One Last Thing...

I have one last thing to say about losing my job:

Can anyone out there recommend a good breakfast whiskey?

News 7/31/10

(Today in public domain wedding photography: Ron and Nancy Reagan slicin' up the nup' cake, Toluca Lake California, March 4th 1952.)

• Chelsea Clinton heterosexually marries a person of the opposite sex in Upstate New York. Madeleine Albright catches bouquet, squeals with glee. Congrats.

• Male Argentinian couple celebrates 27 years together by marrying under that nation's new equality law. Catholic Church still being a bunch of dicks about it.

• Speaking of dicks: Senator John Cornyn (who opposes marriage equality and the repeal of DADT) will speak at the next gathering of Log Cabin Republicans.

• Study shows gay teens in gay relationships experience higher self esteem and lower internalized homophobia. Isn't that nice?

• (PS to the screaming hordes who can't get enough of The Flaming Chef: Guess who's unemployed again? Sometimes you just can't stop people from flushing diamonds down the toilet. I prefer to look on the bright side: This means I have more time to write ...and drink heavily.)

News 7/22/10

(Today in mustaches and Edwardian attire: David Lloyd George in 1908, Chancellor of the Exchequer and future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.)

• Kosovo independence upheld by International Court of Justice. Russia, China and Spain not happy.

• All--around fabulous guy Desmond Tutu announces retirement. I'll drink a toast to Tutu tonight, won't you do the same?

• House votes today on Senate unemployment extension. President expected to sign. Christian Science Monitor answers some frequently asked questions, or FAQ's to you young 'uns.

• Queers get consultative status at United Nations. President Obama describes the victory as bringing "the United Nations (...) closer to the ideals on which it was founded, and to values of inclusion and equality to which the United States is deeply committed." Isn't that nice?

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...)

• Senate fails to pass unemployment extension.

• Dick Cheney in hospital after 37th heart attack.

• "Totally, all nude" internet domain suffix in the works.

• EU Human Rights Court rejects marriage equality.

• You can still vote today for me, me me. Best wishes to all the other bloggers and everyone at Freedom to Marry.

Job Market Looking Up!

I've been searching for work for over 2 years now and it's been grim.

But, every once in a while, I see a job posting on Craigslist that gives me hope for the future, such is this little nugget from this morning:

"We are currently seeking individuals to be interviewed via the phone about how they would survive a zombie outbreak."

Then they go and ruin the whole thing with those two, horrid words:

"...no pay."

Oh well, I guess I'll just keep looking.

(The fabulous Tor Johnson from Edward D. Wood Jr.'s magnum opus "Plan 9 From Outer Space.")

(Confidential to Loops and Forks: "Boris Karloff does not deserve to smell my sh*t!")