saw Bowling for Columbine this evening. very depressing movie. i know not to take everything Michael Moore says at face value, that he tends to exaggerate, but even knowing that and discounting a bit of what he said, it shows a portrait of America that alternates between being sad and disgusting...

met the new family doc (actually, she's an internal medicine doc) today - Dr. Wisler seems nice enough, but i want my old doc back! ugh, insurance sucks ass. anyhoo, she's referring me to Dr. Vidyasagar Tumuluri - a hand surgeon - to see about what to do about this evil carpal tunnel crap.

behold the power of google - never met this guy, but already i know he's Hindu and he's got lots of cash - he's given $50k or more towards a Hindu temple here in Indianapolis...granted, his being a hand surgeon would prolly guarantee the money thing, and the name would give ya a hint that maybe he could possibly be Hindu - still, it's interesting to type in a person's name and see what pops up...

argh - the carpal tunnel's getting worse - wearing the brace and taking the naproxen doesn't seem to provide much relief...guess we'll add this to the list of stuff to talk to the new family doc i'm meeting with on thursday...woo hoo

it's Monochrome Monday!

SODOMY TOUR 2003 - i'll hafta read the whole article when i'm not at work, but just reading the first page reminds me of Michael Moore's "Sodomobile" on The Awful Truth...

hmmmm...Friday is No Pants Day - wonder what the ladies would say if i showed up to the Mutual Friends softball game in my boxers?

heh heh heh, the ones i bought at the outlet mall last weekend would be especially appropriate - Sponge Dog No Pants!!

You Should Wear Boxers! Boxers are a good choice for you. They are always funny, and they keep your genitalia hidden from view. Find out which No Pants Day outfit YOU should wear! No Pants Day is May 2nd, 2003. To find out more about No Pants Day, visit www.NoPantsDay.com

dammit, christy got voted off survivor tonite - argh! i was rooting for her - she's a hottie!

Cool! Penguin Warehouse! I'm gonna get me one and name him Opus!

Jesus H Christ - Talk of brainstorming 'may offend epileptics' - ummm, no it doesn't. ya know what? i'm epileptic and i can brainstorm with the best of 'em! i've NEVER associated the word brainstorm with anything to do with my seizures, and i suspect i'm in the majority there...like the article says, i'd be more irked if someone asked me if the term offended me...

the followup discussion on fark was amusing as well - all the requisite epileptic jokes, of course:

Q: What do you call an epileptic holding a glass of milk?
A: A milkshake.
Q: What do you call an epileptic in your bathtub?
A: A jacuzzi.
Q: What do you call an epileptic in your garden?
A: A seizure salad.
Q: What's the ultimate doom for a leper?
A: An epileptic fit.
Q: What's the difference between a corn farmer with epilepsy and a blonde with diarrhea?
A: One shucks between fits.
Q: What do you call a stoned epileptic?
A: Shake 'N Bake

since Queer As Folk's been such a hit on Showtime, now they're gonna try it with the lesbos - The L Word (previously titled Earthlings) is set to premiere in January...

Still time to do some Target shopping - it's J Lo & Ben's Wedding Registry!

He wears name tag to make world a better place - i hafta agree with Scott, nametags are a good thing. i bring em to mutual friends events that i coordinate, primarily cuz i'm MUCH more likely to remember your name if i see it written down - just a brain thing, i guess. but i think it also makes ya seem more open to meeting people - always good for the shy gals out there...

useless trivia time: During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman’s middle finger is reduced.

hrmmm.....

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go to http://www.edwinek.com/txtgrfshow.php to find yours or the DNA of other sites you frequent...

Hispanics changing the culture of the city - interesting article. seems particularly relevant to me these days - personally i LIKE diversity, learning about new and different cultures, yet i find the people around me still stick to racist, dumb hick ideas...

a woman at the flower power cookout yesterday made a STUPID comment about "grass" yesterday - she said not to use that word around the mexicans, because they'll assume you're talking about the stuff you smoke, not the stuff you mow. excuse me?!?!? what was even worse, she said this with maggie sitting right across from her. maggie is hispanic. she handled it very well, speaking to whatsherface in espanol and making it pretty obvious that she didn't appreciate her comment. maggie made a good point when we talked about it later - in this town, it's usually the mexicans doing the lawn care. not only was it a rascist stereotype, it was one that had no basis in reality.

and then there's work. apparently there's a large hispanic population in nashville tennessee as well, because we publish a special insert in our version of the trader down there - it's all in spanish. my boss made a comment once about "morally objecting" to working on it, because if they come to our country, they should speak our language. never mind the fact that we all speak english and not native american.

one argument i've heard before is that the u.s. is the Melting Pot - if they're gonna come here, they should assimilate completely with how we live, speaking our language and such. what a crock. i don't think the melting pot means everyone should melt completely - ya lose lots of flavor when that happens.

today was the Mutual Friends Flower Power Cookout - great weather for it too! sunny and 70 degrees - a couple hundred queers invading Eagle Creek Park, having hamburgers and hot dogs and playing tug o' war and just chillin. i wish Indy Pride could be more like this, where it's not all about buying and selling stuff (tho there was a little of that goin on today) and more of a place to take the kids - today's picnic had dozens of kids - and doggies too! some of the stuff ya see at the so-called pride celebrations is definitely not for the kids to see. and i understand there's a time and place for that, i just wish we could have more family oriented stuff out there - in both senses of the word family.

to maximize my hooky-playing from work (okay, it wasn't really hooky, since i had previously arranged to be off work and took paid time off for it) i also went to see Chicago this evening with Maggie - pretty good movie...long in parts, but i liked it MUCH better than Moulin Rouge - still don't understand why everybody liked that one soooo much...

now i can't get Catherine Zeta-Jones outta my head - she keeps singing "and all that jazz" over and over - not the whole "all that jazz" song, just those 4 words...."and all that jazz"..."and all that jazz"..."and all that jazz"..."and all that jazz"...

and queen latifah just needs to come out once and for all and be my love slave - hubba hubba! that woman can eat crackers in my bed any time!

even more collectible than those iraqi playing card decks, here's a deck for the U.S. governing regime...it cracks me up that Shrub is only the four of clubs...

bummer - i lost rob cockerham's ebay auction - coulda had me a Briefcase of Diamonds!!

Man with 5 calves in Toyota Camry jailed - no, the guy doesn't have three extra legs, the man had FIVE BABY COWS in his 1996 TOYOTA CAMRY! i've owned a couple of toyotas in my lifetime, and yeah, you do seem to be able to get LOTS of stuff in em, but 5 COWS?!?!? and why would ya take a toyota camry to a livestock auction with intentions of buying?!?!?

Quote of the day, from prankster Jim Moran, courtesy of The Museum of Hoaxes (the book i'm currently reading):

"It's a sad day for American capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over Central Park."