With most in the United States enjoying the long holiday weekend I’m temporarily suspending the Men of Twitter posting and taking a bit of a break from blogging.
Looking for summer reading to pass your time at the beach or pool? I’d suggest checking your local library or inquire at your favorite bookstore for Joe Gores 2009 novel Spade & Archer. Published by Knopf the hard cover is 337 pages but it’s a quick read thanks to Gores’ easy writing style and short chapters.
This prequel to Dashiell Hammett’s most famous novel, The Maltese Falcon, tells the story of Sam Spade and his detective agency in San Francisco. I do love mysteries and detective novels and Gores does a great job bringing Hammett’s fictional character, Sam Spade, to life. In addition to detective literature fans, the book will appeal to those who live in San Francisco since the book traces Spade’s every movement through the city’s streets.
A little about the book that inspired Gores’ novel, The Maltese Falcon is a famous American detective novel penned by Dashiell Hammett in 1930 that was made into a movie by the same name in 1941, which starred Humphrey Bogart.
75 years ago today on May 27, 1937 the Golden Gate Bridge which spans 1.7 miles (nearly 3 km) and links San Francisco to Marin County opened. The bridge is even more beautiful in person, although this photograph from the web does the bridge justice.
Is it any wonder I love visiting Brazil?
Recently sent from a reader. Thanks Ben
This past October, with the help of a few friends, I hosted a chocolate chip cookie tasting to determine which cafe and bakery in my neighborhood makes the tastiest cookie. If you’re a chocolate chip cookie fan, you can read the ranking on my blog post, South End chocolate chip cookie tasting.
Posted above, is a print out of the blog post, which you can see if you visit The Appleton Bakery. I’m thinking its time to do another tasting…
If you live in the United States, no doubt you have the forthcoming holiday weekend on your mind. Enjoy the long weekend if you can.
Most here will head to the coast and the islands, Cape Cod (where Provincetown is located), the coast of Maine and Rhode Island. Wherever you go – have a great time.
Last week while on The View Judge Judy spoke out in support of same sex marriage. As wonderful as it is to have this conversation on network television, my experience is personal conversations have even more impact.
Do people know how you feel about the Republican Party’s continued attempts to legally prohibit gay and lesbians from having equal protection and rights under the law? It would be a wonderful thing to have the Republican Party make their homophobic rhetoric and evangelical ties a thing of the past, but I’m not holding my breathe and I’ll be using this blog as my bullhorn to express my frustration. I’d like to ask you to speak up as well. It wasn’t by remaining silent that the LGBT community and its allies were able to convince President Obama to support same sex marriage.
Have fun guys
IML Chicago officially opens today so I thought I’d post a leather-themed Furry Friday. I’ve never been to Chicago for IML, but I’m intrigued. Once upon a time I had a great friend who was very much into the leather scene and had all these accessories and more.
Earlier, I wrote about the impact President Obama’s support for legalizing same sex marriage had in Maryland – a state that recently past legislation that would legalize same sex marriages starting in 2013 in my post, Maryland public opinion shifts in favor of same sex marriage. The 12-point shift was attributed to African American voters change in opinion following the President’s endorsement.
Now a Washington Post-ABC survey finds that opinions of same sex marriage in the African American community may be shifting even faster than the Maryland survey would lead people to believe. This survey finds that nationally there has been an 18-point shift with 59% of blacks now saying they are in favor of same sex marriage.
These latest polls show Obama’s announcement may have been shrewd politics as it has united two important bases for the Democratic Party.
According to an article published by The Huffington Post, a recent poll by Marylanders for Equality shows a significant shift in public opinion supporting same sex marriage.
This is significant because Maryland recently passed a gay marriage law that goes into effect January 1, 2013 which opponents are trying to have overturned in a referendum vote later this year.
The poll shows a 12-point shift in favor of same sex marriage with 57% now saying they would vote to uphold the Maryland law. According to the report “The shift can be explained ‘almost entirely’ by a change in black voters’ attitudes.”
The reason for that shift in attitude in my opinion may be summed up in one word, “Obama”.
Read this the other day and thought it was funny. If you are on Twitter you can follow Leo at @leo_jag045.
Thanks to Matthew over at Giants, Cowboys, Football, Rugby and Life for bringing this to my attention. I’ve always thought of myself as a “legs” guy so after seeing this photo of Luke McAlister’s “Thunder Thighs” I was reminded that I need to go over and watch a Boston Rugby Club game this summer.
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