Wood's Corner

 

I first heard about this over a week ago. I thought it was a joke. After I got two e-mails , I decided to check it out for myself.

Oh yes...I neglected to say what it is ....there is a Church in Connecticut that "performs" Gay Exorcisms.

After chasing this story down all over the web, I sincerely doubt if it is the only church that offers this type of "service."

 

 

From the Contra Costa Times:

 

From YouTube.Com:

 

From the Los Angeles Times:

I'm either getting older or the Gay Pride Parade has become something very normal and routine.

I thought it would be political, it wasn't... at least not as political as it could have been.

There was less of a corporate presence, but that can be chalked up to the economy. Chevron, Clorox, Oracle and many other corporations were absent from the festivities this year.

There were more churches and congregations in this year's parade. It seemed as if the Christians and Jews were in competition to see who could get more people out onto the streets. Even the gay Catholics of Diginity participated this year and they haven't been seen in the parade since the early 1990's.

The gay veterans were once again out in force and loudly and lovingly applauded and saluted. Along with them was also a first for the pride parade: graduates of West Point Academy. Also adding to the military presence in the parade were numerous members of the US armed forces who are facing discharge because they have chosen to not remain silent about their sexuality.

There were the usual participants in the procession, local politicians and some from the state level, the Womyn's Motorcycle Contingent (Dykes on Bikes!), Mikes on Bikes, Belly Dancers, Drag Queens and Kings and another first for the festivities: The Asexuals marched this year. They were bragging that they were one of the few groups that DID NOT have sex on their minds this weekend.

One odd thing about the parade this year, there were more heterosexual couples with children marching than there were homosexual couples with chidren.

There were only two men completely nude and only about ten women who were topless by my personal count...nothing worth looking at and I only noticed because they tried to get me to take pictures...I politely declined to do so.

It was a fun parade overall...a bit tame, but fun none the less.

The photos below are  my favorite ones from this year's parade. The first one is of a young man making his way down Market Street during the parade. The second is an expectant father painting his wife's belly. He said he felt as if the coming child was being left out of the party!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Boy, if you don't move quickly, I will grab you in the name of Mickey Mouse and teach you to step quick!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first thing one should know is that we do not have either cable or satellite television in our home. We have not had cable tv since 1998.  To be honest we could not justify spending money to watch commercials. The other thing one should know is that we have been collecting movies for over 17 years. The movie collection now numbers over 2,500 titles.  As a child, I never spent much time watching tv...it was boring compared to books, and the parents never ever disturbed a child that spent time reading books. One could stay up until two or three A.M. as long as one was reading. This bad habit of reading books continues to this day and is obviously enhanced by the movies we have collected over the 17 years we have been together. 

 

I forgot that last week, June 12, television transmission signals went digital. I was wondering for more than a few minutes tonight why I could not get any signals so I could watch the 11:00 news. Then I remembered about the changeover. I asked the Ball & Chain about getting the antenna and converter box so we can see what this brave new digital programming has to offer. Then we both started laughing. Neither of us could come up with a reason to even spend the money to see more tv commercials. We then began to wonder how many others have made the same choice that we have.

 

We aren't worried about missing too much, it can all be found on the web if we really want to watch.