Saturday, June 26, 2010

News 6/26/10


(Little Donny Rumsfeld, Gerry Ford and Smilin' Dick Cheney whooping it up in the Oval Office in 1975. Good times, good times...)





Friday, June 25, 2010

News 6/25/10







Thursday, June 24, 2010

Flaming Chef Not Make Fire!?

Caveman start by taking meat from big, cold box.


Try make fire:


Wrap veggies in foil:


Put everything out on grill:


Where fire go? Caveman frown, scratch head.

Take all inside. Cook on stove:


Masculine prowess damaged.

Dinner yummy.


Beat chest with fist!

News 6/24/10


(Pink Puddin')


  • "We should stop offering band-aids to students because it encourages them to cut themselves." Massachusetts school district offers condoms to any student who asks. Usual suspects indignant.



  • Race and ethnicity important in coming out dynamic. CNN discusses.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Flaming Chef Going Down in Flames!



Oh My God Flamers! I'm in fourth place with with only three days to go.

Fourth place out of THREE. That means I need every last vote I can muster to pull out a victory in the final hours.

Go vote again for The Flaming Chef (Jason Zenobia). Not once, not twice, but once every 24 hours until and including the 25th. I owe you all a drink when this is over.

Tell your friends! Keep voting once every 24 hours.

Don't let Mamie Eisenhower down!

News 6/23/10


(Today in Sweet, sweet happiness: Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous photograph which originally appeared in Life Magazine. Is it wrong of me to love her sensible shoes?)




  • Edith Shain (The nurse in Eisenstaedt's famous picture) has died in Los Angeles at age 91. BBC News quotes her description of VJ Day in New York: "And this guy grabbed me and we kissed, and then I turned one way and he turned the other." Bon Voyage Edith...


  • President Obama touts small but significant progress on gay rights at White House Reception. The Family Equality Council is grateful, but points out we still have a long way to go.


Check out some new features here at The Flaming Chef. Yes, over there in the side bar, near the top! Now you can check out all the RECIPES, and TRUE STORIES with a minimum of fuss. Isn't that handy? Special thanks to Maripoza (now I really owe you a tiara!).

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

News 6/22/10


(Today in hair, makeup, clothing, opera gloves, cocktails and astonishing attitude: Bette Davis as Margot Channing. "That's me just an old kazoo and some sparklers.")




  • Only five days left to vote for The Flaming Chef (Jason Zenobia). Thanks to all of you who have already voted in the Freedom to Marry Blog 4 Equality contest! Go vote again for The Flaming Chef (Jason Zenobia). Not once, not twice, but once every 24 hours until and including the 25th.

Monday, June 21, 2010

News 6/21/10



(2010 Pride NW Grand Marshall, the ever glamorous Darcelle XV.)


  • Jaroslaw Kaczynski, conservative twin of his late brother to run for Presidency of Poland. (Is it wrong of me to have the Patty Duke, "Identical Cousins" song running through my head now?)

  • BBC News has a lovely photo spread of Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge. Those kooky Brits...



  • I am overwhelmed with all the wonderful messages of support I've gotten from old friends and people I've never met. You're all so damn beautiful! *Kisses* Thanks to all of you who have already voted in the Freedom to Marry Blog 4 Equality contest! Go vote again for The Flaming Chef (Jason Zenobia). Not once, not twice, but once every 24 hours until and including the 25th.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

New 6/20/10

(Oh, the horror...)

  • Hideous photographs of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer used to terrify immigrants ruled "too ghastly" by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Her Honor, the Governor has also been ordered to find a good moisturizer for "constitutional reasons." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) 

  •  Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has the courage to look at the Gulf spill and say what no one else has the courage to say: "Everything's fine!"


  • Here in Portland, Oregon it's Pride Day and Father's Day. We always do it that way here in PDX, how about where you live?