you know you're out west when........

As you may, or may not, know, I've been straddling two cultures for the last year and a half: Texas and California. Since December of 2006, I've been traveling back and forth between Houston and San Francisco on a regular basis, spending more time in San Francisco last year than I did in Houston.

I recently, at the behest of my company, took the plunge and actually moved to San Francisco. It was tough, because even though I was practically living in San Francisco anyway, I still considered Houston home. Now that I've cut my ties to Texas, I'm going through the shock of realizing that I am actually living in California now.

Don't get me wrong. I love the Bay Area. There's much to love here. But, I also loved living in Houston. In a way, it's the antithesis of San Francisco, its' polar opposite. Houston doesn't have the things I don't like about the Bay Area, and the Bay Area doesn't have the things I don't like about Houston. If I could merge the two together, I could create the perfect city. Oh, wait a minute, if I merged the two together, I would create Los Angeles.

Anyway, I was getting my hair cut today, and the stylist (who did a faaabuuulous job), asked me where I was from, and I told her I had just recently moved to the Bay Area from Houston. She started asking me about Houston. "What's the land like?" "Flat," I said. "Very coastal." Then we talked about the weather, and I explained that, while it gets hot and sticky during the 3 summer months, the rest of the year is pretty perfect, just like today in the Bay Area.

Then she said the magic words, the words I've been hearing a lot lately: "I haven't spent any time BACK EAST." That's when it hit me that I really, truly have moved to another land. In Texas, "back east" refers to New York or Massachusetts, or some place like that. When you start hearing Texas referred to as "back east," you know you're in a whole new world.

Mr. Kettle, meet Mr. Black.....

AP -  CORAL GABLES, FL - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday called Democratic rival Barack Obama insensitive to poor people and out of touch on economic issues.

cuteness......

hmmm... well this is certainly out of character for Bush

AP WASHINGTON - President Bush said Saturday that the credit crunch is threatening the availability of student loans. He said his administration is doing what it can to help with emergency loans but prodded Congress for authority to do more."A slowdown in the economy shouldn't mean a downturn in educational opportunities," Bush said in his weekly radio address.

He voiced support for a House-passed bill that would grant the Education Department greater temporary authority to provide loans to students unable to secure ones from banks or other lenders. A similar measure by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., is pending in the Senate.

The president urged Congress to get the legislation to his desk "as soon as possible."

"A delay of even a week or two may make it impossible for this legislation to help students going to school this fall," Bush said.

Is it possible to grow a soul overnight? Not sure of that. Whatever the reason for his sudden good sense, I applaud it. After all, education is the key to our future. We need to make sure that every American who wants a college education is able to obtain one. Otherwise, where would pictures like this come from?

it's sad when a college aged cub falls in love with his best friend's dad......

Fuck the dad. Let me at the college aged cub. He can mow my grass anytime. Yum, WOOF, grrrrrrrr

About a month ago, a friend's boyfriend had bariatric surgery. He had diabetes, which I did not know at the time.

So, last night I'm talking to the friend, and I inquire as to how the boyfriend is doing. My friend told me that the boyfriend was recovering nicely, that he had lost 30 pounds in the last month, and that his diabetes had completely gone away. He's off insulin completely.


Go figure.

more evidence that repuglicans don't give a shit about you.....

From AP:

WASHINGTON - A top housing official said Thursday that the Bush administration "strongly opposes" Democrats' housing rescue package, calling it a bailout that would expose taxpayers to excessive risk.

The comments, in separate letters to lawmakers, were the most forceful rejection yet by the Bush administration of Democrats' housing aid plans. And they were the clearest indication to date that the White House intends to put up a vigorous fight against a bill to let the Federal Housing Administration take on as much as $300 billion in new mortgages for financially strapped homeowners.

Ok, let me get this straight. Helping out strapped homeowners "is a bailout that would expose taxpayers to excessive risk." But, helping out Bear-Stearns is what??

so when is this douchebag going to enlist??????

I love guys like this. "I'm a Junior at Temple University, which means I have a big six-figure job waiting for me when I graduate next year. So, the military is not a career choice I would ever consider. But, I'm going to open my douchebag mouth and tell you we should leave our troops there however long it takes."

Let's hear from some guys who have a dog in the hunt. I would love to hear what real soldiers serving in Iraq have to say, instead of some douchebag college kid like Mr. McCool.

speaking of douche bags..........

hotchickswithdouchebags.com

My friend Chris in Philly, who didn't vote Tuesday because "I'm registered as an Independent" (yeah, right), sent me this link.

At the time I was kind of distracted and didn't give it the attention it deserves. I think my reaction was "it's cute."

Anyway, now that I've spent time actually cruising the site, I have to pronounce it "the funniest shit I've ever seen." Check it out, it's good stuff.

BTW, I can't wait to start seeing the keyword searches that bring people to this post. I'm imagining some old lady in Schenectady looking for the latest feminine hygiene product getting a little dose of the freddybear. 

Or, God knows how many douchebags will hit the site looking for "hot chicks." LOL

Despite what they told you, rubbing one out is good for you.

Researchers in Australia have discovered that men who masturbate frequently reduce their risk of prostate cancer. It is believed that frequent ejaculation rids the prostate of carcinogens that build up over time. The researchers studied 1,000 men who had developed prostate cancer, and another 1,200 men who had not. They discovered that the men who had frequent ejaculations between 20 and 50 years of age were less likely to develop cancer.

So, set those guilt feelings aside, and feel free to spank that monkey all the time.

check out this mtv commercial. it's hot

Some fascinating news coming out of the medical community about a potential cure for type 2 diabetes, involving gastric bypass surgery.
Researchers have discovered the procedure cures the disease in obese patients who also suffer from diabetes. The success rate is between 80 and 90%.

Astonishingly, most patients are cured of diabetes long before they lose any weight. In fact, a third of the patients are cured of diabetes when they leave the hospital (only 3 days after surgery), and the remainder are cured of diabetes within a week of two.

Dr. Francesco Rubino of Cornell Medical College performed the procedure on diabetic mice, and he discovered that the diabetes remission seems to be linked to the removal of the duodenum.

The hitch of all this is you have to be really fat to qualify for the surgery. Having diabetes alone does not qualify you, even though the surgery has an 80-90% success rate at curing diabetes.

I think that's crazy. They should start immediate tests to see how this procedure works at curing diabetes in patients who are not obese.

I have decided there must be a debate class for right wing Christians, and rule number one in that class is, "when all else fails, threaten hellfire."

I've been engaged in a spirited debate on Topix.com with one of these idiots. The thread started in the comments about a news story that stated if states would recognize gay marriage, it would cause a boost to their economies.

Of course, this one idiot had to jump in there with her rabble-rousing Christian bullshit about how homosexuality was against God's will, etc etc etc. She claims gay people make the choice to be gay.

Well, I shouldn't have, but I couldn't help it. So I jumped in with my comments that she was an idiot for saying that gay people chose that life. I suggested that we choose the life just like breeders choose their lives.

She responded about how wrong I was, and I was choosing to live a lie, and that there were many organizations that would help me, and that it was never too late to change UNTIL I TOOK MY LAST BREATH. There it is. The infamous, "you're going to Hell" warning that is supposed to scare me straight.

Oooh, I'm shaking in my boots lady. Fearful of eternal damnation in a place for which there is not one shred of evidence that it exists. And even it it does exist, why should I fear it? Jesus gave two commandments. Love God and love your neighbor. There was nothing in there about not loving another man.

And, the big question is, why is this woman hanging out in gay forums? Why do right-wing Christians do that? I say to her, "get thee to a nunnery."

Get The Fuck Out Of My Pool

I am so sick of guys who call themselves a "bear," when they in no way meet the definition.

I was around when the bear community began, so I think I'm a pretty good expert on this matter. And I know a bear when I see one. And a lot of guys claiming to be bears these days are simply not.

The bear culture formed as a way for those of us who were bigger and hairy and older (basically the non-beautiful people) to get together and socialize and other things. Then the guys who aren't bears but like bears began to take notice and started hanging around the bear community as well. Good for me since I'm a bear that likes non-bears for the most part.

Bears are called bears for a reason. In nature, a bear is big and furry. There are no skinny bears, except maybe ones that have just come out of hibernation. And what's the first thing they do? They start eating to put on some weight. If you see a skinny bear out in the woods, that's a pretty sick bear that won't be around for very long.

Today, we have all these interlopers in the bars and online. They claim to be a bear because they have a hairy chest and a six pack. That's not a bear. I don't even initiate chat with guys who call themselves "chasers" anymore, unless they specifically state in their profiles that they like bigger guys. Otherwise, the chances are they are there to meet some 20-something muscle guy with a goatee who calls himself a bear.

I feel like an outcast in my own community, and it pisses me off.

What set off this diatribe? Well, I was looking around online and googled "daddy bear" to see what would come up. I was pleased this blog came up on the first page. But, I also noticed this picture:
This was on an artist's website, and the title is "Big Daddy Bear, Sexy Nude Bear Man." No fucking way. This guy is about as much of a big daddy bear as I am a skinny twink.

This is a bear:

This is a bear and he probably doesn't even know it:

"The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together" -- Isaiah

This is sooooo cute. A video from Canada

It's too bad we humans can't take a cue from Nature.

The guys in Pathology are pretty hot, but the story line seems pretty creepy. It starts in San Francisco Friday.

The Pope Is In Town. Hide Your Children

So, Pope Benedict XVI is honoring us with a visit this week. Pardon me, if I don't kiss the ring of this ex-Nazi homophobe.

By the way, are those Dorothy's ruby red slippers he's wearing?

So, Delta and Northwest have announced their merger. It will make the combined airline the largest in the country, surpassing American. The merger will help the two airlines cut costs, and will bring about the obligatory fare increases due to decreased competition.

It's funny how free marketers are all about competition. But, they never raise a voice in protest when mergers and acquisitions bring about near monopolies.

I've recently thought that the United States is rapidly turning into a nation of few choices. How many banks are there? How many airlines? Kind of reminds me of the old Soviet Union.

And speaking of Aeroflot. I went on their website to check out this former state-owned airline of the USSR. I had to laugh when I clicked on page that touted their new in-flight entertainment service. During April, Aeroflot is featuring such great movies as

Kidnapping Caucassian Style, or Shurik's New Adventure

"In this comic but dated story, nerdy Shurik travels to Caucas in search of native legends and folklore. But what he finds is a beautiful girl whom, due to intoxication and deceit of the local "gang", he ends up literally stealing for the local deceitful governor. All the time Shurik thinks that it is all just a one old Caucasian custom. When he, finally, realizes what he did he goes out in search for the girl of his dreams."

I'm not making this shit up.

you want me to put my glasses where?

It never ceases to amaze me the odd things that can turn some guys on....


XXXX: Hi! Very good profile! I am an army medical doctor. I looking for a guy who ever has GLASSES or CONTACTS or HEARING AID or PLASTER CAST or some ORTHOPEDIC AID. Did you ever have either of those?

sanfranciscohuskybear: yeah i wear glasses

XXXX: cool

XXXX: i am an army eye doc

XXXX: mmm hot grey beard, btw

XXXX: when did you have first glasses in your life?

has this ever happened to you?

This unpleasant birthday surprise reminded me of the time when I was like 16. It was a Sunday morning, and my birthday. My mom called and woke me up and told me to come over to the Bonanza Restaurant for lunch. She knew I hated the Bonanza Restaurant, so I passed and went back to bed. Being 16, I decided to jack off, and I instantly fell asleep after I shot my load all over my belly and chest.

Well, little did I know, that my mom was planning a surprise birthday party for me at Cattleman's Steak House, one of my favorite restaurants. The Bonanza thing was a ruse. I was supposed to drive over there and everyone would be waiting for me across the street at Cattleman's.

Since they couldn't get me to come out, everyone decided to come drag me out of bed. Imagine my surprise when I woke up with a start as everyone burst into my room singing "Happy Birthday" while I was lying in bed covered in my freshly delivered load.