Jeff Reys’ blog

Status:  Born
Species:  Human
Gender:  Male
Race:  Native American
Citizenship:  United States
Sexuality:  Gay

I am a US citizen.  First.  A gay American second.

I want my guaranteed inalienable rights.  Now.

I may not exercise some of my rights but I still want them.

Marriage for all or marriage for none.  Everyone should be allowed to adopt or no one should be allowed to breed until every child is adopted (by those who voted for exclusion).

“No one has the right to be the judge of what is right for me.” - Charles Aznavour

Marriage, Civil Unions, Domestic Partnerships are not the same because Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships are not recognized as valid unions by the Federal Government and therefore are not granted the same rights and privileges that marriage provides regarding immigration status, taxes and benefits. Source Link

Eliminating the rights for gay people to foster parent or adopt reduces the small pool of people eligible who are able to provide a good home to children desperately looking for homes.

Believing or not believing in God is one’s personal choice. Not everyone worships the same religion nor the same God or even subscribes to religion and creating laws that take away someone else’s rights is wrong no matter which side you’re on. The Bible is a guide for your path. Nobody else should be shackled because of your faith.

Irreplaceable though it would be nice if a few decided to follow their legacies.

Glynis Johns - Send In The Clowns

Dorothy Loudon - Fifty Percent

Gwen Verdon - Damn Yankees tunes

Ethel Waters - Eyes on the Sparrow

Lucille Ball - I Can’t Sing

Lisa Fishman (channeling Molly Picon) - Shpil Di Fidl/Yidl Mitn Fidl Medley

Madeline Kahn & Yoda Grover - Echo Song

Gilda Radner - Tap Your Troubles Away

Judy Garland - Smile

Over the past couple days I posted blogs about God and a PG rated porn video from YouTube and my blog view count increased by eye popping numbers. And it’s not restricted to MySpace, the numbers went up on each of the blog sites that I posted them. Not that it’s good or bad, it’s just surprising numbers. I think this week has been my peak week. Ever.

If I were making a living off each hit count, I would cater to the appetite. But there are a zillion other things on my mind (yes, I do think of other things besides porn, politics and religion) that I want to talk or write about.

Like, what kind of furniture i’m going to get to put in my new house…

Ron Christie and other Republican strategists claim Barack Obama only won the last election with 52% of the vote and can’t claim a sweep or a mandate. Actually, with 99% of the results in, it’s 52.6% for Obama to 46.1% for McCain. Obama has 364 Electoral College votes (McCain 162) and the popular vote overwhelmingly went to Obama with 66,067,024 versus 57,806,059 for McCain (as of this posting). (Source: AP)

Okay, then according to today’s rhetoric, Bush clearly lost both of his elections and walked away with ZERO political capital. In what zany universe does 66.1 to 57.8 mean it wasn’t a decisive win? The GOP universe apparently. Unless it had been the stats in favor of their guy then it clearly would’ve been grounds for a national mandate.

The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew. The New Testament was written in Greek. If The Bible is a result of God channeling his word directly through man, then reading and interpreting The Bible through any other language but its original is faulty and wrong. Many languages use words which are unique to their vocabulary and do not easily translate into other languages or are open to misinterpretation. Even plain and simple words or phrases can be confusing. In Britain, the term “I fancy a bird” does not carry the same meaning universally.

So, if you are one to follow The Bible to the letter and take its meanings literally, unless it’s the Greek or Hebrew version, you might be following the wrong path or even making God angry.

If God had wanted his word written in English, Spanish, Russian, Egyptian, whatever, he would have found a vessel who spoke that language to translate it for him. If he created all we see in six days, surely he could muster the strength to dictate his story to native speakers of every language. He’s God, give him credit! He could have done it! He’s all powerful and surely he would’ve predicted the troubles to come had he not been absolutely clear about his Testaments.

Or maybe God can only speak two languages. If that is the case, perhaps praying to him in English every weekend for your favorite team to win the big game is falling on deaf ears. Saying “dear God, please help me make it through December” might sound like “clin tok ork tufona” to the Almighty.

Let’s try to refrain basing our actions and decisions upon the word of God. The word of God is not universal. Until we all start speaking Greek and Hebrew. And some of us aren’t convinced there even is a God.

Or have your partner help.

From the “I can’t believe it’s on YouTube” File.

Isn’t he supposed to use gloves?

The DIY version:

By far, one of the BEST series not yet imported or tainted by American influence is BBC’s Beautiful People. From the mind of Jonathan Harvey and New York Observer columnist Simon Doonan. Witty, satirical, outrageous, full of heart and purely brilliant. Oscar Wilde would be proud.

If anyone wants to have a peek into what goes on inside the mind of a gay child, this series will tell you.

Currently, it’s only available on PAL DVD but if that’s not an issue and you haven’t seen it, I HIGHLY suggest recommend you get it. Who knows when or if it’ll hit the States.

For a series that FOX has never been as enthusiastic about as its other formulaic series, there was certainly enough interest in it from other networks. ABC would’ve been great but beggars can’t be choosers.

Who knew that punching the human body would sound so similar to the kick of a bass drum?