Stand Up and Applaud Her for Her Courage

The CBS-TV once had a mini-series movie called "Alex Haley's Queen", it is based on the author's special memoir, drawn from his author's archives, about the other side of his fabled family -- his slave grandmother and the white planter who fathered her. Alex Haley also wrote "ROOTS" which became one of the most powerful mini-series in television history.

There was a quote in "Alex Haley's Queen" which was advertised by CBS-TV a long time ago, it reads:

Her father denied her his name. Her family denied her love. Her country denied her freedom. But no one could deny her courage.

I could do the same for Melissa Etheridge.

Her country denied her the right to marry. But no one could deny her courage.

The Gorgeous Bald Melissa Etheridge

As a lesbian who also underwent the chemotherapy for breast cancer, she is courageous and seeing the picture with her courage, she does not hide it nor is sorrowful about it. By her presence, she defied the religous doomsayers.

Cheers to Melissa Etheridge,

R-

GASC II

This is funny, discovered on Craig's List website.

The Perfect Man

A Turd in the Tub

This is true -- it may apply to Women's Personal Ads AND Gay Men's Personal Ads

Aww, This Is Sweet

And last, dogs do not fuck around with women!

Oh, yeah, one more picture?



Cheers,

R-

Bitch Session for Ridor Readers Only

I love New York Blade and Washington Blade's Bitch Sessions -- me and Manny always snickered after reading it.

I have an idea.

If someone wants to bitch at someone else in the Deaf Community (Gay, Straight or whatever) or at Hearing People from Deaf's viewpoints, or at Deaf people from hearing's viewpoints, e-mail me!

E-Mail me. I will paste your comments but I will NOT leave your name and email address on the Weekly Bitch Session on this blog.

The purpose of this is to entertain readers -- I do not care if you want to name names as long as it is funny.

Here are some few examples from New York Blade's Bitch Session:

Before telling us how brilliant you are, ask yourself why we haven't been able to figure it out for ourselves.

You're 27, attractive, and confident but guys don't give you the time of day? Maybe it's that time of day for you to realize you're not as attractive as you think.

I know you'd like me to say, "It's nothing personal," when I say that you stink, but you do, and it is! Do something about it!

To the guy who got pec implants, what size bra do you wear?

These stuff are priceless. So fire away and I'll compile it at the end of week. Be funny, be creative and be hysterical.

Now hit for Ridor9th@gmail.com!

R-

Valentine Crap

It appears that there is a possible valentine link to three persons -- Republicans National Committee Chairperson Ken Mehlman, ex-TalonNews.com conservative reporter for White House Press Corps Jeff Gannon and White House Spokesman Scott McClellan.

Menage a trois? not my thing. But have fun, Ken, Scott and Jeff -- you guys are ugly and belonged to each other, though.

I hate Valentine's Day. I'm glad it is raining today.

Happy un-Valentine's Day!

R-

Go Ahead, Smirk and Chuckle!

Remember Glenn Lockhart? Remember the infamous e-mail distribution at Gallaudet by Campus Activities (It used to be University Center) which Sharon Hayes was responsible of distributing the emails to all faculty, staff and students related to the campus events? Remember the infamous e-mail manufactured by Glenn Lockhart which pretty much wrote a message for anyone to join the "Gallaudet Pedophile Association" cookout at Hotchkiss Field which Glenn also mentioned not to bring kids as well? And Sharon did not read carefully -- she just pasted it and sent it to everyone else on the campus. That was the best email prank I ever had witnessed out of Gallaudet. I wonder if anyone else actually showed up at Hotchkiss Field on that "appointed hour"?

Alan Shore Pays For It! Watching Boston Legal was a good escape from reality for me tonight. Seeing Alan Shore paying hundreds of dollars just to start the bar brawl was hysterical. I would have done the same thing if I have that amount of cash, really.

Why Is That? When I go to a gay bar, I noticed something interesting. The bars TEND to be so dark and loud, it may present an obstacle for Deaf gay men to deal with hearing men because it is hard to lipread in the dark and so dark to read the notes, it becomes a chore, really. But for hearing on hearing, they tend to shout at each other ... or they often spoke to each other by their ears -- you can see their movements -- when one likes the other, he WILL step in and talk to his ear repeatedly more than 10 times, then he'll "accidentally" kiss his ear, then from there ... it's on the lips.

I find it unfair. I cannot do that with a hearing person. We had to move away from each other in order to sign something. By itself, it is sometimes unattractive, though. These hearing men who do that cheated their way to get some affections -- we had to do the hardest route. Totally unfair. But again, life is not fair.

Storn's Way: You know The Uncanny X-Men's main character called Storm? That gorgeous black woman with a long white hair? There are many comments that was uttered by Storm that I loved. One time, Storm, Psylocke and Colossus was teleported into the prison's cell with few imprisoned Genoshan soldiers. Storm grabbed one of these Genoshan soldiers and said, "We require the information that may aid us in reaching our teammates which your people kidnapped."

The solider uttered, "What makes you think that I will tell you about it, genejoke?"

Storm smiled but her eyes remained dead set on the soldier, "That word -- I do not like it, but who says that I am asking you for the information?"

Psylocke stepped in the frame as she telepathically entered the soldier's mind and snatched the information right out of him.

That was one cool dialogue.

Dawn of the Dead: I saw the parts of the movie that was re-made about the zombies killing and eating brains. The zombies fucking RAN like Hell. It is like seeing hundreds of Carl Lewis running loose. Even if you ran, they still run like Hell. And this movie is insane. Suffice to say, the ending part is not the classic All-American film.

Cheers,

R-

The Stroller In The Subway

Last Friday, I was heading to Chelsea from my palace. Riding the subway is akin to watch a 30-min sitcom at times. However, it was during the rush hour when I headed down to Chelsea to meet someone else.

I learned that it is better not to bring a stroller into the subway during the rush hour (between 8 AM to 10 AM and 430 PM to 7 PM). Why? Here is what happened last Friday, the subway train was packed along with the stroller. Yes, the infant was in it with the mother doing the standard responsibility.

Time is imperative to the subway system, especially with the rush hours. Trains must come and go -- it simply must or the other trains will be late. And the commuters will not be happy if the trains are not coming and going immediately. That is the way it is goes for New York underground dwellers like us.

When the train arrived at 14 Street, I rushed to get out of the train as the crowd rushed to get out as well, some commuters on the platform pushed to get in the train as well. Courtesy is fine but not always necessary. The mother with the stroller apparently realized that she needs to get off at 14 Street, not somewhere else. She rushed to push the stroller out of the train as the doors rolled to shut -- but it slammed on the stroller -- I turned to see the infant laughing as the door kept on slamming on the stroller repeatedly -- but the lady kept on pushing it out.

The doors on the trains will keep "slamming" the doors until it is shut. So in this case, it slammed on the stroller repeatedly then finally it slammed on the mother's arms which she abruptly left the stroller off the train but apparently the conductor saw the stroller right off the train with the arms sticking out by the doors.

The conductor quickly opened the door enough to let the mother out. I then looked at the infant -- The infant was in giddy mood, perhaps the jolt it gets from the doors slamming on the stroller was something different for the stroller.

But it was bit scary for me -- but only in New York, my dear friends, only in New York!

R-

To Go Boldly Where No One Has Gone Before

Had a talk with my roommate during the Lunner time, we talked about different things. Nice to have that, eh? However, we were talking about TV programs like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Xena and Stargate and how entertaining they were before the networks flushed these programs away.


Perlis mentioned about Star Trek: Enterprise, the tale that began right after the film, Star Trek, First Contact. She said that she learned that it will be cancelled and she wrote the email to UPN about it, here is their response:

Hello,

Thank you for writing to UPN. The STAR TREK legacy has spanned nearly four decades and has spawned five television series. Ten years ago, STAR TREK: VOYAGER was instrumental in helping launch UPN.

The latest incarnation, STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE, has reached the culmination of its journey. This painstaking decision came after it was recognized that despite having many loyal fans like you, the audience for the show was declining steadily. Therefore, ENTERPRISE is set to decommission and will be given a grand send-off on Friday, May 13th at 8 PM ET/PT on UPN.

This does not mean that STAR TREK is gone forever. Paramount, the studio that produced all five television series and ten feature films, is looking forward to the next chapter of the STAR TREK saga.

We know that this information may not make you feel any better but we want you to know how much we appreciate your input and we sincerely hope that you will continue to share your thoughts with us in the future.

Cordially,
UPN
Viewer Services

I'm not a Trekkie fan but I enjoyed watching Enterprise than the others because it is bit realistic. Of course, I'd like to keep it going -- write a letter to the customer service and tell them to keep Star Trek: Enterprise. Told Perlis that I'll blog about it. So fans, can you imagine the TV without Star Trek? I can't. So let's do something about it. Maybe the power of blogosphere can save Star Trek!

Here is the instruction:

1. Click this UPN Website
2. Look for "Special Links" on your right column
3. 6 lines below "Special Links" reads: HAVE YOU SOMETHING TO SAY? Click it
4. Talk about Star Trek: Enterprise and save the program.

Cheers,

R-