Field Poll: Same-sex marriage

By Mark Morford (San Francisco Chronicle)

The good news: Gay marriage is now legal in California by astonishing (Republican) State Supreme Court decree, thus confounding and infuriating and yet secretly titillating the religious right and sending shock waves through the culture, as notions of love and marriage get slapped and pinched and urged to finally move a few steps forward because, well, it's about damn time. Bonus: economy smiles, wedding and divorce industries cheer, lots of delightful social awkwardness as everyone tries to figure out who's the husband and who's the wife.

The bad news: Locusts, plague, apocalypse, people suddenly demanding they be allowed to marry their dog, a lamp, a large wheel of Muenster cheese. After all, isn't that the way it always goes? Unlock a door to one basic human dignity and suddenly it's a mad rush toward all manner of debauchery and depravity, as little girls suddenly shave their heads and turn Wiccan and little boys suddenly start asking if it's OK to wear Betsey Johnson to school? This is exactly like what happened when we gave those damnable women and blacks the right to vote. Total anarchy! God's wrath! What's next, a black president? Oh wait.

Tattoos of Celebrities

People really are fucking nuts. These tattoos of celebrities ought to prove that. It's one thing to get a tat of the Virgin Mary or your child or gang sign...but these? Go here to see the whole group of them.
Yea, that's Oprah...but she looks Puerto Rican.

Chewbacca? Um,check out the arm shave for that tat. Gross. Would have been better on his ass or his hairy back. Come to think of it, I'm just assuming this was tattooed on a man. How sexist! Maybe it's a Slavic Hairy bitch?
I mean,a fictional movie character as this is "forever" as "pre-nup".
Hawkeye Pierce - wow, this one surprised me. I'm actually a bit jealous but would have gone for Radar or Klinger.
The coolest of the bunch - no joke here!

Beerfest 2008: The T-shirts

It's usually a bad sign when I start talking to strangers. But I managed to be polite when asking these guys to take pictures of their T-shirts at Beerfest.

Hands down the funniest of the bunch was this topical Mormon tee. This guy swears it's a real beer that you can buy at BevMo or Whole Foods.

Sorry this pic is a bit blurry, but you get the point. Boys will be boys:

These dudes were kind of obnoxious, making faces in the background of the pic. When I asked them to do it again, they got hostile. I promised I would block out their faces out on my blog...uh, huh...:

Nice to see the Mexican folks represented here:

Beerfest 2008

Beerfest 2008 came and went and I lived to tell. It was a swell afternoon and we got to try some really excellent local brews.

I think this one was my favorite - Trumer Pils. Really smooth lager. I could pound 20 of these if left to my own devises. But those 3 oz tasting glasses kept the wolves at bay.
This one - Moylan's - was pretty tasty. I'm partial to the Celtic influence so I was drawn to their booth.

This booth was lame and didn't have any fliers or anything. Had to take a pic of the guy's T-shirt. I promised I'd cut off his head. Beer was so-so...too hoppy.

This was a local find - Beerman's. It's in Roseville and on Thurs and Fri nights from 3 to 8:00, they open up the back of their brewery for anyone to bring your own food and picnic. I love that and must try it!

If you enlarge this pic, you can read the fine print - 12.5% alcohol. Once the word got out, the line was gynormous. Needless to say, they ran out by the time I got to the front. Feh..!

Middle School Concert

I'm searching for my nephew in this clip...I don't spot him but I can HEAR HIM! Love it!

Pernell Roberts

Why don't they have the Battle of the Network Stars any more? I used to love that show when I was a kid! Just look at this clip. It's got everything - Gabe Kaplan, Howard Cosel, and dear sweet Pernell Roberts in a Speedo. What's more to love?

Madonna's nipples

Nearly 50 and still showing her nipples in public. Way to go, Madge! Here she is in Cannes over the weekend. Click on pic for a closer look at her "mothering region".