Uncle Bobby’s Wedding
The Tin Man Aug 01 08A parent complained to a public library about a children’s book, Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, which is about a same-sex marriage. Here’s the librarian’s mind-blowingly awesome response. I don’t even know which part to quote. Here’s one excerpt: You say that the book is inappropriate, and I infer that your reason is the topic [...] Full story...
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Oh Ya, Marge
The Tin Man 16 hours agoFivethirtyeight.com:
… picturing a young, attractive, kooky, female governor from Alaska who has an accent straight out of Fargo in the White House is going to be a much bigger leap for many voters than picturing Barack Obama there.
Long Time Campaign
The Tin Man 17 hours agoIt strikes me that around the time the 2008 presidential campaign was gearing up, Sarah Palin was mayor of a town of 8,500 people.
Hawaii and Alaska
The Tin Man 20 hours agoSo the presidential nominee of one major party is from Hawaii, and the vice presidential nominee of the other major party is from Alaska.
Kerry’s Speech
The Tin Man less than a day agoAlthough Bill Clinton and Joe Biden gave the marquee speeches last night, John Kerry spoke as well. And I agree with Josh Marshall — it was one of the best Kerry speeches I’ve ever seen.
Del Martin Dies
The Tin Man 2 days agoDel Martin, a gay rights pioneer who founded the Daughters of Bilitis and who recently married her partner of 55 years, Phyllis Lyon, died this morning.
Frost/Nixon Trailer
The Tin Man 3 days agoThe trailer for Frost/Nixon, based on the recent play about David Frost’s 1977 interviews with Richard Nixon, is now out.
TV Notes
The Tin Man 4 days agoGoodbye Olympics, hello Democratic National Convention.
Did anyone catch the hilariously awful handoff to London at the closing ceremonies of the Olympics on Sunday night? Double-decker bus, umbrellas, multicolored raincoats, Jimmy Page, David Beckham — it was like watching a terrible Broadway musical.
Sex and the Olympic City
The Tin Man 5 days agoThere’s apparently a lot of sex that goes in the Olympic Village, where all the Olympic athletes live.
Or
The Tin Man Aug 23 08Or, you know, they could send out the text message in the middle of the night, and an hour later, when I’m near the waking end of a sleep/wake cycle, an insistent beep from the other room enters my consciousness, the beep that means you have an unread text message, and it wakes me up.
Chet Edwards Anti-Gay Marriage
The Tin Man Aug 22 08This guy better not be Obama’s VP nominee.
I voted for the Marriage Protection Amendment, because I believe marriage is a sacred, time-honored union between a man and a woman.
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