http://tawdrytalk.com The Online Home of Paul Brown, Founder of the Fraternal Order of Cyber-Amish, bon vivant, massage therapist, and all-around good guy! Culture reviews, Interviews, Music, Silliness, all from a bear perspective. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:01:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Fraternal Order of Cyber Amish believe that marriage is for any two or more adults who wish to enter into it.  They can be straight, gay, bisexual, whatever.  They must be adults and capable of entering into a contract.  The role of the state would not be to sanction ... http://tawdrytalk.com/2008/11/19/cyber-amish-supports-gay-marriage/ Thank you, Dan the Red, for this delicious cake.  I love this collection of early Kodachrome photography from 1939 - 1940 -ish, and you will, too.  The colors are lush and rich and the composition is beautiful, workmanlike and steady. http://tawdrytalk.com/2008/11/19/say-cheese/ Friday: I finished my laundry and went to work on a the first client to buy into my Thanksgiving Special (25% off two-hour sessions booked for November). After that, I came back home and played WoW for a little while before my friend Wiley came and picked me up ... http://tawdrytalk.com/2008/11/17/weekend-in-words/ I spent the weekend up in Guerneville, enjoying the company of some handsome men! http://tawdrytalk.com/2008/11/17/russian-river-retreat/ It turns out that my roommate's dog, B'harnie, has cancer after all. His last dog, Betty, had kidney failure. I remember when B'harnie came home two weeks after Betty died. He's not dead yet, though, and he's still alert and moving around well. He's a good dog. http://tawdrytalk.com/2008/11/16/bharnie/ I'm up at the Russian River with the Board of Directors of Prideworks and the Team Bear Steering Committee having our start of season retreat to plan out our activities for the upcoming AIDS/LifeCycle 8 season. Wiley drove me up last night to the Triple-R and we arrived around 21:00, time ... http://tawdrytalk.com/2008/11/15/prideworks-retreat/ I signed the lease on my office for another year... http://tawdrytalk.com/2008/11/12/big-beard/ This is a long post that rants quite a bit in several directions, but hopefully comes together at the end... I keep reading on all these legal discussion websites that being gay is something that you do, while being black (or white, or whatever) is something that you are. And ... http://tawdrytalk.com/2008/11/11/what-is-gay/ It's exciting! http://tawdrytalk.com/2008/11/09/rally/ I'm thinking about getting a Zipcar for trip to Sacramento tomorrow for the civil rights protest... If I can get three other people to join me, the cost per person is ~$20. That's about half what it costs via amtrak. Wanna go with and fight for our rights? http://tawdrytalk.com/2008/11/08/share-a-zipcar/