Articles of Distraction

[Nanny]

I have not been a frequent visitor to this thread, other than to show my support to the community,

I am now the very proud parent of a child who .... I feel the word, trans, is like venom, yet this is what my child told me: "Dad, I'm trans."

My initial reaction was, "Oh, is that all? That took guts to say, Proud of you. Now about the mess of your room,,,"

okay some editorial liberty there in the last sentence.

[Fireball]

Yeah, we're not taking ours back. We buy in bulk, 4 pounds at a time. This lasts many months. Anyone who doesn't already know that butter contains milk is supremely ignorant.

Most butter contains milk. Clarified butter doesn’t.

Boru

I have not been a frequent visitor to this thread, other than to show my support to the community,

I am now the very proud parent of a child who .... I feel the word, trans, is like venom, yet this is what my child told me: "Dad, I'm trans."

My initial reaction was, "Oh, is that all? That took guts to say, Proud of you. Now about the mess of your room,,,"

okay some editorial liberty there in the last sentence.

I remember when one of my nephews came out as gay. My brother kicked him out of the house. He was pissed off because he was named after our father, as if that made some sort of difference. I was nice about explaining that he was still his son, and wanted to know what the hell difference it made. He's come to terms with it. I sure as fuck wouldn't have kicked one of my own sons out for that. But then this brother voted for the chump. 

[arewethereyet]

My parents were very strict and not accepting of those who were "different". In the 70s my dad didn't want me dating anyone who had hair that reached their ears...a tall order back then. But that's an idea of how far they didn't stray from the "conservative norm".

Later in life my dad was 100% okay with my cousin who is a lesbian. Maybe it was because she was/is a decent golfer but I prefer to think that dad learned a few things and became more accepting as he got older.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The second story on MSN today is about Simone Biles' new haircut. The second story. Is it any wonder people are distrustful of the media?

Boru

[Nanny]

^The NYT has not stopped moaning about the trumpocalypse. I could use some Simone hairdo stories!

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Trump Guitars Gets a Cease And Desist

A guitar company touting an endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump has been hit by a cease and desist order from Gibson.

According to Guitar World, the 130-year-old guitar manufacturer confirmed that it had sent the warning to Trump Guitars owner 16 Creative "as the design infringes upon Gibson's exclusive trademarks, particularly the iconic Les Paul body shape."

While a non-signed guitar costs $1,250, a six string baring Trump's signature runs for more than $10,000.

For anyone looking for additional ways to light cash on fire, Trump Guitars also sells the "Presidential Series" in black, gold and red finishes.

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Satanic Temple Has To Explain Religious Freedom. Again.

A group of Satanists in Ohio have turned the tables on a "religious release" program in public schools that allows for students to be taken off campus for religious education in the middle of the school day.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that the Edgewood Elementary School in Marysville, Ohio will begin allowing students to take time off during the school day to attend the Hellion Academy of Independent Learning (HAIL), which is sponsored by the Satanic Temple.

"We aren’t trying to shut the LifeWise Academy down, but I do think a lot of school districts don’t realize when they open the door for one religion, they open it for all of them,” June Everett, a local minister at the Satanic Temple, said.

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Michael Douglas is blaming Silicon Valley for 'dumbing down' Hollywood. I gleefully remind him that there was once a shoot-em-up Western with an all little people case, and that John Wayne once played Genghis Khan.

Hollywood isn’t being dumbed down - it started that way.

Boru

[Silver]

Mariah Carey, whose music has long rung in the festive season, has revealed that some of her all-time favourite Christmas memories were down to her gay uncles.

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