Wit, Wisdom, and Whimsy. (your mileage may vary)
October 7, 2010
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It’s vacation time at Casa Jimmiejoe!
I talk about vacation, San Francisco, my Dad in the Air Force, and taking a 9-1-1 call in the middle of a shootout!
A podcast that dares to ask the eternal question… is anyone listening? Especially for 11 minutes and 45 seconds?
Just in case I said the wrong URL, The Trevor Project is at www.thetrevorproject.org.
October 6, 2010
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Come on, admit it. You can’t resist a hoodie like this, can you?? I didn’t think so! Get on over to my store and check out all the goodies. Click here, or go to the “store” tab up in the menu bar. I’ll be adding designs and images in the near future, so keep checking back. I’m sure you’ll find something you just can’t live without! 😉
And for all the QueerNetworks stuff you’ll need to be the hottest queer on the block, be sure and check out The Q Store too!
October 4, 2010
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In a study sure to put the right wing into vapor fits, the Indiana University has released a new study putting the numbers into a range that officially expands the percentages to what we already knew.
7% of women, and 8% of men identify as LGBT.
(anybody out there understand statistics? Do they add, to make the total 15%, or are they simply +/-8%?)
Update: The Advocate is adding them, saying 15%. (I always thought it was in that ball park.) But on the other hand, lots of comments on the Facebook page taking The Advocate to task for a math fail. So we’re back to 7.5%? That’s still a decent number, around 24,750,000 “out” LGBT Americans!
Oh, and teenagers aren’t getting it on as much as popular culture would have us think.
October 3, 2010
commentary, geek, Humor amateur radio, APRS, APRS web servers, computer, Ham radio, the doctor is in, web server 2 Comments
I’m such a geek! And proud of it.
Well, OK. A minor geek, but still a geek nonetheless.
This computer died on me sometime last week. I’m not really sure when, since I didn’t notice till Friday night. Normally, it wouldn’t be a big deal to me to have a computer die (I’ve killed quite a few), but this computer is different than most. It houses not only the Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) that you see, it’s also a web server for my radio related pages, as well as my personal website. When it died, those sites went dark.
OMG!
We can’t have the very important KC6YRU.NET down and unavailable to it’s myriad fans on the interwebs! That just wouldn’t do at all. The APRS web server that I run, along with it’s feed to and from the APRS internet servers was also down, leaving me cut off from the rest of the APRS world. Or would have left me feeling cut off, had I noticed it earlier! But anyway, I rolled up my sleeves, tossed the patient onto the floor, and proceeded to perform emergency surgery. Due to an insightful before-surgery diagnosis, and after a careful transplant operation, the patient survived. Since the surgery was performed with such skill and ability, there was only a short recovery time, while the computer checked to make sure all it’s blocks and sectors had made it through the operation. Satisfied that all was well (what did it expect??) it booted right up, and is now happily shoveling electrons around hither and yon, making the interweb thingy that much more a better place to be.
The Doctor is IN.
P.S. There are a couple of parts left over. I wonder if that matters?
October 3, 2010
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October 3, 2010
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October 2, 2010
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Dan Savage responds to a Christian woman taking him to task about comments regarding gay children committing suicide:
I’m sorry your feelings were hurt by my comments.
No, wait. I’m not. Gay kids are dying. So let’s try to keep things in perspective: fuck your feelings.
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October 1, 2010
commentary, Gay Asher Brown, Billy Lucas, bullying, Caleb Nolt, Cody J. Barker, Dan Savage, Felix Sacco, Gay rights, gay teen suicide, Harrison Chase Brown, it gets better, lgbtq-suicide, Raymond Chase, school bully, Seth Walsh, suicide prevention, Tyler Clementi 1 Comment
Billy Lucas (15) September 9, 2010. Indiana
Cody J. Barker (17) September 13, 2010. Wisconsin
Seth Walsh (13) September 19, 2010. California
Tyler Clementi (18) September 22, 2010. New Jersey
Asher Brown (13) September 23, 2010. Texas
Harrison Chase Brown (15) September, 25 2010. Colorado
Raymond Chase (19) September 29, 2010. Rhode Island
Felix Sacco (17) September 29, 2010. Massachusetts
Caleb Nolt (14) September 30, 2010. Indiana
List from, and more info at: New Civil Rights Movement.
It Gets Better.
September 29, 2010
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After years of bullying, Seth Walsh, 13, of Tehachapi, hanged himself. Found unconscious and not breathing, he was flown to Kern Medical Center and kept on life support for 10 days. He died Tuesday. A memorial service is planned for Friday, October 1st.
Asher Brown, 13, of Houston, shot himself.
Billy Lucas, 15, of Greensburg Indiana, hanged himself.
All three of these suicides occurred this month, and were due to anti-gay bullying. Seth had endured years of harassment, both at school and at a local park. School officials at Jacobsen Middle School say they had no reports of bullying, but had placed Seth in independent study this term, after only 2 weeks of school. Police in Tehachapi say there is no law against bullying, so they cannot prosecute Seth’s tormentors. Asher and Billy were also harassed for being gay, or thought gay, and finally took their own lives.
Meanwhile, across this country, right-wing religious nutjobs continue to fight anti-bullying laws, claiming they are part of the “gay agenda”, meant to promote homosexuality. Sounding pious and self-righteous, they would prevent schools from teaching diversity, tolerance, and respect, especially if sexual orientation is mentioned. Some have even gone as far as to publicly claim that Billy Lucas was going to hell for embracing homosexuality.
I find myself wishing hell actually existed, so that there could be a special place in it reserved for these people.
Update:
Trevor Project Responds To Recent Tragedies | Blog.
Harry Potter reminds us:
JimmieJoe / KC6YRU 
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October 10, 2010
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