Friday, February 03, 2006

Morning Edition - 2/3/06

Great Scott! The Straight-Line Tour
The King family announced that the body of Coretta Scott King will be viewed at the Georgia Capital Rotunda on Saturday, followed by a viewing at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on Monday – King’s church - and finally at New Birth Missionary Baptist church on Tuesday, where the youngest daughter Bernice is a minister. The final resting place for Coretta has not been disclosed, but insiders say she would likely be buried at the South-View Cemetery in Atlanta. South-View was founded by former slaves in 1886 and once had the body of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. before it was moved to a crypt at the King Center near Ebenezer Baptist Church. The family requested that all donations be made in Coretta’s name to Antioch College in Ohio where she graduated.

Maroon Tonight; An End of An Era
Tonight an intimate group of Freakin’ Rican aka Annette R.’s friends will join her at Maroon for a dinner celebrating the end of her thirties. Freakin’ turned 39. Reservations are for 7 p.m. Scheduled to join are Carmen C. and partner; Juana E.; Krissy, Caspar and myself. A great mix of partygoers to send-off the thirties with flavor!

Long Story Short
Sara R. celebrated her 31st birthday yesterday and Evelyn C. celebrates her 39th tomorrow. Happy birthday to both! Superbowl party on Sunday… boys get ready to rumble, then get ready to tumble… it’s that kind-of party. It’s a boyz-only party, so leave the wifey at home! LOL.

On Blast
Thank you; Now Shut Up! Gays in the U.S. military must still maintain the greatest covert operation in their private lives. Is it fair to fight and die for your country and not be openly gay in the military? Are our military policies regarding sexual orientation out-dated and unnecessary? Would the acceptance of openly gay men/women in the military threaten military operations? What’s the T.?

Keep passin’ the open windows…

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Men (meaning men and women) will become lovers of themselves instead of lovers of God. We should be living life according to God and not ourselves. The bible is our manual shouldnt we respect it but most importantly follow it? Shouldnt we try and live our lives accordingly. Everything has a manual and so does the way we are suppose to live. Think about it people. I know we are not perfect, but shouldnt we try to live as though we are or at least try? Would it be too much of a sacrifice? What will be our explanation to God?

Unknown said...

Several other countries – the UK, Israel and even Canada – allow openly gay men and women in their military and have reported no disruption in their ranks. Moreover, it’s silly to say to someone, we’ll accept you as part of the team, as long as you never mention being gay. Gays have shared living quarters and intimate space with their straight counterparts since birth – school showers, dorm rooms, even room mate situations – and are accustomed to seeing and dealing with naked bodies. It’s as though we’ve been conditioned to place a sexual context to a naked body when appropriate. If you placed a straight man in a woman’s locker room from birth and conditioned him to respect his environment he would eventually become desensitized to the environment – the same applies to gays. Just Me…You must be really HOT shyt if 80% of the gay men you come across have watering mouths when looking at you. I suspect your statistics are a bit skewed by delusions of grandeur or wishful thinking. The truth is, there are pervs in the straight and gay arenas and unfortunately gay pervs have better access to the object of their attention when visiting gyms, etc. As a gay man who has yet to have his mouth water fantasizing about some inaccessible straight man, I suggest doing what I do at the gym – work out; use a towel when removing your underwear; wear that towel when returning to your locker from the shower; put on your underwear with the towel still around your waist; get dressed and get the f*ck out. Maybe if you spend less time trying to tease the men around you and waiting for their “mouth-watering-reactions” you may find that it’s not as common place as you so carefully examined.

Unknown said...

The cruising and gawking certainly does happen in the gym locker and shower areas, but in my experience it tends to be the same “pressed” and desperate pervs doing it. I (and most my other gay brethren) prefer to hit the gym to make our bodies “hang-out” ready, rather than attempting to catch a cheap glance in a locker room. Just Me… I’ll need to have an interpreter relay what you said, but I assure you that running into me in the locker room would be the highlight of your day. It’s also my experience that straight men do plenty of looking themselves, since it’s a perfect way to gauge their own size and appearance. Do me a favor, explain… what the heck is “strange fruit” hanging from the “locker trees”? My biggest suggestion to all gay (open & closeted) military personnel would be to withdraw from the armed forces until open equality is reached. This way we can realize the true impact and contribution of gays in the military.

Unknown said...

Touche'....
true dat!
I'm only black by injection! LOL
Have a good weekend you freak. :)

Anonymous said...

i just don't get your ignorance "just me". couldn't we just, for once, have an intelligent discourse with out it being about you.?

Anonymous said...

love you caspar608...