But this is important.

Pass the link. Spread the word.

QUIT YOUR JOB AND MOVE TO

Landon

This is a worthy cause. You should give money now.

BOCCE!!!

It's cut throat, these guys don't mess around.

I love my friends. So much that I am rejoining that infernal thing known as "Facebook".

I don't know how to find everyone, so if anyone wants to find me, go ahead. The email that is attached to it is my junk email, so don't use that one.

I'll be as good as I can with this thing until I snap...

Here is the previous post where I ... well... snapped:

So, facebook me up, people. show me that this thing is fun and not just a portal to all the people from my past that I don't really want to talk to.

L

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!! Now I'm going to have a beer by the pool.

I can't even begin to describe how much fun this is. It's nice to have something cool, bawdy and a little adult oriented to do for the holidays. By the time the local entertainment section of the paper, Paradise, was released with us on the cover we had already sold out both shows.

Due to popular demand a SECOND SHOW WAS ADDED FOR 6PM SATURDAY NIGHT!!!! If you want to see a fun show this Holiday Season, Please try to make it.

As for me, I won't be sleeping until Sunday.

But who needs sleep?

Then let's make divorce illegal. Period. Sounds great.

We've all got a little thing that creeps us out. Why not take a trip through some other peoples?

http://theonlythingtofearisfearitself.blogspot.com/

I know I've been quiet. Things have started to pick up a bit here at work finally. The "lean" season is over. With only two more days of Hurricane Season, I think we should be out of the woods for another year. Time to start eating all of that hurricane food and such.

Key West Burlesque is cranking up for our Holiday Extravaganza! The Dates are December 19th and 20th upstairs at Kelly's Carribean! Don't miss it!

I'll be posting photos as we go.

Be well

L

But I'm not doing a blog post today. I am reprinting the blog post of my dear friend, Leigh Pujado. She sums it up with much more eloquence than I can... I just curse a lot.

Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Heterosexual-Only Happiness

What a blow to civil rights this last election turned out to be with three states reinforcing discrimination by denying the right to marry for same sex couples. I am beyond appalled by the outcome and exceedingly disappointed in my fellow Americans who voted to squash the rights of others.

In his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 Doctor Martin Luther King referred to a "bad check" written to Black Americans for the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Forty-five years later this nation continues to write these "bad checks" denying equal rights to its own citizens based upon their sexual orientation. With all the obstacles that our country faces today, why are so many voters intent on riding this discriminatory bus?

If you voted for Amendment Two in Florida, please ask yourself a few questions regarding your decision:
-Why should you have more rights than someone in a same sex relationship?
-What are the principles you are holding on to that deem same sex marriage to be unlawful?
-How would it negatively impact you personally if two men or two women decided to marry?
-Since you voted to deny this particular right to a certain sector of the population, do you believe that we should take away some of their other civil rights as well?

Maybe gay people shouldn't have the right to vote. Maybe all lesbians should sit at the back of the bus. Perhaps we should segregate the schools in this country so that homosexuals go to homosexual schools and straight people don't have to mingle with them.

Ludicrous as this may seem, it is just as ridiculous to deny any citizen their pursuit of happiness, even if that pursuit inclines them to marry someone of the same gender.
And if you are still standing on a soapbox declaring marriage to be "a sacred union between exclusively a man and a woman," than I implore you to watch a little American television. The sanctity of marriage was long ago trivialized with shows like "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire," "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette." With our skyrocketing divorce rate, our abundance of green card sham marriages and a multitude of virtual strangers getting hitched in Las Vegas, this is hardly the country to label its legal unions as "sacred."

This isn't simply a gay rights issue. This is a civil rights issue. We have no business legislating the romantic relationships of consenting adults. I don't believe it is wise for a woman and a man to get drunk in Vegas then wake up to find that they've been legally hitched by an Elvis impersonator, but I believe they should have the right to do just that. Two men or two women, no matter the longevity, the stability or the depth of their relationship are still, however, denied by law from enjoying the same rights, freedoms and benefits of their heterosexual counterparts.

I encourage every voter to reread our nation's Declaration of Independence followed swiftly by Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech. If we as voters get to pick and choose which citizens get to enjoy which civil rights, what kind of democracy are we really?

Yup, that says it all in my book.

Change is here. Hope has been rewarded.

Thank you

Yesterday Myself, Christa, Marky P, Arlo and Steph all met up at the Green Parrot Bar. We walked across the street to the Supervisor of Elections Office and cast our Early Vote in the Presidential Race (among others).

When I walked back to my little booth with my ballot, I actually felt determined. I almost teared up a little seeing the circle next to Barack Obama and Joe Biden. For once, I believed in the circle I was filling in.

This country has been hungry for something new. Last election we were served "Canned Carrots" (John Kerry) by the Democratic Party. Which, I was hungry. I voted.

This year I feel like we got a Steak Dinner with all the Trimmings. I was proud to fill in that circle. I believed in that circle... I checked that circle no less than ten times to make sure it was the right one.

Most of the other issues on the ballot we spoke with people who it affected. Like boat captains (issues about the waterfront and such).

Then there is Amendment #2.

..... I've ranted more than once on this. This is the Amendment to the State Constitution.

"Inasmuch as a marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized."

First off, I can't even begin to think that this will be legal in any way. It not only does it effect gay couples, but ANY unmarried couples in Florida. JoE and I just got hitched this year, but what if something had happened to me in the 8 years leading up to that? JoE would have had ZERO rights if this had been in place.

As for the whole "Gay Marriage" thing? I'm all for it. If two people want to make a life together, who is the state to stop them? I'm not saying that a church has to perform the marriage or even recognize it. They are a private organization. But the state is not connected to the church, nor should it EVER be. The Constitution of the United State CLEARLY states that.

Anyway, not getting off on a tangent (too late, Landon).

GO VOTE!!! Please! And do it in groups, It's a great feeling to walk out of the polls knowing that you and some like minded friends all cast your votes. It's a sense of community. All of a sudden your one vote doesn't matter, but then you're looking at 5 votes.... go with 10 people. you get my drift.

Hope.....

ROCK ON PEOPLE, ROCK ON.

(sorry for the caps, but this is important)

We hit the Red Elvises show at the Green Parrot. They were in top form. From there we headed down to Teasers with a quick swing by the Red Garter. It was about 5am by the time we hit Mr. Z's for the Philly Cheese steak where we ran into the "Elvises" refueling post show.

I'm pretty tame these days, so it's been awhile since I've put a hurt on my liver like this. I'm a little rough today.

Tonight I'm taking it easy. Tomorrow night is the big Fantasy Fest parade. I'll be marching with the kids from Key West Burlesque. So if you're in town, make sure you keep an eye out for "Frankie and his Fillies".