Family Portrait

Mom, Gary, Kathleen, and me on Easter 1969. 

Help Finance a New Gay Rights Documentary

Film maker Ryan James Yezak is raising money to finance his documentary, Second Class Citizens, about the gay rights movement. This is a preview of his work so far. If you would like, you can contribute to making the film financially, but it looks like they already have exceeded their goal of $50,000. Click here to find out how to get such perks as a DVD of the film, a film poster, or having the director come to your home to host a screening of the film and doing a Q&A with your guests.

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #319

Get your ears checked.  I said you were a nice asp!

This is my idea for the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #319. Too obvious? Let me know if you have any ideas for a caption too. 

A Walk Around the DC Waterfront

Me and the birds on Hains Point.

Shane walking near the gulls.

We are considering selling our house and buying a small condo near DC's Southwest Waterfront, so we went to a couple open houses this afternoon. Afterwards, we went for a walk around the harbor even though it was quite chilly today. It actually was very nice walking the one way, but the wind was in our face on the way back and we had frozen face when by the time we got back to thc car.

Hulu Plus Versus Netflix--And the Winner Is...

When Netflix raised its prices last summer I was pissed and promptly canceled my membership. I showed them.

Since then, I tried out Hulu Plus.  It also provides movies and TV programing streaming on the Internet, which I can watch on my television with the help of my Roku machine.

I have to say that I wasn't all that happy with the Hulu. The programming was OK, but the big problem is the ads. You are forced to watch commercials every few minutes, often the same commercials over and over. It gets old.

Since they are the same price ($7.99) for their streaming service, today I re-signed up for Netflix (no commercials). I can forgive and forget. I am not getting the DVDs in the mail; just the streaming movies and TV.  We've spent most of the day watching stuff on Netflix. So far so good. They have the first season of Louie. It is hilarious. We also watched Breakfast at Tiffany's.  Both Shane and I recently read the novella. It was interesting to see the differences in the movie and the book.

Lip-Synching Showtunes: This Guy Is Brilliant!

This Guy Needs to Work On Facial Expressions

My niece, Kelly, sent me the link to this on Facebook with the note that she thought I might like it. She knows me pretty well.