tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343096132013-05-19T18:22:39.290-04:00Why Oh Why?Trying to make sense of a world gone mad.Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.comBlogger2045125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-39250467967582279412011-01-14T12:48:00.004-05:002011-01-14T12:58:01.288-05:002011-01-14T12:58:01.288-05:00Wish I'd Said That: Hell ExplainedThe following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term. The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet:Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-26969264632443646212011-01-11T16:40:00.003-05:002011-01-11T16:46:30.771-05:002011-01-11T16:46:30.771-05:00Wish I'd Said That: The GlockFrom a Huffington Post article on the surge in sales of Glock semi-automatic guns in Arizona after the killings there.SionShankel writes:Just remember it was not a NRA glock toting member that jumped in and stopped this violence on Sat.It was done by unarmed liberals. And in a state where anyone can have and carry a concealed weapon anywhere...and yet these unarmed liberals saved lives and took Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-86772017112713038162010-12-01T20:09:00.001-05:002010-12-01T20:13:27.221-05:002010-12-01T20:13:27.221-05:00Wish I'd Said That: SocialismAn anonymous commenter posted this on Yahoo! News regarding the GOP's plans to block all bills until the rich are rewarded with an extension of their tax cuts. Snarky and makes the point:(1) If you live in subsidized housing, move. Into the street, if necessary. But not to a shelter. All shelters receive government support one way or another-either getting money directly from the government, Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-16892841782844170782010-10-21T17:02:00.003-04:002010-10-21T17:07:36.275-04:002010-10-21T17:07:36.275-04:00Wish I'd Said That: GodOne of my Mafia Wars buddies on Facebook posted this one: “You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”— Anne LamottWish I'd Said That is a series of posts where I re-publish reader comments to stories around the Internet that I wish I'd made myself.Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-90816027620648832582010-10-11T06:56:00.005-04:002011-06-02T09:56:49.473-04:002011-06-02T09:56:49.473-04:00If I'm Pissy, Blame My Kidney StonesWell, folks, things have been rather quiet here in Why Oh Why? land. I feel like my stories of kidney stones are a broken records and I don't want to bore y'all with my day-to-day struggles. I find the whole thing tedious myself!When last I wrote, back in March, I had just passed two stones and had the results of the one passed in January.A whole lot has happened since then so let me catch you Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-22061226224433126542010-10-09T17:33:00.007-04:002010-10-09T17:54:47.663-04:002010-10-09T17:54:47.663-04:00It Gets Better: Sister UnitySex columnist and frequent MSNBC contributor Dan Savage has started the "It Gets Better Project" on YouTube and Facebook. It is designed to give desperate LGBT students hope. A sort of voice from their future. People recount their own bouts with homophobia, with the message that if you just hang on, life gets better.A couple of my friends have recorded messages. I'm posting this one, tipped Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-8370216661066150442010-09-17T13:51:00.003-04:002010-09-17T13:58:19.638-04:002010-09-17T13:58:19.638-04:00Wish I'd Said That: TeabaggingFrom a Huffington Post article on whether the Tea Party should embrace or eshew socially conservative positions.DallasDon writes:TeaBagging used to refer to one gay man lowering his test_ickles into the mouth of another.......But it's taken the far Rightwing fringe to turn TeaBagging into something silly and disgusting.Wish I'd Said That is a series of posts where I re-publish reader comments to Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-35250049046490897482010-09-04T18:32:00.000-04:002010-09-04T18:33:14.347-04:002010-09-04T18:33:14.347-04:00Saturday Sh!ts & Giggles: Glee Meets Mother LodeGavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-48414421175899649662010-08-24T12:50:00.007-04:002010-09-17T13:58:06.423-04:002010-09-17T13:58:06.423-04:00Wish I'd Said That: Is My Husband Gay?As I cruise the Internet, I always come upon reader comments that I wish I'd made myself. Here's a reply to the "Is My Husband GAY?" article over on parody site Christwire. The bogus article, picked up by The Huffington Post, uses funny stereotypes in an attempt to help women determine if their husband is gay.Here are 10 more ways you can definitely know if your husband is gay:1. A male hooker Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-65965530870887285092010-08-08T14:49:00.003-04:002010-08-08T14:52:40.136-04:002010-08-08T14:52:40.136-04:00Why Can't I Own A Canadian?I think this is an oldie, but worth repeating.In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance.The following response is an open letter to Dr. Laura, written by a U.S. man, and posted on the Internet. It's funny, as well as informative:Dear Dr. Laura:Thank Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-80809651539552243662010-08-07T06:03:00.001-04:002010-08-07T06:03:00.089-04:002010-08-07T06:03:00.089-04:00Saturday Sh!ts & Giggles: A Mad Tea(bagger) PartyGavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-3845479255670455912010-08-06T13:43:00.010-04:002010-08-08T18:37:25.000-04:002010-08-08T18:37:25.000-04:00Review: American IdiotAn assault on the senses.That's my best summary for American Idiot, based on songs and book written by rock band Green Day. A stage-to-rafters media wall is the backdrop, constantly moving with images on televisions built within it and additional graphics projected onto it. If that wasn't enough, strobe lights are used at some points. Given its dominating size, it's hard to ignore. Besides, Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-59042795943888091612010-08-04T12:13:00.000-04:002010-08-04T12:16:13.410-04:002010-08-04T12:16:13.410-04:00Hunk-A-Lot Hump Day: Adam LevineGavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-36015723532793189702010-07-28T05:23:00.001-04:002010-07-28T05:23:00.488-04:002010-07-28T05:23:00.488-04:00Hunk-A-Lot Hump Day: Matthew MorrisonGavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-7668381247430007202010-07-24T05:25:00.000-04:002010-07-24T05:25:00.916-04:002010-07-24T05:25:00.916-04:00Saturday Sh!ts & Giggles: Jock FunI spotted these over at Huffington Post.Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-8252376375251199982010-07-23T07:43:00.002-04:002010-07-23T07:43:00.203-04:002010-07-23T07:43:00.203-04:00SaltBack in April, I posted about some action sequences (see 1:18 mark in the clip) from the Angolina Jolie movie Salt being filmed here in Albany on I-787.The movie opens today.Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-19456481400473395502010-07-21T05:14:00.000-04:002010-07-21T05:14:00.196-04:002010-07-21T05:14:00.196-04:00Hunk-A-Lot Hump Day: Joe ManganielloGavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-88880058543370634092010-07-17T12:06:00.000-04:002010-07-17T12:08:07.147-04:002010-07-17T12:08:07.147-04:00Saturday Sh!ts & Giggles: Star Wars In NYCGavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-8389425989129633852010-07-14T07:07:00.001-04:002010-07-14T07:07:00.871-04:002010-07-14T07:07:00.871-04:00Hunk-A-Lot Hump Day: Hugh DillonGavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-80111971430268078562010-07-08T14:45:00.000-04:002010-07-08T14:47:02.066-04:002010-07-08T14:47:02.066-04:00109˚F (In The Sun) With Oppressive HumidityGavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-89070836400234380602010-07-07T14:06:00.000-04:002010-07-07T14:07:21.705-04:002010-07-07T14:07:21.705-04:00Hunk-A-Lot Hump Day: Chad KimballGavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-69630507117375938842010-07-05T06:48:00.009-04:002010-08-06T13:51:26.702-04:002010-08-06T13:51:26.702-04:00Review: MEMPHIS: A New MusicalMEMPHIS was absolutely fantastic and completely deserving of its 2010 Tony Award for Best Musical. The show also won Tony's for Best Book, Best Score, and Best Orchestration. Female Lead Montego Glover has won Best Actress from the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Chad Kimball was also nominated for Best Actor Tony.Here's a clip from the Tony Awards show as the stars and cast sing Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-79017935176792935612010-07-04T06:51:00.000-04:002010-07-03T19:47:46.099-04:002010-07-03T19:47:46.099-04:00Happy Independence Day!This is my annual repost to wish y'all a Happy Fourth of July. To those that don't see gay men as part of the rich fabric of American society, fuck off.Talk about a pride inspiring piece! The last soaring note gives me goose bumps every time. Makes me want to move to San Diego and join the chorus!In this clip, the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus performed the national anthem at a San Diego Padres Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-24112901963909217252010-07-03T05:06:00.002-04:002010-07-03T16:54:58.541-04:002010-07-03T16:54:58.541-04:00Saturday Sh!ts & Giggles: iPhone 4 vs HTC Evo (NSFW)I'm an Apple guy myself, writing this on a 24" iMac and also have an iBook and iPod. Notice I don't have an iPhone — I just bought a cheap $20 used Sanyo phone for Sprint about a month ago.I find some of the Apple fanatics a little silly. I can't think of anything I'd wait in line for knowing that I'd be able to get the same thing a week later without the hassle and waste of time.Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34309613.post-13962163086924500902010-07-02T14:16:00.001-04:002010-07-02T14:18:18.434-04:002010-07-02T14:18:18.434-04:00Times SquareGavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.com0