A Helpful Tip

This is just so wrong, but I'm sure somebody out there has done it.  Oh well, here's a helpful tip.  LOL.

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Crimes of the Century - No. 23 - The Sad Saga of Andrea Yates, 2001

The Sad Saga of Andrea Yates, 2001

For those of us living in Houston, we vividly remember this story, the trial and the events leading to the verdict; Only to be exonerated several years later for this heinous and vicious act.  Everyone blamed the Husband (I was one of them), and felt he should have gone to prison just as she did.

While the article by TIME (below) gives insight into the crime, you can also go here to read the drama as it unfolded on that terrible day in 2001.

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The prosecution in the trial of Andrea Yates argued that she may have drowned her four young sons and infant daughter in the family bathtub as a kind of symbolic revenge for the emptiness of her life with their father, Randy. However, as shocking as the June 20, 2001 drownings were, much of the speculation was over Yates' mental condition. Did the fact that she had five children, each spaced about two years apart, have anything to do with mental illness, brought on perhaps by repetitive post-partum depression? And what of her conservative Christian husband and the home-schooling of the children? How much time did the young mother have to herself? Absent from Yates was the viciousness of Susan Smith, who had locked her two young sons in a car on Oct. 25, 1994, let them slide into a lake, all in order to be free to run off with a wealthy lover. Instead, the focus was the insidiousness of mental illness. Yates confessed to the murders and would undergo two trials. The first rejected insanity as a defense and sent her to prison for life. An appeal gave her a second trial in which she was found not guilty by reason of insanity. She has since been committed to a mental health facility. Her husband has remarried.

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TIME Magazine posted this article online several years ago, along with a list of 24 additional notorious crimes that I have been posting and will continue to post every Saturday on my blog.  Hope you enjoy.

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To read the previous 22 crimes - click my logo below.

 

Cyanide and Happiness: Drop The Bag

Saturday Morning Coffee Break: Living Lives

In today's Saturday Morning Coffee Break, two adolescents deal with one of the hardest things in high school: being gay. The couple's strength is tested when their sexuality is exposed to the entire school. One of them is willing to come out, the other wants to deny everything and keep it a secret. The very validity of their relationship hangs in the balance..

I hope you're enjoying the return of Saturday Morning Coffee Break and take the time to watch these.  Most of them are really short and to the point.

So grab you cup of Java, watch and relax.

 

If you wish to look back at some previous issues, click my logo below and enjoy.   

Make sure to check out Saturday Morning Coffee Break every Saturday for another classic or current gay short film.

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words - Issue No. 10

This is pretty cool.  And if you're a Texan you'll definitely want to share this.  A gentleman by the name of Nathan Hoang used to live in Texas for 25 years.  He started to get a little homesick so he took on a project he hopes to continue for the 50+1 states.

He listed all the things he missed about Texas and made it into a poster.  A "Love Letter" to his home state.  He's also made a video and explains why he would like to call his project "HOME".  Feel free to check this out on his kickstarter page.

It's been 3 months since I posted an issue of "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words", so for those who haven't seen my previous issues I started this series as a way to introduce my readers to the world of art through words.  And by words, I mean where the artist has taken several hundred pieces of text and created a masterpiece; it could be a self-portrait, landscape or still-life.  It's called Typographical Art, much like a typographical quote you see posted on a Facebook news feed from time to time. But with hundreds, if not thousands of words instead of just a few.

Game of Thrones' George R. R. Martin Reacts to Fans viewing The Red Wedding

So as you know, earlier in the week I posted a recap of Sundays night's episode of Game of Thrones.  A couple of days later a video of fans reacting to this episode surfaced online; I didn't blog about it.  

But...

Conan O'Brien had the infamous author, George R. R. Martin as a guest on his show and showed him the video.  Check it out.

Get Your 2013 Orthodox Calendar Today!

I'm sure this is something you didn't expect to see so early in the morning; Orthodox Priests in a calendar spread.  Yeah, it's true.  I was reading about it over at WOW and apparently these priests thought it would be best "to strike a pose and openly stand for who they are underneath the priest’s clothing they wear: Regular people with passions, preferences, interests and desires." 

And before all of you straight people go crazy, shouting blasphemous words, because you're "Christian", these priests are more than likely not gay.  They did this in support of gay rights. "All are open-minded and believe that besides their passionate devotion to the Orthodox Church, it is important to be perceived as individuals committed to diversity and acceptance."  Yes, it's a little odd to do a homoerotic spread, but hey we'll take what we can get, right?  And we support our Advocates. :-)

From their website:

And this is what brings them closer to the rest of us. Starting today, anyone can discover our 12 seductive artistic pictures of Orthodox priests and their guests by simply ordering on-line. The price per piece is only EUR 10! Images are available directly from our Facebook account. But if you are curious to find out more, you can write to pr@orthodox-calendar.com or l.monroe@mac.com.”

Isn't This The Truth? The Scariest Moments In Your Everyday Life

Isn't this the truth???  Buzzfeed put together a video of the scariest moments in our everyday life; From finding a hair in your food to liking something on Facebook by accident.  Ironically enough I've experienced each and every one, lol.

Post Secret Fridays - Issue 118

PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.

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Kiss of the Week - Issue No. 027 - Romans 2:1

The Chicken or The Egg?

This is such a cute and adorable animated short film.  I highly recommend watching it.  Two students, Christine Kim and Elaine Wu who are currently attending Ringling College of Art and Design created this 3 minute video.

"Chicken or the Egg" is an offbeat romantic comedy about a pig who has an EGGdiction to eating eggs. But when he falls in love with the hottest chicken in town, he must choose what comes first... the Chicken or the Egg.

For more stuff about the film, please visit facebook.com/COTEfilm

What a Hot Mess: I Hate People Who Have a Bunch of Hangups. Oh and Also, NO GAYS!!!

I don't know what's worse, that this gentleman prefers straight or bi people over gays or that the bathroom door must be open when showering.  And while the gas and electric are provided, the Cable, Wi-Fi and parking in the garage are not.  Seriously?  Who is going to respond to this ad?  Nevermind, it's Hollywood.  And people looking to make it big will go to great lengths, lol.  What a Hot Mess!

Farm to Fork: The Story of Our Toxic Food System

Soooooo, not something we really want to read or see early in the morning, but yeah, pretty much everything we eat will give us cancer.  And this lovely infographic provides you with every detail.  Click on the image below to get the full picture.  The infographic is brought to you courtesy of Healthychild.org.

Tom Daley's Daily Workout

Olympic Swimmer Tom Daley enjoys his daily workouts.  My only question is...  Why put on shorts if you're going to take them off anyway, right?  Calm down you gay boys, it's just Tom Daley.

Make You Feel My Love by Sean Rumsey

I first heard Sean Rumsey's cover of Adele's "Make You Feel My Love" over a year ago, and I still can't put it down.  I absolutely love his rendition of the song.

I learned today he was actually a contestant on The Voice currently airing in the UK.  According to the Mirror "he is on the verge of being signed by a "host of record labels"".

 

And The Best-Written TV Show Ever is...

It feels like I'm having Déjà vu or something.  I could've sworn I told somebody the other day at work "Game of Thrones is so well-written, but whether it can beat The Sopranos, I don't know." And Lord and behold, The Sopranos is named the best-written TV show ever.  Too weird for words.

Don't worry fans of M*A*S*H, Seinfield, Mad Men, The West Wing, Breaking Bad, Six Feet Under, and many others; Your show was on this same list of top 101 best-written shows.  Over the weekend, the Writer's Guild of America released its list and TIME magazine ran an editorial about it.  You can read about it here, and check out the list here.

Quoted - Andrew Garfield on Gay Marriage

Awww, Our Spidey in his "It Gets Better" T-shirt

“Of course I’m in favor of marriage equality. Same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody else  - there is no argument against equality.... How can anyone argue against compassion and understanding?” 

 - Andrew Garfield aka Spiderman to The Times of London on same-sex couples right to marry.

Gay of Thrones: Game of Thrones Episode 9 Red Wedding Recap

OMG, this is absolutely hilarious.  I just love Jonathan!

"WHERE ARE MY DRAGONS???"

He's the gay hairstylist who's been giving the recaps for the episodes of Game of Thrones.  And after this past Sunday's episode I needed this.  For those who have not seen the series or read the books, it's probably not a good idea to watch this.

Warning: The following video contains vulgar language and may not be  suitable for children.

I Haven't Been Fully Honest With You... (NSFW due to some upset texters)

Last month, comedian Nathan Fielder from Comedy Central asked his twitter followers to text their parents about a fake drug deal, and the outcome was absolutely hilarious!

This time, he asked his followers to text their loved ones, "I haven't been fully honest with you," and not reply for at least an hour.  I'm pretty sure some of them wished they hadn't done it. LOL.

The hilarity continues after the jump...

If Only You Could Share Your Coke

So what is Coca Cola famous for, aside from the bottle and the red and white colors?  Sharing.  Yep.  You've seen the countless ads about "sharing a coke", but I promise you've never seen anything like this.

Much like "The Thinnest Vending Machine In The World" I introduced you to last month, you will think this video is cool. Check it out, because you may find yourself sharing a coke sooner than you think.