Such a beautiful night, I can smell the lilacs in the neighbors yard. Good Night!

Do you know who your IL State Rep is? U need to call them and tell them to support SB1716 for Civil Unions. Find out more http://tr.im/mVEa

Just got an update from St Rep Greg Harris-no progress on Civil Unions in IL today. There is still tomorrow. Call.ur.St Rep

I womder if the video rental clerk silently judges me when I rent porn? Heck its cheaper than buying it.

You may have an Honor Roll child but you are still an asshole driver

The Legislation has adjourned for the day and no news on SB171 for Civil Unions. There is still tomorrow

Its prom season, I wonder how many Easter babies there will be next year?

House/Dog sitting tonight.....woof woof....who let the dogs out....oh crap, where'd the dog go?

What a city we live in, 10 people were shot overnight in Chicago-3 dead. Such a waste of human life.

It seems like Wednesday but I know its Thursday, thank goodness!

off to the Glenwood to meet Mr.V for cocktails

About to have some yummy Mexican food for lunch, what are you having?

Chicago's Protest against CA Supreme Court Prop 8 Ruling

Today more than 900 people gathered in Boystown to join voices and show their dismay regarding the CA Supreme Court Ruling on the validity of Prop 8.

QOTD: Have you ever joined in on a protest or rally? What for?

931 people turned out for the Chicago protest against the CA Supreme Court ruling. WTG Chicago!

Thank you Kendall Moore for having me on WVON AM 1690 to talk about Prop 8 with your listeners! Now it's off to the protest!

I will be on WVON AM1690 at 6:08PM talking about the recent Prop 8 decision in CA, tune your radios in!

Why is it that drivers who are in the wrong are ALWAYS the first one to flip the bird?

BRRRR! Its cold in here, there must be some toros in the atmosphere. Dang we had to turn the heat on its so cold!

QOTD: What is worse than a rotten banana?

Mr IML 2009 is #11 Jeff Payne from Dallas TX

Wow what a day! IML, The Grabbys, cocktails w/ friendsp -I'm exhausted. What did you do today, well yesterday now?

Just saw fausto get someone to sit on a cake & Marc force feminize someone. Good times. Off to the grabbys to see pornstars

I am happy to announce that I am 75% Fat Free-send cheesecake

Heading down to IML to see what the boys are up too. Are you coming along?

Off to 90 Miles To Cuba for lunch, should I bring something back for you? Their yucca frita are fabulous

Question of the Day (QOTD): What side of the bed do you sleep on?

Off to play board games with the boys. I think the choices are Stratego, Manhattan or Chutes n Ladders

NOTE TO SELF: When someone states the obvious its because its not obvious to them, so dont roll your eyes and giggle,

FACT: The smaller the dog, the gayer the man.

What's worse than a cold toilet seat?

The show is great but the leaning tower of pisa sitting in front of me is uber annoying. SIT BACK BITCH

Seriosly, how can I be missing 7 socks. Its unpossible!

Overheard in Chicago

Overheard at a local bakery between a Gay Twink, his Mom and Two Bears.

Mom (holding tray filled with gross looking pastries): Oh look at those, they look yummy. We should get some of those.

Bears (with tray filled with delicious looking pastries): Oh they are good, you should try them!

Mom: And don't worry, Cheetah Gym is right down the street

Bears:  Oh, I've heard of that mythical place

Twink: (Rolls eyes)

Oh My! It is a glorious day that the babvy Jesus has given us. It almost wants to make me repent my sins, but I won't.

For once I actually DID have a banana in my pocket.

Why do they even install turn signals on cars any longer? People are too busy chatting on their phones to use them

Is it just me or are people stupidest on Monday mornings? Did they forget EVERYTHING over the weekend? I think so!

All I wanted was a nap!

The neighbors just mowed the back yard - it smells so delicious.

What should I do if i got 2 left socks?

They weren't Mormons, they were bus boys

Str8 guys @ the grocery store are funny & clueless

Cattle Call is open, we're stopping in for a cold one

I still refuse to say 'venti'

Cattle Call was a lot of fun, an interesting mix of Charlies and Sidetrack. Lots of people, was definitely the place to "be seen" tonight!

WOW there is still a queue to get into Cattle Call

OMG There is a line out the door @ Cattle Call. Get here quick

Heading out to Andersonville's newest bar-Cattle Call @ Bryn Mawr/Clark Are you coming?

They say: 'when your ears ring, company is coming' What do they say when your nipple itches?

love how people think that turning on the speaker phone and holding it in front of their face is the same as 'handsfree'

I think that Paul Rubens wanted to get caught in that theater

You're never more than 5 minutes away from Chocolate Cake

I got together with my friends Marc & Fausto from the Feast Of Fun and we made this quick and easy 5-minute Chocolate Cake.

My Cousin in Sweeden - Hey Kristen - sent me this email and I knew that Marc & Fausto love chocolate so I just had to share the recipe with them.

The cake was actually quite good - which pissed me off because now I know that I'll never be more than 5-minutes away from Chocolate Cake - damn it!!!!

Note to self: Although hair gel & Astroglide look the same, they don't act the same.

Those fab boys from Feast of Fun invited me over to tape a show, you know you need a laugh today! Check it out: http://tr.im/lkjp

Price Relief?

The local grocery store is heavily advertising their current promotion "The Big Relief" price cut promotion.

They're trying to show their "corporate goodwill" by saying "Hey, we're here to help you by cutting prices up to 20%" but really what are they saying?

Grocery prices have been creeping ever so slightly over the last few years, either by actual price increases or corporations downsizing their product (grocery shrink ray) and charging the same amount - thusly inducing a price hike.

I was wondering how long it was going to take for the grocery stores and food producers were going to cave in, they've been charging more and more while using the same excuse that "well gas is high so everything else is more expensive" well gas has been down to around $2.10 a gallon for quite some time - down from the drastic $4.00+ we saw (and yes I know I shouldn't bitch because our European brothers and sister pay WAY more for gas than we do - it's just that, well "that's what we're used to, it's not our fault"). Regardless, I think it's funny that they're pushing that "they're the good guys"

Really, I take it as "Hey, we've been f*cking you around for the past few years by raising prices on the backs of lame excuses so we're gonna give you a break now. So come on back to us, because we're gonna screw you less than the other guy does"

I love it that the Grocery Store has my back : -)

Note to self: When cruising boys remember that glasses ARE NOT the same as sunglasses.

Note to self: when you get a new combo lock, don't put the tag with the combination in your gym bag that you then lock up

OMG can you believe it, I am off to the gym

All I wanted to do was take a nap! Check out this Exclusive Facebook video: http://tr.im/l4vR Shouldn't we be friends on Facebook?

i have arrived safely back in chicago what a grest weekend in Dallas

woo hoo i got on an earlier flight

Discussing the concepts of the new Star Trek with Logan makes my brain hurt

WOW that was the BEST Star Trek EVER. Franchise definitely resurected.

About to see Star Trek in the biggest theater EVER. This place is ginormous, its the only big thing to impress me so far.

got to see Dixie Longate in McKinney, TX and she didn't call the cops. Hooray

well 2 out of 3 aint bad

Off to watch the ponies. Who should i bet on in the third race?

I am sad to report that not everything is big in Texas

apparently they call 'big boys' Bubba here

Dallas smells like someone had asparagus for lunch

$8 for a tiny veggie tray and water is highway, er, airport robbery.

I love people watching. The woman sitting next to me has the same taste in men as I do

@ the airport Gate G19 sounds like BINGO to me now to find out which of these people are sitting next to me, hope its a hottie

Ack, sumac trees smell just like....well you know.

Just so you know, it is not necessary to wear your bluetooth headset 24 hours a day. Its tacky and you look silly.

oh no, the power is out at the office. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not

So excited! My Outlook, Google and Phone Calendars are all in sync I'm such a geek : -) Is your birthday on my calendar?

Excited to be packing my weekend bag for an out of town trip. Who is picking me up at the airport tomorrow?

Looking for something fun to do in Chicago this weekend? Check out my "HOT PICKS" List: http://tr.im/kLc0

Has 50 extra bucks he doesn't need to give to the city since his erroneous parking ticket has been finally been dismissed...let's partay!

Holy crap! I just got to play Hollywood Squares and I won. pictures coming soon

off to dinner and then catching 'Game Show' Night @ Wild Pug. What are you doing?

suddenly remembers why he hasn't worn these Kenneth Cole pants in a while. Lo-Rise+No Belt Loops=Pulling pants up all day. All for fashion!

Just found out about free tickets to NorthLight Theater in Skokie tomorrow night and wanted to let you know. Check it out: http://tr.im/kAVJ

Did Simon Cowell really say that about Adam Lambert's performance - "no one can top that" - Adam needs to win and come out!

Just because you have your window rolled up does not mean that you are invisible. We can still see you picking your nose.

Living on the Edge

Photo Credit: Sears Tower

Ok, who's coming to visit me so I can take them to the new "Ledge" at Sears Tower....er I mean Willis Tower?

Oh, who am I kidding, I'm a tourist in my own city. I couldn't tell you how many times I've been stopped in this city with questions of "oh where are you from?" or "Do you like Chicago?" I guess it's because I always have my camera ready and I enjoy doing all the touristy things in Chicago.

Who says that toursity things are only for tourists? Shouldn't one enjoy the city they live in, regardless of where it is? People from around the world come to Chicago on vacation - just like we did for Amsterdam. So I always act like a tourist when I'm out and about enjoying this fabulous city.

But I have digressed, haven't I? In an attempt to rebrand itself from "Sears Tower" to "Willis Tower" and to also give them another reason to put themselves in the news....they are adding a new glass skydeck to the already existing observation deck at the Sears Tower.

It reminds me recently added observation deck they added to the Grand Canyon that lets you walk out and over it.....I for one can't wait for this deck to arrive so I can go check it out....even if it does cost $15 bucks to go up there...it is an amazing site to behold!

Who wants to go with me?

What a way to start the day, almost getting run over while out for coffee: http://tr.im/kwQV

Multi-tasking for nothing

Sorry, I have to rant!

I've been awake for less than an hour this morning and I've already had run-ins with three different drivers.

The first was a driver coming the other way who turned right (as I was making a legal left turn) and then cut me off in the two lane road because she thought she was a NASCAR Driver and needed both lanes to complete her turn.

Next it was a lady who was in a hurry to get her coffee and felt it was very important to cut me off (now a pedestrian) and swerve in front of me so she could then pull up 8 feet to stop in line - which forced me to walk AROUND her car instead of continuing on my sidewalk path.

Finally, as I was walking back to the office I was once again confronted with a stupid driver who was stopped at a traffic light but thought that the white line painted on the road was where the END of the car goes and not the front - and the driver behind her felt the need to pull right up to her bumper so that NONE of the pedestrians in the crosswalk could navigate the legal right of way.

What is up with Drivers?  Why is everyone in a hurry?  Are people that bad at time scheduling that they are constantly late and that they don't care about anyone else?  I thought I saw it all the other day when I saw someone driving but also smoking a cigarette, drinking a coffee AND holding a cellphone up to their ear (with the opposite hand - you know the right hand holding the phone up the left ear)....I was wondering how in the world are you driving if all of your hands are full, it's obvious that you're not paying attention to the road.

The kicker of all kickers though, is a woman driver this past weekend killed a motorcylcist because...now get this....she was painting her fingernails while driving.  Her G** D*** fingernails!!!  Because this woman couldn't scheulde her time properly OR even consider that "painting your fingernails while driving was wrong" a person is dead.

You want to know what's even crazier - she was "ticketed...(by) police with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident" A ticket....not felony reckless driving or murder....a ticket....for failing to reduce speed.  So that's what we've been reduced to as a society.  You can kill someone with your car and you'll just get a ticket.

What is wrong with this country that we need to install Red Light Camera's at intersections to catch people who can't follow the law, a country where we need to enact laws to tell people "Don't talk on your phone while you drive."  

New York City recently enacted that law and issued almost 10,000 tickets in a 24-hour period crackdown - yet Chicago has had the same law in effect for almost 4 years now and yet they don't write as many tickets in a year as as NYC police did in a single day!

Recently Chicago upped the ante on the tickets for drivers who use cellphones.  The ticket used to be $75 and they took your license and you were forced to go to Traffic Court to retrieve it, but now the ticket is $100 and if you're involved in an accident the fine is $500.

But what use is an increased fine if the police don't follow the law and ticket offenders?  

I guess people figure "oh well, I'll just pay the ticket because it's worth it." Think what you could do with an extra $100 in this economy?  Uhm, groceries for a few weeks, a little extra on the car note or mortgage?  

Come on people, put the nail polish and latte down, put the cellphone down and put both hands on the wheel - PAY ATTENTION  Arrive Alive you stupid drivers!

Oh yeah, and sometime overnight 2 people were killed in a hit-and-run accident as they were crossing the street.  Oh it's great to live in the city!

**Photo Credit:  mnScouser

Almost had a bicyclist for lunch because he chose to run a red light & then gave me a dirty look because I blew my horn - OBEY THE LAW!

Bunny Uncensored

Amsterdam Day 9 - The Final Night in Amsterdam

Sorry I must have hit the zoom button midway through.

I refuse to say Venti

The first message with my new phone. Does it make my text look thinner? I hope so.

It is difficult Looking at the tulips on Michigan Ave

Amsterdam Day 8 Recap

Oh we're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz

Amsterdam Day 7 Recap