JamesSavik

Oh how quickly they forget... Remember the Cure? Boys Don't Cry, High, Lovesong... Rush wrote a song called Afterimage about the loss of a friend to AIDS. A number of mainstream bands have written songs that are supportive and/or gay friendly in their lyrics or tone. I refuse to listen to "gay-only" muzak. If its good I'll listen. If its crap, I won't jump on the bandwagon simply because it is "gay music".

I am an INTJ. Usually I dismiss this stuff as a soft-science goo but a couple of things that really stood out: INTJs are known as the "Systems Builders" of the types, perhaps in part because they possess the unusual trait combination of imagination and reliability. In the broadest terms, what INTJs "do" tends to be what they "know". Typical INTJ career choices are in the sciences and engineering.. many INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals; for instance, they tend to have little patience and less understanding of such things as small talk and flirtation (which most types consider half the fun of a relationship). Here's where it gets dicey: Other INTJs: Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense General Colin Powell, US Secretary of State Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California Does this mean I'm supposed to be an: a) asshole, republican or c) republican asshole?

NASA's Messenger (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) probe made its first fly-by of Mercury today and over the next few months will settle into orbit for an extended study of the planet. Messenger is the first probe to visit Mercury since Mariner 10 back in 1975. Because of its position in the solar system, Mercury is very unique planet. Constantly seared by heat and radiation from the sun, the chemistry of Mercury has been skewed. All of the volitile elements like oxygen, hydrogen have been cooked away. The ordinary compounds like silicates and oxides can't form causing a very different high energy chemistry. All that is left of Mercury over the eons is a cinder of heavy elements and minerals formed at very high temperatures. Of all the planets, Mercury is 2nd in density only to the earth. It has no atmosphere but alpha particles (helium nuclei) are easily detected. This is a marker of radioactive decay from heavy elements like uranium or thorium or radioactive isotopes of less exotic elements. If we could ever figure out how to mine Mercury, it would probably be a mineralogical treasure house. Mercury is heavily cratered and sports a giant crater that covers almost 1/3 of the planet and nearly blew the planet apart. In the days to come we should see some cool photos of the roasted planet.

Great. Wonderful. First a virus, now a bacteria. What's next? A fungus with a fetish for show tunes?

I dig it but have to have help from a British friend for translations.

Is that Harry & Ron and where is Harry's wand for Ron to have such a big smile? { Of course I'm kidding. No offense intended to these two English hotties }

Jack Nicholson will always be the Joker.

It all depends- mostly on how badly stung you were and whether or not you were the dumper or dump-ee. For the dumper, about 20 seconds. You knew it was over and were ready to move on. For the dump-ee it'll take some time longer- especially if it was completely out of the blue or you were cheated on. Betrayal is a scar that won't go away overnight.

A youthful indiscretion perhaps?

Once upon a time movies were original. Many were adaptations of novels, short stories or plays. Sadly- times have changed. Many of todays movies are regurgitations of successful movies of yesterday. This Christmas season, there were four BIG movies that were re-writes in part or in total. The one that did the best, Will Smith's I Am Legend was a post-apocalyptic horror story, re-did Charlton Heston's Omega Man of the seventies which was in turn based on a novel. Wil Smith's version of the movie is a rare exception where the rewrite surpasses the original. Another type of movie is the franchise. These are series of movies like Star Wars, Star Trek, Bond movies, the Aliens movies, etc. Franchise movies have a built in fan base and will make lots of money whether or not it sucks. This Christmas season's franchise movie was Aliens Vs Predatator Requiem and it stank up the big screen. Predatators are BAD. Aliens are BAD. Put them together and you should have a winner right? Wrong. Requiem was the right name for this movie: it may be the funeral of the franchise. When one does Sci-fi, for it to work there are two elements that come into play: suspension of disbelief and a logical plot. One depends on the viewer and the other is a function of the writer. Requiem was a tense, bloody gore-fest that ended with the nuking of thousands of people, aliens and one predator. It left me wishing that I had just bought the comic book. More types of movies: Movie of the Weak: low-budget, made for TV movie which is a waste of consciousness the first time. Independent Film: low-budget, weird piece of shite that sucks and there is no one to blame since it is independent. B Movie; short for BARF movie. 50s and 60s were the height of this low. Cult Classic Movies which have 50 fans nation-wide and no one else gives a shite about. B & W movie: Barf and Wretch movies: gross, bloody and horrifying eg. Nightmare on Elm Street

In my humble opinion, if you need to take a college course to know how to be gay, then you are probably a breeder. Besides lots of us had moved on to advanced studies by junior high.

First of all let me say how much I worship French Canadians. How is it possible to be so cute and have such a sexy accent? Now. On to the question. NO! There is no such thing as gay music. Music is asexual and can not, by definition, be attracted to the same sex. There is music that gay people like better than music for and about breeders. I personally like Stone Temple Pilots, Pink Floyd, Green Day, Metallica. That doesn't make any of that music gay. I can't stand Duran, Duran, Boy George or Toni Basil. Although they are gay musicians, their music isn't so much gay as it is wretched.

It's inevitable I suppose. When a boy is born, he is expected to be heterosexual. From our earliest years, we are raised with and by heterosexuals. Go to school with them. Play with them. Have friends of family that are heterosexual. It's no wonder that occassionally we might fall in love with one. Sometimes, usually in early adolesence, a gay kid may actually have a physical relationship with a str8 friend (more factually, a bisexual leaning str8). Sometimes even later in their teen years boys who are predominatly heterosexual may have a relationship with a gay person. In my experience, these relationships are quite emotional and tender. The bisexual partner would never consider having sex with another man. These relationships may have a strong sexual component, there is much more to it than hormones. Str8 males often have difficulty showing their softer, more vulnerable sides. If they find a gay person that they trust and feel safe with, it can be a beautiful and positive thing. On the other hand, some men are simply pigs and want oral sex any way they can get it. They don't mind using a gay person to get it. These guys are usually at least mildly abusive to some extent and relationships like this will cost you more in self esteem than they are worth. Then there are the str8s that won't cross over. They will break your heart. It niether bad or necessairly self destructive to love them. Just keep their love in the context of a brother or cousin. Resist the urge to fool around with them when they are drunk. Such liasions can cause big problems later and give str8 guys big time complexes.

It's hard to beat a Norse accent (Norway, Sweeden, Denmark) for a sexy accent. Shame on you for forgetting to list them. Accents from some American Indian tribes are quite sexy. The German accent is kinda scary- they can say good morning but it sounds so harsh, he could also be saying run away from my BMW panzer like a dog! The English and Aussie accents can be very sexy depending on who is speaking of course.

Q: What was the last thing to go through Pakistani oppisition leader Benazir Bhutto's mind when she was killed by a suicide bomber? A: Her hubcaps. A man was riding in the back of his limousine when he saw a man eating grass by the roadside. He ordered his driver to stop and he got out to investigate. "Why are you eating grass?" he asked the man. "I don't have any money for food," the poor man replied. "Oh, please come to my house!" "But sir, I have a wife and four children..." "Bring them along!" the rich man said. They all climbed into the limo. Once underway, the poor fellow said, "Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us in." The rich man replied, "No, you don't understand. The grass at my house is over three feet tall!" Two frat boys on a weekend fishing cruise are blown way out to sea and their boat is crippled. They are stuck out there for days and run out of food and water. After a week of being stranded out there, a friendly Genie comes by and grants the two frat brothers 1 wish. Instantly one of the guys said, "I wish this ocean was really beer." POOF. Done. The Genie disapeers. His frat brother looks at him in disgust and says, "I guess you know that now we're going to have to piss in the boat."

The Scrolls of Icaria is an Awesomedude.com exclusive but certianly not the only good reason to look up that site.

I don't know NJ. Anyone that wins at this level has an agenda so bland that the oldest old fart in the rest home can stomach it. That's not the kind of medicine that the country needs at the moment. If we're to survive the economic collapse that is coming, we're going to have to take some very bitter medicine and the American people are too dumb and too spoiled to vote for it. They voters don't want to hear the truth- they will vote for the canidates that say what they want to hear. The US economy is designed to run on cheap oil and without some voodoo economics, which the republicans are very good at, we simply can't last without major economic consequences with oil at (or over) $100/barrel. Don't believe me? Have you noticed that everything costs more and the economic indicators dismiss inflation?

I think that some people may be intimidated by the number of authors, some of them quite well known, that actually post here. It takes a good bit of confidence to post your thoughts in the midst of Comicality, Graeme, Dom Luka, et al with out being afraid of appearing dumb.

Head to head, the US can't stand on the same field as Canada. For health care, human rights, progressive vision, a population that understands and supports the value of diversity and dismisses religious fanatics and bigotry: Canada has it all over the US. This is one match the US had better sleaze its way out of of they'll be reminded what an embarrassment that they really are: the spoiled wretched weak children of strong parents who deserved better: trading freedom for fear, looting the wealth of generations yet to come and allowing the nation to slip into a neo-feudalism that is in fact no better than the third-world warlords that we can't defeat with state of the art firepower. Now the 2008 election is upon us and what wretched excuses for humanity do the two parties offer us? Queen Hillery? Obama? Huckleberry hound- the Nazi dog from Arkansas who would have sent us all to concentration camps? John "I crashed my plane" McCain? Fred "Law & Order" Thomas? Pardon my French but Jesus! These clowns couldn't come up with a single working brain if both parties worked together. We have traded the voting booth for a suicide machine. It is time to move. The bloated caucus of America is dying of dementia and it's time to get out before the whole shit house collapses upon us.

Head to head, the US can't stand on the same field as Canada. For health care, human rights, progressive vision, a population that understands and supports the value of diversity and dismisses religious fanatics: Canada has it all over the US. this post is leaning political so see my blog entry for more ranting.

Bring me back some baklava. No wait, some loukoumia. How about some Loukomades? Argh... just have fun and eat yourself into a warm, sunny Mediterranean stupor. The great part is that most Greek food really is good for you. James

Check out the HP laptops at HP.com. They have a configuration program which lets you put together the system that you want and see how much is costs.

Don't count on an SEC team to be a pushover in a bowl game. Even poor ole Mississippi State won their bowl game... granted, it was the Tidy Bowl.

I too agree. A civil union may be a compromise and not exactly what we want but it is way better than a smack in the face with a frozen fish [nothing]. There has been an attitude of all or nothing in the gay rights movement leadership that has, more often than not, left us with nothing. There is a saying in American football: never take points off the board. Those "points" are hard to get and you never know when or if you are going to get anymore of them.

I think I can make it!