Cayman Dancehall April 2008

So it's not ok for two people of the same sex to kiss in the Cayman Islands but it's ok for two (or more) people of the opposite sex to simulate intercourse in public??? Fast-forward the video about 2 or 3 minutes and you'll see some shocking behaviour by these young men and women (the young lady in the white pants, in particular. Her mama would be mortified if she saw this video!).

Can a Morehouse College Man be Openly Gay?

This is not a very well-written piece but it does touch an interesting topic. Click HERE for the full story.

Eco-Friendly Wines For Under $25 and Organic Beers

Hey, now we can get drunk AND save the planet! : )

Click HERE to see the eco-friendly wines

Click HERE to see the organic beers

To find out what makes a wine "eco-friendly" click HERE.

Gay black political group forms

A new political group for LGBTQ African Americans named the Bayard Rustin LGBTQ Coalition has been formed by Co-Chairs Robert W. Williams III (left) and Andrea Shorter. Membership costs $25 a year and is open to anyone, however, only African American members have the right to vote.
To join or for more information, call Shorter at (415) 786-7779 or Williams at (510) 272-2965. Here's the link to the story: http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=2990

Pat Buchanan on Hardball

I try not to use the word "hate" very often...but I really hate that Pat Buchanan...

see this clip on YouTube with Pat Buchanan on Chris Matthew's Hardball:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlxvJ30Jduc

Beauty at all costs?

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/celebrity-plastic-surgery-what-not-to-do/?WT.mc_id=HL-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M042-OP-0408-HDR&WT.mc_ev=click&mkt=HL-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M042-OP-0408-HDR

Manufactured beauty isn't beautiful. As is attested in this article on "What not to do during cosmetic surgery". My boss said something interesting last week that he attributed to Sir Richard Dahl: Die young at the highest possible age. To me this is about living as fully as you can, treating yourself as well as you can, loving yourself and others as well as you can. And not wasting time on creating illusions.

Take a look at the celebrity slide show on "How celebrities are aging". It's entertaining (and in some cases, scary). http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23359042/from/ET/

And on an unrelated note, read more on Clinton's inelegance:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/opinion/10herbert.html?ex=1211256000&en=1c5fe340a5e46bb3&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Virtual Persona

Was talking to a dance buddy last weekend about an experience she had last Saturday night. She met friends in an upscale coffee shop in the early evening. Everyone there was hooked up to a laptop and/or an MP3 player. They were also mostly alone. She and her friends were the only ones there to enjoy face-to-face contact. She said it was sad to see so many people not engaged in "real connections".

As I sit here in my bed next to Pamela, tapping on my laptop I wonder: What are we seeking with our online interactions? Who are we when we're veiled by our fiber optic cloak? Why are our electronic personas trumping our flesh personas?

And on a completely unrelated note, see this site for some fun faux shizzle (alcohol-free drink) recipes: http://www.sheckys.com/Boston/nightlife/faux_shizzle_non_45_alcoholic_drinks_5489.asp