According to the latest report by Witeck-Combs Communications, Inc., the GLBT buying power (the amount of money that we contribute to teh economy) is valued at $610 billion. This is up $30 billion from last year (2004).
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Varsity streaking
Stolen from http://towleroad.typepad.com/towleroad/: Varsity streaking takes off at nation's universities as Princeton gets in on the game Hamilton made news with last fall.
Stay Close: PFLAGs New Ad Campaign
This is truly awesome. I sometimes forget about what a great job the folks over at PFLAG are doing. Forever the quiet achievers, they just get out and do things, while other national organizations search their navals for lint shapes that will give them a sign of which direction to head in (hmmm… did I… Continue reading
Uruguay Honors Sexual Diversity
Uruguay has unveiled what gay activists say is the first monument in Latin America honoring sexual diversity. See: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/03/world/main671582.shtml
Good food, pleasant company
Chris, Brian and I just in from doing dinner with some of our neighbors. It was a lot of fun 🙂 We ate at Sharon and Roald's and enjoyed some authentic South African style food (made with lamb, so I was exceptionally impressed with this dish). For dessert, we had trifle, and it was DAMN… Continue reading
Panaband Sale
While at dinner tonight, I heard Panaband (one of our internet providers) is being sold (or being brought). So I searched and found the following. Blue Wireless & Data Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire Panaband Jan. 26, 2005–Blue Wireless & Data, Inc. (OTCBB:BWDI) is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter of… Continue reading
Good News from NY
A spot of good news 🙂 New York Court Rules Gays Must Be Allowed To Marry by Beth Shapiro, 365Gay.com New York Bureau http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/02/020405nyMarr.htm
The Words of the State of the Union
I got this email containing a series of links to a parsing tool that measures the number of times specific words were mentioned in the State of the Union speeches. Thanks Shawn for passing this my way! I can't stop running words through the State of the Union Parsing Tool: it provides an awesome graphical… Continue reading
Shitty
I guess it wouldn't be a winter if you didn't get sick. Add to that the cold snap we are going through again, and the fact that we're short staffed, so I have to work tonight – and you can see how thrilled I am 😉 I guess this thing is good for griping to… Continue reading