O'Melissokomos: The Bee Keeper: June 2004

ACLU Attacks Kansas 'Romeo and Juliet' Law--"It's a law prohibiting consensual sex between teenagers. In Kansas, the penalties are vastly greater for same-sex participants."

The Payback of the Christ

Nobody Beats Walt's Meat--Say what?

Sunday, June 27, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

One Thousand Reasons--Relentlessly Documenting the Failures of the Bush Administration

Making American Forces Radio fair and balanced Salon

New Evidence of Bernard Baran's Innocence and of John Ashcroft's Guilt--A gay man falsely accused of child molestation

High-Speed Love Connection--"If the excitement over Internet-enabled adult gadgets at the recent Erotica Los Angeles trade show is any indication of what's to come, virtual sex may have at last become reality." [c/o Boing Boing]

"Hello Spider-Man? I am GAY! For YOU!"--Don't say anything; just keep clicking the Refresh button. [c/o Boing Boing]

Saturday, June 26, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

Blue Shorts: 1 | 2
Confessions of an Underwear Model
Jamie's Nylon Brief Encounters (voy oral)
New Underwear (mt tt hs oral anal inc)
White Briefs Tease

The Salon Interview: Bill Clinton Salon

Friday, June 25, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

The Gay Marriage Flap--The [French] government is out of step with public opinion

USA Is Illegally Changing Iraq's Laws To Favour Corporate Globalization

Unchecked police and military power is a security threat [c/o Boing Boing]

The Official Countdown Site to Hermione's 18th Birthday--Eeeeewww... [c/o Fark.com]

Top 10 Movie Songs

Thursday, June 24, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

The Best Boy
Jakey (oral anal)
Mario and Me
Prefect (tt hs)
This Is The Life (oral anal)

Hawks--Kevin Drum takes a gander at how they've shaped the US through the years. Update.

Paul Bremer's Iraqi mission accomplished?

AP Sues for Access to Bush Guard Records [c/o Atrios]

Prank'd

Colin's BIG scene gets the chopper--Farrell, you STUD! [c/o Fark.com]

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

Bush2004.com--Ousting Boy George is worth more than $135,000. [c/o Fark.com]

From AMERICAblog and The Daily Show

Texas Republicans Urged to Drop 'Christian Nation'--Can't Allah, God, and Yahweh just get along?
U.S. Doubles Its Count of 2003 Terrorism Casualties--Fighting the "War on Error"
Al Qaeda Link To Iraq May Be Confusion Over Names--The Bush administration dazzles us yet again with the "truth".

A Letter to the Iraqi People [c/o TomPaine.com]

Saving the world by building a better light bulb--Time to get the LEDs out Salon

CGA is the shit--The geek in me wants it--bad. [ c/o little. yellow. different.]

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

Australians tell Bush: Stay Out of It SMH

From AMERICAblog

Military Booted 770 in 2003 for Being Gay--They sure got their priorities straight, haven't they? NYT
Foes Confounded by Limited Outcry Against Gay Marriage
Dear Mary--Mary Cheney quite contrary

Forget the Democrats: Bush Losing Support Among Republicans [c/o Bush Out]

Dashan--Mark Rowswell, the Canadian who conquered China

Spider-Man India--Uh... interesting. [c/o Boing Boing]

Monday, June 21, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

Gay couples are holding together [c/o Rodney Croome]

Forget the phony figures cooked up by organizations like the Family Research Council that warn about the alleged instability of gay relationships. Vermont has been the only place in America where we have amassed hard, cold facts about gay couples, the only place where, for the last four years, gay relationships have been recognized by the state as equal to straight relationships. And the data is in: Gay couples are doing much better than straight couples are.

A to Z list of gay marriage applicant occupations--We're just like everyone else. [c/o little. yellow. different.]

Abolish the Terror Tax--Energy indepedence is a good thing to promote unless you're the president of Exxonn Mobil who claims "[Americans] do not have the resource base to be energy independent... We simply cannot avoid significant reliance on oil and gas from the Middle East." While he has a good point regarding the unfeasibility of eschewing oil in the short term, he then proceeds to shoot down developing and enhancing alternative means of energy production that obviously threaten his bottom line. Ah well, what else can we expect from the country's largest publicly traded oil company? Salon

HS Drop Out Perfects GED--Postponed college to take care of ailing father. LAT

Bush Out--An Aussie Anti-Iraq War/Bush/Howard site

Sunday, June 20, 2004

Stories I'm reading: Father's Day Weekend

"The Bush administration doesn't like the press?" Salon

True Story, Swear to God: 100 Stories--I must have looked like an idiot at the foodcourt alternately switching between maniacal laughter and utter silence while reading through cartoonist Tom Beland's collection of comic strips based on his life which he shares with humorous hindsight and poignant honesty. It was just thing I needed to tide me over until the release of his sequel to Chances Are which always makes me wonder if I can ever be as lucky in finding the love of my life as he had.

What Movie Villian are you?--Me, I'm Norman Bates.

Saturday, June 19, 2004

Stories I'm reading: Father's Day Weekend

Catching Dad Catching Me
A Daddy Dream Cum True: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 (mm tt oral inc rim voy mast)
Daddy's on Leave
Dad's Helmut
A Summer with Dad

Wave of outings hits Congress: Angry activists target closeted members, staffers with anti-gay records--AMERICAblog's John Aravosis is leading the charge against those, as his friend put it, "gays who are working to enact a constitutional amendment that will make us second class citizens."

Virginia is for haters--Join the boycott. I know I will.

What's good for the goose...--The PATRIOT Act ironically comes into play in the case against a civilian CIA contractor. [c/o Political Animal]

Hit-and-run driver lectures victim before driving away--Talk about adding insult to injury. [c/o Fark.com]

Liberal Blogs in Crisis

Friday, June 18, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

Bush linked Saddam to 9-11--The way this meathead continues to lie on the news is nauseating.

Voice of a Superpower--America speaks, so to speak. [c/o Fark.com]

The winners of the Vicious Instapundit Blogroll contest

First mobile phone virus identified--Damn, and according to Symantec, it "repeatedly sends itself to the first Bluetooth-enabled device that it can find, regardless of the type of device (ie even a Bluetooth-enabled printer will be attacked if it is within range)." SMH

Garfield, Top Cat [c/o PVP]

Thursday, June 17, 2004

For this monthly-versary (lunaversary?), I did some serious housecleaning in anticipation for next month's big blowout that I hope will be better than last year's rather somber affair. So far, I've...

added some new links and set aside a subsection for Blogs
moved my archive (all 470+ posts!) to Blogspot to staunch the bandwidth bleed
activated my XML feed (c/o FeedBurner) in case any of you want to subscribe to it

Well, it's back to the ol' drawing board for me (literally)... or maybe I ought to get back to writing again. Whatcha think?

New Artwork: Posted new sketches to the AP/AR, Jocks and Studs, and Men albums at The 'O' Zone

Stories I'm reading:

Baby Steps
The Long Road Home
Lost and Found: 1 | 2
My New Friend: 1 | 2
Safe

9/11 Panel Finds No Collaboration Between Iraq, Al Qaeda --Boy George begs to differ.

Ex-Soldier Recalls Beating He Received in Guantanamo Drill

Jayado Photography--Jason McCheyne and Adrian Tuazon are in the forefront of having the Australian government recognize their marriage, an issue that has sharply divided the nation.

The Sexiest Players of Euro 2004--A few more over here. [c/o Fark.com]

FGI (Fucking Google It) is the new RTFM--"I will ask Google before asking dumb questions." [c/o kottke.org]

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

Senate Republicans to put Democrats in corner with gay marriage vote

Senate OKs law to protect gays, lesbians--AmericaBlog is skeptical. Salon

"No question: John Ashcroft is the worst attorney general in history." NYT [c/o BuzzFlash]

"I'm going to ask about a few stories in the Bible."--Jeebus...

Bat Out of Hell--"The new chapter, which will hit theaters in June 2005, is called 'Batman Begins'--presumably because 'Batman Sucked the Last Time So We're Starting Over' was too clunky."

Tuesday, June 15, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

Proto-fascist thuggery--Nothing like little right-wingnuttery to start your day.

Army reveals new uniform--There's something, I dunno, totalitarian rather than utilitarian about this get-up.

Chasing Poopie--Gaaah... this movie was such a load of crap, I felt so filthy after watching it. That's what I get for falling shithead-over-heels for Eduardo Verástegui. It's going to be a while before I can flush this out of my system.

Alternative Albany--All about the BDSM lifestyle and a sex blog too.

Bondage for the Fit Man

Monday, June 14, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

Fate
First Release: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
My Phantom Lover
Target: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Thaw in Winter

John Kerry joins Latham attack SMH

Sanchez Approved Torture; White House May Be Linked to Decision

Remove Bush--Campaign Headquarters to Remove Bush in 2004 and Restore America!

How to skin a PC to look like a Mac [c/o Boing Boing]

Why beer is bad for you Flash

Sunday, June 13, 2004

Stories I'm reading: EroticStories

Is U.S. like Germany of the '30s?--"Has the combination of the World Trade Center attack and a president who believes his instructions come from God unleashed the dark side of the American heritage?" [c/o BuzzFlash]

The Values of Dear Leader [c/o Atrios]

Shrek 2--"Yes, it's for the kids, but this animated sequel may be one of the most mature movies about adult relationships ever made." Salon

Bush/Zombie Reagan 2004 [c/o Boing Boing]

Fark Photoshop Theme: If Walt Disney was still alive, what kind of movies would he be making?

Saturday, June 12, 2004

New artwork: Added new pics to the APAR album and launched the new Transformation album

Stories I'm reading: Sleepy Saturday

Tricky Dick Cheney [c/o BushLies.com]

Moon Over Washington [c/o Roger Ailes]

Everything You Wanted to Know About the Female Orgasm--How to get bi. [c/o Fark.com]

Animatronics--Great photoshopped pics of cyborged animals. [c/o Boing Boing]

Virus-proof your PC in 20 minutes, for free--Now, do it now... seriously.

Friday, June 11, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

Torturegate--Looks like the only thing Rumsfeld was ever sorry about was getting caught. And lookit Ashcroft squirm trying to protect his precious memo.

Nader's Republican Pipe Dream Salon

NY Mayor Cleared of Gay-Marriage Charges

Scientology sneaking in the classroom [c/o Fark.com]

"...and take Bonzo with you!!!"

Thursday, June 10, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

Politicizing Reagan' Death

The Top 25 Weirdest Items You Can Purchase Through Amazon [c/o Boing Boing]

Orlando made to wear chest wig [c/o Fark.com]

Wednesday, June 09, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

Fellatio Cafe
Friends with Benefits
The Good Old Boy: 1 | 2 | 3
Joe The Weatherman's First Time
Mexican Trip (mm mf oral anal inter)

October Surprise!--What tricks will BushCo pull to attempt to win the election in November? [c/o Boing Boing]

The Maestro Slips Out of Tune--Paul Krugman on Alan Greenspan NYT

Gay marriage faces challenge SMH

"You can tell a lot about a fellow by his way of eating jelly beans." [c/o Fark.com]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

PeopleFallingOver.com--The only website about people falling over, by people falling over. [c/o Boing Boing]

Happy Tree Friends--Cute, cuddly animals whose daily adventures always end up going horribly wrong

When you need a man...

Monday, June 07, 2004

Stories I'm reading: Cop stories

Cops on Fark

Damian's Guys Stable--A YahooGroup for his boys from Leather Men's Dungeon

Sunday, June 06, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

Jesus Christ, Drug Pusher [c/o Jesus' General]

How to create a religion in 10 easy steps [c/o Fark.com]

Dance Dance Resurrection [c/o Boing Boing]

Saturday, June 05, 2004

Stories I'm reading: GayMuscle Erotic Stories ezboard

I won't budge: Latham defies Bush on Iraq--"Labor never wanted the troops there in the first place. We intend to have them home by Christmas."

D.C. GOP in turmoil over Catania ouster--This Salon interview with David Catania makes me wonder if the term "gay republican" is an oxymoron or not. [c/o AMERICAblog]

What were the real reasons behind the suicide of David Reimer, "the boy who was raised as a girl?"

Lights out for NJ 'Ladies Night'--I shudder to think what would Tony Soprano do.

Friday, June 04, 2004

Stories I'm reading:

Bush warns Latham on Iraq pullout--Anything to preserve his precious "coalition," eh?

"1600 Pennsylvania churches for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. How clever. How reprehensible."--Bush-Cheney '04... busted!

The Right to Choose--A French mayor makes a brave stand on gay marriage.

Harry So Scary--The third time's the charm for the Potter film franchise with The Prisoner of Azkaban, the most visually engrossing and entertaining movie adaptation of the series yet. I don't have a lot to say that hasn't already been said in other reviews except that Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell has some pretty big shoes to fill left by Alfonso Cuarón who's proved my previous fears unfounded. Salon

Chalabi's next target... [c/o Talking Points Memo]