Monthly Archive for June, 2005

Spain OKs Gay Marriage, Defying Opponents

Parliament legalized gay marriage Thursday, defying conservatives and clergy who opposed making traditionally Roman Catholic Spain the third country to allow same-sex unions nationwide. Jubilant gay activists blew kisses to lawmakers after the vote. [full story]

Just for kicks, lets take a look at Gay Marriage Around the World:

The following is a look at gay marriage in nations where it is legal in all or part of the country or where such legislation is pending.

NETHERLANDS — Legalized in 2001. Same-sex couples also have the right to adopt children, either within the Netherlands or from abroad.

BELGIUM — Legalized in 2003. Gay couples cannot adopt children, although that is being discussed by lawmakers.

SPAIN — Legalized on Thursday. Gay couples have all the rights enjoyed by heterosexual couples, including for adopting children.

CANADA — The House of Commons passed legislation Tuesday that would legalize gay marriage by July 31 as long as the Senate also passes the bill, which it is expected to do.

UNITED STATES — Massachusetts is the only U.S. state that allows gay marriage. Vermont and Connecticut have approved same-sex civil unions.

Actress Jennifer Tilly Wins Poker Event

Wed Jun 29, 8:04 AM ET

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Actress Jennifer Tilly is no poker pretender. Tilly won the Ladies no-limit Texas Hold ‘Em event at the World Series of Poker, marking the first time a celebrity has won a bracelet at the famous tournament.

Tilly’s skillful and self-admitted lucky play earned her $158,625. She beat 600 players to capture first place in the grueling two-day event that featured some of the top female pros in the world. The buy-in was $1,000.

“I think she showed an incredible amount of talent,” WSOP media director Nolan Dalla said. “She had an enormous chip lead and never looked back. It was almost as though her victory was never in question.”

Tilly, 46, said she’s learned plenty of pointers from her boyfriend, poker player Phil “Unabomber” Laak.

“When you’re living with Phil, you kinda learn by osmosis,” Tilly told CardPlayer.com. “Even in the middle of the night, he wakes up screaming out poker terms. Most guys scream out other girls’ names. He’ll wake up and go, `I should have bet more on the turn.'”

Tilly, an Oscar nominee for her role in the 1994 film, “Bullets Over Broadway,” is the first woman in this year’s WSOP to win a bracelet.

The WSOP is being held at the Rio hotel-casino.

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On the Net:

http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/

http://www.cardplayer.com/

i know you couldn’t answer the $64,000 question that joz posted earlier, but maybe you can answer me this: just what happens to the banners that are put up on the lampposts on major boulevards in los angeles? where do they go once the event they’re advertising is over? for example, the king tut exhibit has said banners on pico boulevard, but when king tut goes back to egypt, where will his banners end up? does the city keep them? throw them away? do they go to the organization that sponsored/purchased them?

ok, those are a lot of questions. the jozjozjoz and i were having a conversation a month ago with some friends and it came up. jozjozjoz said she should ask you, “oh-great-and-powerful-answer-man” that you are…

really, though, have you any thoughts on the matter? much appreciated!

…and why I had to buy Yoshi excessive amounts of alcohol after it was discovered what I’d done?

That’s all.

… I don’t think I can finish this po….

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Thanks to all the help that has been offered to solve my spam/MT problems. I’ll do the detailed & specific thanks later.

So the good news is that my blog is not completely dead. The bad news is that it is pretty damn f-ed up.

Oh, and for some reason, my comments are all gone and I don’t know where they go to if you submit them. So if you leave a comment, well, I probably won’t see it for now.

But you know where to find me via email joz-at-jozjozjoz.com or IM.

Hope to be back up and running soon. Lots has happened since my blog died and I’ll probably forget it all by the time everything is fixed.

The spammers are overloading my database and it shuts my entire blog down.

I can’t clear spams, I can’t make posts, I can’t rebuild… heck, I haven’t been able to login for more than 12 hours.

I saw this as the “Viral Ad of the Month” in the June 13th issue of AdWeek.

Mariko Takahashi’s FITNESS VIDEO for being appraised as an “EX-FAT GIRL” aka Poodle Aerobics

This ad, by Uchu-Country, Tokyo, shows an aerobics instructor with poodle-like muscles, teaching poodles aerobics. Evidently it’s an ad for Vivre, a Japanese clothing store. But it’s one of a series of 10 short movies for Panasonic / Olympic Games in Motion.

1) Peace Running: Run through a monochromatic world in this fast-paced work of animation.
2) Adrenalin: Video art as beautiful as a kaleidoscope and filled with tension.
3) Motion. Captured.: A strong visual message expressed using the Pei-Bell Effects developed by the artist himself.
4) RUNNNNNER: Female runners race from a miniature world into the real world in this work of stop-motion animation.
5) Untitled: A running person or a moving machine? An animated character of in cinematic feel.
6) Arc: A spiritual message in a floating world
7) Untitled: Futuristic film shows that the souls of athletes will never change
8) P.B. Recki: Graphics and music fused in a new style of painting-inspired film
9) Mariko Takahashi’s FITNESS VIDEO for being appraised as an “EX-FAT GIRL”: Fun fitness movie catering to both art and special make-up
10) Momentum: Capturing the sensation of being an athlete by using new styles of expression.

Damn spammers keep breaking my blog!

If you left a comment & it’s not posted… Oop! Sorry! I had too much spam and accidentally deleted yours too!

… I watched “Hit Me Baby 1 More Time” tonight… and I kind of liked it (in fast-forward on the TiVo).

Well, really, I just liked seeing how people changed over the years & I liked Arrested Development’s performances.

I could’ve done without the Loverboy, Flock of Seagulls, CeCe Peniston and (especially) Tiffany.

I don’t think that I’ll be putting it on my Season Pass list.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention how annoying the host of that show is, too. So, to sum up… I *didn’t* really like the show that much. Except for Arrested Development.

(But here’s the REAL dirty little secret… I was watching the wedding episode of Britney + Kevin: Chaotic on the other channel with Hit Me Baby 1 More Time was TiVoing. I feel my brain shriveling as I type this! Definitely the only time I’ll be watching any of that show!)

“We Are the World” is playing on my “Big Hits of the 80s” station on Musicmatch.

Heh.

UPDATE on 6/14: The radio alarm clock went off this morning and was playing “Bad.” Arrgh!