I'm on the hunt, I'm after you...

Okay, this project that I previously mentioned, it's an online Scavanger Hunt. It's done monthly. And you're supposed to find each thing mentioned. I attempted to do this this month, although I honestly didn't work as hard on it as I could have, so I do not have all 20 things we were supposed to get. But in my defense, 1) I didn't get the list until about the 21st of the month so I didn't have a full month to work on it and 2) I'm lazy. SO that's basically why I didn't get it finished. I did however get SOME photos, and i've posted them below.

1. Scream (I'm thinking about Republican's retaining control of Congress in a week)



2. A murder of crows
3. Haunted House (not the house itself, obviously....)



4. Hellhound (now this one I had a great photo the Poopinator I took a few years ago with a little devil costume I had gotten for her...but I couldn't find it. So use your imaination...)
5. Spirits (nuff said)



6. Now she could be the Bride Of Frankenstien (yeah, that what it read. And yes, this IS Uncle Polt...in his Jewish grandmother costume)



7. Vamp(ire?) (once again, Uncle Polt...in a rather unimaginative costume)



8. Black Cat (this is the black jaguar from a nearby zoo)



9. Cemetary, at night ( I know, it's NOT a cemetary..but it IS a funeral home...BOTH hold corpses! Work with here people)



10. A Grotesque (I know this only as an adjective, not a noun, so I wasn't sure what they wanted)
11. Scarab (a photo of one, nearly as large as my hand, taken at the National Zoo)



12. Organ (yeah, my dirty mind went right THERE! And then I couldn't really think of anything else)
13. Unlucky Thirteen (I thought this one woudl be easy, but I just could not come up with anything)
14. Rosemary's Baby (with help from the preggers Amie)



15. Scarecrow (hanging out on a pole in town)



16. Full Moon (no it isn't mine, I wouldn't subject you all to that again!)



17. Skull (never said it had to be a human skull!)



18. Fog or Mist (you probably can't really see it, but there IS a mist there!)



19. Bat (my lucky bat tiara)



20. Evil Eye (again, I thought this one would be easy, but everything I tried came out wrong.)

So that's it for October. November's will be posted tomorrow, and i'll start anew.

POLT = listening to "Vogue" by Madonna

You know there's a stink in here, Eddy, there's a little bit of a vile, musky whiff of fecundity in the air! - Patsy, Absolutely Fabulous

Too much information for my head (Part 13)...

as always, these come from http://tmituesday.blogspot.com/.

1. In a social setting, are you more of a talker or a listener? Well, usually, I'm a talker. Now if I don't know the people I'm talking to, then I'm more of a listener. But I usually try to FIND someone to talk with so I can BE the talker.
2. Do you take compliments well? Nah, I usually laugh them off.
3. Are you judgmental? I try to be open minded in most situations. I think I can be judgemental though, espeically with people i know, and if they disappoint me.
4. Do you like to pursue or be pursued? I LOVE to be pursued, although usually, I'm the pursurer.
5. Do you think more about the past, present or future? Usually the present. I'm really all about the moment, or what I'm going to be doing next. I don't plan much, nor do I ruminate over the past much.
Bonus (as in optional): Who do you hate? An ex-friend of mine, for disregarding my feelings and dating a girl less than a week after she dumped me. I will NEVER forgive him for that. Not so much for dating the girl, but for so totally disregarding me and my feelings.
Bonus Bonus (it too is optional): Use three words to describe yourself Fat, fun, frisky!

POLT = listening to "Snakedriver" by The Jesus & Mary Chain

Why do you have powertools in your bathroom, dude? - Kyan, Queer Eye For The Straight Guy

In the twilight, the day turns to night...

Okay, this just has to be seen to be believed. I laughed my ass off.

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Get this video and more at MySpace.com

Now, despite the too-tight shorts, I can assure you the dancing guy is straight, cause there aint' no gay man alive that dances that badly.

POLT - listening to the clip i posted above

We need to lead the world, not alienate it. - Hillary Rodham Clinton, July 26, 2004

Arrogant apparent to punish people by their heritage...

Okay, so a see all around on the blogs that people are taking this face recognition thing from http://www.myheritage.com and now that I've got the faster internet, I decided I'd do it to.

What were my results?



Now this just proves that the thign does NOT work. Not only do I NOT look like Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eugene Levy, Alice Cooper (!!), or Christopher Walken, but I think it's safe to say they don't look like each other either!

What's up with that? Jet Li!?!?!?!

POLT - listening to "I Like The Way You Move" by The Body Rockers

There's a real dust issue. Its like Mount Saint Helen's went off in here! - Carson, Queer Eye For The Straight Guy

Slow, slow, clothed in new costumes...

Okay, got a few costume ideas for any upcoming Halloween Parties you may be attending tomorrow night.

One staple of the Halloween costume is the superhero! It's tried and true. And there's many to choose from.

One could always go as Superman, espeically if one were young, cute and somewhat Asian appearing.

Or one could go as Spider-Man, whether the costume fit properly or not. Or perhaps, if you look like him, especially if the costume is a little small and needs to be...torn in appropriate places.




One could also go as any one of a number of X-men, God knows there more X-Men in comics now that there are Chins in a Chinese phone book...or on Rush Limbaugh. SPeaking of Asians, I've never known Cyclops to be of Asian descent, but hey it's not unheard of. Psyloche went from an upper class British woman to an Asian assassin, so there is a precedent. This Gambit is MUCH hotter than the one in the comics. And while the NIghtcrawler costume IS well done, I seriously doubt Kurt Wagner would carry around a bottle of Vodka. I'm just sayin...

If one wanted to, one could go nearly naked, although we all hope one would have a physique similar to these guys:

Okay, so he's wearing a leaf bikini, would he be Adam perhaps? Or a Native of a lost island? either way, doesn't the cellphone at his waist kinda ruin the who image? course, honestly, if this guy's at any party I'm at, I won't even SEE the cellphone, cause i'll be staring at his pert ass!

An Indian, that's a good way to have an actual costume that everyone will recognize, and yet, still show off that sporty body. Course, I'd suggest he take the loincloth just a smidge higher...but then that's just me.

Original, yes, a baby with his...banana sticking out. Course, I'd wanna make sure that some time during the evening, I'd help the guy change his diaper. but that's the helpful kinda guy I am.

Yeah, okay I really have no IDEA what these guys are supposed to be, but I gotta tell ya, I don't really care. Just so long as they spend most of the night in my line of sight.

I have no idea what this kid is trying to be either. the face paint of a football player? the letters on his chest Fraternity letters, perhaps? The pad and pencil, a census taker, maybe? i don't know, but I gotta admire the kid's balls putting this costume on. no seriously, I wanna admire his balls. Really. And anything else nearby....

soooo, a tiara and no shirt? hmm.....no, no idea.

A simple tied on mask? nope, not a clue. but really, when you look like them, and you're showing your body off like they are, WHY cover it? Show it, if you got it!

This one, while very funny, coudl be rather confining, as you'd be stuck up against a wall all night. I wonder if the naked guy with the paper comes with the costume. but I think I'd have to say no to this one, cause just imagine the mess once everyone gets drunk, has full bladders, and has thier vision messed with by the alochol. Ewww.....

Back to the superhero motif for a moment: Batman and Robin. Awwwwww..... (think of the kinda movie they could made with Vla Kilmer and Chris O'Donnell and this script!)

Penis suit. Penis Suit?? PENIS SUIT!!! BWAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Although, where you are allowed to go in this might be a tad limited.

Now this one, THIS one is my favorite. Tippy Hedren in the Birds! BWAHHHAHAAAHAHAHAH!!! God I love it! I wish I had thought of soemthing liek this, I would have worn it somewhere, if I could ever have gotten it made!

So there's some ideas to help you with your costumes this year. Good luck!

POLT - listening to "Anarchy In The UK" by The Sex Pistols

Reportedly, Texas has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies and divorces and Massachusetts has the least of each. Presumably, Dubya, in a rush to save us all, didn't have time to fix Texas first. - Lawrence Angle, Dec 7, 2004

Some days you're quick, but most days you're speedy...

Well, kids, Uncle Polt is no longer in the Dark Ages. No sir. Today, with the help of Ag, Comcast, Radio Shack, and the beautifully voiced Phyllis (who happens to work in the call center in Ontario, just an hour's drive from Toronto...lucky bitch), I now have a cable modem. And unlike the scanner, it's not sitting on the floor in the box for weeks on end. No it is up and running! WHOO-HOOO!

Man, I LOVE the speed! It's like a Ferarri versus a 1920 Model T...with not engine...or wheels. I can view my porn so much faster now! WHoo-Hoo! Life is good.

POLT = listening to "Heart Of Glass" by Blondie

The only thing worse then a dragon, is Americans. - Reign Of Fire

Week 68...

MONDAY'S HOT SHIRTLESS GUY PHOTOS




















POLT = listening to "Feelgood Inc" by the Gorillaz

Mountaineers have died falling into ravines shallower than your wrinkles! - Saffron, Absolutely Fabulous

As far from God, as angels can fly...

I'm interrupting my watching of the Cowboys attempt to come back against the Panthers to do this, so I hope they appreciate it.

Freddie has this group of friends, they're all girls (he's a cute, sweet fag, of COURSE he's gonna have girls all over him!), and I've been talking to them sometimes when I;m talking to Freddie. One of them, "Howdoyousolveaproblemlike" MARIA!, I've already mentioned below. Well, a bit earlier tonight, when speaking with Freddie I found out that both Sara and Megan were rather unhappy that they didn't have an icon as well. I don't really know much about them, though. As I hear more about them I think I'll be able to choose appropriate icons. Nonetheless, in order to keep the peace with Sara, Megan and Lindsay, I give you the following icon represent all three of them!



This also plays into something we talked about, that they were like Charlie's Angels and I wa Charlie, since they only talk to me on a speaker phone and have never met me. I suppose in this analogy that Freddie would be Bosley, but he's got his own icon already, so whatever.

At any rate, I hope this satisfies them until I can come up with individual icons. This IS okay, isn't it, ladies?

POLT = listening to the football game

It's time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families! - John Kerry, July 29, 2004

On that you can depend and never worry...

So last night, I was somewhat worried and I'll tell you why. Freddie was going into Philadelphia.

He attends college about an hour north of Philly. He, and supposedly three girls (although only one ended up going), were going to drive into Philly, to go clubbing. Freddie's never been to Philly. Nor has he driven there before. At night. In rainy windy weather. INTO Philly. I was in Philly for the first time in August, and I walked through a portion of it in broad daylight that I didn't feel entirely safe in. And they were going at night. When they've never been there before. (Have I gotten my point across yet?)

The plan was for about 5 of them to go, although it ended up being just Freddie and his friend, whom I've christened "How-do-you-solve-a-problem-like" MARIA! Their icons are below.





They were leaving at 1000pm, and the one club stayed open until 600am. Freddie said he'd call me on the way back, to let me know everything was okay. And he did. At 330am or so. They had a good time, and everything went well. It wasn't difficult finding the places they wanted to go. And driving in Philly wasn't bad. Except that they almost hit a bicyclist. And they ran a red light. And they damn near took another car's car door off. But other than that, driving was fine.

They went to a gay club first, and had fun dancing and all. Except that some guy kissed "Howdoyousolveaproblemlike" MARIA! Using tongue and all. And she didn't even get his name. Or punch him. Or bite off the part of his tongue in her mouth. Course, perhaps she wasn't too threatening, as he apparently was grinding his ass into Freddie's crotch as well. Hmmm, sounds like one of my dates.....

I probably should have been less worried, as "Howdoyousolveaproblemlike' MARIA! is a Jersey chick. I'm sure she'd be able to kick anybody's ass that would threaten my Freddie. She, in fact, promised me earlier, that she's watch out for him for me. Anyway...

Afterwards, they went to a str8 club. This one was the one to 600, but they didn't stay cause it was way too packed, he said. No room to dance. No room to move. No room to even stand without getting jostled. And no guys sticking thier tongues in "Howdoyousolveaproblemlike" MARIA! mouth either. So they after like an hour. And returned home.

And after thier call, I could go to be and sleep comfortably.....for about 4 hours, until I had to get up to go let the Poopinator out. ARGHH!

POLT = listening to "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel

"I'm not looking for romance, Howard. No, I'm looking for something more important that that. Something stronger. As the years go by, romance fades and something else takes its place. Do you know what that is?" "Senility?" "TRUST!" "That's what I meant." - Howard Bannister, What's Up Doc?

When an apology's made it isn't always enough...

SOrry guys, i tried to post yesterday and earlier today, and Blogger was just bein it's "bitch on the rag" self. My posts were saved, but when I tried to publish them, I got the message:

There Were Errors

No shit, really??? Finally, just a few minutes ago, it allowed me to publish, so that's what the hold up was. It was Blogger, it wasn't me!

POLT= listening to "Exit Music (For A Film)" by Radiohead

I got 99 problems, and a bitch ain't one. - Jay-Z

Let's get unconscious honey (Part 21)...

As always, these come from http://subliminal.lunanina.com/.

I say ... and you think ... ?

Costume :: Party
Beg :: And Plead
Hottie :: Channing Tatum
Celebrity :: Actor
Saturday :: Night Live
Buckle :: Up
Doorbell :: Answer
Rude :: Obnoxious
Absence :: Missing
Hyper :: Active

POLT = listening to "Bright As Yellow" by The Innocence Mission

How many of you want to wake up in a public restroom in what you hope is your own filth? - Jerri Blank, Strangers With Candy

Summer wind, been catching up with me...

Man, I do have some more catching up to do.

My parents went to the Poconos again for a week. That leaves me in charge of thier poodle, Angel (aka The Poopinator!).

Oh, don't let the cuteness fool you. She weighs about 15 pounds, but during the week that I have to watch her, I'll bet she'll poop out 50 pounds of poo. And I'll only feed her 20 pounds of food! I think inside here intestinal tract is a dimenisional rift, a hole if you will, to the Plane of Poop. And some of it slips through into her intestines to join the poo from what she's eaten all day.

Or maybe i just have an overly active imagination and too much time on my hands?
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Thursday, my friends Garver and Troy came over.






We ordered a pizza, caught up and then were gonna watch a movie. They discovered my stash of Guys Gone Wild DVD's, so we watched a portion of one of those. And laughed throughout. And then they wanted to borrow a DVD or two of my porn. SO they popped in one and we watched a goodly portion of that. And it led to a hot, heavy, sweaty and steamy threeway between the three of us. NO! No it didn't. That's what WOULD have happened had I been making a film of my life, but since I'm just living my life, and not filming it, we watched the scene and then took the DVD out so they could take it home.

And enjoy it there.

Together.

Alone.

Dammit.

Anyway, after this we did watch a movie, Speedway Junkie. It's a small indepenent thing from a few years back that I saw with Mark, My Fairy Godfather at the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in DC. It's not a big name film, but it has big name stars in it: Darryl Hannah, Jesse Bradford, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Tiffany Amber Thiessen..okay, so maybe not BIG names, but named actors, anyway.



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Monday, my friend Amie was in town, so we hung out.



Amie is preggers with thier first kid, due in January. I still haven't convinced her to name it Polt or Polta. I can't understand why she's being so resistant, but whatever.

I don't mention Amie much, cause she doesn't live around here anymore, but we still talk regularly, and laugh ourselves silly virtually everytime, but yet we can have serious intense debates on different issues as well. It's an unusual friendship, actually, but one that works for us. We went to eat and caught up, and went to a few stores and then she helped with a project I'm working on for Halloween, although I don't know if I'll get it done or not, so I'll say no more about it at this time. But hopefully, you'll get to see the results of it in a few days.

And I guess that's all my catching up. I guess I can start with new stuff now. If only new stuff would happen to me. I suppose I'll not have to wait long.

POLT = listening to "Elevation" by U2

For God's sake, don't shoot me! I'm half Italian! - Hugh Simon, What's Up Doc?

King of compliments, charisma and advertisments...

I was watching TV tonight, and I saw something that was truly unimaginable. Bear with me, I gotta give you a bit of background first.

here in PA, Rick Santorum is in the run for his political life. Santorum is also one the far right fringe of the Far Right. he's the one who compared gay marriage to "man on dog" sex. He's the PA senator who flew to Florida to exploit Terri Schivo and gain some points with the religious radicals at the time. He's the guy who has voted WITH bushie and amazing, and embarrassing, 98% of the time. And, he's anywhere from 7-17 points behind his opponent, a virtual unknown of Bob Casey. Santorum's not been ahead in the polls at any time since the primaries here in May. And he's tried every type of campaign ad imaginable.

And then I saw this tonight. It's a TV ad where Santorum is in a wrestling ring and while two wrestlers duke it out, Santorum says how sometimes cooperation is needed in DC, and then he goes on to tout some of the compromises he made (again, from a man who voted WITH Bushie's agenda 98% of the time). he mentions working with Senator Barbara Boxer on something. This would be the SAME Senator Barbara Boxer that in some of the campaign flyers he sent out is denounced by his campaign.

He further has the gall to mention he's worked with Hillary CLinton on violence in video games. yes, THE Hillary Clinton! The SAME Hillary Clinton who Santorum mocked when he wrote his book "It Takes A Family" (parodying Hillary's "It Takes A Village").

How is it, that a far right fringer like Santorum is touting cooperation with Hillary Clinton, the female anti-Christ to so many right wingers? I think it just shows his desperation. "Hey, nothing else worked, cozying up to Bushie didn't do any good, maybe I outta cozy up to the other end of the spectrum."



Honestly, an incumbant senator down 7-17 points roughly 10 days to an election equals one thing = a brand NEW senator. And I thankg GOD Pennsylvanians finally woke up to who and what Santorum is..finally! Here's hoping the rest of the country pulls to wool off of thier eyes as well.

POLT = listening to "Once In A Lifetime" by The Talking Heads

Bush: Tough as a rock, but dumber. - bumper sticker

A kiss is just a kiss (Part 48)...

Frenching Fridays

POLT = listening to "This Heaven" by Love & Rockets

Ari Fleicher said today that when not focusing on the Iraq situation, the president spends what little downtime he has with his two favorite books - the Bible, and "Mike Tyson's Guide To International Diplomacy." - Aaron McGruder, The Boondocks, April 15, 2003

Supports my hip, wrap tools in hankerchiefs...

Found this online. And in the interests of preserving gay history, I thought I'd repost it here.

The Handkerchief Code

The "Hanky Code" is a traditional form of signaling to others what your sexual preferences and interests are. Gay men used this code to communicate with each other in the noisy and distracting environment of gay bars. Although not as widely used these days, it is still a worthwhile resource and, among those who know, a great conversation starter.
There are several versions of the "Hanky Code". This is the version that seemed the most accurate to us.

worn on the left/COLOR/worn on the right
masturbate me/White/will masturbate both
voyeur (likes to watch)/White Velvet/will put on a show
likes white bottoms/white lace/likes white tops
hosting an orgy/white with multicolor dots/looking for an orgy
starfucker/silver lame/celebrity
bondage top/grey/loves to be tied
owns a suit/grey flannel/likes men in suits
latex fetish top/charcoal/latex fetish bottom
heavy SM top/black/heavy SM bottom
has or takes videos/black velvet/will perform for the camera
safer sex top/black&white check/safer sex bottom
likes black bottoms/black&white stripe/likes black tops
wants head/light blue/cock sucker
sailor/light blue&white stripe/looking for seamen
likes black suckers/light blue&black dots/likes to suck blacks
likes Latino suckers/light blue&brown dots/likes to suck Latinos
likes Asian suckers/light blue&yellow dots/likes to suck Asians
likes white suckers/light blue&white dots/likes to suck whites
69er/robin's egg blue/anything but 69ing
cock & ball torturer/teal blue/cock & ball torturee
cop/medium blue/cop sucker
pilot or flight attendant/air force blue/likes flyboys
anal sex, top/navy blue/anal sex, bottom
2-handed fister/dark red/2-handed fistee
fist fucker/red/fist fuckee
safe fisting top/red&white check/safe fisting bottom
shaver/red&white stripe/shavee
park sex top/red&white gingham/park sex bottom
furry bear/red&black stripe/likes bears
tit torturer/dark pink/tit torturee
dildo fucker/light pink/dildo fuckee
into navel worshippers/mauve/navel worshipper
into armpit worshippers/magenta/armpit worshipper
piercer/purple/piercee
docking-uncut/turquoise/docking-cut
likes drag queens/lavender/drag queen
spitter/pale yellow/drool crazy
golden shower giver/yellow/golden shower receiver
likes asian bottoms/yellow&white stripe/likes asian tops
hung 8" (19 cm) or more/mustard/wants a big one
two guys looking for one/gold/one guy looking for two
wants muscle-boy bottoms/gold lame/likes muscle-boy tops
anything anytime/orange/nothing now (cruising)
two tons o' fun/apricot/chubby chaser
suck my toes!/coral/feet worshipper
a cowboy/rust/his horse
cuts/maroon/bleeds
spanker/fuchsia/spankee
hustler (for rent)/kelly green/john (looking to buy)
military top/olive drab/military bottom
daddy/hunter green/boy (may have daddy or not)
dines off tricks (food)/lime green/dinner plate
milker/holstein/milkee
cums in scumbags/cream /sucks it out
rimmer/beige/rimmee
rides a motorcycle/chamois/likes bikers
scat top/brown/scat bottom
headmaster/brown corduroy/student
I am uncut/brown lace/likes uncut
I am cut/brown satin/likes cut
likes Latino bottoms/brown&white stripe/likes Latino tops
smokes cigars/tan/likes cigars
wears boxer shorts/paisley/likes boxer shorts
has tattoos/leopard/likes tattoos
likes to nibble/houndstooth check/will be bitten
skinhead top/union jack/skinhead bottom
new in town/calico/tourists welcome
bathhouse top/terrycloth/bathhouse bottom
tearoom top (pours)/doily/tearoom bottom (drinks)
has camcorder/cellophane/video star
bartender/cocktail napkin/bar groupie
stinks/kleenex/sniffs
outdoor sex top/mosquito netting/outdoor sex bottom
bestialist top/fur/bestialist bottom
gives hot motor oil massages/handiwipe/wears it well
cuddler/teddy bear/cuddlee
chicken/kewpie doll/chicken hawk
hippie top/tie die/hippie bottom
clergy/rosary beads/wants clergy
wears a dirty one/dirty jock strap/sucks it clean
has drugs/zip-lock bag/looking for drugs
has a home/keys in front/has a car
needs a place to stay/keys in back/looking for a ride
lover's out: my place ok/toothbrush/your place only

I think this probably HAS to be all inclusive, cause I don't think they MAKE hankies in all those colors. And there's a few of the..actions that even I don't know what they mean! Never thought there'd be some gay sex act Uncle Polt would not have heard of! Freaky, innit?

POLT = listening to "Girlfriend" by Matthew Sweet

You're aesthetically challenged, aren't you? - Thom, Queer Eye For The Straight Guy

I feel the need to be naked with you (Part 30)...

It once more time for



This week, kids, Osbasso has asked us to do a Halloween themed HNT. Unforutnately, I didn't find out about this until Wednesday afternoon, and I was completely out of ideas. Oh I tried to think of something. Something silly, yet appropriate, and further, something easy to do, as I had very little time. And what did I come up with?

Nada. Zilch. Bubkis. The Big Goose Egg.

So, I resorted to some old photos. For about 6 years in a row in the mid-90s, I was invited to this large, private Halloween party in Harrisburg. People would come from as far away as Pittsburgh to attend this thing. And there was alcohol, "witch's brew" (pure grain alcohol in a cauldron with dry ice floating in it), cookouts, and invariably, a pretty ruthless game of quarters. And they had a best costume contest, with the prize being a bottle of wine or champagne. The first year, I went as a vampire and won nothing. But each successive year, i won the best costume prize each time! There was the Jewish grandmother costume, the candle costume, the prison inmate costume, the underwear drawer costume. And the following:



Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, The Floor Of A Movie Theater! It's an old sheet with a hole cut in it, and a popcorn bucket on my head with a string under my chin. I walked over the sheet with muddy feet leaving footprints, split some soda down the front and then I glued to it some Milk Duds, a popcorn bag, a lollipop and it's wrapper, some peices of popcorn, an empty box of Ju-Ju-Bees, a Kleenex, an M&M bag, some Goobers and the empty box they came in, an empty soda cup, a few coins, and I think even a condom wrapper. On the back, I wrote in large red letters EXIT.

I did indeed win the champagne that year as well.

POLT - listening to "Hand In Pocket" by Alanis Morisette

"What do you want to do?" "Hang him by his thumbs and beat him with a pogo stick." - Josh, The West Wing

A horror soundtrack from a stagnant water-bed...

We know Stephen King can be frightening--but can he boost voter turnout? Yesterday the horror writer sent an email to supporters of MoveOn.org, in which he asked for their participation in a series of get-out-the-vote parties the liberal group has organized on behalf of Democrats this weekend.

"If I know anything, I know scary. And giving this president and this out-of-control Congress two more years to screw up our future is downright terrifying," King wrote. "Thankfully, this national nightmare is one we can end."

Timed to coincide with Halloween, the parties look to be more business than pleasure, with attendees expected to join in on phone banks MoveOn has set up to target voters in hot congressional districts.

King has been a generous donor to Democrats for years, contributing more than $200,000 to the party and its candidates, according to campaign finance records. Yet the author has only recently adopted a higher profile on the campaign trail. Last month, King and fellow author John Grisham campaigned with Democratic senate candidate Jim Webb in Virginia, a rally that reportedly raised $125,000.

"George Allen would not succeed as a fiction writer, because he can't seem to stick to his story," King told estimated 1,000 people who showed up at the event. "(But) George Allen is the fiction candidate." We're not sure what that means, either. But the gist of it is, don't tell Stephen King if you're planning to vote Republican, or Drew Barrymore just might set your house on fire with her mind.

What's more scary: Carrie or two more years of a Republican Senate; Misery or a Republican House; Salem's Lot or another term of Senator Santorum? Yeah, I think King's ont he right track with this one!

POLT = listening to "Ruined In A Day" by New Order

"Would you sleep with me for a millions bucks?" "Sure!" "How about for ten bucks?" "What do you think I am, a whore?" "We've already established what you are, now we're just haggling over price." - An Arrow's Flight

I am the President, I own the world, I am king of the world (Part 8)...

Worst President Ever Wednesday



POLT = listening to "Orange Crush" by R.E.M.

This situation is fucked! It's just so fucking fucked! - Craig, Bumping Heads

You can kill them in the classic style...

So I'm driving home from work today. I had my iPod with me, although I decided to listen to the radio. So I'm flippin through the stations and I come upon Guns N Roses, "Welcome To The Jungle". Haven't heard it in a while and so I leave it there and sign along...if the noises I was making could be called singing. ANd then the song ends, and Pink Floyd's "Money" comes on, so I sing that too. Near the end of the song, it occurs to me, those were kinda strange songs to play back to back. And then a promo plays mentioning how they play "The valley's classic rock!" and cut to a Led Zeppelin song.

And all i can think it: Guns N Roses are classic rock!?!?!? When did this happen? I mean, yeah the song's almost 20 years old, but I thought GNR was still, like a popular band! Well, I guess since they haven't released anything, or even really BEEN a band, in like ten years or so, maybe that explains it. But Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was released in the fall of 1991, so that's like 15 years old....does that mean in 5 years Nirvana will be classic rock???? Oh for God's sake....the horror!

And speaking of Nirvana, I heard on the radio that Kurt Cobain now officially the dead celebrity that made the most money last year, beating out the periennial champion, Elvis. Who knew? I wonder where Marilyn Monroe and James Dean stand on the list.

.....geeez, GNR, classic rock....what the hell?.....

POLT = listening to "Dreamland" by The B-52's

The reality is that a majority of Americans like, or at least don't mind, killing foreigners, provided thecost is not too high; they don't give the flip of a middle finger abuot the opinions of the rest of the world; they don't understand deficits and the dangers they pose; they prefer simplicity to complexity; and they would rather believe than think. - Charley Reese, Nov 13, 2004

It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen...

Apparently, the big Os-man in charge of HNT has decreed (although it was actually by participant vote) that this week's HNT shall be of a Halloween theme. Now me, I only found out about this today, a scant short ten hours or so before the start of HNT, so I'm not sure what I'm gonna be able to come up with. but if anyone else wants to play along, you can click on the HNT button on my left sidebar.

And I got to get thinking.....

POLT = listening to nothing, as I'm still at work...

Sometimes, people confuse "pretty" with "shitty", a problem I can't understand because the two looks seem very different. - Justin Jorgenson, Obscene Interiors

She wants to party, she wants to get down...

Okay, so the night before Freddie and I went to the National Zoo, we went to a party a friend of mine threw. It was at Bob N Becky's house. We went with Ghostie. Also there were Jessica and Micheal (who's wedding we all attended Labor Day weekend, and the photos were posted here to prove it), and thier infant Wyatt. Jessica's hot brother Justin was there, and unfortunately, he was not shirtless even once during the evening. There were also two people there I didn't know.

Freddie and I were together the whole night, naturally, cause he didn't really know anyone that well there. But we talked with Jessica and Becky. (oh and Becky had put out a very nice spread as well). I wanted to hold Wyatt, as I LOVE children, but he cried everytime I tried. Jessica said he does the same thing with her father, maybe it's facial hair that bothers him.

We all a pleasant time talking and catching up. We sat in front of a small fire they had set up, that we pretty pleasant. I also noticed that Jessica gave me a hug and kiss hello, like she always does, but she did the same for Freddie. And Becky gave us both a big hug. Michael shook both our hands. Justin shook my hand and gave me that "straight guy taping shoulders" kind of hug. I think he did the same to Freddie. I just LOVE how my friend have accepted him. (And not just them! Ag, Ghostie, Garver, Troy, hell, even my parents. everyone who meets Freddie just LOVES him. But I think that says more about him than them.)

As the night wound down and we prepared to leave, we encountered Becky's cat. I don't know the she-beast's name, but if there was ever proof that cat's are the Spawn Of Satan, she was it. Just talking to her, trying to pet her, she hissed, feriously. And swatted her paws at people. If she had been declawed, Ghosties would be missing several strips of flesh ont he back of his hand. Evil, evil, EVIL cat! Becky and Bob have a dog, Mackenzie, who is the sweetest, funniest animal you'd ever want to know. And then there's the other pet, the demonseed....cats...evil, I tell you EVIL!

But all in all (despite the cat) we had a fun time just catching up and talking. And naturally,I have photos:


This is Ghostie in his SUV (vegan driving a car with leather seats...but that's for another post) driving us up there.












Freddie in the backseat. I just held the camera over my head and snapped the photo. God, he is SO gay sometimes...but I love him anyways.












This is the lovely Jessica and lil Wyatt.














And this is Jessica and Wyatt again, but with Michael in the photo. If you can see, Wyatt's wearing brown bib overalls, and is just THE cutest thing you've ever seen. Michael, if you can tell, is wearing a...papoose? A baby carrier that straps the kid in on your chest. Wyatt was a little fussy and he was gonna carry Wyatt that way, but he calmed down. Although later, and for a good portion of the night, Michael did carry him in the papoose. Even outside, when they had a little cap on Wyatt....cute, SO cute!




Freddie and I got some time alone in the basement. I had time to snap this photo of cheesy smiles.












This is the Feline From Hell, in full hissing mode. And loot, what non-demonic creature has a green eye AND a yellow eye!!!!












Mephisto's Minion, the cat, still hissing. Still with two different colored eyes. You can pratically SMELL the brimstone, can't ya?












But to counter all the evil, in angelic Becky, in this photo, taken a bit too close while she's smiling a bit too much. Still, she's an angel!











And those were the photos.

POLT - listening to "Hit That" by The Offspring

Nothing gets a person voted out of office faster than the truth. - Tim Rowland, Dec 7, 2004