Afternoon Edition - 10/21/05

Insecure About Security
Frank Ulerio, a 23-year old screener for the Transportation Security Administration at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, helped himself to $80,000 while he inspected a passenger’s bag on October 7. The passenger was headed from NYC to Pakistan and noticed the cash missing when his flight landed. Now Ulerio faces up to 15 years in prison for grand larceny and possession of stolen property. When he was arrested on the job this Wednesday, Ulerio was carrying $18,000 in cash; although he has admitted to authorities he only stole $60,000.

Doggie Style
The neighbors of Ubaldo Vasquez Huizar, 39, were disgusted to see him sleeping nude in the dog house, but were even more disturbed when they witnessed him sexually assaulting the family dog, Mayra the Rottweiler. When detectives visited Huizar to inform him that he needed to register as a sex offender for a previous offense – Huizar was charged for exposing himself to an 11-year old girl – they were told of Huizar’s assault on the dog. Now Huizar is being charged with two counts of sexual assault on an animal. He also has a $10,000 outstanding drug warrant – go figure! Huizar was booked at the West Valley Detention Center in California. Other neighbors reported seeing Huizar dancing in his yard wearing a woman’s bra and panties prior to this incident.

Gayducation
The University of Iowa is adding a new course to the classes offered in January – Introduction to Queer Studies. Developed by Dr. Warren Blumenfeld and Kathy Hickok the course will explore issues like announcing your gay and coming out. Other universities presently have queer studies as a major and the University of Iowa hopes to build the queer curriculum to also include a queer major. The school already offers Global Queer Cinema as a course.

Long Story Short
Frankie H. is dead. Doctors at North General Hospital say Frankie died at approximately 2 a.m. yesterday of liver and kidney failure. The memorial service has not been announced. Tonight (well, tomorrow morning) at 1 a.m., Logo will re-run the first episode of Noah’s Arc. It’s worth watching folks, so please take a peek. I want us to really discuss the series as it progresses. Who’s that boy? A curious interaction has taken place of late. An odd flirting ritual led to a fellow male rider finally speaking this morning. We spent about 10 minutes smiling and chatting-it-up before I dashed-in to the office, my heart racing a mile a minute. What’s with the butterflies? My aunt Hena is out of the hospital and is recovering at home after suffering a massive stroke over a week ago. She is in a wheelchair and presently has one side paralyzed. My Life As A Man…. That’s what I’ve chosen to name my first novel. I will begin the framework this weekend. The novel will include pieces (ideas) from the G in E Flat short story and the basic storyline behind my failed One Bad Apple attempt last year. Keep your fingers crossed.

On Blast
The vagina is supposed to be a thing of beauty – okay, give me a minute to keep my lunch down here – outside of cleanliness, is there any reason to trim hair in that region? Do men and lesbians really prefer a bare or manicured vagina? Women: Do you feel sexier in a natural state or with your coochie manicured?

Keep passin’ the open windows…