Farewell to Mary Lou
Deb had noticed yesterday that Mary Lou Panos, the widow of Nick Panos had passed on. Nick and Mary Lou owned the Lizzie Bordon’s, the first local gay bar that I ever went to, and later on the Village (which is now where the Zone is located.) Mary Lou’s daughter Leslie (Nick’s stepdaughter) took over the running the Village. Leslie, like her late mother, is a friendly and classy lady who makes folks feel welcomed. Deb and I had a nice chat with Leslie when we went to the viewing. When I first started going out to Lizzie’s, I wasn’t really out yet, and I sort of made it my goal to just say the word “Hi” to at least one person each time I went out. I recall th

Calls needed to support ENDA passage!
VERY important, and we really need everyone to pitch in and help to pass this very important legislation. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper has been generally supportive of GLBT issues, but she has not as yet signed on as a co-sponsor for HR 3017, the Employment Non Discrimination Act of 2009. You can call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. If your congress member is someone other than Kathy Dahlkemper, please call them their Washington DC to make sure that they are a co-sponsor of HR 3017. If you aren't sure who your congress member is, then just give your zip code when you call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Please do this right now! We need everyone here! The numbe

Practicing on mattresses
I was going over with a customer some changes to the physical inventory system for bar coding. We decided to do a small sample of just one product to test. She picked the product code and said that they would count the item. So, she let me know by saying that they were now going to practice on mattresses. (That happened to be the test product.) I remarked that it sounded possibly unseemly and concluded by jokingly saying, “You hussy!” It got a laugh.

Twitter-equipped bathroom scale tells the world how much you weigh | Technology | Los Angeles Times
I tend to think of myself as being probably fairly open. I have been accused of “oversharing” on more than a few occasions. However, even I have my limits. The only way I would get onto this device is if a gun were held to my head. And even then, it would be a tough call. There are certainly other tools for tracking that kind of info. For some folks, maybe sharing how they are progressing on their fitness program is a great idea. I wonder how the devices distinguishes between multiple people, and how it configures for a Twitter account for each. In LOLSpeak: DO NOT WANT! And I am thinking that probably thinking that I would not be alone in this. And

Legalize Same-Sex Marriage in NJ
I am really hoping that they are able to get marriage equality in New Jersey within the short time frame that they have. It was so disheartening to lose Maine. Below is an excerpt from the article I just posted at Erie Gay News. Incidentally, I was due to have lunch with Thomas Waters and his partner, and I wanted to get this article posted as quickly as possible. The contact at Attorney.org had kindly provided us with the text ready to go. I waas able to paste in and then dash off to lunch. Cool beans! Lega