Morning News 4/23/10

Horrible, Yuck and Oops. Oil rig sinks in the Gulf of Mexico.  11 missing, terrible mess.

UK Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg continues to be player in upcoming elections.

Well wouldn't you? SEC officials surfin' for porn during financial crisis.  I know I was.

I was hopin' for Moose and fearing it would be Jughead.  "Meet the Hot New Guy!" Archie comics introduces its first gay character.  Apparently, Kevin Keller is just going to "drop by" Riverdale for a short stint. I'm still hoping that Moose can be convinced. Whadya think readers? Is Moose just eating to fill the void?

(Jughead and Moose are the creation of John L. Goldwater and are wholly owned by Archie Comics.)

Morning News 4/02/10

Just Kidding! Or is it April Fool's? Secretary of the Army John McHugh said that gay soldiers he spoke to about being gay under DADT may actually be fired for talking with him openly about their sexuality.

Congratulations! Texas grants lesbian couple the state's first gay divorce. Seriously, best wishes to the separating couple and their young son. Sorry you have to fight so hard for something that most everyone else does without getting the feds involved.

Naive, irritating and shallow analysis from (gasp!) a philosophy major from Princeton about how we shouldn't queer the census. Quick aside to Brendan: Your statement, "LGBT persons are already counted, just not as LGBT persons..." is probably the funniest thing I've ever read. Really, I think I peed a little when I got to that.

Dark v. Milk Chocolate debate on Facebook has so far yielded: 3 prefer Milk, 2 prefer Dark and one person thinks that each type of chocolate has its proper place. I think I'll set up an informal poll here and see if we can get a more statistically significant result.

Perhaps we can combine the Chef's love of chocolate and shirtless/naked men in a future poll?

(Photo of Dark Chocolate Truffle from Oswego Tea.)