In the last week, I'm sure that you heard so much about the identity of "Deep Throat" that unravels the truths which led to White House and forced President Nixon to resign and landed some Republican thugs in the prison.
It was W. Mark Felt, the No. 2 official of FBI, who was the source of "Deep Throat" that Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward used to break the story in The Washington Post. Bob and Carl acknowledged that this would not be possible if not for the complete support and insistence by ... Katharine Graham, the Publisher of The Washington Post.
Katharine Graham died in 2001 after a fall in Sun Valley, Idaho and was greatly missed by many in Washington. Graham was considered to be the most feared woman in DC area and one of the most powerful women in the nation. She was the pillar of liberal establishment for The Washington Post.
Initially, her father owned The Washington Post and in the process, Katharine's husband, Philip Graham took her father's place as the publisher but he committed suicide. Suddenly, the job fell on Katharine's lap. Katharine did not mess it up, she took it to learn on her own and managed to make The Washington Post one of the nation's most respected papers.
Katharine Graham was thrusted into the national spotlight after she supported The Washington Post to publish the "Pentagon Papers" and the Watergate Scandal to ensure that the political figures should watch their backs if they meddle with the corruptions.
Deaf President Now Movement at Gallaudet would not be possible if not for The Washington Post's extensive coverage on a daily basis, pushed the information to go out across the nation, thus forced the Board of Trustees to backpedal and correct the mistakes as deserved -- who approved this? Katharine Graham.
My father once worked at The Washington Post as linotypist and he spoke of his good times because The Washington Post hired many, many, many and many Deaf persons to work for them. Obviously, someone above knew that Deaf people can do it. Today, my father still enjoyed the camaraderie with people who once worked at The Post. Back then, many Gallaudet students worked at The Post as part-time to support themselves in school. The Post made it possible for them. The Washington Times owned by Rev. Moon who is Republican, Xian and conservative prick? They do not hire Deaf people.
Katharine Graham was involved with Gallaudet University -- in fact, it was she who donated $1 million to the Student Academic Center in 1999, this was the largest single donation to the University by a living person. Even after her death, it did not stop her from making extra donations to the University with her will. She was the honorary chair of the Board of Associates at Gallaudet's Developmental Office until her death.
When I heard of her untimely death in Sun Valley, Idaho -- I was little sad for her. She was hearing person, of course. But she viewed Deaf people as people first, not disabled. It was certainly not surprising that the ABC News chose the late Katharine Graham as the Person of the Week.
I have an enormous respect for Kay. Even she has passed away for the last 4 years, but her ramifications in the Washington circles still can be felt by many. Not to mention that she was the first woman to lead the Fortune 500 company. That is remarkable feat in 70s, my friends.
To check the pictures of late Katharine Graham, you may view this at Washingtonpost.com.
R-
Friday, June 03, 2005
Pancake & Bacon for Dinner?
Yep. It is rainy in Norristown, a suburb of Philadelphia. I was hungry. I was in mood to eat breakfast for dinner. Going out is not feasible for me since it is raining. So off to the kitchen, I cooked pancakes and bacon. Delicious! Who cares if someone thinks I'm so FOW.
There are two cool sites that I enjoyed reading last night. They are ... Ptown Without Pity: All The News Unfit To Print!!. If you see "Gay Republican", it is about Andrew Sullivan. Andrew lives in Provincetown and it seemed that he is not well-liked in that town. Is that ever surprising? Andrew is the kind of person that would sling and offend others but hides behind his boyfriend's back when he's out in the public, eh? And I'm dying curious about Amish Tina Whore. The comments are intriguing and funny at its best.
I also stumbled upon a PhillyGayBlogger in some chat room, checked it out and enjoyed it immensely. It is not work safe. But have fun cruising the Spork site. I am going to link them both.
It is Friday, I'm not going out tonight. Actually, I'm going across the street to get the ice cream from Baskins & Robbins then stay home to recuperate with this fucking old knee of mine.
If you're bored and wanted to videophone me, it is at your own risk -- email me for the number and I'll give and feel free to videophone me.
Cheers,
R-
There are two cool sites that I enjoyed reading last night. They are ... Ptown Without Pity: All The News Unfit To Print!!. If you see "Gay Republican", it is about Andrew Sullivan. Andrew lives in Provincetown and it seemed that he is not well-liked in that town. Is that ever surprising? Andrew is the kind of person that would sling and offend others but hides behind his boyfriend's back when he's out in the public, eh? And I'm dying curious about Amish Tina Whore. The comments are intriguing and funny at its best.
I also stumbled upon a PhillyGayBlogger in some chat room, checked it out and enjoyed it immensely. It is not work safe. But have fun cruising the Spork site. I am going to link them both.
It is Friday, I'm not going out tonight. Actually, I'm going across the street to get the ice cream from Baskins & Robbins then stay home to recuperate with this fucking old knee of mine.
If you're bored and wanted to videophone me, it is at your own risk -- email me for the number and I'll give and feel free to videophone me.
Cheers,
R-
This Is Cute
So glad that the German police did not go nuts with this case. After all, it is harmless and healthy outlet to enjoy the sex at its best. Try it. You won't regret it. My sex life is fine as it goes, but if it ever becomes boring, I'll try S&M scene to spike some flavor in this. No harm in doing this, though.
R-
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Thursday, June 02, 2005
San Francisco 49ers
My sister, Hedy loves San Francisco 49ers. I do not care about the professional football team. Mom, Dad and Gary are avid fans of Washington Redskins. My oldest brother is a fan of Dallas Cowboys. So it was common that on lazy Sundays, you get three TV rolling in my parents' house with these idiotic football games.
Of all professional football teams across the nation, San Francisco is the fagville, right?
But that does not stop the professional football team from doing the homophobic remarks from time to time.
There is an uproar in San Francisco about Kirk Reynolds, the Director of Public Relations who produced a video to "train" the football players to respect and deal with diversity, especially in the city of San Francisco where there are many ethnic groups as well as gays living in the town. Consider it as a sensitivity training or something. But Kirk Reynolds did not really train, he took swipes to mock at lesbians, Chinese, San Francisco heartthrob Mayor Gavin Newsom and gays.
Suffice to say, Kirk Reynolds were fired by the San Francisco 49ers management and its owners, John and Denise York claimed that it does not reflect the San Francisco 49ers. They are lying, of course. OH, one more thing, Kirk claimed that the video that he produced does not reflect his values. Is he trying to be funny this time?
It is not the first time that the 49ers management engaged in different approach of homophobia.
It was San Francisco 49ers Running Back Garrison Hearst who said "I don't want faggots as teammates". The Coach, Steve Mariucci, initially did not say anything about it. It took the uproar of the Bay Area to forced the Yorks to sic at the coach and player.
It was San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Jeff Garcia who had to address the media that "he is not gay", after the rumors circulated by other players that he is. Why did he bothers to *address* the media that he is not gay? Jeff, shut up, you're gay -- just like Mike Piazza. I knew of few ones who fucked Mike. He is one big bottom queen.
It was San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Steve Young who were subjected to the gossips of being gay (I personally knew of a friend in Chicago who showed me the picture of Steve and his boyfriend in my friend's bedroom ... the morning after. Very cute, though), Steve had to marry some woman to preserve the lineage of his homophobic, barbaric great-great grandfather, Brigham Young.
It was San Francisco 49ers Wide Receiver Terrell Owens (now with Philadlephia Eagles, I believe) who spewed several homophobic comments to different people.
It was San Francisco 49ers that was the first professional team in the nation to provide the domestic partnership benefits to its employees but none of the employees would bring their partners to the dinners, parties et al because they knew how bad it was in the management towards the gays. There was a trainer who took care of the players for a long time ... Lindsy McLean worked with the 49ers management for 24 years. Lindsy is also gay. He described his experiences as "rewarding" but at times, it was horrible.
IN fact, it was common knowledge that there was a situation where the 350-lb lineman, Ted Washington now with New England Patriots, once chased Lindsy in front of wives, sponsors, coaches, players and others and grabbed him against the wall, then stimulated the gay sex and boomed his voice, "I know what you want!"
Ted Washington's asgent said that Ted did it but he was not the only one, "He's pointing Ted out so he can sell more books. It's an NFL locker room. It is what it is. It's the last bastion of male dominance. He probably was the target of harassment. He's trying to single out Ted Washington. Call everybody out. Charles Haley, Larry Roberts, Kevin Fagan. Don't single one guy out. There were a lot worse stories to tell about that team in the '80s than he cares to talk about. I'm not saying it was right or wrong, but in a locker room scene, what do you expect? Whatever. Everybody harassed him."
You expect it to happen in San Diego, Dallas, Houston or Nashville but ... no, it happened in San Francisco. The Yorks are not interested in working with gays or any groups. They only try to fix its tarnished media by repeatedly apologizing each time an incidient comes up out of 49ers management.
In fact, msnbc.com has live poll which consisted of more than 17,000 that indicated that 75 percent of readers were not even surprised with the 49ers management's latest antic with the training video.
So when I heard about Kirk Reynolds' video, I was not surprised that the 49ers management has been very lax about it for months before San Francisco Chronicles published the article about the training video. Now the owners, John and Denise York , got their PR team to bury the embarrassing quickly as can be. Just another day in the office, really.
R-
Of all professional football teams across the nation, San Francisco is the fagville, right?
But that does not stop the professional football team from doing the homophobic remarks from time to time.
There is an uproar in San Francisco about Kirk Reynolds, the Director of Public Relations who produced a video to "train" the football players to respect and deal with diversity, especially in the city of San Francisco where there are many ethnic groups as well as gays living in the town. Consider it as a sensitivity training or something. But Kirk Reynolds did not really train, he took swipes to mock at lesbians, Chinese, San Francisco heartthrob Mayor Gavin Newsom and gays.
Suffice to say, Kirk Reynolds were fired by the San Francisco 49ers management and its owners, John and Denise York claimed that it does not reflect the San Francisco 49ers. They are lying, of course. OH, one more thing, Kirk claimed that the video that he produced does not reflect his values. Is he trying to be funny this time?
It is not the first time that the 49ers management engaged in different approach of homophobia.
It was San Francisco 49ers Running Back Garrison Hearst who said "I don't want faggots as teammates". The Coach, Steve Mariucci, initially did not say anything about it. It took the uproar of the Bay Area to forced the Yorks to sic at the coach and player.
It was San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Jeff Garcia who had to address the media that "he is not gay", after the rumors circulated by other players that he is. Why did he bothers to *address* the media that he is not gay? Jeff, shut up, you're gay -- just like Mike Piazza. I knew of few ones who fucked Mike. He is one big bottom queen.
It was San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Steve Young who were subjected to the gossips of being gay (I personally knew of a friend in Chicago who showed me the picture of Steve and his boyfriend in my friend's bedroom ... the morning after. Very cute, though), Steve had to marry some woman to preserve the lineage of his homophobic, barbaric great-great grandfather, Brigham Young.
It was San Francisco 49ers Wide Receiver Terrell Owens (now with Philadlephia Eagles, I believe) who spewed several homophobic comments to different people.
It was San Francisco 49ers that was the first professional team in the nation to provide the domestic partnership benefits to its employees but none of the employees would bring their partners to the dinners, parties et al because they knew how bad it was in the management towards the gays. There was a trainer who took care of the players for a long time ... Lindsy McLean worked with the 49ers management for 24 years. Lindsy is also gay. He described his experiences as "rewarding" but at times, it was horrible.
IN fact, it was common knowledge that there was a situation where the 350-lb lineman, Ted Washington now with New England Patriots, once chased Lindsy in front of wives, sponsors, coaches, players and others and grabbed him against the wall, then stimulated the gay sex and boomed his voice, "I know what you want!"
Ted Washington's asgent said that Ted did it but he was not the only one, "He's pointing Ted out so he can sell more books. It's an NFL locker room. It is what it is. It's the last bastion of male dominance. He probably was the target of harassment. He's trying to single out Ted Washington. Call everybody out. Charles Haley, Larry Roberts, Kevin Fagan. Don't single one guy out. There were a lot worse stories to tell about that team in the '80s than he cares to talk about. I'm not saying it was right or wrong, but in a locker room scene, what do you expect? Whatever. Everybody harassed him."
You expect it to happen in San Diego, Dallas, Houston or Nashville but ... no, it happened in San Francisco. The Yorks are not interested in working with gays or any groups. They only try to fix its tarnished media by repeatedly apologizing each time an incidient comes up out of 49ers management.
In fact, msnbc.com has live poll which consisted of more than 17,000 that indicated that 75 percent of readers were not even surprised with the 49ers management's latest antic with the training video.
So when I heard about Kirk Reynolds' video, I was not surprised that the 49ers management has been very lax about it for months before San Francisco Chronicles published the article about the training video. Now the owners, John and Denise York , got their PR team to bury the embarrassing quickly as can be. Just another day in the office, really.
R-
Moments in DC Over Memorial Day Weekend
Funniest Moment: Watching CNN HeadlineNews, it talked about W. Mark Felt being revealed as the person behind the "Deep Throat" identity that unravelled President Nixon during the Watergate Scandal. Jason said, "I find it impossible to believe that it is this guy who did the porn thing in 70s!" I flinched and said, "You think it is about the porn thing?" Jason nodded, "I think so?"
Odd Moment: During the times I stayed in the District, I did not even visit Gallaudet!
Odd Moment II: Toby, Jason and I were three of only FIVE persons who went to watch the open-captioned film of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith at 9:45 PM. It was surreal seeing the empty audience -- at least, three of us gets to take our shoes off like we do at our homes.
Changin' Moment: Chinatown in DC is now, officially, Americanized. It is saturated with Urban Outfitters, Ruby Tuesday, Fuddruckers, Starbucks, Subway, Pot Belly, Haagen-Dazs and Chipotle. And yes, an Irish Pub in Chinatown. Go figure.
Weird Moment: The old Washington Convention Center is gone. It is one big massive ugly open space waiting to be "built" for something else. The new WCC is about 3 or 4 blocks north just next to DC Eagle, the gay leather bar. But meanwhile, Grand Hyatt Hotel where the RAD Conference will be at -- it will sit in midst of nowheresville, really.
You Knew You Are Spoiled By NYC's Subway Moment: 16 minutes of waiting for the next train in Metro Subway is too long for me to handle! In New York, everything goes within 5 to 10 minutes. 16 or 23 minutes during the nighttime are absurd.
Good Feelin' Moment: Visiting the Ewans for the dinner and chit-chats are always great. It was nice to see the Ewans once again. As always, Darlene and I always had something to talk about, really.
Painful Moment: My left knee, 'nuff said.
Disappointing Moment: Rob was nowhere to be found. I'd love to 005 at him.
Weird Moment II: At Nation last Saturday night, one guy named Justin told me that I trashed him at Apex two days earlier after he complimented to me about how beautiful I signed very well -- well, I did not remember the incident probably because I was drunk. I absolutely hated the compliments when it comes to my ASL skills. Justin even fingerspelled my name as a way to confirm that it was me. Oh, well.
Fad Moment? Mikey coined a term: Fow. It is a shortcut way to say that one is low function. Since not many people who are low function will understand what it means, so what is the point of spelling it fully? Let's make it short enough for stupid people to understand something, therefore, it is Fow. So it's much easier if you quickly fingerspelled to your friend next to you, "F-O-W" should you get annoyed by a stupid person (deaf or hearing). The next person will know what it means.
Worst Moment: Marb(t)y's animalistic behavior last night.
Ridor and His Sidekick, Mikey -- Photo by www.jasonwittig.com
Thanks to Toby for dealing with me for 7 days. It was great seeing Toby! I have tons of pictures ... I might do the tease thing in a long run.
Cheers,
R-
Odd Moment: During the times I stayed in the District, I did not even visit Gallaudet!
Odd Moment II: Toby, Jason and I were three of only FIVE persons who went to watch the open-captioned film of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith at 9:45 PM. It was surreal seeing the empty audience -- at least, three of us gets to take our shoes off like we do at our homes.
Changin' Moment: Chinatown in DC is now, officially, Americanized. It is saturated with Urban Outfitters, Ruby Tuesday, Fuddruckers, Starbucks, Subway, Pot Belly, Haagen-Dazs and Chipotle. And yes, an Irish Pub in Chinatown. Go figure.
Weird Moment: The old Washington Convention Center is gone. It is one big massive ugly open space waiting to be "built" for something else. The new WCC is about 3 or 4 blocks north just next to DC Eagle, the gay leather bar. But meanwhile, Grand Hyatt Hotel where the RAD Conference will be at -- it will sit in midst of nowheresville, really.
You Knew You Are Spoiled By NYC's Subway Moment: 16 minutes of waiting for the next train in Metro Subway is too long for me to handle! In New York, everything goes within 5 to 10 minutes. 16 or 23 minutes during the nighttime are absurd.
Good Feelin' Moment: Visiting the Ewans for the dinner and chit-chats are always great. It was nice to see the Ewans once again. As always, Darlene and I always had something to talk about, really.
Painful Moment: My left knee, 'nuff said.
Disappointing Moment: Rob was nowhere to be found. I'd love to 005 at him.
Weird Moment II: At Nation last Saturday night, one guy named Justin told me that I trashed him at Apex two days earlier after he complimented to me about how beautiful I signed very well -- well, I did not remember the incident probably because I was drunk. I absolutely hated the compliments when it comes to my ASL skills. Justin even fingerspelled my name as a way to confirm that it was me. Oh, well.
Fad Moment? Mikey coined a term: Fow. It is a shortcut way to say that one is low function. Since not many people who are low function will understand what it means, so what is the point of spelling it fully? Let's make it short enough for stupid people to understand something, therefore, it is Fow. So it's much easier if you quickly fingerspelled to your friend next to you, "F-O-W" should you get annoyed by a stupid person (deaf or hearing). The next person will know what it means.
Worst Moment: Marb(t)y's animalistic behavior last night.
Thanks to Toby for dealing with me for 7 days. It was great seeing Toby! I have tons of pictures ... I might do the tease thing in a long run.
Cheers,
R-
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Marb(t)y Bonales Is Nuts
It is safe to say that I was never embarrassed nor horrified of nearly anything else until I saw the antics of Marb(t)y Bonales, a deaf gay guy from Louisville, Kenfucky. Originally, I heard horror stories about Marb(t)y getting into wild altercations with others, deaf or hearing, at different places.
Basically, the whole thing started at about 6 PM when a friend objected to the way my friends and I treated his ex by not inviting him to go out with us -- actually, why should we?
Then the battle of comments heated over the pagers back and forth until about 12:45 AM where three of us met Marb(t)y and Mikey at The Fireplace's. I was horrified that Marb(t)y screamed at the top of his lungs in the bar, then he shoved me against the wall. He attempted to kick my left knee which was recuperating from the injury. He was screaming like an animal.
I told him to calm down and that he was making a scene. He became crazy. He nearly slapped me when he tried to say, "DEAF CULTURE -- THAT MY LIFE -- NOT YOUR BUSINESS!!" When he said the last sign (business), he outwardly signed it to my face, nearly slapped me. I backed off.
Marb(t)y, it is not Deaf Culture. It is called immature, childish, stupid, boorish and animal behavior of yours!
At this point, I decided not to get closer to his wild animalistic behaviors on the other end of the bar. The bartender, Jerry, wrote on a note to tell me that I made a smart move by keeping myself distant from Marb(t)y. Jerry also wrote down, "This guy screamed like the donkey from Hee-Haw." He was referring to the old sitcom in 1980s. IN other words, Marb(t)y was depicted as animal by a hearing person. That's how bad it was.
Marb(t)y was out of control to a point where an hour later, I witnessed him getting in a scuffle with the cops and was subsequently arrested along with another friend of mine. Yes, you heard this. Apparently, my friend was trying to drop Marb(t)y off at the corner of the street so that they can walk to the apartment which is not far away, in fact, you can see it over there. Marb(t)y got hysterical and [probably screamed at the top of his lungs in the suburban neighborhoods] and refused to get out of the car -- the commotion in the middle of nighttime brought the cops to the scene.
I was not in this car. I rode in another automobile that came to pass the corner where the cops busted everyone else in the car. Enough said, I was horrified by the whole thing. Then Marb(t)y decided to take things in his own hands by being confrontational with the cops -- he was quickly subdued and arrested.
Basically, Marb(t)y asked for it. Marb(t)y thought he's above this -- apparently, Marb(t)y assumed that he has the right to scream at the top of his lungs to anyone else, to physically assault people by shoving and signing so close that the signs itself becomes a weapon to hurl on someone's faces ... all in all, it was a crime by itself.
Basically, by getting arrested, Marb(t)y asked for it. Marb(t)y is not a guy that I would befriend by anything else. His behavior is not acceptable in any cultures, and it was certainly not surprising that he got arrested but ... for him to do such a thing to my friend who also got arrested was despicable.
After that, I left for Philadelphia. I need a positive dose of something else. Lo Behold, there is an article in Gallaudet Today about my friend, Thuan Nguyen. This gal rocks. Not Marb(t)y. Hope he'll get some therapy or two.
R-
Basically, the whole thing started at about 6 PM when a friend objected to the way my friends and I treated his ex by not inviting him to go out with us -- actually, why should we?
Then the battle of comments heated over the pagers back and forth until about 12:45 AM where three of us met Marb(t)y and Mikey at The Fireplace's. I was horrified that Marb(t)y screamed at the top of his lungs in the bar, then he shoved me against the wall. He attempted to kick my left knee which was recuperating from the injury. He was screaming like an animal.
I told him to calm down and that he was making a scene. He became crazy. He nearly slapped me when he tried to say, "DEAF CULTURE -- THAT MY LIFE -- NOT YOUR BUSINESS!!" When he said the last sign (business), he outwardly signed it to my face, nearly slapped me. I backed off.
Marb(t)y, it is not Deaf Culture. It is called immature, childish, stupid, boorish and animal behavior of yours!
At this point, I decided not to get closer to his wild animalistic behaviors on the other end of the bar. The bartender, Jerry, wrote on a note to tell me that I made a smart move by keeping myself distant from Marb(t)y. Jerry also wrote down, "This guy screamed like the donkey from Hee-Haw." He was referring to the old sitcom in 1980s. IN other words, Marb(t)y was depicted as animal by a hearing person. That's how bad it was.
Marb(t)y was out of control to a point where an hour later, I witnessed him getting in a scuffle with the cops and was subsequently arrested along with another friend of mine. Yes, you heard this. Apparently, my friend was trying to drop Marb(t)y off at the corner of the street so that they can walk to the apartment which is not far away, in fact, you can see it over there. Marb(t)y got hysterical and [probably screamed at the top of his lungs in the suburban neighborhoods] and refused to get out of the car -- the commotion in the middle of nighttime brought the cops to the scene.
I was not in this car. I rode in another automobile that came to pass the corner where the cops busted everyone else in the car. Enough said, I was horrified by the whole thing. Then Marb(t)y decided to take things in his own hands by being confrontational with the cops -- he was quickly subdued and arrested.
Basically, Marb(t)y asked for it. Marb(t)y thought he's above this -- apparently, Marb(t)y assumed that he has the right to scream at the top of his lungs to anyone else, to physically assault people by shoving and signing so close that the signs itself becomes a weapon to hurl on someone's faces ... all in all, it was a crime by itself.
Basically, by getting arrested, Marb(t)y asked for it. Marb(t)y is not a guy that I would befriend by anything else. His behavior is not acceptable in any cultures, and it was certainly not surprising that he got arrested but ... for him to do such a thing to my friend who also got arrested was despicable.
After that, I left for Philadelphia. I need a positive dose of something else. Lo Behold, there is an article in Gallaudet Today about my friend, Thuan Nguyen. This gal rocks. Not Marb(t)y. Hope he'll get some therapy or two.
R-
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