Monday, June 25, 2012


G'day JustinO,
 
I've been buggerizing around making a video of driving around Taree, and have encountered just about every technical problem imaginable. BUT I FINALLY GOT IT DONE! I uploaded it to Youtube this morning.
 
I also did the voice over, despite my swollen tongue, which makes pronouncing words properly extremely difficult, but it's MY vid and I wanted to be "The Man" hehe. Anyway, I thought you might be interested in having a look since you're always boasting about living on the Cape.
 
 
Gary
 

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Sunday, June 24, 2012



Mary Cheney gets married




Mary Cheney, the daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney, got married to longtime partner Heather Poe Friday.
“Mary and Heather have been in a committed relationship for many years, and we are delighted that they were able to take advantage of the opportunity to have that relationship recognized,” the Cheneys said in a statement. The news was first reported by the Daily Caller, a conservative Web site.
“Very happy to announce that as of this morning, Heather and I are legally married (at least in DC),” Cheney wrote on her Facebook page, according to People magazine. “20 years to the day after our first date.”
Cheney, 43, a former AOL exec who later moved into political consulting, met Poe, 51, formerly a park ranger, in 1988 while playing ice hockey. They have two children, a boy born in 2007, and a girl born in 2009. They married in Washington, where gay marriage is legal; the couple lives in Northern Virginia.
While Cheney has been openly gay since her father was in the George W. Bush administration, her wedding is another sign that gay marriage increasingly lacks the stigma it once had. (Another: David Blakenhorn, who testified against gay marriage in support of California’s Prop 8 in 2008, has written aNew York Times op-ed announcing his change of heart).
An AP poll released Friday found that 42 percent of respondents oppose gay marriage in their states, 40 percent support it and 15 percent are neutral. Republican opposition to gay marriage remains high — 68 percent disapprove, according to an April Pew poll
Cheney and her father have both been criticized by gay activists for not more forcefully defending gay unions.
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Cape Cod. . ..HOME


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoQxJTJznxs&feature=player_embedded

Linked from the Crowne Pointe Inn FB Posting......

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

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WHO ARE YOU?


The Very Thought Of Him - GAYTWOGETHER.COM - click to enlarge


Posted: 22 Jun 2012 06:20 AM PDT

Dating is a multi-stage process:  first we get to know someone, and then we explore what it’s like being intimate with them. The problem is, everyone wants to skip the first step and get on with the second.  It’s a mistake to gloss over the getting-to-know-you process just because "your new guy" is a good catch.

One of the best ways to get to know the person you’re dating is to help him get to know you.  To know the other, you must be known yourself.  You get valuable information from how he responds to you and you begin the dance of intimacy together. But letting someone get to know you implies that you know something about yourself in the first place.  Do you? If you’re looking for employment, you’ve probably heard (and dreaded!) the universal question, “Tell me about yourself.”  If your date asked you a question like that, what would you tell him?   

What do you value?  Do you have a sense of what’s most important to you in life?  For some people it’s having a good time right now.  For others, now isn’t as important as later – maybe even the afterlife!  What about you?  What is most important to you? 

What makes you unique?  What are your gifts?  Maybe you’ve got a big heart.  Maybe you’ve got the ability to rewire a house.  The world would be boring if we were all the same.  What do you bring to a relationship with someone?

What’s happened to you in your life?  Each of us has had unique experiences in life.  Think about some of the ones that you’ve had that have been unlike those of your friends.  These experiences may be good or bad; both shape us.

A caution here.  If you’ve had truly awful experiences in your life, you may feel like you are hiding a secret that no one else could bear.  Keeping secrets makes it difficult for others to get to know us.  Don’t be afraid of your individuality.  Always remember that you are unique – just like everyone else is, too.

What do you friends say about you?  Would they say that you are easy to get to know?  Dependable?  Fun to be around?  Do they know about your passions and your daydreams, your hobbies and your eccentricities?  Consider asking the people who know you best what they think.  It might be interesting to find out what five words they would use to describe you to someone meeting you for the first time.

What are you like when the little boy inside of you comes out to play?  Relationships require us to act like adults most of the time – but not all of the time.  In healthy relationships, the little kid in you gets to come out to play with the other guy’s little kid.  Relationships where these boys are in charge all the time don’t last long, but if they don’t get out from time to time, the relationship will die of boredom.  What do you do for fun?  When do you just let yourself be silly?

If part of dating is getting to know someone, then an important part of getting ready for a relationship is getting to know yourself.

John R. Ballew, M.S. an author and contributor to GAYTWOGETHER, is a licensed professional counselor in private practice in Atlanta. He specializes in issues related to coming out, sexuality, relationships and spirituality. If you have any questions or comments you can submit them directly to GAYTWOGETHER or John R. Ballew, M.S. -www.bodymindsoul.org.


~~~~~thanks, MICHAEL, gaytwogether.com
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The Lady On The Bus. . . .


When you have a chance, check this out or google 'bus monitor cries'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l93wAqnPQwk

This happened nearby in a well-to-do suburb of Rochester. I posted a blog on it, mentioning a few other facts.

gotta jet,
jimm

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

The Next Day


Well, well, well... .where did yesterday go to?!  That has a way of happening. . . .and there doesn't seem any stopping it. . . .Well, where was I?  Oh yes, a couple of weeks ago Peter and I headed back to school for graduation.  There were over 1700 undergraduate and graduate degrees awarded in one huge long graduation ceremony. . . Tradition, you know.

One that I chose to omit was getting all dressed up, as I had been invited to do, and walk in with the huge long line of faculty members. I might have, just to show off, IF there had been a hidden, unseen exit somewhere. . . .

Peter and I have a lot of friends who graduated that weekend and we wanted to be "there for them" and the various parties.  It was good to be there, see them, with them. . .cuz we do like them! ;-)
This is what it looked like. . . .we are sitting/standing way off to center left, way in the back.  See us?  LOL
"Hugeus mobbus congregavit in unum"  

Most of the time our together activities have been confined to the local scene.  I guess it is just plain good being home!  Yesterday temps got into the mid 90*s. . . HOT. . .close to broiling. We did spend some time at the beach. . ."away from the maddening crowds". . . .just to be out, exposed to  Mother Nature. . .and to anyone else who cared to gawk!  LOL


I was interrupted and didn't quite finish this but I shall post it "as is" with the promise and/or threat to post more. . .later. . . cheerios!




















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