Month: June 2007
more news and pictures from Sam
Sam is Bill’s friend. And ours. Here are his last to emails about his adventures. Subject: Farewell Argentina…Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:53:53 -0300From: Sam Schaefer-Joel Today I bid farewell to Argentina and head to Brazil, it´s just across the river from where I am staying now, in Puerto Igazú. I am so excited to …
Mimi’s A Dip
This is my sister’s hot artichoke dip recipe. She said she would give it to me if I told people its called “Mimi’s A Dip” ~ her name is Mimi. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. 1 bread round – (unsliced). I like using the San Francisco Street Bakery’s olive bread (a yummy bakery down …
Alec’s heart
Wednesday, June 20Alec was having some chest pain in the evening so Catherine and I took him to St. Peters hospital. After checking him out in the ER they decided to admit him for observation, and planned to do a nuclear stress test in the morning. We hoped they would find that it was because …
Low tides expose a marine wonderland
South Sound teems with weird, interesting animals, but many hide in the depths most of the year. That changes this week, as extremely low tides will expose parts of South Sound usually underwater. The extreme low — and high — tides happen each year as the summer solstice approaches. This year’s solstice is June 21. …
Yes there really are people like this.
An email I woke to this morning: Subject: Your son.Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:55:33 -0400From: grottingham02@aol.comTo: gabi@gabiclayton.com Dear Gabi, I am a 16 year old boy from the Bay Area, California. I think you should know that your son deserved to die and in the fashion that it occurred. Being “gay” or “bisexual” is …
Stonewall Youth at a Washington Middle School Assembly
Read School talk about gays, lesbians riles some parentsby Heather Woodward ~ June 8, 2007 ~ The Olympian I have Chris’ permission to share this letter. June 8, 2007 I’m still waiting for the day when a school can have a speaker who dares utter the word “gay” or “lesbian” without bringing down the wrath …
This is what I gave as a reason for unsubscribing from the Democratic Party listserv
This is what I replied when asked for a reason when I unsubscribed from two Democratic Party email listservs: I am not pleased with the Democratic Party as they have been voting in for more war funds, more money than Bush asked for abstinence only programs, and generally not standing up for what used to …
Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A ‘Gay Bomb’
A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting. Pentagon officials on Friday confirmed to CBS 5 that military leaders had considered, and then subsquently rejected, …