Saturday, November 17, 2007

Turkey This, Bush


Reid Cancels Senate Thanksgiving Break To Avoid Bush Recess Appointments


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has decided to keep the chamber in session over the Thanksgiving break to block President Bush from making any unsavory recess appointments while Senators are out of town. (READ)

Thursday, November 15, 2007

A Sneak Peak at the new L Word Season


Season 5 looks very interesting. The preview can be seen on the Showtime website. (click here)

Sarah Michelle Gellar strips down, but would Buffy approve?


Sarah Michelle Gellar is the Woman of the Year. But wait, wait — before you get all excited, let me clarify. She is the 2008 Maxim Woman of the Year. Yeah, kind of puts a damper on your wooing and hooing, doesn't it? (READ)

Frank Joins Baldwin in Backing Hillary for President

Bilerico, Filed by: Steve Ralls
November 14, 2007 1:24 PM


It's official: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) now has the support of both openly gay Members of Congress. Clinton's campaign announced yesterday that Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) has joined Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in supporting Hillary's bid for the White House. Frank, who is Chairman of the House Financial Services Commitee, will also serve as an economic adviser to the campaign. (READ)

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

If only you knew what you knew...

I think it was an ex-CEO who recently bemoaned, "If only we knew what we knew..."

He was talking about his sprawling, multinational organization with tens of thousands of people, thousands of projects ... and hundreds of wheels being reinvented on a daily basis.

But the lament rings just as true for you and me as it does for a big company. If only you (yes, you) and I (yes, me), when faced with one of our daily challenges, stopped for a moment to remember what we already know.

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First-idea-itis
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When does this amnesia show up? Pretty much each and every time we need to decide to do something, it happens.

We get infected by first-idea-itis
Here are the symptoms:
When a challenge comes up we immediately think of one, just one response and we run with it so long as...

-it's possible
-it's familiar
-it's not too challenging

So your idea is not awful. But it doesn't come close to tapping into what you know and what you are capable of doing.

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The pause button
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Luckily it doesn't take too much to hit the pause button and give yourself just a little more time and space to remember what you already know.

The shamanic saying is, "The wisdom enters through the wound," and we've all collected our share of scars along the way to ensure we have a healthy quotient of wisdom.

Slow down, hit the pause button and ask yourself a couple of questions to generate new possibilities and remember what you already know.

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Do these questions help?
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Next time you are facing a challenge, don't fall for the first idea-itis.
Give yourself a little time and space, and see what new possibilities get created with these five questions:

1. What do you need to remember about yourself? What do you know? What have you learned? At your best, what are you capable of doing?

2. What do you know to be true about this situation? About situations like this? About you in this situation?

3. What's the wise thing to do?

4. What does your intuition tell you to do?

5. If you remembered yourself at your most generous, most confident, most bold - what might you do?

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Michael Bungay Stanier is a professional keynote speaker, the author of the best selling coaching tool, Get Unstuck & Get Going ...on the stuff that matters and the creator of Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun and The 5.75 Questions You've Been Avoiding. A certified coach and Rhodes Scholar, he works with teams and organizations to help them do less Good Work and more Great Work.

Equality Florida



forgive me while I test a youtube movie from my pals at Equality Florida.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

John Edwards and LGBT

Just wanted to revisit Edward's gay positions after seeing it in his "plan to build one america" pdf. (page77)

He also has them on his website. I think he has the most honest answers on his position. He has said he personally has trouble based on his upbringing in the south but he's working on it. And Elizabeth is pro-gay marriage.

View his clip from the HRC presidential forum.


Spice Girls - the blast from the past is back.



My mistake.. Sporty didn't come OUT. My bad. Just five hot straight women. I still like Scary best.. she grew up nice, huh? Talk about MILFs.


Sporty is still the main one who can sing, but they do all seem hotter with age. If I remember correctly, Posh and Ginger can't sing (thus they are the most naked) and Sporty came OUT didn't she? Thanks to Dancing with the Stars, I'm now a Scary Spice Fan. She's yummy.
Go Girl Power!

Monday, November 12, 2007

I'm thinking he's not going to run.


Al Gore's next act: Planet-saving Venture Capital

The recovering politician is teaming with a legendary venture capitalist and bigtime moneyman to make over the $6 trillion global energy business. A Fortune exclusive.

(Fortune Magazine) -- It's lunchtime on Sand Hill Road, and Al Gore wants answers. "How does the efficiency decline with latitude?" he asks. "What size community could be served by one plant? If a manufacturer like GE wanted to make smaller turbines, would the technology support a smaller scale?" (READ)

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Holy Crap

Intelligence deputy to America: Rethink privacy

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Congress debates new rules for government eavesdropping, a top intelligence official says it is time that people in the United States change their definition of privacy.

Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people's private communications and financial information. (more)