Did you miss me?
Well I’m back online at home via dial up. It’s not DSL and I am hating it. This phone line is slow as hell.
But the important thing is that I’m back online and just in time for the James Holsinger hearings, too.
My book
In the midst of all of this turmoil, I have been steadily working to publish my book. If all goes well, it should be out in the middle of September.
I am currently working on a press packet and would love to send it out to as many people as possible.
The press packet will contain:
press release,
excerpt from Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters,
a one page outline of anti-gay industry tactics and lies
two flyers,
and an interview with me
If you are interested in receiving this packet in the mail or email, please email me at CharleKenghis@aol.com
I am also working on a list who will receive the galleys of my book.
As you all know, the whole point of my book is not to make money but to arm the lgbt community with information and get the anti-gay industry to explain their tactics, rather than us explaining the validity of our lives for a change.
Retreat from hysteria yields a challenge
From the site my online buddy Joe Brummer, one of Bill O'Reilly's sources for his lesbian gang hysteria has retreated from his claims.
That’s good.
But what is bad is one of the comments he posted on his site reportedly coming from one of us. Allegedly a gay person sent him a nasty email attacking African-Americans on the whole.
The racist diatribe does nothing but play into the "divide and conquer" mentality that the anti-gay industry uses against the black and gay communities.
No matter how the anti-gay industry angers us, we shouldn’t stoop to the level of showing our asses more than our inteligence.
That "ACT-UP" mentality of protesting was useful back in the day, but it's wasn't useful all of the time.
And sometimes, like now, it's rather counterproductive.
This is an intellectual battle so any form of visibility is not necessarily a good thing. Let's practice positive visibility.
So I ask that if you feel the need to write and challenge those who oppose us, speak from your mind and with righteous indignation, but don't let their lies reduce you to their level.
If you feel that you have to call the opposition cheap names, then you really need to examine yourself.
Paul Cameron keeps popping up
Check out this diatribe from World Net Daily:
Even school boards, like that in Montgomery County, Md., are urging young students to accept this deadly habit and plying them with the message that anyone who perceives himself/herself as being of a certain sexual orientation is in fact stuck with that orientation and cannot escape. That's tantamount to a group of educators telling smokers that they were born to smoke, can't quit and shouldn't even try.
Of course, the promulgation of knowledge and data concerning the link between alternative sex and disease is hampered by the bullying tactics of the elite. Thus, only a few facts are known at all to some of the public (such as the results of a study in Scandinavia showing that men in same-sex marriages die 24 years earlier than their counterparts in the general population) . . .
As I am sure that many of you know, that claim about a short gay life span in Scandinavia comes from our pal Paul Cameron. It was his latest set of lies.
Gay blogs from my own to Box Turtle Bulletin beat down this latest lie of Cameron's months ago.
And it was fun.
But like a weed, Cameron's lies continue to come up.
And every time weeds come up, we need to knock them down.
Monday, July 09, 2007
Saturday, July 07, 2007
It's the lesbian gangs I tells ya!!!!
Thank you to Peter LaBarbera and Bill O'Reilly for taking my mind off of my recent trials and tribulations.
Their attempts to start a moral panic by attacking our lesbian sisters (and I mean the community in general) has stirred me out of my Saturday doldrums and into the Barnes and Noble bookstore which was the only place I can be online right now.
I am sure everyone has heard Peter's latest:
Lesbian gangs are raping and bullying girls and engaging in criminal activity, but you probably haven’t heard about this story, right? Now a Memphis TV station and FOX News’ Bill O’Reilly have broken the silence
This lovely piece of nonsense is courtesy of Bill O'Reilly taking a situation and blowing it out of proportion (like he always does).
Peter even tries to claim that GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) tried to shut the story down.
For the record, Peter is lying (yet again).
GLAAD was only calling into question O'Reilly taking this story and making it sound as if an epidemic of female lesbian gangs is plaguing the country. The organization investigated and found the following:
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) contacted the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department to research the statistics Wheeler cited and found that the information he reported is highly suspect. Sgt. Brett Parson, a member and the former commander of the D.C. Metro Police Department?s Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit, says the numbers are grossly exaggerated.
Parson is quoted along with GLAAD in a Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report article titled, ?The Oh-Really Factor,? which debunks the June 21 report, pointing out its numerous flaws and highlighting its sensationalistic tone.
"We have 150 to 175 total gangs in the D.C. area, and out of those only nine where the predominance of members are female," Parson said. "You simply can't make the jump that they are lesbians. I think it is fair to talk about violence and female gangs. But to sensationalize or marginalize a community by making a statement like that seems irresponsible."
Gaithersburg, Md., Detective Patrick Word is President of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Gang Investigators Network, an intelligence-sharing organization of 400 criminal justice professionals in Maryland; Washington, D.C.; and Virginia. He told the Intelligence Report, "there is no evidence whatsoever of a lesbian gang epidemic in this region...our membership reports only one lesbian gang."
So this is another case of our friend Peter whose singleminded purpose of dehumanizing gay people has led him to yet again look like a wild-haired looney on a street corner, complete with a "REPENT FOR THE END IS NEAR" sign.
But to me, it's more than that.
Check out how Peter tries to link the situation with another pet peeve of his:
Maybe the young lesbian thugs got some inspiration from “Vagina Monologues,” the vulgar feminist-lesbian play celebrated by liberal elites and performed by many female Hollywood stars.
I can see the scenario now:
Scene: A bathroom in a high school in Memphis. Gang member 1 is holding down a young girl. Gang member 2 is helping her.
Gang member 1: (to the young girl): Shut and don't make any noise. (to Gang member 2): I'm going to try something I saw from the Vagina Monologues.
Gang member 2: Girl, what is that?
Gang member 1: It's a play I heard about on Oprah. Then I went to see it when it played Off-Broadway (to young girl) Shut up. (to Gang member 2): Girl it was good. It's way existential. Gillian Anderson, Alanis Morrissette, Rita Moreno, Rosie Perez, Nell Carter, and Joy Behar was in it. When we get done with this trick, I want to have a deep philosophical discussion about our vaginas.
Yeah, Peter. That sounds about right.
Then to top it off, Peter engages in an old anti-industry trick: distorting a study to implicate the lesbian community:
“A study in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence examined conflict and violence in lesbian relationships,” says the report. “The researchers found that 90% of the lesbians surveyed had been recipients of one or more acts of verbal aggression from their intimate partners during the year prior to this study, with 31% reporting one or more incidents of physical abuse.”
That citation came from a "study" written by Timothy Dailey of the Family Research Council.
The following passage from my book talks about what Dailey did:
From this perspective, it sounds as if lesbians have a problem with partner violence. But if you looked at the source of Dailey’s citation, you get an entirely different perspective.
According to the Journal of Interpersonal Violence’s own web page:
The Journal of Interpersonal Violence offers the most up-to-date information on domestic violence, rape, child sexual abuse and other violent crimes . . . Focusing on both victims and perpetrators, the journal examines theoretical links between all types of interpersonal violence,
exploring the similarities and differences between these types of crimes.
In other words, the Journal of Interpersonal Violence tracks domestic violence, as well as other violent crimes. Of course those surveyed in it had been recipients of violence, verbal or otherwise, because this is what the journal is designed to track.
What is done here is the equivalent of taking the rate of a domestic violence study of African-Americans cited in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence and judging that entire African-American community solely on it.
It always amazes about how people like Peter LaBarbera can complain that they are "unfairly" thought of as homophobic. What do you expect for people to call you when you do things like denigrating all lesbians because of the actions of some?
If you look like a duck and act like a duck, I refuse to apologize for calling you a duck.
Thank you to Peter LaBarbera and Bill O'Reilly for taking my mind off of my recent trials and tribulations.
Their attempts to start a moral panic by attacking our lesbian sisters (and I mean the community in general) has stirred me out of my Saturday doldrums and into the Barnes and Noble bookstore which was the only place I can be online right now.
I am sure everyone has heard Peter's latest:
Lesbian gangs are raping and bullying girls and engaging in criminal activity, but you probably haven’t heard about this story, right? Now a Memphis TV station and FOX News’ Bill O’Reilly have broken the silence
This lovely piece of nonsense is courtesy of Bill O'Reilly taking a situation and blowing it out of proportion (like he always does).
Peter even tries to claim that GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) tried to shut the story down.
For the record, Peter is lying (yet again).
GLAAD was only calling into question O'Reilly taking this story and making it sound as if an epidemic of female lesbian gangs is plaguing the country. The organization investigated and found the following:
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) contacted the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department to research the statistics Wheeler cited and found that the information he reported is highly suspect. Sgt. Brett Parson, a member and the former commander of the D.C. Metro Police Department?s Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit, says the numbers are grossly exaggerated.
Parson is quoted along with GLAAD in a Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report article titled, ?The Oh-Really Factor,? which debunks the June 21 report, pointing out its numerous flaws and highlighting its sensationalistic tone.
"We have 150 to 175 total gangs in the D.C. area, and out of those only nine where the predominance of members are female," Parson said. "You simply can't make the jump that they are lesbians. I think it is fair to talk about violence and female gangs. But to sensationalize or marginalize a community by making a statement like that seems irresponsible."
Gaithersburg, Md., Detective Patrick Word is President of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Gang Investigators Network, an intelligence-sharing organization of 400 criminal justice professionals in Maryland; Washington, D.C.; and Virginia. He told the Intelligence Report, "there is no evidence whatsoever of a lesbian gang epidemic in this region...our membership reports only one lesbian gang."
So this is another case of our friend Peter whose singleminded purpose of dehumanizing gay people has led him to yet again look like a wild-haired looney on a street corner, complete with a "REPENT FOR THE END IS NEAR" sign.
But to me, it's more than that.
Check out how Peter tries to link the situation with another pet peeve of his:
Maybe the young lesbian thugs got some inspiration from “Vagina Monologues,” the vulgar feminist-lesbian play celebrated by liberal elites and performed by many female Hollywood stars.
I can see the scenario now:
Scene: A bathroom in a high school in Memphis. Gang member 1 is holding down a young girl. Gang member 2 is helping her.
Gang member 1: (to the young girl): Shut and don't make any noise. (to Gang member 2): I'm going to try something I saw from the Vagina Monologues.
Gang member 2: Girl, what is that?
Gang member 1: It's a play I heard about on Oprah. Then I went to see it when it played Off-Broadway (to young girl) Shut up. (to Gang member 2): Girl it was good. It's way existential. Gillian Anderson, Alanis Morrissette, Rita Moreno, Rosie Perez, Nell Carter, and Joy Behar was in it. When we get done with this trick, I want to have a deep philosophical discussion about our vaginas.
Yeah, Peter. That sounds about right.
Then to top it off, Peter engages in an old anti-industry trick: distorting a study to implicate the lesbian community:
“A study in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence examined conflict and violence in lesbian relationships,” says the report. “The researchers found that 90% of the lesbians surveyed had been recipients of one or more acts of verbal aggression from their intimate partners during the year prior to this study, with 31% reporting one or more incidents of physical abuse.”
That citation came from a "study" written by Timothy Dailey of the Family Research Council.
The following passage from my book talks about what Dailey did:
From this perspective, it sounds as if lesbians have a problem with partner violence. But if you looked at the source of Dailey’s citation, you get an entirely different perspective.
According to the Journal of Interpersonal Violence’s own web page:
The Journal of Interpersonal Violence offers the most up-to-date information on domestic violence, rape, child sexual abuse and other violent crimes . . . Focusing on both victims and perpetrators, the journal examines theoretical links between all types of interpersonal violence,
exploring the similarities and differences between these types of crimes.
In other words, the Journal of Interpersonal Violence tracks domestic violence, as well as other violent crimes. Of course those surveyed in it had been recipients of violence, verbal or otherwise, because this is what the journal is designed to track.
What is done here is the equivalent of taking the rate of a domestic violence study of African-Americans cited in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence and judging that entire African-American community solely on it.
It always amazes about how people like Peter LaBarbera can complain that they are "unfairly" thought of as homophobic. What do you expect for people to call you when you do things like denigrating all lesbians because of the actions of some?
If you look like a duck and act like a duck, I refuse to apologize for calling you a duck.
Friday, July 06, 2007
Michael Glatze emails me
Apparently recently "converted ex-gay" Michael Glatze got online and looked up all the blogs that talked about his story. I received the following email from him:
Dear sir,
This is Michael Glatze. I just want to tell you that, yes, you can be entirely free of the lie of homosexuality. I am a normal, heterosexual man. Yes. It can be done. With true faith and love of Christ.
Amen and God bless.Michael Glatze (P.S. If you don't believe me, pray.)
Now let me state for the record that I have no problems with someone thinking of themselves as "ex-gay." I don't agree with the notion but it's a free country.
I do have a problem with there being an industry of "ex-gay" spokespeople walking hand-in-hand with the anti-gay industry and attempting to make life more difficult for those of us who are comfortable with our lgbt orientation.
I do have a problem with "ex-gays" trying to use their so-called transformation as political leverage to turn back the passage of pro-lgbt laws and ordinances.
And I do have a problem with "ex-gays" who think that their negative experiences with their "former" lgbt orientation gives them the right to make judgements of my lgbt experiences.
Not all lgbts are promiscuous, abuse drugs and alcohol, and engage in all-around negative behaviors. These things are NOT indicative of the lgbt orientation. And I don't care who you are or what you "were," if you try to denigrate me or my lgbt brothers and sisters by inferring that negative behavior is indicative of lgbt orientation, I am going to scream foul because you don't know what you are talking about.
Live your life, but don't blame anyone or anything else for the choices you have made.
With that in mind, I wrote Michael the following as an answer to his letter:
Let me make this simple.
I respect your personal choices, but I resent your inability to accept responsibility for your personal behavior. I further resent you scarlet lettering an entire community of people based on your personal behavior. For the record, I am a happy gay male.
Homosexuality is NOT a lie.
My sexual orientation is as God made me.
And for the record, I acheived this peace with my gay orientation due to my relationship with God. When I was questioning my self, I turned to God rather than an outside source with a bias and He told me that I am as He made me so I should be proud of who I am.
I am sorry that your life has been negative and I wish you luck in your personal decisions, but I will not allow you to denigrate me or my lgbt brothers and sisters.
Good Luck To You but you need to check yourself. Your experiences as a gay man are not my experiences. So please do not disrespect me and mine.
Apparently recently "converted ex-gay" Michael Glatze got online and looked up all the blogs that talked about his story. I received the following email from him:
Dear sir,
This is Michael Glatze. I just want to tell you that, yes, you can be entirely free of the lie of homosexuality. I am a normal, heterosexual man. Yes. It can be done. With true faith and love of Christ.
Amen and God bless.Michael Glatze (P.S. If you don't believe me, pray.)
Now let me state for the record that I have no problems with someone thinking of themselves as "ex-gay." I don't agree with the notion but it's a free country.
I do have a problem with there being an industry of "ex-gay" spokespeople walking hand-in-hand with the anti-gay industry and attempting to make life more difficult for those of us who are comfortable with our lgbt orientation.
I do have a problem with "ex-gays" trying to use their so-called transformation as political leverage to turn back the passage of pro-lgbt laws and ordinances.
And I do have a problem with "ex-gays" who think that their negative experiences with their "former" lgbt orientation gives them the right to make judgements of my lgbt experiences.
Not all lgbts are promiscuous, abuse drugs and alcohol, and engage in all-around negative behaviors. These things are NOT indicative of the lgbt orientation. And I don't care who you are or what you "were," if you try to denigrate me or my lgbt brothers and sisters by inferring that negative behavior is indicative of lgbt orientation, I am going to scream foul because you don't know what you are talking about.
Live your life, but don't blame anyone or anything else for the choices you have made.
With that in mind, I wrote Michael the following as an answer to his letter:
Let me make this simple.
I respect your personal choices, but I resent your inability to accept responsibility for your personal behavior. I further resent you scarlet lettering an entire community of people based on your personal behavior. For the record, I am a happy gay male.
Homosexuality is NOT a lie.
My sexual orientation is as God made me.
And for the record, I acheived this peace with my gay orientation due to my relationship with God. When I was questioning my self, I turned to God rather than an outside source with a bias and He told me that I am as He made me so I should be proud of who I am.
I am sorry that your life has been negative and I wish you luck in your personal decisions, but I will not allow you to denigrate me or my lgbt brothers and sisters.
Good Luck To You but you need to check yourself. Your experiences as a gay man are not my experiences. So please do not disrespect me and mine.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
What a drag! I can't get internet access and One News Now distorts like there is no tomorrow
It's Thursday and I'm mad at Time Warner.
To make a long story short, I don't have my DSL connected and I don't know how it is looking for the future. Looks like it's back to dial-up. I am currently looking into wireless connections, so I am optimistic.
And there are always coffee shops.
While I go through my trials and tribulations, I thought I would leave everyone with a little deception courtesy of our friends at One News Now.
The news organization used to be known as Agape Press and back in the day, it frequently cited Paul Cameron as a "pro-family expert."
I think with Cameron's history of lying being made more public, those days are gone.
However this does not keep the "news service" that began through the efforts of another friend of ours (Donald Wildmon and the American Family Association) from practicing some questionable journalistic tactics.
I ran over this recent passage in an article from the site criticizing Maryland State School Board for approving Montgomery County's sex education curriculum:
According to the Washington Post, many parents in Montgomery County oppose the new curriculum, which opponents say presents a favorable viewpoint of homosexuality and restricts religious expression by suppressing the view that homosexuality is a sin. The attorney believes the new curriculum may also be subject to litigation.
This is a misdirection. The original statement from the Washington Post reads as follows:
A spokeswoman for the community group Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, which led a consortium of opposition groups, said it was too soon to say whether it might take the matter to federal court. "There are many parents here in Montgomery County who are opposed to the curriculum," Michelle Turner said. She also said a growing number of parents outside the county are expressing concern with the lessons, which could be adopted in other Maryland counties.
So the Washington Post did state technically say that parents oppose the new curriculum. But the newspaper was quoting a spokeswoman of the group opposing the curriculum.
What One News Now did may not seem like a lie but it is bad journalism.
But hey, who cares about Earthly journalistic standards (i.e integrity and correct quote attribution) when you are fighting for the kingdom of God?
It's Thursday and I'm mad at Time Warner.
To make a long story short, I don't have my DSL connected and I don't know how it is looking for the future. Looks like it's back to dial-up. I am currently looking into wireless connections, so I am optimistic.
And there are always coffee shops.
While I go through my trials and tribulations, I thought I would leave everyone with a little deception courtesy of our friends at One News Now.
The news organization used to be known as Agape Press and back in the day, it frequently cited Paul Cameron as a "pro-family expert."
I think with Cameron's history of lying being made more public, those days are gone.
However this does not keep the "news service" that began through the efforts of another friend of ours (Donald Wildmon and the American Family Association) from practicing some questionable journalistic tactics.
I ran over this recent passage in an article from the site criticizing Maryland State School Board for approving Montgomery County's sex education curriculum:
According to the Washington Post, many parents in Montgomery County oppose the new curriculum, which opponents say presents a favorable viewpoint of homosexuality and restricts religious expression by suppressing the view that homosexuality is a sin. The attorney believes the new curriculum may also be subject to litigation.
This is a misdirection. The original statement from the Washington Post reads as follows:
A spokeswoman for the community group Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, which led a consortium of opposition groups, said it was too soon to say whether it might take the matter to federal court. "There are many parents here in Montgomery County who are opposed to the curriculum," Michelle Turner said. She also said a growing number of parents outside the county are expressing concern with the lessons, which could be adopted in other Maryland counties.
So the Washington Post did state technically say that parents oppose the new curriculum. But the newspaper was quoting a spokeswoman of the group opposing the curriculum.
What One News Now did may not seem like a lie but it is bad journalism.
But hey, who cares about Earthly journalistic standards (i.e integrity and correct quote attribution) when you are fighting for the kingdom of God?
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Don't get discouraged by the new model
I knew that something would happen while I am on hiatus.
Apparently one of our own has joined the other side.
Michael Glatze, called a rising star in gay leadership (and I will attribute this to him being former editor of Young Gay America rather than the fact that he is young, thin and blond like so many of our so-called leaders), has become an ex-gay.
Naturally this means that we will be inudated by Peter LaBarbera, One News Now, so-called "pro-family" webpage and blogs talking about how another person has found "freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus."
Was Glatze gay in the first place? I don't know because I never met the young man.
But I am disturbed by how he is now beating the drumbeat lies of the so-called promiscuous "homosexual lifestyle" complete with intestinal disorders.
So am I shocked by Glatze's change?
No.
Am I depressed at the company he now keeps?
No. A bit saddened but not depressed.
Let's face facts about the anti-gay industry and their partner in crime, the ex-gay industry. I have seen so many of these ex-gay spokespeople come and go. From Anthony Falzarano to John Paulk to Michael Johnston.
The anti-gay industry goes through ex-gay spokespeople like Henry VIII went through wives.
Glatze is just the latest model; a pretty boy whose story will allow the anti-gay industry to denigrate the lives of lgbts who have happy lives, unencumbered by the stereotypes and lies of oversexed gay men and violent lesbian women.
For the time being that is.
Glatze will have a time in the sun. But remember the light of that same sun also shines on us who are proudly gay and lesbian. So we must never forget who we are.
And by all means, do not fall for the lie that God does not want you to embrace your lgbt orientation. Homosexuality is not the enemy of faith or religion. I speak from personal experience when I say that this.
God created us all; heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered, to be exactly the way we are. What we do with the orientation that God gives us is our choice.
But as long as this cultural war over gay rights continues, we can expect to see more Michael Glatzes and unfortunately the Michael Glatzes of today will probably turn into the Ted Haggards of tomorrow.
But never forget that there are more of us than of them.
I knew that something would happen while I am on hiatus.
Apparently one of our own has joined the other side.
Michael Glatze, called a rising star in gay leadership (and I will attribute this to him being former editor of Young Gay America rather than the fact that he is young, thin and blond like so many of our so-called leaders), has become an ex-gay.
Naturally this means that we will be inudated by Peter LaBarbera, One News Now, so-called "pro-family" webpage and blogs talking about how another person has found "freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus."
Was Glatze gay in the first place? I don't know because I never met the young man.
But I am disturbed by how he is now beating the drumbeat lies of the so-called promiscuous "homosexual lifestyle" complete with intestinal disorders.
So am I shocked by Glatze's change?
No.
Am I depressed at the company he now keeps?
No. A bit saddened but not depressed.
Let's face facts about the anti-gay industry and their partner in crime, the ex-gay industry. I have seen so many of these ex-gay spokespeople come and go. From Anthony Falzarano to John Paulk to Michael Johnston.
The anti-gay industry goes through ex-gay spokespeople like Henry VIII went through wives.
Glatze is just the latest model; a pretty boy whose story will allow the anti-gay industry to denigrate the lives of lgbts who have happy lives, unencumbered by the stereotypes and lies of oversexed gay men and violent lesbian women.
For the time being that is.
Glatze will have a time in the sun. But remember the light of that same sun also shines on us who are proudly gay and lesbian. So we must never forget who we are.
And by all means, do not fall for the lie that God does not want you to embrace your lgbt orientation. Homosexuality is not the enemy of faith or religion. I speak from personal experience when I say that this.
God created us all; heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered, to be exactly the way we are. What we do with the orientation that God gives us is our choice.
But as long as this cultural war over gay rights continues, we can expect to see more Michael Glatzes and unfortunately the Michael Glatzes of today will probably turn into the Ted Haggards of tomorrow.
But never forget that there are more of us than of them.
Monday, July 02, 2007
Almost there but not quite
Thank you all of those who sent me kind words and emails expressing your sympathy for my situation.
To reiterate the facts: My apartment was burned out. No one was harmed but my mother and I had to find a new place to stay.
We now reside at a new location so I am thankful that we are not homeless. However, it will be later this week before I am able to get my DSL and cable hooked back up. Therefore, I will be posting sporadically via the Public Library.
Nothing pretty much to tell. I hate that I am unable to post but I am patient. I will be roaring soon.
There is another bit of good news about the fire. Definitely the fact that no one was hurt tops the good news chart, but I am also happy to report that we didn't lose that much of anything. We received just a little smoke and water damage.
That means our personal possessions, and especially the notes for my book, are safe and moved to our new apartment.
It also means that my book continues to be on schedule to be published this fall.
Again, I want to thank you all for the support and love you have given me and my mother during this stresful time.
I also want to thank (in a offhand, sarcastic way) the Paul Cameron supporter who posted to my page. While I am not at full strength, I'm glad to see that I can still knock down your lies.
Will post again soon. Keep your fingers crossed as to me getting back online.
Thank you all of those who sent me kind words and emails expressing your sympathy for my situation.
To reiterate the facts: My apartment was burned out. No one was harmed but my mother and I had to find a new place to stay.
We now reside at a new location so I am thankful that we are not homeless. However, it will be later this week before I am able to get my DSL and cable hooked back up. Therefore, I will be posting sporadically via the Public Library.
Nothing pretty much to tell. I hate that I am unable to post but I am patient. I will be roaring soon.
There is another bit of good news about the fire. Definitely the fact that no one was hurt tops the good news chart, but I am also happy to report that we didn't lose that much of anything. We received just a little smoke and water damage.
That means our personal possessions, and especially the notes for my book, are safe and moved to our new apartment.
It also means that my book continues to be on schedule to be published this fall.
Again, I want to thank you all for the support and love you have given me and my mother during this stresful time.
I also want to thank (in a offhand, sarcastic way) the Paul Cameron supporter who posted to my page. While I am not at full strength, I'm glad to see that I can still knock down your lies.
Will post again soon. Keep your fingers crossed as to me getting back online.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Forced Vacation from Culture War
Hopefully you all will forgive me if I take a very small sabbatical from posting.
Yesterday, my apartment building caught on fire. No one was hurt but the building was rendered unlivable.
Luckily, my apartment suffered only water and smoke damage. And also, my notes for my book were not damaged at all.
But subsequently, my mother and I are held up in a hotel room while we are searching for another place to live. We have until Friday before we have to move out.
So as much as I would love to talk about Peter LaBarbera and the anti-gay industry (my post yesterday was going to talk about our lovely friend/enemy Jeff Gannon), I am going to have to take a short leave.
I will hopefully be back later this week or early next. I'm pushing for later this week.
Peace.
Hopefully you all will forgive me if I take a very small sabbatical from posting.
Yesterday, my apartment building caught on fire. No one was hurt but the building was rendered unlivable.
Luckily, my apartment suffered only water and smoke damage. And also, my notes for my book were not damaged at all.
But subsequently, my mother and I are held up in a hotel room while we are searching for another place to live. We have until Friday before we have to move out.
So as much as I would love to talk about Peter LaBarbera and the anti-gay industry (my post yesterday was going to talk about our lovely friend/enemy Jeff Gannon), I am going to have to take a short leave.
I will hopefully be back later this week or early next. I'm pushing for later this week.
Peace.
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