The OFFICIAL SYMBOL for Donald Trump supporters!

We have been hearing from them for months. They gather by the thousands and they cheer loudly as a political candidate spews hateful and inflammatory comments and when he is called out for them his celebrity value as well as the CULT of people who support him grows to unimaginable levels.

He makes political rallies seem like WWE Wrestling events. He is bombastic, arrogant and NOT going to be an improvement over any past political regime in the United States and it is about time that the supporters of Donald J Trump are properly represented with a symbol (or a mascot) that identifies their loyalty and mindset.

Ladies and Gentlemen, and all people with at least a double digit IQ, here below is the official symbol for Donald Trump supporters.

              "The Horses Ass"

Where ideas and ideology of the Donald Trump CULT develops and dumps on the United States of America.

Please share widely.

(You're welcome.)

Campaigning for Jimmy Carter's health.

The town of Plains Georgia, hometown to former President Jimmy Carter is honoring their hometown hero with campaign signs wishing him to be a cancer survivor.

The 90-year-old former president of the United States recently anounced that he has brain cancer and will be undergoing treatment.

What is a "Flaggot"?

"Flaggots": People who are passionate about a flag. ANY flag that they would fly or desecrate or disrespect out or spite or under the guise of protest or extreme celebration in the face of opposition.

If you are burning a flag, trying to change a flag, remove a flag, ban a flag, stomping on a flag or flying a big ass flag from the back of a truck to get attention, you are a FLAGGOT.

It's not my word originally, it was a word that I first heard more than a decade ago when someone was mocking a ‪#‎confederateFlag‬ activist. Now that flags of many kinds are such an issue with many, it is a universal identity embraced by some and used by some to mock the people so obsessed with an issue and taking the issue over anything of real importance.

Personally, if I use the word i'm not using it as a compliment for anyone. And I have no intention of sounding like I support ANY flag at this point. Im so sick of the issues with flags that I just no longer care if ANY flag is flying. I'd like to tell anyone with a flag (of any kind) to shove it up their butts.

This America we live in allegedly was founded with the idea of having some freedoms. But society in 2015 has betrayed that idea. Flags that have flown for years and decades are now being used as pawns for political and social bias leading to dangerous reactions from rabid supporters or detractors of any specific flag. And if people don't calm the hell down its going to become a domestic war out of control.

Do we really want that?

Will a restaurant franchisee support Georgia's License to Discrimate?

It's time to connect two items. A politician and his business affairs.


The state of Georgia could very well legalize discrimination with the passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) which will allow businesses within the state of Georgia to deny service to anyone using the business owner's RELIGIOUS BELIEFS as a reason. This sweeping law if passed would disallow any protections for LGBT under current or future anti-discrimination laws. The bill has already passed in the Georgia State Senate and is scheduled for a vote in the Georgia state house of representatives.

The very important connection I am trying to make is this....On March 13th, a news story came out that a deal was reached with C&P Restaurant Company to become a franchisee for 6 new FAZOLI'S Italian restaurants, a "Quick Service" style restaurant chain. One of the partners in C&P Restaurants is current STATE REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN PEAKE (R- Macon) and his company already owns several franchised restaurants under the Captain D's and Cheddar's brands.

So we have a proposed law that gives businesses in Georgia the right to discriminate against people, the main target of the discrimination is LGBT people and these laws are in response to the growing number of states where same-sex marriage has become legal and gay couples have been denied service by some businesses and are challenging those businesses for their discrimination. The legislation is strongly supported by members of Allen Peake's affiliated political party and it is very likely that he will vote on this legislation and side with his fellow republicans.

So its very important that some questions be answered! I am making this blog post to ask our LGBT activists, organizations and LGBT media to be that loud voice asking several questions of several people.

1. What are State Representative Allen Peake's views on the legislation? Does he support it? Will he vote for its passage?

2. Will State Representative Allen Peake abstain from voting for this legislation and realize the conflict of interest because his business will be affected by the new law if it passes.

3. IF State representate Allen Peake does support this legislation and votes for its passage, what are the views and what would the course of action be by any of the parent companies that franchise restaurants to Allen Peake's company, C&P Restaurants.

It is my sincere hope that anyone reading this, especially LGBT Activists, LGBT organizations, LGBT Media and private LGBT citizens in the state of Georgia ask these questions and demand answers. And if it should turn out that State Representative Allen Peake supports the so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), known as a "License to discriminate" then we as a community need to carefully consider where to conduct business in the future.

Anyone especially who has been concerned or angry with companies like Chick-Fil-A or Hobby Lobby for their discriminatory views and actions that caused many to boycott those companies should take a close look and take action on THIS proposed legislation and whether you will do business with ANY RESTAURANT owned by C&P Restaurants and the companies that Allen Peake's C&P Restaurant company franchises with.

If this law passes with the help of Allen Peake's vote, your support of those businesses is more dangerous then you ever thought buying a chicken sandwich was at Chick-Fil-A.

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I have been trying to get back into blogging for a while. I think I finally found a good reason to start. And I hope this reaches a lot of people and that people will take action.

And I hope that Allen Peake considers his vote carefully and makes the right decision.

Thank you Jonah Hill but you shouldn't have to apologize. You should have punched the photographer

I don't know much about Jonah Hill but I do know how much I LOATHE Politifcal Correctness and sadly Jonah Hill had to participate AFTER being harassed by some TMZ paparazzi slut. (The news article)

It really annoys me that just because someone has some celebrity that people think its perfectly fine for them to be followed and harassed during their private times and that people actually believe that these people have no right to some privacy and should be bothered when they are "off the clock".

So a photographer is following Jonah Hill around and taking pictures without his permission then makes an INAPPROPRIATE comment about the "sexiness" of Jonah Hill's shorts and its Jonah Hill that has to apologize? That's bullshit! And in this case, while there are no reports of the personal identity of the photographer or whether the photographer was gay or straight and he makes such a comment toward another man (assumed to be straight) isn't this like hitting on the guy or making inappropriate sexual harassment comment? Then Jonah Hill's response in my opinion is very JUSTIFIED. And she should not have had to apologize.

There should be MORE outrage for the parasites that follow people around taking photos of their PERSONAL and PRIVATE moments, even if they happen to be on a public sidewalk.

Period!


But Jonah Hill realized that some words hurt and the simple fact that he said some homophobic slurs may hurt some feelings and definitely will flame the cult of political correctness. Jonah Hill apologized and that makes him a good guy for appearing emotional and regretful of what he had to say.

All that is cute but my opinion is he should not have apologized, he should have punched the photographer! That makes me look bad for advocating violence and I will be branded as such. But something needs to be done to STOP harassment and stalking. Most of America is too chicken shit to enact and enforce LAWS to put a stop to it. So perhaps whooping some ass will get their attention.


Go ahead flame me for my opinion. I said it and don't give a damn.

Have a great day!

#RantOfTheDay #LGBT #Stalking #Homophobia #Paparazzo #Paparazzi #JonahHill

Snowy night in Georgia

It snowed last night.

Doesn't happen much in these parts.

I just happened to be out at night when the snow came and took some photos. However local temperatures were well below freezing and things are icy. So I doubt I will be getting many daytime photos. But whatever I take you can see on my FLICKR page.

Happy New Year and a symphony to 2013

Many of you reading this may have been linked to this from my personal Facebook account.

On New Years Eve, the last day of the dreaded year of 2013 I hinted in a status update that I was considering a song dedication to the year of 2013. And I am known for posting a lot of music and often using music as a commentary. So I decided to play it as if I knew (through a number of "likes" to my post) if any of my friends and family were looking forward to my doing anything like this I would post the song. But I never indicated what song I would post. Oh...but a few people not only know me but also have shared a similar opinion on the year and musically share an opinion on a specific song. However I'm going to surprise the folks on Facebook. The song you were thinking I was going to use to dedicate to the dreaded year of 2013 is NOT the one I am going to dedicate...on Facebook. Because that would have been too easy.

So to start off a new year for my old blogging account I offer that song here as an expression of happiness that 2013 is finally OVER.

Gone with the year are all of the negativity and horrible experiences, the suffering from depression and financial problems, the medical concerns, the horrible and heartbreaking news stories and struggles that I witnessed friends going through. Gone are some of the petty negative people who caused unnecessarily big and embarrassing meltdowns. The song is dedicated especially those negative and petty people, from Western Maryland, to Macon Georgia, to a few people the West coast. It will be my pleasure to play a song for you in celebration of losing you in 2013 and thankfully you and all drama shall not be a part of a new year. I'm looking forward to that.

So here on my blog, to all of that I offer a song. Simple short lyrics as orchestrated by the great Millie Jackson!

From the 1979 album "Live and Uncensored" by Millie Jackson....."The Phuck U Symphony"


Now, if you listen to Millie Jackson (while the video is available on YouTube)be sure to listen to the entire monologue and the ending when she says that you don't have to actually say the foul language and the next time someone pisses you off just play this record and say "And a Symphony to you too".



Hey 2013.......Here's a symphony for you! I curse you out with a melody.


And now on to 2014 a little stronger because of the lessons of 2013. 2013 may have been a rotten year but it didn't defeat me in the least. I hope everyone reading this didn't allow 2013 to defeat them but every struggle will make them strong enough to take on 2014 prepared for battle. Because success against struggle is the best "F you" you can give to the forces of evil.


Happy New Year EVERYONE!

Your UPS Christmas package was late? SO WHAT!!

I wonder if all of the people upset that their Christmas packages were late through UPS and FEDEx will ever realize that they are part of the problem?

They are part of the problems that Christmas had become with the obsessed commercializing and materializing of the holiday. And the increasing demand from society for unreasonable expectations of people with a "my life revolves around me" attitude.

These are people who complain about people being overworked and underpaid yet will jump at the chance for "free shipping" and have the nerve to get upset when the system gets overloaded by RETAIL GREED.

Yeah, look in the mirror people as YOU are part of the problem! And you are as bad as those crazies who destroyed Thanksgiving with that insanity known as "Black Friday", except they did get off of their asses to physically go to a store to pick up their materialistic crap for Christmas.

Meanwhile some of us have to wait on PAYROLL checks to be delivered from UPS and they are also clogged up in this backlog of Christmas packages that need to be delivered.

Again.....the worker is screwed! Think about that while your Christmas toy is "late"

If a photo watermark brought you here.......

If a photo watermark brought you to this page, THANK YOU FOR VISITING!

Yes, I do have a blog and I am lazy about updating it. I wanted to make this a daily habit and as a means of developing some journalistic qualities. That hasn't quite worked out as planned. But if you have a chance to visit the page perhaps I might actually make something of this.

I may talk about some nerdy hobbies, my political opinion or other passions. I might break a news story or something. Or I might just be another one of those blogging raving lunatics. Whatever finally happens and if a habit finally develops I thank you in advance for stopping by. If anything I post interests or entertains you feel free to share. I would appreciate it.

The web address is in the watermark that brought you here. TheEdricFloyd.Blogspot.com :)

Matthew Shepard, My grandmother and an LGBT awakening.

Remembering Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998)

Matthew Shepard was beaten during the overnight hours of October 6-7th 1998 and this is the sad 15th anniversary of that horrific event. On my personal Facebook account I posted the following along with a photo of Matthew Shepard with my own personal experience at the time. On the same day that Matthew was beaten and left for dead I lost my grandfather. So the Facebook post was my account of what happened that week in 1998.

Immediately after I posted this a few friends suggested that I share it. One, person especially to suggest that is a PFLAG MOM and someone I have great admiration for. I could not pass on her suggestion and I thank her for making me share this. The text of that Facebook post is below. It's one of my personal stories and in honor of Matthew Shepard and my grandfather John Pettis. And certainly honoring my now late grandmother too, Mrs. Anna Pettis.

The following below was originally a Facebook post on October 7, 2013 at 10:00 am

Earlier I mentioned this was the 15th anniversary of the passing of my grandfather. Well it is also the 15th anniversary of the horrific beating of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming.

In my personal timeline of that week in 1998 this happened on a Tuesday. I would drive to New York for my grandfather's funeral on Thursday, immediately run errands helping my grandmother and finally we had the funeral on Saturday. Then Sunday it was just me, my mother and grandmother in her apartment. All my grandmother wanted was for the three of us to rest, eat a good meal and relax all day. We had some conversations. But my grandmother constantly watched the news on TV. And after my mother went out for a walk it was my grandmother and me as she watched the news on TV and came the story of what happened to Matthew Shepard.

I even remember we were watching channel 7 (ABC). My memories do have details! The newscast was very detailed and told us everything that happened up to that point Sunday afternoon. The beating, then the hospitalization and the vigil that was being held outside of the hospital. Then the report talked about the trend of violence against gays and lesbians. And something happened with me and my grandmother that evening. I said nothing. I hadn't ever come out to her and actually gave my mother permission to tell her a couple years earlier. I just didn't feel comfortable coming out to my grandmother knowing she was a religious woman and I wasn't prepared for her reaction. None of us were ever comfortable talking about it and there was a history of negative conversations regarding sexuality in my family.

But on that Sunday after my grandfather's funeral when we first heard about Matthew Shepard my grandmother shed a tear for the first time that week. Not for the loss of her husband of 60 years. She was strong all through that. She started crying as she said to me..."Edric please be careful out there. People are crazy and it makes no sense to me why anyone can be hurt for being themselves. And I don't want my grandson to get hurt like that."

I never shared that with anyone. It was a defining moment with me and my grandma. Nobody else was there. And I knew at that point that not only had my mother told my grandmother that I was gay because I was afraid to but my grandmother accepted it just fine and was more concerned about my safety.

I left for the 18 hour drive back to Georgia at 5am the next morning. Along the way I found myself listening to HOWARD STERN on the radio. Back then he was a local NYC show that was heard in a few other cities and as I made my way south I managed to listen to Howard Stern's entire show on stations from New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC as one faded out I would find the next station. And the normally light hearted and joking show was VERY serious and talked about Matthew Shepard and the vigil that was happening and about violence against the LGBT community. It was a totally different Howard Stern than how most of us knew him. Then after his show ended at 10am as I crossed into Virginia, the radio news announced that Matthew Shepard had died.

That hit me with great anger for the rest of the day as I continued driving down I-95 and I-85 and would scan the radio for anything I could hear about what happened. But i'm driving through the bible belt of Virginia and North Carolina now and all I could hear was so-called "Christians" that were claiming Matthew Shepard was a sinner and was going to hell. It was a very long drive home while listening to that crap.

But this tragedy did do something for me. It made me stronger and less timid. Actually I think my grandmother's "approval" had something do with it. Me knowing that my mother and now grandmother was ok with me, I WAS "OK" WITH ME.

So that folks is my #FacebookRantOfTheDay remembering what happened this week 15 years ago and how it personally affected me. I lost my grandfather, the world lost Matthew Shepard and we all gained a whole new spirit of awakening. And so many of us are stronger and determined as a result.

#LGBT #EQUALITY

July One: RE-kicking off my blogging

July 1, 2013 is the official retirement date for the great blog PAM'S HOUSE BLEND, created by Pam Spaulding 9 years ago. Pam's blog became the voice representing several parts of the LGBT community. She lives in the South, is a woman of color and a lesbian in a long term relationship. Married but not legally recognized as such in the state of North Carolina where she lives. Most blogs are presented by a more privledged view of the gay white male living in an urban environment usually in the Northeast or the West coast. Often those voices express animosity toward the south and some can be downright nasty about that.

Pam's House Blend never expressed the type of snark and arrogance that often comes from our LGBT fellows in more "progressive" places. Pam's House Blend presented a clear viewpoint that represented the most diverse perspective of any of the blogs online. And early on it was an inspiration for some to start their own blog. But those of us who tried quickly learned what was required. The very things that kept Pam Spaulding very busy for nearly a decade until her health concerns forced her to retire her blog. Dedication, financial and personal sacrifice. Having a true love and passion to gather the best information that was carefully researched and presented with the best quality. Doing a blog is a huge responsibility and a tough one for many of us to hold.

I started this blog several years ago and life kicked into high gear. Personal responsibilities like work, family and health were the multiple full time jobs and suddenly this idea of blogging seemed to be another possible full time job. When would I sleep? How can I think of what to say and how to present it? All of those questions smacked me in the face and blogging for me became what it is for probably 90% of us, nothing more than an occasional diary.

Years ago I was inspired to start a blog because of Pam Spaulding and later Joe Jervis. Both are the leading bloggers in the LGBT community while totally different in approach they each provided an outlet that many of us in less "progressive" areas could discuss issues that are of concern to our lives.

There still are few voices and regions represented online in a fair and honest perspective. Many of us vent on our social network pages but we aren't documenting our concerns in a format that can more easily be distributed and archived. And I have a renewed personal interest in doing the right thing and bringing a different voice into the field. So my hope is to grow this blog into one of those voices. I want to do it the way Pam and many others did it. Start out sharing opinions, research and KNOW what you are blogging about before you post it and hope to inform and educate people. Eventually find others to help and share from their perspective, build a team.

I am no journalist and have had no training to become one. So this will be a learning as I go phase. Over time you will see improvements and I intend to work hard at making those improvements so those who read my posts will WANT to read whatever I have to say and hopefully can learn something form it. And I look forward to learn from the responses.

So this post is my official "Re-kicking" off of my blog. Only this time I'm not changing the name again or trying to come up with any theme. For now, it's just me "telling it like (I think) it is".

I thank Pam Spaulding for getting things started over the past 9 years and wish her all the best and hope for improved health and happiness. I will continue to follow her on the social networks and I will share my expressions across the social networks. I hope to grow in readership and I hope I have the strength to maintain this time.

So that's it, my rambling about my intent once again to get back into blogging, sharing information and experiences from a perspective that is not heard in the LGBT community. There will be many explanations along the way. You'll just have to stay tuned, or "subscribe" to find out.

So here's to the official RESTART, July 1, 2013, Edric Floyd begins a new phase in his online life.

It's time.

The New Normal is no more!

NBC has cancelled "The New Normal" after one season. The show depicts a gay couple and their wish to start a family so they hired a surrogate. The season and show ended with the birth of their baby boy.


The "New Normal" show told all of the gay couple/family/having a baby stories it could tell in one season. Like a Brady Bunch episode, wrapped up very quickly and in hyper stereotypical fashion. More than enough. OK!!

With the other sitcoms trying to showcase the same thing I think we have crossed that barrier now. The LGBT community has had their "Good Times", "That's My Mama", "Jeffersons" and "Sanford and Son" groundbreaking if you get the drift. DONE! And please don't expect me to watch another show just because it has a gay storyline, actor or characters...ESPECIALLY IF IT IS PRODUCED BY RYAN MURPHY or has that annoying Andrew Rannells.

I deserve a new toaster oven for watching every episode of this show! Just saying. A high end one this time! The old Black & Decker from Walmart has about run its course.

The definition of ASS: South Carolina's Congressional district 1

One of the dictionary definitions of the word ASS include "Stupid or foolish person".

Using the word in an example: "A district 1 voter in South Carolina" is an ass." Or "District 1 voters in South Carolina replaced an ass with a bigger ass."

And if they were to produce a dictionary with only photo descriptions, for the word ASS all they need is to get a photo of a voter from district 1 in South Carolina.

They have plenty of asses to choose from. They elected Mark Sanford to congress.

The former congressman turned governor who left office in disgrace after disappearing for a rendezvous with a mistress. In the few years since Mark Sanford cheated on his wife and family, he was divorced and his mistress became his fiancee. It was a bitter divorce and Mark Sanford's actions only prove that he has no moral character and is the opposite of his political cult's idea of "family values".

Anyway, a bunch of hypocrite asses voted to return him to office.

Wilcox County Georgia: integrating the prom.

On April 27th 2013 students at Wilcox County High School in Rochelle Georgia will have their first integrated prom.

Several students stood up for themselves to organize their prom after years of celebrating their rite of passage separated by race.

To note accurately. The school hasn't officially sanctioned any prom since the schools were integrated more than 30 years ago. So these parties were organized privately. But students have had enough and the publicity of their stance has led many to act in support of these students and the local school board to consider sponsoring future proms that will include everybody.

Let's wish the students of Wilcox County High all the best as they celebrate their prom this weekend. And all the best for graduation and beyond.

Reasons why I hate the phrase "Breaking News"

A popular line used in the media and social networks frequently rears its ugly head and today (December 1st) is one of those days for me.

Reasons why the use of the phrase "breaking news" annoys the crap out of me. (1) that #****%#! Nancy Grace says it all the time so you know it's an ignorant thing to say.

Read this blog long enough and you'll know why I have no love for that wan.


And (b) THE NEWS MEDIA!!! Along with some news reporter wannabes on Facebook some how think it's special to use that insipid phrase whenever something happens. But often they have broken no news that the rest of us with a pulse didnt already know or witness our damn selves!

Like tonight when most people breathing in the South just finished watching or listening to the Alabama and Georgia college football game. Alabama won the game. Now three news outlets and individuals have posted the results starting off with "breaking" or "breaking news" like we didn't know already!

What needs to break is your keyboards so you wouldn't use that "breaking news" phrase. TED BAXTER would have told us this "news" faster than you could post about what we just watched and he's been dead for decades.

Do us all a favor and retire that "Breaking News" phrase!

The real jive turkeys of Thanksgiving!

At 2:00 AM Thanksgiving morning I saw CRAZY PEOPLE! People camping since Wednesday morning in front of Best Buy so they could buy cheap crap on Friday.

These are people who believe in materialistic crap for Christmas rather than spending Thanksgiving with family. And probably don't care to bathe either. At least not while camping in front of a store for two days!

I changed again, back to blogging for ME!

So I got the idea that I would start a blog when it was this new trend several years ago. The first one was "The E Blog, Yeah I said it" and I said whatever I felt with no shame or apology. That same trend moved on to MySpace where I did my most blogging from my account. Had lots of readers/followers there. But we all know that died as Facebook grew.

On Facebook you are most known for your status updates and as the allowed number of characters grew, status updates often became RANTS and for some of us that replaced blogging as a form of expressing themselves. Sure there is also the Facebook notes option but it isn't always easy to find and unless you post it frequently or tag people who likely didn't want to be tagged, your "notes" weren't easily read. So that at least for me didn't work.

But one thing I always kept was my blogger account. And I thought I would try different formats and ideas and changed the name of the blog a few times. I even created a logo for one of the concepts I had. All of them failed. Failed because I lost interest or life's circumstances didn't allow me to have the passion I needed to make it work. And so I will try again and make another change, almost back to where I started.

This change in my blog account did come with a few roadblocks. Changing the URL didn't allow me to return to my original web address, so I added a word and you can find my blog at THEEdricfloyd.blogspot.com . Now that might seem a bit bold and self promoting of me but I don't really care.

The new theme is EDRIC FLOYD: TELLING IT LIKE IT IS! and that is exactly what I plan to do, tell it like it is, or at least like I think it is. This will be a blog of honestly, integrity, openminded consideration and a serious look at ALL sides of a story. Somewhere along the way there will be a suggestion of common sense. Possibly there will be some humor, and surely I am likely to upset some with my expression of the painful truth. I did that before when talking about religion, sexuality and stereotypical discrimination.

So, I hope I am going to finally find the right groove here and blog away. You'll never know what you'll get but I hope to give you the best that I got.

Thank you to those who have stuck with me over the years and through the many changes. And welcome to everyone about to experience me, Edric Floyd telling it like (I think) it is.

What to say?

I know this was intended to be a daily blog. I was hoping to talk about current events especially politics. The bulk of those events have now passed and things will remain the same. There is a lot that can be said. But I haven't found the right time and place to say it.

My Facebook friends have heard a lot of my rants. I should have expressed then here. Maybe I could go back in my timeline and share some of the best rants here? That might be entertaining.

I think one of the reasons I have neglected to blog as I wanted is a lack of focus fueled by the frustration I have from a lacking of certain things in life. Sometimes I want to rant about those frustrations but that would be revealing too much I the personal and most people will only see and scorn that as a weakness. And that is not a good place to be.

So who know what the future of blogging for me will be. I could go ahead and rant about some of the personal issues and wish that the outlet would lead toward a resolution. Or I could make a fool out of myself.

But we shall see. The rantings of a man who drinks a lot of sweet tea.

National Coming Out day special

October 11th is National Coming out Day, a designated day to celebrate the opportunity for people who are Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender to COME OUT to others.

Seriously, it is a struggle for some to come out to others with the fear of being accepted by their family, friends and community. If you are LGBT and need to find a good resource to help you with coming out to your family or others, I suggest you seek out a P-FLAG chapter. P-FLAG is Parents, Families, Friends and Gays, a wonderful supportive resource with the friendliest people you will ever know. To find a local chapter near you go to www.pflag.org



Now on a lighter note, I found a video posted on YouTube of a FULL LENGTH movie from 1976 that involves a coming out of a son to his parents. It was a controversial comedy starring Redd Foxx and Pearl Bailey. Also included in this movie is the late Waylon Flowers and Madame. This movie to me is a 70's gay iconic film. It's really a horrible movie in the days when political correctness didn't exist which makes this blogger actually love the movie. Yes I saw this when it was new and I was young and church folk would cringe at the fact that my mother took us to see this.

Ironically I came across this while looking for something to post on Facebook in honor of the anniversary of the death of Redd Foxx, who died on October 11, 1991 at the age of 69.

Enjoy while it lasts on YouTube, the movie "Norman Is That You" and feel free to discuss in the comments below. :)

I plan to blog about The Amazing Race 21

Greetings fellow Amazing Race fans. We are now in season 21 of the American edition on CBS and I am hoping to maintain my weekly blog comments about The Amazing Race as I watch the broadcast every week. I started blogging about the show several years ago but failed to do so over the past couple years due to personal conflicts, frustration with the show, scheduling or teams. Basically I lost interest in blogging. So once again I will try to do this. I tried last season and have many drafts ready but things didn’t work out.

As for the last couple seasons, the selection of teams often left me cold. There are a few standouts like season 20’s “Bopper and Mark” who were a great team to watch and even though they probably never had a chance to make the final three, their success and friendship was an example of strength and courage. But generally those who won the last few seasons were the strongest competitors physically and mentally, even if the husband and wife team who won season 20 were also quite annoying. Not as annoying as some of the younger dating couples were in recent seasons, but annoying nonetheless.

Now for the ground rules of my blogging about the Amazing Race. First, these are MY impressions documented AS I am watching. My first impressions of a teams attitude and ability will be heard more than the impressions of their travel. Later in the season I may predict who will be eliminated or make it to the final three. I may even predict who will win. I will also express who I WISH to win or be eliminated and I wont be shy about why I feel as I do.

I generally don’t like whiners on the Amazing Race. I don’t like people on ego trips. I am not politically correct so I may address teams by what seems to be the tradition on the show. By tradition I mean the token selection of teams every season in an attempt to be DIVERSE in their selection and including as many ethnic or social groups as possible.

There is always an all female team of what I call blonde bimbos and or beauty queens and they often play the part. There is always the GAY couple and usually it’s a couple who appears to be more on vacation than in competition for a race. I’m gay and I am calling it like it is! Doesn’t mean I will always root for the token gay team. There is also always the token married couples, dating couples hoping this race will somehow prove they are ready for marriage. Usually there is a parent -child team and a “best friends” team that will either annoy or totally impress you throughout the season.

I may have my own names for the teams and some of those names may not be kind. Don’t take it personal. Its just my passion for The Amazing Race.

Finally, expect me to bitch about the constant problem we viewers on the East Coast with the delay of scheduled TV programs on Sunday nights because of late running Football games, college football’s March Madness and other events. They make it a nightmare to schedule recording on a DVR and often make me have to stay up later than necessary to watch and blog at the same time.

And so there are the ground rules for my blogging about The Amazing Race. I hope this time I can keep up with it.