12.19.05 Tidbits

Anyone Else?? Anyone who had bad experiences of dealing with Dr. Jane K. Fernandes can submit their stories to me via the e-mail at Ridor9th@gmail.com. Why do I need this? We need to document the evidences that Dr. Jane K. Fernandes is not the suitable choice to replace Dr. I. K. Jordan as the next President of Gallaudet University.

Suicidal Cat: My sister, Lily, has a white, puffy cat that seems to be suicidal these days. She sat on the middle of the road -- I had to yell at her to get off the road each time I visited her place. She won't budge. I tried to scoop the car closer to her -- my sister said the cat is still next to the car -- then I slowly rolled by, she refused to move -- it took someone else to get out of the car to remove her around. Maybe she's tired of the Taylors' clan?

Elton John Should Not Turn It Down! It was such a mistake for Elton John and David Furnish to turn the offer from American media for 10 million dollars to cover their wedding. If it was showed, it'd make an impact on Americans' attitudes that the sky won't fall if gay marriage is legalized in this country!

The Rise of Darth Vader: I'm not a fan of Star Wars when it comes to novels. But last Friday night, I skimmed the Star Wars' novel about the rise of Darth Vader -- the period that happens right after the Revenge of Sith took place. I was hooked on it. I may end up buying it to indulge my thoughts.

GW Bush Is Amazing When It Comes To Compassion: GW Bush actually authorized the government to spy on us all when it comes to terrorism. Where is freedom of privacy? Please do not use this excuse to say that freedom comes with a price -- that is what Nazism is all about!

I watched 60 Minutes last night about this particular Muslim who had no ties to the radical Muslim organizations but that does not stop the CIA from abducting him and flew him to different places -- Afghanistan, Morrocco, Jordan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Macedonia and Egypt to torture him. The CIA agents also taunted him that he will never be found. Nobody will ever know that he existed because the CIA is going to make him nonexistant. But when the CIA made a mistake, they simply dumped him in Albania with hopes that he'll be killed by someone else.

My question is: Why? This is not freedom. This is not what the Americans are all about. Yes, the terrorists are monsters but again, so do ours. Please do not act surprised or shocked if someone decided to bomb the American city eventually. In fact, this particular victim was asked by his son who did this? The father responded, "Americans."

Of course, this will fan such hatred amongst the Muslim Youths. We gloat about our freedoms but do not care about theirs, even if they are in Spain, Italy or Germany. Condeleeza Rice refused to comment on this subject but she also mentioned that rendition is part of the "war on terrorism". By her translation, she was turning the accused ones to the countries to be tortured whereas she can say that the United States never engaged in any form of tortures but are willing to turn them over for few hours, days or months. It does not exonerate the United States from claiming that they do not torture, they knew these countries that did not ratify with the Geneva Convention on torture -- they were apostate for doing the rendition in the first place!

It was such a noble for GW Bush to admit the mistakes. It was so comical, really, for him to claim for months and suddenly, admitted that it's all based on a lie, really. Now, with the reports coming out that Dr. Germ of Baghdad, Rihab Taha, has been released from the prison with *no* charges (Where is the due process for all, remember GW Bush claimed to free Iraqis and to restore justice and peace to Iraq but continues to deny the due process for many!) at all. Rihab Taha was imprisoned for 2 years and suddenly, she is free.

Bush argued that Iraq "is the beginning of something new: constitutional democracy at the heart of the Middle East." If he wants to defend that, then act like one! Stop tortures, imprison people for years without any due process and spying on people. It ain't democracy at all.

Where Is Xians' Compassion? Thanks to Neil for telling me about this article. This is perfect example of Xians who claim to defend the "sacred marriage" from gays by destroying gay people's lives. It is amazing that Xians actually claimed that the current law will not "discriminate" gays, they claimed that it protects the marriage itself, not discriminating. It is shame, really.

Confidential to Kurzetard: Get a therapist. You really need one more than I thought.

Cheers,

R-

"I Need A Fork!"

At Regal Short Pump Cinemas, about an hour northwest of my parents' house, has an open caption of The Family Stone, despite the fact that they showed the film at very unorthodox time -- early mornings or very late night showings. The Regal Cinemas probably felt that showing the open captions will not make money. This is the classic example why capitalism failed Deaf people in general. They were quick to tell me that not many Deaf people showed up at the showings "anyway!" -- I was quick to point out that their unorthodox times made it DIFFICULT for anyone to show up on a consistent manner. But they won't listen.

However I made it a priority to check it out because my good friend, Ty Giordano performed in this film. Despite the fact that the reviews of the film was not bad nor good, I still had to check it out because I wanted Ty to succeed. Anything to contribute that for Ty is good, in my opinion. And you should do the same.

I was not disappointed with the film. Ty performed as a deaf, gay character named Thad Stone. He was one of five siblings (with Luke Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Elizabeth Reaser) coming home for the Holidays with their parents who were performed by Diane Keaton and Craig T. Nelson. Oh, yeah, Thad has a boyfriend who is African American. Practically, everyone signs in the house including the cute boyfriend of Thad.

I was impressed with Rachel McAdams' conversations with Ty. In one scene, when Amy talked about Meredith Morton's quirky habits of clearing her throat loudly, Thad was intrigued as Amy signed, "TRUE BIZ" to indicate that she was telling the truth. You do not see that in films these days.

It appears to me that Ty made others look good -- I mean, the actors/actresses' signs did not seem to be crispy at all. Even Diane, Craig, Luke and Dermot! I was jealous that Ty got to sit on Luke Wilson's lap -- that ought to be me. But again, I probably would break Luke's legs. And seeing Ty touching the hand of Dermot Mulroney (whom has VERY nice ass that I saw on another film) just fucking enraged me. ;-)

I loved the scene where Sybil Stone (Diane Keaton) actually threw the fork at Thad's dinner plate to get his attention -- I had to snicker because I hadn't seen a film where someone does the little things that pinpointed the Deaf/hearing interaction tendencies. It was nice to see ASL/spoken English transcend with each other in the household. At least we did not have to deal with cued speech or cochlear implants, really.

I thought Ty did a great job of acting as Thad Stone. I still find it hard to believe that he TRUE BIZ acted as a gay character. I know he told me that he does not see any problem with it at all -- I certainly understand that but it is still amusing to know that a fella that I knew from college days acted as one. That is his job as an actor. And damn, he's enjoying himself as much as can be. I would be if I was in his shoes.

The Family Stone is drama-comedy film that will delight your hearts, even in the end.

Good job, Ty!

Cheers,

R-

Me & Virginia

Yesterday in the afternoon, I failed to drag my parents to the Robins Center for a game of Collegiate Women's Basketball between Richmond Spiders and Virginia Cavaliers. That is alright, at least, I get to go by myself.

The last time I saw the Cavaliers in action was when I was in New York. They defeated Long Island 76-59 but it was such a sloppy game. At that time, they had players like Brandi Teamer and LaTonya Blue.

This time, the Cavaliers does not have Brandi Teamer and LaTonya Blue at all. What a difference! The quickness of Cavaliers' perimeter defenders were astonishing. Sharnee Zoll is so quick with ballhandling skills. In fact, Virginia roared to a 16-2 lead with 15 and half minutes left to go in the first half.

But again, the Cavaliers has only one senior. In fact, 8 out of 12 players are either Freshmen or Sophomores. After taking a 14-point lead, they squandered the lead to 4. The team regrouped to expand the lead to 10 at the half, 31-21.

In the second half, I enjoyed watching Lyndra Littles crashing the boards and taking baskets for her own. Suffice to say, Virginia Cavaliers routed Richmond Spiders, 66-45 to improve the season at 6-1.

After the game, I get to meet Tanzania Williams, the sister of Tamika Williams, a former player at Connecticut. It was good to see Coach Debbie Ryan once again. Then I finally got to meet the dynamic Sharnee Zoll and Lyndra Littles. Talked a little -- Did not realize that Sharnee Zoll has gorgeous eyes. Lyndra Littles was easy for me to lipread and follow what she has to say. Needless to say, there were pictures taken. It shall be posted one way or other.

Go Cavaliers!

Cheers,

R-

Just Because One Is Gay, He Is Out!

Thanks to DowntownLad for making me resent the American soldiers more than ever.

This guy, Kyle Lawson, is being driven out of the United States Army in Sierra Vista, Arizona.

Sierra Vista is hometown of Brad Dale, the current President of Gallaudet's Rainbow Society of Gallaudet University. Sierra Vista is roughly 75 miles southwest of Tucson and about 185 miles southwest of Phoenix, Arizona.

I do not see any of my friends in Phoenix and Tucson object to this harassment of Kyle Lawson!

Veronica Kozlowski? Chlms? Philip Mecham? Do make a call to that fucking place to show your displeasure of your fucking country, willja?

R-

Say No to Fernie!

I have created a petition as a way to get the message to the Board of Trustees at Gallaudet University because the rumors persisted that Dr. Jane K. Fernandes was expected to be the next President of Gallaudet University.

By itself, it does more harm than good to the welfare of Gallaudet Community. Dr. Fernandes has not set up a good relationship with faculty, staff, students and alumni. She created a lot of bitter resentments amongst the groups at Gallaudet. I heard the stories about how she has done to students, parents and staff at Hawai'i and in DC.

And in the last few years, Dr. Fernandes has done almost nothing but treat the student body with contempt. She and Paul Kelly has done nothing to improve the Department of Public Safety's communication access. It is well known amongst the faculty and staff that Dr. Fernandes is the puppet of Dr. Jordan's team of "Yes-sayers".

I acknowledge the changes that Dr. Jordan has done for the University, it is time for a fresh start. A fresh perspective to energize the Deaf Community and usher Gallaudet University into a new era.

How can you help this out? By signing the petition online to let the Board of Trustees that Dr. Jane K. Fernandes is not the right candidate for Gallaudet University!

Here is the link and be sure to spread the word around the world since Gallaudet affects practically everyone who is Deaf, deaf and hard of hearing!

Cheers,

R-

And There Is Another One

I never liked the Holidays. The Holidays seemed to be the favorite period for the Grim Reaper to target the loved ones of others. There are too many for me to mention of people I knew that died between November to January.

I just learned that Mary Kiser has died of Alzheimers yesterday morning in Staunton. She was 89 years old. She had a simple life, really. She can be bashful when she snickered so loudly. She and her husband, Ralph Kiser, has been together for 62 years.

Why am I talking about her? When I was a student at VSDB, Mary Kiser often visited Bettie Creasy at the dormitory during the evening time. They would sit and chat with each other along with Kathy Hughes. At that time, not far from them, the students would do their homeworks for an hour or so. When the students are done, they can resort to do whatever they wanted for the remainder of the hour or so. Meanwhile, I tend to join Bettie, Kathy and Mary for these interesting tidbits.

Mary Kiser once told me an unbelievable story that happened to her in early 1980s. I could not believe what she said. Bettie confirmed that story and insisted that what happened is real. I turned to look at Mary as in, "Are you serious?"

She smiled out of bashfulness and said: YOU THINK I MAKE THIS STORY UP?!

Here is the tale that has not been told by many:

Once Upon A Time ... in Staunton's fabled VSDB campus, some houseparents used to reside in dormitories -- some dormitories has apartments for the houseparents who preferred to live on the campuses until they are ready to move out of the campus.

The Kisers was no different, really. They used to reside in Darden Hall for some years. During the summertime, the VSDB campus is virtually empty. Practically nobody is on the campus between June to August. Naturally, during the school year, the Kisers always locked the apartment to keep their lives private, away from the students who resided in Darden Hall as well.

But during the summertime, nobody is in the building, Mary and Ralph occasionally left the door open to catch the drifts because it can be hot in these buildings. One night, Mary had a small dog who were startled by something. It barked at something beyond the door -- something in the hallway.

Suddenly, her dog got off from the couch and ran into the hallway outside of her apartment. Mary knew that the front door of Darden Hall was unlocked. Mary then walked out of her apartment into the hallway -- suddenly, she saw a caucasian naked guy running towards her. She ran back into her apartment and slammed the door and locked it.

She was terrorized by this odd-looking guy, she said he seems to be wild -- has wild eyes. She was terrified and ran to her son's bedroom, Jim Kiser, and woke him up. Jim Kiser is hearing fellow whom I knew as Physical Education teacher at VSDB. He was such a hottie but hot-tempered guy. Easy on my eyes, though.

Mary's husband was nowhere to be found, in fact. He was at the Creasy family's place for a while. He was due to be home. At that time, the Kiser household did not have a telephone. There was a window right above the door which Jim Kiser climbed to peek at this lunatic guy who kept on slamming himself against the heavy oak door (Yes, Darden Hall has these magnificent thick Oak doors which you can slam it and it created these magnificent vibrations that shook the building!)

Jim saw this guy running amok in the hallway of Darden's first floor chasing their small dog. Jim told Mary about it. She freaked out. Jim dressed up and went to jump out of the first-floor apartment by window and ran to get some help. Yes, Mary was virtually alone, barricaded in her own apartment with this nut running amok. She was terrified.

About 15 minutes later, the cops flooded the building. They located this maniacal guy on 3rd floor hiding under the desk. The Kisers looked for the dog that hides in 2nd floor.

Mary smiled at me, "IMAGINE ME BEING ALONE! ME SCARED SILLY!" She then laughed at herself as Bettie tugged her shoulder and said, "YOU SO FUNNY!" I asked Mary about this naked guy -- who is he?

Mary smiled and said, "ME NOT SURE. COPS SAID THAT BOY ON DRUGS. HE FLIPPED OUT OR SOMETHING. BUT IMPORTANT IS ME OK! JIM OK! RALPH OK!"

Now that is very odd story to tell, is it?

Bettie Creasy died in 1990 few weeks after her husband, Olin, died of heart attack. Now I guess Mary is reunited with her close friends, after all.

Meanwhile, I still wondered whatever happened to Jim Kiser ...

Cheers,

R-

What About Facundo Montenegro?

It was reported to me today that Facundo Montenegro, MFA -- he used to be the adjunct professor at the Department of Television, Film and Photography at Gallaudet, now the whole department is shuffled into something else -- has died of Lung Cancer.

This was a certain surprise for me and it may break few's hearts like Ryan Commerson and Allison Aubrecht -- in fact, it was he who inspired them to do something about the audism that occurs at Gallaudet and beyond Gallaudet. Despite the fact that he can hear, he was the instrumental figure that pushed for the production of Audism Unveiled.

I never took classes under Facundo Montenegro. From what I knew, he was quite popular figure with his students. But yes, Facundo and I talked once in a while. In fact, there was this legendary tale that a certain fellow caused me, Helmuth Boy and Jacques Girl to score one of the most embarrassing moments in our lives.

What happened is that there was a subtitled film sponsored by Reel Affirmations at Lincoln Theater. It was sold out. Helmuth Boy was determined to get in, one way or other. We met a well-known local boy by the name of Robert Mason who led us to someone who works within the theater.

Some miscommunication occurred from that point, the guy pulled me, Jacques Girl and Helmuth Boy into the theater -- led us to the backstage, told us to wait as we watched the seats being filled up to 1,500. Among the 1,500 was Facundo Montenegro.

Suddenly, this fellow who runs the theater pushed me, Helmuth Boy and Jacques Girl onto the stage in front of 1,500 spectators to give few words about the film. I realized at that point, this fellow thought we were some kind of contributors that financed this fucking film.

I stammered. Helmuth Boy smiled and said, "HELLO! MY NAME IS MARK HELMUTH AND I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY THE FILM!" to the audience without an interpreter. Then he raised his hands to wave as in applauding -- then 3,000 hands waved back at us. I stammered like Hell. Jacques Girl crept back into the backstage. Suffice to say, I nearly pissed in my pants.

Apparently this fellow who runs the theater realized that something did not transpire well, he turned the stage floor off. After the lights glared on our eyes, it was all pitch black. Needless to say, Mark fell off the stage by accident. I had to vamoose to the bathroom because I was laughing hysterically and crying so hard.

Few friends of mine, including Erin Wilkinson, was in the balcony area when they saw us on the stage and could not believe it. In fact, one of our hearing friends heard my voice via the microphone -- then he turned to see me on the stage, he was horrified and baffled to understand why I'm there onstage. I was the closest to the microphone. I stammered.

The next day, Facundo Montenegro caught me at Ely Center and said, "What the heck were you doing on the stage last night?!"

I told him all about it. He smiled like Hell.

Bon voyage, Facundo!

Cheers,

R-

P.S. Check for Jenna Bush's thingie (Not Safe at work). Bleargh.

Thoughts for the Day

Sore, Sore and Sore! Whew! I just noticed something today. The pounds that I lifted at the gym has increased tremendously in the last 4 weeks. From measly 25 lbs to 55 lbs. The trainer said that I should expect to see changes in me within 2 to 3 weeks. I can't wait! But today, my upper body is fucked up! I used to hate feeling sore. But for the first time in eons, I enjoy it. I know it will lead me to the one I wanted all along.

The Story of Brokeback Mountain: I caved in and read the story of Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx which was printed in The New Yorker. Thanks to DowntownLad's entry, I finally got to read it. I liked the story. It is only 17-pages long. It was kinda sad but I gotta admit that Annie Proulx wrote very well. The idea of her writing a sex scene is odd, but reading what she described -- it made me spring a boner.

Ennis ran full throttle on all roads whether fence mending or money spending, and he wanted none of it when Jack seized his left hand and brought it to his erect cock. Ennis jerked his hand away as though he'd touch fire, got to his knees, unbuckled his belt, shoved his pants down, hauled Jack onto all fours, and, with the help of the clear slick and a little spit, entered him, nothing he'd done before but no instruction manual needed. They went at it in silence except for a few sharp intakes of breath and Jack's choked "Gun's going off," then out, down, and asleep.

Whew! That was hot one.

There Was One, Now There Are Two! Remember the last entry I talked about having a blog that dedicated to disparage who I am. I just learned that there is another new blogsite called I Hate Ridor, created none other than Amy Kurz also known as Kurzetard of Tampa, Florida. This woman is psycho! I once met her at Gallaudet and always thought she was wacko. But I kept it to myself because it is polite thing to do. But after I left Gallaudet (I only knew her for a semester), she actually thought she's my best friend. She ain't.

Later, she insisted that I am her best friend despite the fact that we hadn't talked in years! I made it clear that she was never my best friend. It appears that on her blogsite, she still THINKS I'm her best friend. Kurzetard, get this through to your brain if you have one -- you ain't my best friend. You're fucking nuts. Go and fuck your mini-schnauzer dogs for all I care.

I Dare You To ...: This happened in Jacksonville, Florida. And Christopher Lemay is cute, I think.

According to Times-Dispatch: Stephen B. Johnson was inadvertently pushed out of the closet -- for years, he was openly gay only to his friends but not to professionals. That is until the newspaper exposed him. According to The Washington Blade, someone who is close with Stephen B. Johnson retaliated on him by telling the information to the newspaper. I guess it is typical of gay men to do that, eh?

Ford Backpedals! Ford Company has announced that they will not fold to the demands of American Family Association and will remain to advertise and sponsor gay-related newspapers and communities. Good.

Someone Please ... Will anyone else bomb Syrians? I mean, they bombed Lebanon too many times! What they needed is a payback.

Cheers,

R-

Tuesday the 13th Tidbits

This Is Hot! It'd be heaven for many gay guys to watch these four players in action.

Bad News For Lee Trevathan: A dear friend of mine, Lee Trevathan, did not make it to the Top Three for MetroWeekly's Coverboy of the Year. But look at the bright side, he was in Top Ten.

My Workout Regimen? My trainer insisted that I start to work out 3 times per week because I hadn't been doing a workout in years. But after three weeks, it has been changed from 3 days to 5 days. I expected that I'll be exhausted and sore in days to come. In time, I should see some changes in my body.

There is a framed with some wise comments from the owner of the gym regarding our appearances. I cannot quote the exact comments but it was saying that if we have a great body, we should not brag it to others. Basically, the keyword is humility. As for me, the goal is to get healthy, to look good and to feel good about myself. I am also aware that even when I lost pounds, people will still complain about the way I look. Either way, they will always complain. So do I care? No, not really.

Brokeback Mountain Captioned or Subtitled? This is getting frustrating for me. As the film continues to pile up on the raves from many critics regardig two cowboys in love with each other, the film has been released to the limited theaters. Which means what? The chances of seeing the film on a big screen is very remote. I had been trying to find information on this film being subtitled, captioned or even rear view captioned! NO luck. Of course, I knew better than that. Even in 2005, they fucking still ignored us. They will make subtitles for foreigners, but not for their own Americans! How great is this?!

On related note: The Xians organization, Focus on the Family, claimed that the film is not successful because it only produced less than $600,000 on opening night. That was misleading information. Actually, they made $544,549 in FIVE THEATERS! And the film will be expanded to include more cities across the nation. And the Xians are squirming in their seats ... stay tuned.

So-Called Built Tough Ford Caves In: Another Xian organization, American Family Association, announced the victory of convincing the automobile company, Ford Company to stop advertising and sponsoring events associated with gay communities. The same nutty Xian organization is also the responsible ones that intimidated the stores, Target, from selling the morning-after pills for women! This is the same organization that is still attempting to stop the Food & Drug Administration from approving a vaccine that was already tested 100 percent safe to prevent two strains of HPV viruses. This vaccine would have saved thousands of women's lives. In other words, these nutty Xians who supported the American Family Association are murderers, hateful bigots and you tell me that I was too harsh on Xians?!

Rocco And I? For some months, I enjoyed reading Rocco's blogsite called I Probably Hate You -- his blog is funny, vicious and all that. Rocco is very opinionated person. He is not perfect guy. But he has a heart. And his own mind that is considered to be lethal. He often fired some snappy comments that offended, pissed and enraged some gay people.

He is not the best looking guy in the world. But he has a heart. He has a cadre of loyal friends around him. As you can see the picture of Rocco (in yellow shirt) being playful with his teammate, he plays on gay rugby team in New York.

But not everything is good. Rocco also has a stalker who sets up a blog to discredit, taunt and offend Rocco on every turn. The stalker also attempts to tarnish his reputation as well.

This reminds me of my stalker who is operating a blog solely against me, trying to defame me with inaccurate information, false ideas and to ruin my reputation.

After seeing Rocco dealing with this crap, I felt much better. In fact, I felt flattered that there is someone else out there that wants to talk about me. Trying so hard to discredit me at every turn. Go ahead and do it. What you try to do will only make me stronger than ever. Just like Rocco.

Rocco, you rock!

Virginia Cavaliers Update: At 5-1, the Cavaliers will visit the Spiders here in Richmond on Sunday at 2 PM. I'm going to haul my parents to the game so that they will see why I am a fan of Virginia Cavaliers for the last 18 years.

When I was at Gallaudet, I occasionally took friends to Charlottesville, College Park, Morgantown and few places where the Virginia Cavaliers squared off against different teams. Suffice to say, many friends enjoyed themselves, I hoped.

They get to see the real side of me that was not often demonstrated in public. My friends who witnessed me at these games, you are free to describe how I behaved at these games.

Ooh. As for Chlms, my fag hag from Phoenix, Arizona, many years -- since '91 -- 14 years! My god! Christie, whom I affectionately called her as Chlms, and I first met when I barged in Cogswell Hall and I saw her walking on the second floor, I noticed that she looked like someone else that played for Virginia Cavaliers.

I exclaimed to her that she reminded me of Tammi Reiss (pictured on your right). She was perplexed then quickly dismissed me. And even today, I showed the pictures to her, she still dismissed the similar looks. Tammi Reiss played for four years with Dawn Staley at Virginia and they did it very well.

Ever since, Chlms and I became good friends, despite the fact that I probably gave her few ulcers. She did the same, though.

Anyway, it'll be my first time to see the Cavaliers play up front in 2 years. The last time I saw the Cavaliers play was in New York when they played Long Island. Needless to say, the Cavaliers routed Long Island.

Cheers,

R-

Mondays Suck, Especially in Winters!

Tookie Williams To Be Executed Tonight! I'm not a fan of Death Penalty but guess what? I am not passionate enough to care about Death Penalty to whine about it. But this is interesting. Tookie is scheduled to die tonight. It may set off the riots in Los Angeles. Or it may not. Why? Because he is the founder of LA Crips, a well-known violent gang in Los Angeles.

Once Again, Ty Giordano In Press: My dear friend, Ty Giordano, was mentioned in EntertainmentWeekly No. 853 December 9, 2005 on Page 37. It talked about his character being deaf and gay and that his character was in an interracial relationship with African-American man -- these three punches could make people talk about it. Perhaps it will, perhaps it won't. Only time will tell.

Wow! This Must Be So Good Christian Way! An anti-gay organization, Focus on the Family, based out of Colorado Springs, Colorado -- spreadheaded by Dr. James Dobson who once accused the Spongebob Squarepants of being gay. However, I was alerted to this article which nearly made me shot my snots out of my nose.

Apparently, a teenager wrote a letter to Dr. James Dobson about his struggles with homosexuality. Dr. Dobson responded back that he was touched by this teenager's struggles with homosexuality and went on to quote an anti-gay doctor to help this poor little teenager to deal with his homsexuality, check this:

Meanwhile, the boy's father has to do his part. He needs to mirror and affirm his son's maleness. He can play rough-and-tumble games with his son, in ways that are decidedly different from the games he would play with a little girl. He can help his son learn to throw and catch a ball. He can teach him to pound a square wooden peg into a square hole in a pegboard. He can even take his son with him into the shower, where the boy cannot help but notice that Dad has a penis, just like his, only bigger.

Boy, that is SO pervert of Dr. James Dobson to make a suggestion. His organization, Focus on the Family, is heavily pro-Xian group that contributed heavily to defame gays in general.

Any Suggestions About 2005 Deaf Blog Awards? You're more than welcome to email me at ridor9th@gmail.com

Israel & Iran? What do I make out of this? Israel reserved the right to defend itself after hearing the repeated threats by the President of Iran regarding wiping the nation of Israel off the map. If Israel bombed Iran's nuclear power plants, I would not complain of that at all. In fact, go for it. Iran has changed a lot in the last 25 years but is it good enough? No. So go ahead, Israelis.

Santorum Is Finished! And he knew it. The polls in Pennsylvania has been steadily widened between him and his challenger, Bob Casey. Rick Santorum shot his foot out when he wrote his autobiography with a bizarre tale that he took his dead baby home and passed it to their children. Eww. Rick Santorum is conservative Republican who is also Xian. Bleargh.

Anyway, Santorum claimed that people are against him these days. Actually, it was himself that did this.

Remember GW Bush's Katrina Comments? Remember the comments that GW Bush insisted that they will not lose New Orleans. Well, Congress just resisted to pay $32 billion dollars

Last Night ... I was livid that Desperate Housewives was not on at all. Then I stumbled upon PBS, remember ... I'm a fan of these channels: PBS, Discovery Channel, History Channel and National Geographic Channel. They had a program called, The Appalachians. I knew my father would watch it -- mainly because he was practically raised in that. So do I. Shortly, I was stunned to see the panorama view of Powell Valley where my father's family hailed. The panorama view took place on High Knob, just above the valley.


It was nice to see Powell Valley and High Knob being mentioned on that program.

Paramount Pictures Buys DreamWorks SKG: Ahh, for $1.6 billion, Paramount Pictures bought Dreamworks SKG -- expect the local amusement park, Paramount's Kings Dominion to spring new rides associated with War of the Worlds, Shrek, The Ring, Gladiator and yeah, A.I.

Why Deaf People Do Not Like Hospitals: When a friend told me about what happened in the hospital, it made me chuckle a little. It did not shock or surprise me at all. In fact, it is very common that many Deaf patients deals with this crap.

See the black folder? It was placed right next to the hospital bed where my friend laid herself in. In fact, she did not notice the folder until her friend told her to look at what it was written on that folder, right before she was wheeling into the surgery room.

This place happened in the heart of Washington, DC at Washington Hospital Center. AS many of you knew that Washington, DC is also home to one of the nation's largest Deaf Communities!

Here is the next picture.

It is scary to know that the registered nurses cannot spell "deaf" to start with!

Good thing my friend did not freak out before she was wheeling into the surgery room. Probably from the fact that she was used to the idea that the idiotic registered nurses would label Deaf patients as "death" or "dead" patients.

Go figure.

R-

It Is Set -- Check It Out

2005 Deaf Blog Awards

Check it out. Tell me what you think. Feel free to participate in the contest.

Cheers,

R-

12.11.05 Tidbits

Vote for Brat Boy School! Remember the vote occurs once per day! As of Sunday the 11th, My only endorsement, Ethan of Brat Boy School, has taken GayPatriot's place and is now leading as many as 50 votes. If we keep on doing this, he can shock Pam's House Blend who is leading more than 240 votes -- we have 4 days left to do that. Do your part by voting for Brat Boy School on this website.

Dr. I. King Jordan Ain't The Only One: Dr. Elizabeth, who is the current President of Southern Oregon University, will be retired on August 31, 2006. Many of you may remember Dr. Zinser as the first woman to be the President of Gallaudet University and the only President that never stepped on Gallaudet campus. She resigned only after 7 days of an uproar at Gallaudet which we knew as Deaf President Now Movement. Hat tip goes to Gabe. On his blog, there are links to the articles. Check it out.

Well, At First ...: At first, I laughed then thought about this particular article. This is fake article, just like The Onion -- how? Check the facts -- "Still UCSD's only humor newspaper." on the top of the webpage. But words to describe deaf people's sounds are not amusing. I think it is offensive, really. In fact, I think I will be cautious about how I moan when I am around hearing persons! Gee, thanks a lot for making me conscious of my fucking deafie voice. What do you think? Hat tip goes to Deaf258.

RimJob of DailyKos At It Again: Many hearing people continues to wonder in amazement that not many Deaf people are interested in hearing the sounds. I do not give a crap if a bird could tweet or bark. I simply do not have the desire to hear music or shit, but sometimes I wish I could eavesdrop what one is being said to the other on the subway.

Read what RimJob wrote on DailyKos:

I just don't get the "Fat Acceptance" people. It sort of reminds me of the segment of the Deaf community that objects to Cochlear Implants. There are norms to the Human condition. Should people be made fun of if they don't fit that norm? Absolutely not, but it's illogical to argue that a feature that is defective or unhealthy IS normal. Saying that there is nothing wrong with being 300 pounds or not being able to hear, is just distrubing to me. Hearing, and not having a coronary because of being grossly overweight are pretty standard.

He was talking about the obese problem and attempted to compare it with people who do not want cochlear implants. Jesus Christ -- i want to slap that boy and tell him, want me to put it on your head and tell me if he likes it! Some deaf people are so desperate to get implants because they want to hear or fit in. That is their right. I have no qualms about it. But to whine that we all should have it just because it will enable us to hear "sounds" is silly, really!

Hearies! Can't live with them. Can't live without them. Hat tip to Deaf258 for the link.

You Know What They Say About Chinese ...: According to this article, China is having the Sex Revolution -- people are fucking like rabbits. Of course, there are consequences to that. C'est la vie! I once fucked a Chinese -- ahh, never mind.

James River Parade of Lights: Last night, I went to Richmond to be part of its James River Parade of Lights -- it was interesting and nice event. About 1,000 spectators were on hand to watch 13 boats filled with lights all over as they flowed down the James River with three police boats escorting them. It was somber event.

I just learned that there is another Chinatown Bus Service from Richmond to New York other than Apexbus.com, I was thrilled because this one provides better schedule than the Apexbus.com -- it is www.easternshuttle.com. Yahoo. At least, there are several options to get back to the City.

The Shockoe Bottom in Downtown Richmond reeks of DC's Georgetown or Philadelphia's South Street. It is nice and cute. They are still debating about putting a minor league baseball stadium in that area -- if it should happen, it'll help the area just like Baltimore's Camden Yard did to the city.

Another Sister Fell For Blogging: My sister, Lily, has succumbed to the blogging fever. She is not profilic with English but she excels in Art. She is adding her artworks on it -- very amusing. You can find her link on the family section.

Oh, By The Way, Here Is Your Body! At the courtesy of GW Bush and Pentagon, here is your son's body -- via the freight. Did not surprise me at all.

Cheers,

R-

Tidbits and The New Banner

REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR BRAT BOY SCHOOL! All you have to do is to cast the vote for Brat Boy School on this link once per day. You can vote for him today, then tomorrow, then Monday until the 15th of December. Ethan of BratBoySchool was down by 150 votes behind FagPatriot, but he is now down by few votes. Good, it is time to push Ethan ahead of accursed FagPatriot and try to beat Pam's House of Blend.

Here Is Two For You! Some of you asked about The Boondocks via the emails to see what happened when the old men went to see Brokeback Mountain. Here are the last two comic strips. Enjoy!

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Dykes on Bikes: You know the lezzies that rode the motorcycles at every gay pride marches, baring their breasts for the sun to glare and burn? In San Francisco, the lezzie group tried to apply for a patent to own the name at the US Patent office, it was denied because the office thought "dykes" were derogatory. But it was done by their own lesbians. So it was reversed recently. Well, they can call themselves Dykes for all I care. Hat tip to Carrie.

Shaq Is Now A Cop: According to this article, he is now the reserve police officer in Miami Beach. He helped to nab two persons who attacked a gay person few months ago. He has my respects. Again, hat tip to Carrie.

Richard Pryor Dead At 65: He died today at the age of 65. He had an illness, Multiple Scelerosis for many years. However, he was a great comedian, always spouting many filthy jokes that makes people cringe and laugh out loud. He once acted in a flick with Gene Wilder called See No Evil, Hear No Evil. He was blind, Gene was deaf. Gene was ineffective as deaf character, but Richard was effective as blind character. I guess, Satan needs a new comedian in Hell as JuneAnn LeFors would say!

Here Is The Banner! I'm working on opening a new blogsite that will cover the nominations and categories for Deaf Blog Awards. But here is the first banner -- many thanks to Jason Wittig for his contributions to the art! This is great! Whaddyathink?



For further information on 2005 Deaf Blog Awards, come back in few days. It'll fly off, I promise you on that.

How Am I? I worked out a lot this week. I feel much invigorated. Much better. Much healthy. Let's see ... I got hit on by not one but three guys in three days. What does it means? And tonight, I'm heading up to James River Boat Parade of Lights -- should be fun and interesting.

Cheers,

R-

Endorsement!

I want to take the time to endorse someone for 2005 WEBLOGAWARDS's Best GLBT Blog.

That someone else is Brat Boy School. I had the pleasure of chatting with him once in a while on AIM. Ethan is incredibly sweet and nice fella. Yeah, he's hot. That helps a little, I guess.

He is currently behind Pam's House Blend and FagPatriot by 150 votes. If you vote each day, you can help Ethan to surpass FagPatriot -- it'd be wild to see Bruce and Dan of FagPatriot to be humiliated.

Vote for Ethan's Brat Boy School!

Cheers,

R-

12.8.05

Interesting Article: The article questioned whether if GW Bush is hard of hearing or not. Since he's not listening to anything worthwhile ...

Hat tip to TheGabe.

Mann Coulter Should Be Maimed: In Storrs, Connecticut -- the hecklers interrupted the bitch conservative pig, Ann Coulter from speaking so much hate to the student body at the University of Connecticut. One student asked Ann if she learned that her own child is gay, know what she responded? "Did you know that you were adopted?" Tasteless. Stupid. And Ann complained that the Liberals disrupted the speech, "I love to engage in repartee with people that are a lot stupider than I am," -- but wait a minute, who was stupid about gay thing? Of course, that bitch.

Brokeback Mountain: The raves continue to pile on the film. I am so desperate to check it out. I am curious to see what kind of reaction from the heterosexual community regarding the film. And it premieres in Wyoming on Saturday in Jackson Hole, my favorite town in the USA.

Another panel of The Boondocks today from Dylan Westbury. Gee, can't wait to see how they reacted when they saw the film!

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Irony Rules California: In California, Tookie Williams, the founder of the LA Crips gang, is scheduled to be executed next week. It was said that his group was the responsible in the killing of Tupac Shakur some years ago. Since then, Tookie has renounced the gang, learned how to read and write as well. The only person that can save his life is Governor Schwarzenegger, whose made fame and money in killing people in his movies.

Xians Claims To Be Tolerant But Are Really Intolerant In Topeka, Kansas -- where the Xians pressured the state to accept and insert the teachings of "intelligent design" in schools across the state, much to the objections of educators and others. One professor at the University of Kansas wrote an email that teaching a course about intelligent design as mythology in religious courses would be a nice fat slap in their faces.

Then few days later, the same professor were stalked and beaten by Xian thugs. Another reason not to tolerate them at all costs. Fuck them.

Cheers,

R-

Long Live Mordru!

According to the advertisement before I get JSA #80 today reads like this:

The final battle between Mordru and Dr. Fate rages to its shocking conclusion through the worlds of Kingdom Come and JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NAIL! Plus, the Thunderbolt vs. Jakeem to decide the ultimate fate of the Fifth Dimension! After this issue, two members of the JSA will never be seen again!

Today, I got JSA #80, I was rather disappointed. I was expecting to see the anticlimatic battle between Mordru and Nabu. But only 7 fucking pages were devoted to the battles. That really pissed me off.

Two members of the JSA will be never seen again -- Hector and Lyta. Who the fuck cares, though!

I care about Mordru whipping Nabu, Mordru was overwhelming Nabu and was winning before Jakeem intervened. Of course, with Johnny Thunder's help, Mordru was teleported somewhere away for a long time.

I suspect that it was the "final" battle between Mordru and Nabu but certainly not the final battle between Mordru and the members of JSA. Perhaps by JSA #100, Mordru will returm and resume the drama. As always.

Again, Mordru rocks!

Read the dialogue -- you can see why Mordru makes me chuckle -- his comments are so cool.

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Ahh, I cannot help but to love this villain. He'd kill your favorite characters anyday! And the best part is that he cannot die nor lose, only you can do is to bury him alive or to send him away. That is the only option you have. Bwahahaha!

Cheers,

R-

12.7.05 Tidbits

Barry Strassler Is Crybaby! A certain friend of mine told me that he emailed Barry Strassler after reading the comment about the Deaf Prep 11-Men Football National Championship, which Maryland was named as the winner. My friend jokingly asked Barry if he was on the MSD payroll since no player from California School for the Deaf-Riverside was named on All-American First Team or Second Team. The Defensive and Offensive Player of the Year goes to Maryland, despite the fact that CSD-R went through the season unbeaten and lost in the first round of some state tournament.

By that, my friend told Barry that he was a disgrace for doing that. Guess what Barry Strassler did to my friend? He banned my friend from getting DeafDigest and DeafSportZine mailing list!

Barry Strassler is indeed a crybaby.

Cool advertisement! This is stunning!

Hat tip to Merritt. Thanks!

Here Is Zorro! You thought it was Antonio Banderas, really?


See Something Interesting? Try to find the image that is part of our lives, really. And I'm bit amused. I'm not sure what to say of this image. Check this out. Hat tip goes to PJ.

Who is RT101? My sources are pouring in. I believe I knew who this person is. At least, let me tell you which websites he surfed lately -- www.kinkycobbler.com -- how kinky is that? I am getting to you, coward. When time do occurs, the shit will hit the fan. Just watch me.

DeafSurvivors? McWeenie sets up a blog right after Hurricane Katrina bulldozed the city of New Orleans. And guess what? The blogsite is dead. And Whale Fatterson is still complaining and reading my blog these days. Of course, I am amused.

List of 2005 DeafBlogAwards: Here is the tentative list of categories to pass it out. I think we might need 5 blogs to nominate for each category.

Best Blog
Funniest Blog
Best BiPolar Blog
Most Powerful Blog
Best Stupid Hearie Blog
Best Narcissistic Blog
Best Hot/Cold Blog
Best Geek Blog
Best Creative Blog
Best Thoughtful Blog
Best Conservative Blog
Best Liberal Blog

Anything else to add? You have the time to add the ideas until Sunday.

Pearl Harbor Thing: Many of us wanted to remember the "travesty" that occurred at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It was considered to be the 'day that will live in infamy'. If you look at the history of what was happening in Hawai'i prior to the destruction of Pearl Harbor, maybe the actions were justified.

After all, we stole the islands from the original inhabitants. And trampled their rights. I wrote about this a while ago. Read and weep and don't try to make us look good while we were not in the first place. Maybe we deserved to be bombed on that day.

Cheers,

R-

Time for Our Own?

Nothing New With Hearies! We always set up our own businesses, schools, clubs, magazines, newspapers and all that shit because the pricks outside of Deaf Community tend not to include us in many avenues. It does not surprise me at all that WEBLOGAWARDS is not inclusive to include Deaf bloggers in its annual awards. I say fuck 'em.

Let's set up our own -- 2005 DeafBlogAwards. You have until Sunday, December 11, 2005 to nominate any Deaf blog. I'll collect the nominations and make the poll where anyone can vote (once per day) starting on Monday the 12th. The voting shall end at midnight on Monday, Dec 19th.

If you want to set up something to categorize something like "Best Deaf Sports Blog", "Best Deaf Gay Blog" -- you guys can make suggestions to me via ridor9th@gmail.com. I'll figure out something. The winners shall get the design of something to attach on their blogs to brag that they are best at something else. How's that? Any feedbacks would be appreciated.

Oh, yes, you can nominate yourself.

See This? My Mom Did That: Mom loves to fish. I hate fishing. It wasted my time. She loves to fish then caught these dirty fishes then toss it back in James River. Mom tends to fish in the area that was pretty unsafe to start with, despite the fact that lots of people came to the particular area near City Point National Historical Park where two major rivers, Appomattox and James, meets.

Sensing that the area needs a safe waterfront for others to enjoy, Mom got in touch with the city. The city said that the property is owned by Petersburg National Battlefield Park. So she got in touch with the park that operated the Petersburg national Battlefield Park.

You know the b.s. drills. She also mentioned that anyone could get injured and sue the park for not doing something about the unsafe conditions in the area by the rivers. Apparently, the park service agreed with Mom and worked with the city to build a nice, cute waterfront. It is nice waterfront, really.

Mom is kinda proud of it. She said, "ME DID IT. ME WROTE THEM AND THEY DID IT. ABOUT TIME!"
The overview of Old City Point Waterfront Park

Cheers,

R-

Once Again, WEBLOGAWARDS Is Not Credible

WEBLOGAWARDS For Whom? Hearies Only! Last year, I asked Kevin who operated the WEBLOGAWARDS website to include the Best Deaf Blog Award because the numbers of Deaf bloggers are growing at an alarming rate. No response from Kevin at all. This year, they announced the list of Best Who's Who on its website. Again, no Best Deaf Blog category at all.

They included the Best GLBT Blog, the Best Conservative Blog, the Best Liberal Blog, the Best Culture/Gossip Blog ... if you observe its listings, most of the listings are done by conservatives. Which means they are not inclusive. This year, I emailed Kevin directly and asked him why.

Here is his response that really pissed me off and it should piss you, the Deaf readers, off.

Nor do we include awards for pet bloggers, music blogs, autism blogs, porn blogs, etc. I'll tell you what I told them. If you're so pissed off about not being included do something about it - start your own awards.

I get about 1,000 e-mails a day, of which I respond to very few.

There's your response.

What does it means? He actually categorized us in the same category with these "pet bloggers, music blogs, autism blogs, porn blogs, etc."

Kevin actually named the Best GLBT Blog -- it is not EVEN a culture. It is just a fucking subculture. Deaf Culture has its own language, therefore is a culture. Gay does not mean they have its culture, it is called a subculture.

They even had "Best Military Blog" and "Best Sports Blog"! I guess they are important and better than "Best Deaf Blog"! Even worse, they have "Best Podcast Blog"!!!

As always, Hearies, especially with the conservative pigs, tend to reject the inclusiveness while demanding us to tolerate them and their antics. One cannot have this at this game. Why do you think many Deaf people do not want to mix with hearies? This is good example.

Needless to say, I went on to retaliate back and Kevin ran to his website to post what I said. Kevin, you are typical hearie pig. That's why you had the donation box -- desperate for attention and hits in order to make money.

The Boondocks Saga Continues!
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Very true. Hat tip to Dylan Westbury once again.

Check This Out: Here is the link to Ryan Commerson's interview. Who is Ryan Commerson? He is the one who staged the Hunger Strike in Flint, Michigan to force the Michigan Deaf School to do something about the language deprivation. Hat tip to Delanne Woodall for the link.

Rapper Foxy Brown Now Deaf, Hearies Abandoned Her! What else is new? Dear Foxy Brown, get used to it. They are like that. Always had, always has been and always will be like that. You either get used to it or get ... dust.

Confidential to RT101: I'm so flattered you dedicated a website to smear who I am. You claim to be the Truthseeker whereas many of your information are false. 2.3 GPA?! That is hilarious. I am better than that. Keep going, you're amusing me with your fairy tales. Either way, whatever I do will continue to enrage you, coward. And I thrive on it.

Cheers,

R-

Yes, It Is MANly Movie and 12.5.05 Tidbits

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Hat tip to Dylan Westbury.

Thanks, Dylan.

The BEST Holiday Display Ever: This is amazing feat!

Hat tip to Chad of Cake or Death -- I condemn him but I love to pick on Chad, though.

Elizabeth Vargas? I'm not a fan of Elizabeth Vargas but it appears that she'll be the co-anchor with Bob Woodruff for ABC's World News Tonight. I think I'll stick with NBC's Brian Williams and CNN's Anderson Cooper -- they are easy on my eyes.

Too Slow Response! This is amusing. Hearing disabled? Okay. It is "slowly changing". That is the problem. And this is news? Please. Get. A. Grip.

Right As Always: Richmond School Board Chairman Stephen B. Johnson is expected to resign. Now guys, pay up. I knew the state is conservative, Stephen has to resign or face these silly remarks by many Conservatives who will use this as an opportunity to derail his ideas. That's how Virginia operated in the last 100 years. Go figure.

Rate Your Video Relay Service! This website is operated by a deaf man. It is to rate the VRS of its service. Not surprising, Sorenson is the popular but not the best.

An Appeal To Anyone:

I got this from McFly via the email:

Sign hey:

My name is John Lee Clark, and I am the publisher of The Tactile Mind Press. My wife, Adrean, and I started the company by establishing a print literary journal, called The Tactile Mind, offering the best in today’s signing community literature.

In the beginning, we knew that the journal would be a losing venture financially, but we hoped that the number of its subscribers would gradually grow up to and beyond the point where it would support itself.

Unfortunately, this has not happened. Our journal has received high praise for its physical quality and the quality of the work published in it. We are also finding it impossible to keep on pouring thousands of dollars and months of work into its publication. Before we close the publication, however, we would like to give the community a chance to save it.

So we are having a subscription drive. Our goal is 300 new subscribers by 31 December 2005. If we succeed, the journal will continue publication, and the new book-style issue we have already assembled, including the best of what we have already published in the first five years of the journal and new exciting material, will go to press
immediately. If we come short of the goal, we will close the journal and refund all subscriptions, old and new.

We have tried our best, but now the journal is in your hands. If you want to subscribe, you can order a subscription on-line at http://www.thetactilemind.com or send a check for $28 (for two annual issues of more than 200 pages each) to: The Tactile Mind Press, PO Box 581667, Minneapolis, MN 55458-1667.

The progress of the subscription drive will be posted weekly in our free e-zine, The Tactile Mind Weekly, and you can subscribe to it by sending your e-mail address to subscribefree@thetactilemind.com.

Hoping that the journal will continue, I am

John Lee Clark, Publisher

I enjoyed reading the TTMW. Maybe I should sign up ...

Cheers,

Sore and Stiff R-

12.4.05 Tidbits

Gabrielle Solis versus Sister Mary: The dark comedy-drama series, Desperate Housewives, continues to brew more conflicts amongst the residents of Wisteria Lane. Among the best has to be the challenge by Sister Mary on Gabrielle Solis. Gabrielle felt threatened by the fact that her husband is spending too much time with a nun, Sister Mary. Gabrielle threatened Sister Mary that she'd fight her to preserve Carlos. Sister Mary told her to bring it on. Then Sister Mary chortled, "And God is on my side." Oooh. A challenge!

Damn Zorro! My sister's black cat, Zorro, freaked me out yesterday. I was building up the X-Mas Tree. Then I went to the kitchen to look for the decorations to put on the tree. Little did I know that Zorro walked in under the tree and climbed inside the tree. He decided to relax inside the tree. And when I returned to the tree to hung up the stuff on the tree, Zorro sprang out of the tree -- freaked me out. But Zorro is so heavy and adorable. He knew he's cute. Damn him.

Pyramid in Europe? I was reading this article and I thought it was interesting. So I pulled the earth google on this -- and located the town. I could vaguely see the Pyramid in not far from town. Interesting stuff, though.

Peter Jackson's King Kong: The reviews are coming in for Peter Jackson's King Kong. All raved the 3-hour long film. Saying that the film is going to make people open their jaws. And the scene where King Kong watched the sunset with the damsel in distress is going to make many weep. Now I am intrigued. I sincerely hope that the film, Brokeback Mountain, is going to be subtitled during the first few weeks. I just cannot wait for months while everyone is done watching it. It is not right, though.

Oh, I saw the interview of Peter Jackson on some TV, he looked much thinner as of now. Up next is me.

Graduate School Where? I had been thinking about going to graduate school. My eye is set on one particular school up North. No I won't identify the school until further notice. Only few already knew which school I am interested in. I do not want to jinx my chances.

One Day I Will ...: Legal or not, I intend to rub that one when I am in Paris!

Will Rayni Do Something About It? The newest Leaning Tower of Zip Feed Mill!

Christian Hatred? Some wondered why I hated the Xians. Some exclaimed that Xians are being persecuted by intolerants. Some said that the so-called tolerants failed to tolerate their Xian beliefs. Nothing is far from the truth, really.

I do not hate Xians. I just condemned them, then I trashed them. I do not have the time to hate them.

Let's look at historical background -- when the Bubonic Plague blanketed Europe, what did the Xians do? Tolerate diversity? No, they slaughtered lots of Jews and non-Xians! What happened during the Crusades? Self-explanatory.

They discriminated against many peoples all over the world. Women. Blacks. Peasants. Deaf. Natives. Jews. Muslims. And they are complaining that they are being persecuted as of now?!

They bred people like Adolf Hitler. Martin Luther, who sets up the first Church separate from the Catholic Church in Germany assailed incessantly on Jews for decades just because the Jews declined to sign up for Martin Luther's group. His Church then sowed the seeds in Germany and Austria where people learned how to hate certain groups. And much later, the hate bred the person you knew as Adolf Hitler.

And yet, the Xians were quick to distance themselves from Hitler. Saying that Hitler himself is not Xian, but that is not the point here. But the whole point is where did Hitler picked up so much hatred for Jews, especially in Germany and Austria, if not for Saudi Arabia?! Of course, he learned it from his friends, his communities and of all, the Lutherans.

It annoyed me to hear Xians complained that they felt that they were being persecuted by others. Look at this country across the nation, many organized religions are ordering, encouraging and pushing the people to set up the organizations such as Focus on the Family, Concerned Women for America and America Family Association to battle the equal rights in the name of "tradition", i.e. gay marriage, gay rights et al. Do I feel being persecuted by them? Of course, they are against who I am. They already decreed that I will go to Hell because I rejected their hocus pocus beliefs. So much for tolerance.

My personal beliefs are my own private. I believe in Deism. Even though I feel comfortable being with the reformed Jews more than anything else, it is just that I do not believe in organized religions. They breed intolerance and demand tolerance from others. You can't have it like that. It takes two-way to tolerate each other. By tolerating each other, one has to accept the diversity. The keyword, my readers, is acceptance. If you do not accept who I am, you're not accepte by me. That is the way it is for me.

This is where I stopped tolerating their antics and turned the tables on themselves -- they deserved to be persecuted by many others. It is interesting to note that more people became educated in life, the more they detached themselves from the organized religions, and eventually, they regarded the organized religions as the thing of the past.

And it should be the thing of the past. They belonged in the past -- I look forward to the day where I can say, "Oh, religion is the antiquity, imprisoned in its own past." When I say religion, some Xians would say that their beliefs are not part of religion, it is way of life. Boo hoo. Cut the crap. Xians, like Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism, are classified as a religion.

But do I really hate the Xians? No, they are waste of my time. They only amuse me with their imaginative stories. Just look at JuneAnn LeFors, 'nuff said.

Cheers,

R-

Another Sensible Letter from Donald Tropp

As expected, Donald Tropp, the Editor-in-Chief of The Buff and Blue responded back.

Talk is cheap, prove it. That is the main slogan because what did the administration manage to accomplish in the last 15 years when it comes to communication issues at Gallaudet? Not so much, really.

As you can see, Donald Tropp once again trampled on Provost Fernie's points -- action speaks louder than words, really.

Cheers,

R-

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Dear Provost Fernandes,

I appreciate your response to my recent letter. It seems the University is finally acknowledging our concerns, and we will continue to make noise. The rapidly growing number of students using a shirt that says, “Know Thy Enemy,” with your picture on it has added fuel to the fire.

In this issue, we reprinted an article from The Nation about the Carl DuPree incident from fifteen years ago. We wanted to show our readers that there has not been much, if any, improvement since then in terms of communication. Last year, the University said they would implement the mandates presented by the audism committee, a promise that has yet to reach fruition. Despite these facts, you appeal to us to believe you and to give change a try. Only when you make points based on facts, we can begin to do so.

With that said, you cannot blame me for not trusting the leadership we have now. President Bush has been heavily criticized for such events as the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina. He lost the trust of perhaps millions of his constituents and is now struggling to regain it. The same rings true for the University’s leadership. President I. King Jordan has done many great things for Gallaudet, but he, like everyone else, still has his flaws.

Under Dr. Jordan’s administration, Gallaudet has not effectively improved communication access, as was evident during the goalpost incident. That’s why it is important that the presidential search committee be aware of this pressing issue in their hunt for the next leader of the deaf world. That person must have strong convictions, personal courage and community building skills if we want to see changes for the better.

But that doesn’t mean we have to wait until next January. When Dr. Donalda Ammons moderated the recent Town Hall meeting, she requested that the students not only identify an issue but propose a solution. My suggestion is to assemble a team of legal experts and qualified linguist to reform Gallaudet’s communication policies.

I agree that we should not dwell on the past, but the University must learn from history to avoid repeating the same mistakes. We must look ahead to the future with the understanding that Gallaudet is far from perfect. I am looking forward to seeing what the new “strategic plan with clear actions to effect change” can do for Gallaudet.

We’ve waited long enough.

Sincerely,

Donald Tropp
Editor-In-Chief
The Buff and Blue

Another Inane Letter by Provost Fernie

Sensing that she is losing the support from the student body as many lost the confidence in Provost Jane K. "Fernie" Fernandes' ability to administer the University policies, she wrote another letter trying to circumvent the issues as much as can be.

Let's face the music, Provost Fernie has to go.

But here is the letter of hers that was published in The Buff and Blue.

Dear Mr. Tropp

There is an uncanny mirroring effect in our letters regarding the goalpost vandalism and the Hyatt fiasco. In your response to me, you acknowledge that students are to blame but claim I am not responding with equal force and clarity to the problems with Gallaudet’s response. In my previous letter to you, I acknowledge that Gallaudet is responsible for communication breakdowns, but noted that students are not responding with equal force and clarity concerning that nature of property destruction and lack of respect for others as well as themselves.

In response to my statement that I “will work to improve communication access,” you respond somewhat cynically, “we’ve heard this time and time again.” Anxiety and cynicism are understandable, so perhaps more context will help you take the next step towards trusting my effort. Recognizing the deeply seated historical context of audism within the deaf community, and within Gallaudet University, will help you appreciate the steps I am taking now.

The start of addressing audism and racism on Enrichment Day was the culmination of a year of serious preparation. This day was only a start. But it underlined continued commitment to addressing audism and white privilege.

Based on the effort leading up to and including Enrichment Day, you will soon see initiation of a strategic plan with clear actions to effect change. This action-orientated leadership in sincerely addressing audism and white privilege is new within Gallaudet. Now, you can decide you do not believe me-and this might be a way to let off steam and release pain-but no change will happen if we remain with our gaze on the past and fail to channel the anger into energy for change. Instead, you can decide to join me and focus the rhetoric against audist practices-not against individuals but against the system.

You stated that “Gallaudet University is not the Grand Hyatt Washington, but a place where we supposedly have the right to full communication access.” I am keenly aware that the larger societal practices will make real progress in reducing audism a slow process. I also believe that institutions serving deaf people must be the frontline and the model for addressing audist practices. Again, you can believe I intend to follow through on my intention to improve communication access and reduce audism generally, or you can decide not to believe me and not give change a try. As difficult as it may be to trust the leadership you have now, not trusting has even worse consequences-the entrenchment of audist practices that polarize deaf and hearing people as well as students and administration. Your fear that things will never change could help assure that nothing will.

A better emergency response system could have included interpreters, but understand that more interpreters might not have meant more information for students in dorms. Emergencies do not function like other situations. The experience is traumatic for all involved. Even if CREs knew the information, they could not talk to every individual about what was going on. Staying calm and helping to restore peace is the first priority. The anxiety the goalpost destruction caused students is one more reason why all students need to understand why and how this destruction was wrong.

You suggest that the administration should have been planning a celebration, even before the end of the season. The implication is that with no celebration announced, it was understandable that the football team and fans took the matter in their own hands.

The second suggestion is that the administration failed to laud the winning record during the season, and that the football players were hurt by the lack of support. Perhaps a further implication is that, because their feelings were hurt, it is understandable that they decided to celebrate in their own way, even if it meant destruction of university property. It is naïve to expect everyone to know about a celebration before the season is over and to justify wanton destruction over an imagined slight.

I respond honestly to your first letter to work with you to create “real listening.” These responses to your second letter are another attempt to get both sides heard. But hearing a side does not necessarily lead to agreeing with it in every detail. Instead, these comments are a sincere attempt to show that I am grappling with your points. Addressing them carefully demonstrate a good faith effort to communicate. I believe we share points of common ground. I have questioned some points to stimulate thinking, and clarify ideas that may help us gain more common ground. Thank you for taking the time to read and think about what I have written here.

Sincerely,

Jane K. Fernandes
Provost

Did you notice that her writing has improved tremendously? Probably with some assistance from her secretary, eh?

Cheers,

R-

Sarah Pack's Bitch Session XV

Disclaimer: The comments were written by many readers. I simply copied and pasted the comments on the entry. You may defend your turf by firing back. As always, names and email addresses will be removed. Only comments will be posted. Enjoy! You can compliment or offend anything or anyone else. Confidentiality is assured 100%.

The 15th Bitch Session is dedicated to Sarah Pack. She was the fan of Bitch Sessions, frequently talked to me about the tidbits on Bitch Sessions.

R-

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So·ci·o·path n.: One who is affected with a personality disorder marked by antisocial behavior. For further reference on whom with disorder? Check Eric Scheir.

Trina's engaged! *wavinghands*

Craig Radford--you've been asked to step down from the board of JMS by at least three board members, several teachers, and several parents. Get the hint! Stop threatening lawsuits and innuendo and resign from the board. You're not doing JMS any damn good!

Provost Fernie: You are finished. Get the HELL out of Gally!

For Sarah Pack. I didn't know her but by her name and reputation, I found her charming and attractive - thanks to her blogsite and her wonderful friends.

Dr. Jane Fernandes. I know your style too well. You were my princpal at my school. Your signing skill still stinks and your laugthers were, and still are, infectious and hideous. I forgave you but never forget for what you did to me. I hope you will find a job somewhere else that suits you well and continue to make fun of people. Goodness' sake, just begone. I look forward to the day when you don't get the position as the president and i personally will make sure i get to guffaw at you mercilessly.

Goddamn, what business is it of anybody's? Do YOUR shoes stink too much to wear?

Whoever invented fat free cool whip needs to be shot dead.

To the blonde named katie roberts: find any cute toilets lately? Did it go fwoooooooosh?

Robert Traina has 1,001 faces, more than the 666 faces of eve. Bastard! He fakes with people and talks only to "favorism" people. Your inside is empty. Only your skin is keeping your body and mind together. May you rot in hell, you loser and sneaky manipulative 1,001 face bastard.

Why the bible makes me vomit.....

"A good woman is hard to find, a worth far more than diamonds. Her husband trusts her without reserve, and never has reason to regret it. Never spiteful, she treats him generously all her life long." -Proverbs 31:10-12

Antal Boy, how is your bruised face coming along?

Note to Deb Nathanson- there's nothing more bitter than getting a dose of your own medicine aint it sweets?! If this experience doesn't humble you, there's no hope for you.

Sarah: we knew you were smarter than words. Thanks for the bed. Scratch n sniff!

Fernie: 0
Tropp: 2

Fernandes, nobody wanted you! You are so fired!

RT is disgusting and funny! But so is everyone else!

Dearest Sarah, you will be missed by many. You're lucky to have RT as a friend. So nice of him to remember you in many posts. I'm impressed. Hope someday I meet you.

Zachary Handler is sexy. Wonder if he's single or not?

I just can't wait for 2006 to start anew. %$*#&$#*()(#*$@#$*#@!!

Jeff Beardsley: are u still shitting in the showers like u did at Krug Hall?

Rest in peace, Sarah. We all love you!

Richmond School Board Chairman OUTed

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12.1.05 Tidbits

Who is this woman? Her name was Miss Ann Jones. She used to teach middle school and junior school at VSDB in Earth Science. Why the school had her to teach Earth Science is beyond my comprehension, really.

She was one awful teacher.

Why? She was one Xian nut. But is it relevant to her professional status as a teacher? You bet it did. She refused to teach the basic stuff related to Earth Science. IN fact, she incessantly focused on fruits, vegetables, animals and the Bible. One time I asked about the textbook for Earth Science, she said no because it is evil. We need not to study that.

Ann went on a long period of ramblings about Adam & Eve and all that bullshit during the daily classes. Today, I realized that many teachers knew of her antics but did not do anything about it. She denied the students' opportunity to study Earth Science. Which is probably why I did not like Biology, Chemistry or Science to start with in high school and college because I could not understand the general idea of science. It was tarnished by this Xian nut!

When I heard of people, school agencies and others trying to put "Intelligent Design" in schools, I think of Miss Ann Jones. I just hope she burns in Hell for what she did to many students at VSDB! To deny their access to the appropriate education is travesty.

Ahola? Go to Special School! Earlier in the afternoon, I got an AOL IM from someone else who hated me with a passion just because I exposed what kind of nut he is -- Marb(t)y Bonales. Know what he said?

"AHOLA! YOU FUCKDUMB!"

I could not resist shooting him down, "Go back to elementary school or even better, special school, Marby. It is not ahola, it is Aloha, dumbfuck!"

Here is what he responded back: "NO MATTER WHAT! DEAF CULTURE -- ASL! ASL! MY RIGHT! YOU PITIFUL!"

Ahh, who is being very pitiful here? This guy needs to get a life of his own.

Taipei 101 Causes Earthquakes?: This is interesting tidbit. In Taipei, the site of 2009 Deaflympics, there has been more earthquakes after they built Taipei 101, the world's tallest skyscraper at 1,671 feet high. The article said that the pressures that Taipei 101 has on the ground level has opened an ancient fault line.

Marvelous Considering The Fact ...: Argentina is infested with millions of people who are Catholic. AS many of you knew that the Catholic Church is firmly against the safe sex methods. And Buenos Aires did something that not even the District of Columbia would have allowed in the first place. Bravo to Buenos Aires!

Killer Squirrels? Now this is intriguing.

Boycott Jamaica! We need to exert some kind of pressures on travel agencies to boycott Jamaica because this nation is hostile towards gay people. IN fact, it has one famous reggae singer whose lyrics encourage in slaying gays. It was linked to several incidents in the United Kingdom and several in Jamaica. And we should encourage people not to go to Jamaica for Spring Break vacations. Fuck 'em.

Smart People Do Have Sex: At the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, there was a controversy about this guy who took the picture of a couple fucking right next to the building and shared it with everyone else. The school thought that this guy did was a form of harassment, and not only that the student used the school's server to run the pictures, thus violating the University rules. But many people disagreed and Penn recently dropped the charges against the Engineering junior. Next time, close the curtains, stud and slut!

Cheers,

R-

Time To Bounce

My Hot Israeli Friend with Benefits: I got the snapshot of my sweet friend from Jerusalem, Israel named Thavith. The one night stand that I had with my friend is something I'll remember by for the rest of my life.

Thavith was the guy I met at The Cock Bar and from there, I treasured our brief time together. He was simply the best at what he does. 'nuff said. Ain't he gorgeous?

Carrie & I: Some pictures taken by Carrie when I was in New York were simply adorable. Here are the snapshot of me in action.

"Move ON! Let's go and hit the bars!"

Someone engaged in a physical fight, I VEE!

Then I laughed -- This Is My Infamous Method of Laughter

RT is at it again, groping anyone else!

It is not easy to smile on Brooklyn Bridge during a frigid weather

On 14 Street and 8 Avenue station, there is cool art that spawned all over the station. When you're drunk, it is fun to be silly with 'em.

That's me in New York!

Interesting Message from the FCC:

I got this email and wondered if this is legitimate. This is good to be true, really.

On or after January 1, 2006, If no CC on any TV programs, please report it to FCC. Make sure you write down name of program, what time, what channel, and then report it to FCC. And FCC will investigate them, if FCC find that no CC on TV program then FCC will fine them worth of $250,000.00. Its already pass the law on or after January 1, 2006.

Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro

(888) 225-5322 (Voice)
(888) 835-5322 (TTY)

16th Bitch Session Due Tomorrow Night: It is time for 16th Bitch Session -- this one will be Sarah Pack's 16th Bitch Session mainly because she loved these sessions. We get kicks out of this all the time. I think it is fitting that 16th be memorialized for Sarah Pack! So if you have anything that you want to nail or cheer someone else, feel free to email me at Ridor9th@gmail.com.

Cheers,

R-