 18, 2010

My First Soft Coral

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